Educational Technology For Every Educator, Everywhere!: OpenShot Video Editor (Open-Source), and much more!

Today you will be beginning to learn about the OpenShot Video Editor. Information about this program, and Blender (Animation Generator), and Inkspace (Image Editor) is also included. We will be using these Open Source (denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified) Programs you can create nearly professional looking videos. While these programs have many features, we will focus on the basics to complete a variety of short video projects. Some of these projects include a Movie Logo (Movie Marquis Project), a short Public-Service-Message (PSA Project), and your Digital Animation Movie Clip.

OpenShot.Org Primary Website (Download & Resources): https://www.openshot.org/

How to set up Blender & Inkscape on OpenShot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt9e5ARrL2o

OpenShot Video Editor Resources

OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning, open-source video editor, available on Linux, Mac, and Windows. OpenShot can create stunning videos, films, and animations with an easy-to-use interface and rich set of features.

Here are some helpful links to get you going:

OpenShot Online User's Guide: https://www.openshot.org/user-guide/

Learn OpenShot in 5-Minutes: http://www.openshotusers.com/help/1.3/en/ar01s03.html

Open-Shot Video Editor 2018 Tutorial on YouTube / The Basics (Part 1) of OpenShot

We will be going over most of the basics in class to get you started. Make sure you stay with us at first, then spend time getting to know the program better on your own. Make sure you read, and understand the next part of this introduction:

NOTE: These programs are open-source, and as such are downloaded on the individual systems in school. You can only work on these projects (using OpenShot, Blender, or Inkscape) when you are in class because they are DOWNLOADED to the individual systems in class. If you have IMovie, Adobe, or some other video editor at home, the projects in class will not save for editing elsewhere. You are importing your images, video clips, music and other items onto the specific computers you use in class. Therefore, you would need to save all those same files to your Google Drive for use at home.

If you want to work on OpenShot (Blender/Inkscape) at home, your parents will need to download, and install the programs on a computer for you. This is NOT a Requirement of the CSA Class!

IF YOU HAVE TIME, CHECK THESE OUT ON YOUR OWN:
The following programs are also Open-Source and can greatly enhance your videos. We have installed these programs, but due to lack of time and resources for this class, we will not be able to introduce them. You are more than welcome to review the information below, and try to use these resources for projects, but they are not required. Enjoy!

Inkscape

Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's free and open source. Whether you are an illustrator, designer, web designer or just someone who needs to create some vector imagery, Inkscape is for you!

INKSCAPE Tutorial Page: https://inkscape.org/en/learn/tutorials/

YouTube Inkscape Tutorial 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUIOEXssTSE

Blender

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation.