Hey guys it’s Ava  today in class we learned how to export video footage, and how to work a camera and a tripod. The first thing that we learned today is how to check out and how to work a camera. We went over how to fill out the sheet to allow us to receive a camera and the steps to making sure everything is in order and doesn’t get lost. After we went over how to check out a camera, we went over how to work it, how to turn the camera on and off, how to charge it ,and how to put the SD card into the camera. We also went over how to put the camera into the tripod and how to attach and tighten the camera to the tripod.
      After we went over how to work the camera we learned how to dump. Dumping is when you take footage from the camera and put it onto the computer. We learned what sights to use, one of them was pinnacle studios, and we learned that only one person in our group will log into pinnacle studios and the whole group will only use that one persons log in. We also learned how to put the footage into a folder and what to do if we can’t find the folder on the computer.  If you can’t find you footage you go to pirate AVCHD then you go to your stream (everything on your SD card) then dump the footage from the camera into the folder on the computer. Another thing we learned how to import footage from our desktop to pinnacle footage. You click import then click the plus sign then your footage will pop up if it has a yellow check that means it is imported. We learned how to visually see if the footage is uploaded and what color indicates that it’s ready to be uploaded. If it has an orange box that means you are working on it.
        Another really important thing we learned in class today is how to edit and add sound to our work. The first thing we talked about is how to add transitions. You add transitions by right clicking on the footage and open effects editor then go to transitions and choose which one you would like for example lighting editing. We also learned how to add a title you click on the text and add whatever title you want. The next thing we learned was how to add music, and we learned that our music has to be mp3 in folder. If you want to get rid of sound you have to click audio off for all. I really liked this lesson today, I’m really glad we learned all of this and I’m excited to learn more and start filming.