Blessings all! Today we pick up where we left off last time. That's right - using what's in your hands. With all the rapidly changing, ever-increasing technology that is so prevalent in today's society, moving your vision from thought to fruition may seem like such a daunting task. When in actuality that's just the reason why everything is at our "fingertips."

Today we take a look at Video Trailers. I trust you viewed the last trailer, and consider attending as well!
One of the most widely used, yet often unheard of software for video editing is actually free. That's right I said FREE! It's called Microsoft Windows Movie Maker. Most people with a PC have it as software in their Accessories folder - one of the goodies that come with the Microsoft Windows operating system.  There are several updates with each new operating system, but they all operate the same - more or less.

This video editor is feature-rich and allows one to import digital images/pictures, video, and music. The drag and drop features of this software make it easy to develop a video with transitions, effects, text overlays, as well as narration of the video as well.

So where do you start? Open up the software and follow the directions. It's easier than you might think. Start small. Use ten to twenty pictures and one of your favorite song clips to start. When you experiment with the transitions and effects, you will need to move between the Storyboard and the Timeline. You can do this quickly by using the shortcut Ctrl+T. After you finish your project, you will need to save it as a project, in case you want to add to or modify the video, and then publish the video as a WMV (Windows Video file). This file can be burned to a DVD or uploaded to a digital video publisher like YouTube, or your own domain.

Below you'll find the video for this edition, which I recorded in the library with a Logictech Pro Webcam! After downloading it to my computer, I was able to import it into Windows Movie Maker, make some edits and publish online for you to view. If you'd like more in depth training. We'd be glad to teach you. Yes we make personal visits for group settings, and we can teach you right online! Contact us at [email protected].

Pastor E. Barber
EBCreativeMedia
Creative Media Solutions Designed for You

Jogging through the park one bright sunny morning, I began to recollect ideas that had come to me many years ago. You know the type of ideas that you say to yourself, "One day I'm gonna take some time and put this together.  I just know it will bless somebody!" Well I pulled out my PDA and began to jot them down. How many "good ideas" have you been inspired with that you never put into action? Your book, your album, your new product, your new business? It's amazing to me when I hear new products come forth, and someone says, "I thought of that idea years ago!" Or someone records a new song and you hear the words, "That's my song!"

I believe that God has allowed there to be a creative flow of ideas that is hovering just short of everyone's reach. And all we have to do is reach up and take hold of it. We call creativity so many things in our culture: the ability to create, to imagine, to do things differently, or more resourcefully. To be creative is to take ownership of the thoughts, dreams, and visions that our marvelous creator has made available to us, and commit to investing our time, talent, energy, and resources to see them come into fruition. It is an act of faith! And everyone has some degree of creativity.

God set the precedent for being creative when God created the universe. God said, "Let there be..." and then committed divine resources to bring it into reality. But what I love about the creation is God spoke everything into fruition, except humanity. God formed male and female in God's own image from the resources God spoke into existence. There was a special and specific investment of care and attention that when into creating Adam and Eve. We were created in God's image as intelligent creative beings, invested with the power and thus responsiblility to have dominion over this earth. To cultivate its care and development.

Much of our being creative has been counter-productive to our purpose, but because we still exist in the flow of God's time continuum, its not too late to be innovative in a way that fulfills our God given purpose to bring glory to God and build one another up for the good. Join us here next time as we continue the discussion on our purpose and privilege to - Be Creative! Don't forget to leave comments. Peace.

Pastor E. Barber
EBCreativeMedia
Providing Creative Solutions from Thought to Fruition

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