[liberationtech] New video book revew -- created using Zoom

[Phil Shapiro]

Not too many people know that Zoom can be used as a free media creation tool. 

To show folks what is possible, here is a book review I made last weekend. 

[ https://youtu.be/Wd8ErJpVFSg | https://youtu.be/Wd8ErJpVFSg ] 

I learned this skill from this video. 

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_PbqWe2tY | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_PbqWe2tY ] 

To make such a video, you will need the latest version of the Zoom software installed on your Mac or PC computer. 
You will also need Powerpoint or Keynote installed. (These days Keynote is free. It only runs on Macs, though.) 

I created the slides for my book review using LibreOffice, saved them as a Powerpoint file - and then imported 
them into Keynote. 

It's possible to create something similar using all open source software. I used open source software to create [ https://youtu.be/Fuu7rx9UqVg ] 
many of the video book reviews at 

[ http://sites.google.com/site/philshapirobookr | http://sites.google.com/site/philshapirobookreviews ] 

phil 


-- 
-- 
Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com 
http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html 
http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro 
[ http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html | http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html ] 

He/Him/His 

"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates 
"Learning happens thru gentleness." 
"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ghserv.net/pipermail/lt/attachments/20201008/a28d9ec4/attachment.html>