Art 321VIDEO

Dr. J. Parker

AB 606

Recording and Editing Video

All you frustrated Spielbergs out there now get your special lecture.

First, let’s loot at how to record video.

Capture using MovieMaker

Windows MoviewMaker is free and made by Microsoft. It comes with most PCs and can be downloaded.

Start it from the START menu programs list

Moviemaker

MovieMakerBefore starting MovieMaker make certain that your webcam is plugged in and working.

Check out : http://www.testwebcam.com/

Now run MovieMaker

Click on ‘webcam video

GameMaker 7

Capture

Note that the STOP button is now active and there is a timer running.

Click STOP when you are finished recording.

You can save the file nowPick a name. Will only save as a .wmv file.

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Stars Tile

2.5 second blocks

Using Screen CaptureDownload a capture tool (I’m using CamStudio) and install if needed).

ObjectsOur project: a ball that moves.

Object: a ball.The ball’s sprite should look like a ball. We can make a ball using paint or some such

program. Or we can borrow one.

Making our own will contribute to making the final work our own. Borrowing is faster.

ObjectsBall from google. Search: ‘ball’ under the

‘images’ class.

It’s too big (trust me). Make it smaller – say, 32x32

Now we start …

ObjectsWe are going to make a ‘ball’ object. (why?)

The object will have a sprite (or we can’t see it) so let’s make that first.

(in windows visual compilers this would be a ‘resource’, and game developers would call it an ‘asset’)

Click the Sprites link on the left hand menu.

A new menu pops up: