Workshop: Getting Media!

List of tools covered in class:

Suggestion is to try 4k Downloader tool first for downloading media.

• 4k Downloader to grab content from YouTube
  • Things to consider.  For small clips, grab the High Definition (1080p). Want to start with higher res media and can always scale down. For large media, like a film or clip longer than 15 minutes, select High Definition (720p).
  • Select: Mp4 format
  • The tool will download the media to your computer.
  • Works for YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook and other sites.
• Download Helper  
  • It installs in your browser.
  • The icon becomes color when you can download.

So what happens when these don’t work?

• Use QuickTime
  • It allows you to record your screen.
  • File -> New Screen Recording -> Click and Drag to select part of the screen.
  • You can also capture the entire screen, but it will not capture the audio.
  • Only Video. No Audio.
  • To get audio, you’ll need an application called Soundflower.  Try this.
• Handbrake
  • If you have a DVD drive on your computer, you can use this software to digitize the media.

Image Resolution

• images.google.com click on Settings -> Advanced Search -> Image Size
• Creative Commons Search: https://search.creativecommons.org/
• pixabay: https://pixabay.com/
• Internet Archive: https://archive.org/
• Digital Public Library of America: https://dp.la/
• Wants images larger than 1024×768.

Where can I go for more help?

• Technology Learning Center
• Global Studio : Can digitize DVDs
• Need a movie? Email rbrazell@richmond.edu

Organizing Data / Box

• Keep an original copy of your piece of media that is different from your edited version!
• File naming is important. Please use a consistent convention.
• Please save your data in our MediaCultureIdentity_Spring2019 box folder. Create a folder with your name.
  
• Consider making piece of media that you use a lot a “Favorite”.
• There is no storage limit. The max per a file is 15GB.