I spent some time researching movie editing apps today. Here are my four favorites!
Apple iMovie:
If you're making videos with your iPhone and want to put them together in a classy way, iMovie is by far the easiest and simplest. iMovie is also really simple if you want to appsmash - taking videos from different apps and putting them together in iMovie. Just select which videos you want from your camera roll, select your template, et voila! A movie that can be easily uploaded to Youtube and shared on social media. Here's a video I created with iMovie to give our Board of Education an update:
Apple iMovie:
If you're making videos with your iPhone and want to put them together in a classy way, iMovie is by far the easiest and simplest. iMovie is also really simple if you want to appsmash - taking videos from different apps and putting them together in iMovie. Just select which videos you want from your camera roll, select your template, et voila! A movie that can be easily uploaded to Youtube and shared on social media. Here's a video I created with iMovie to give our Board of Education an update:
Animoto:
If you've ever used PhotoStory on a PC, you have the basic framework for Animoto. It takes your photos and puts them into an animated slide show with music and filters. The filter system is similar to Instagram and the music similar to iTunes. In a simple 3-step process, you've got a nice glossy video to share with your audience. You do need an account to create process videos in Animoto. Check out my test video:
http://animoto.com/play/srwLBY68emBvrPz1JyVl3A?utm_source
Adobe Voice:
Adobe Voice is similar to Animoto in that you're animating your pictures, but it's more in-depth and customizable. Each video is a combination of individual pages, like a flipbook. Each page has graphics or photos, and then you record your voice on each page. The app has templates for pretty much every purpose, and the templates walk you through your creation. In the end, you have video with your voice and moving images.
If you've ever used PhotoStory on a PC, you have the basic framework for Animoto. It takes your photos and puts them into an animated slide show with music and filters. The filter system is similar to Instagram and the music similar to iTunes. In a simple 3-step process, you've got a nice glossy video to share with your audience. You do need an account to create process videos in Animoto. Check out my test video:
http://animoto.com/play/srwLBY68emBvrPz1JyVl3A?utm_source
Adobe Voice:
Adobe Voice is similar to Animoto in that you're animating your pictures, but it's more in-depth and customizable. Each video is a combination of individual pages, like a flipbook. Each page has graphics or photos, and then you record your voice on each page. The app has templates for pretty much every purpose, and the templates walk you through your creation. In the end, you have video with your voice and moving images.
Touchcast:
Did you hear that? Yeah. That was my mind exploding with the awesomeness that is this app and technology. Touchcast is simply interactive video, but the potential is amazing. You can add vApps - essentially widgets into your videos that when clicked on, lead to web pages, interactive questions, maps, twitter feeds, and so much more, all while your video still plays in the corner of the screen. So if you're teaching a lesson, you can create a touchcast, have the kids open a google doc from within the cast, edit the doc, and then return to the video. AMAZING. The only limitation is that you have to watch the video from within the Touchcast app for desktop or iPad/iPhone. There's even a whiteboard feature, so you can write on your video, and there's sound effects and a green screen. This is the closest app to screencastomatic that I can find for the iPad. I'm intrigued to see more and to see more educational TCs.e to edit.
www.touchcast.com
Did you hear that? Yeah. That was my mind exploding with the awesomeness that is this app and technology. Touchcast is simply interactive video, but the potential is amazing. You can add vApps - essentially widgets into your videos that when clicked on, lead to web pages, interactive questions, maps, twitter feeds, and so much more, all while your video still plays in the corner of the screen. So if you're teaching a lesson, you can create a touchcast, have the kids open a google doc from within the cast, edit the doc, and then return to the video. AMAZING. The only limitation is that you have to watch the video from within the Touchcast app for desktop or iPad/iPhone. There's even a whiteboard feature, so you can write on your video, and there's sound effects and a green screen. This is the closest app to screencastomatic that I can find for the iPad. I'm intrigued to see more and to see more educational TCs.e to edit.
www.touchcast.com