Media Equipment
Media Equipment and Accessories
Camcorders (digital and mini-DVR), tripods, digital cameras, DVD/VHS player/monitor remote controls, projector remote controls, and digital audio recorders may be checked out for a 3 day period, with 1 renewal, to UNO students, faculty, and staff only.
Headphones and tape recorders may be checked out and used in the Library for 4 hours. Keyboards, mice, floppy drives, zip drives, Ethernet cables, USB cables and calculators may be checked out and used in the Library for 3 hours. Visit the Main Service Desk to check out any of these items.
Sony HandyCam Camcorder Tutorial: How to transfer videos from the camera to a computer
Media Formats and Compatability
| EQUIPMENT | OUTPUT | FORMAT | MOVIE MAKER | FLASH | AUDACITY | LIBRARY OWNS |
| Sony HandyCam Camcorder | Still Images/Video Files | JPEG/MPEG2 | NO | YES | NO | 4 |
| Sony FlipVideo Camcorder | Still Images/Video Files | MP4 | NO | YES | NO | 5 |
| Sony Cyber Shot Digital Camera | Still Images/Video Files | JPEG/MPEG1 | YES/YES | YES | NO | 4 |
| Tripods | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
| Olympus Audio Recorder | Digital Audio Files | WMA | YES | YES | YES | 4 |
| Headsets with Microphones | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 |
| Laptops | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12 |
Reserving Group Study Rooms and Media Devices
UNO students, faculty, and staff can reserve digital cameras, video cameras, and digital voice recorders online through the Criss Library catalog. Click here for instructions, or watch the video below.
Creation and Editing Software & Tools
All of the software listed below is available in Criss Library's Instruction Labs, Group Study Rooms, and First Floor Computer Lab EXCEPT for Audacity, Jing, and YouTube Video Clips, which can be downloaded for free from the link listed below.
AUDIO CLIPS
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Other Free Audio Editing and Recording Software
CDs/DVDs
Roxio Creator DE
Windows
DESKTOP PUBLISHING & SLIDES
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft PowerPoint
IMAGES
Adobe Photoshop (photograph editing)
Adobe Illustrator (drawing images)
Adobe Fireworks (prepping images for web)
MOVIES/MOVIE CLIPS
Adobe Flash
Jing
Windows MovieMaker
Windows Movie Maker in Windows 7
POWERPOINT ALTERNATIVES
YOUTUBE AND OTHER WEB VIDEO CLIPS
ClipNabber
Any Video Converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free
Creating Logos
File Storage
Please make sure to save all of your work in some sort of storage space. Otherwise, you may have to redo all of your work.
CDs
E-mail (if file is not too large)
Flash Drives
Jing Files
www.screencast.com
MyFolder
myfolder.unomaha.edu
Project Management Tools
Flash Examples
STILL IMAGE
Final Product (GIF or JPG file): Flash Image
Final Product (SWF file): Flash Image
Final Product (HTML file): Flash Image
Production File: Flash file used to make image.
BLINKING MOTION
Final Product (SWF file): Flash movie (Contains examples of blinking motion.)
Final Product (HTML file): Flash movie (Contains examples of blinking motion.)
Production File: Flash file used to make movie.
FILTERS/BLENDING/MASKING
Final Product (SWF file): Flash movie (Contains examples of filters, blending, and masking.)
Final Product (HTML file): Flash movie (Contains examples of filters, blending, and masking.)
Production File: Flash file used to make movie.
iMovie Examples
What else?
Let me know what web sites/tools you find helpful by submitting the link to me and I'll add to the page for you.
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