November 20, 2007
Thanksgiving Video - What Are You Thankful For?
Hi friends, over this past weekend, Sarah (my wife) was at a retreat, and I was left at home to be Mr. Mom. Missing my wife terribly along with playing card and board games with my children gave me an insight.
It dawned on me that I take my most precious treasures - my family, my health, my journey - often times for granted.
That's when an idea struck - and this video is the result of it. If you're familiar with what I produce, this is a departure from the style of videos you're used to seeing on this blog. This video is the path less traveled for me. It's not about new media training. It's not about creating a personal family video.
It's one for you.
And for me, as a reminder to remember and reflect. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it. I would love to hear your thoughts & feedback at AreYouThankful.com. Thank you.
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November 20, 2007
Jeff Madison @ 4:25 pm:
Sherman,
Thanks for the reminder. I think I'll bookmark this and play it everyday. It's really easy to forget to be thankful for the simple things we have in life.
I appreciate your reminder.
Jeff
November 23, 2007
Scott Bradley @ 8:10 pm:
Sherman,
Wonderful video! Thanks for the kind reminder!
November 24, 2007
Sherman Hu @ 1:51 pm:
Hey Scott, thanks for checking it out - happy Thanksgiving!
November 25, 2007
Michael Cobb @ 12:15 am:
Hey, Sherman, thanks so much for the cool Thanksgiving slidecast. I'm really learning a lot watching your videos and will try to make my own slidecasts soon. Please tell me what software you used to make the slidecast. Did you make it with Slideshare.net or another service or program?
Sherman Hu @ 2:18 am:
Hi Michael, you're welcome
If you're on a Mac, try Boinx.com's Fotomagico.
Michael Cobb @ 2:58 am:
Sad to say that I'm not on a Mac but a pale-by-comparison PC.
Maybe soon…
A question for you. Rather than just flipping from one slide to the next, I want to be able to animate elements within a slide like graphics and text (and narrate what's going on at the same time, i.e., a spoken word narration). I'm going to give Slideshare a whirl, as well as muvee's AutoProducer 6, to see if these will let me do that. If they won't, please point me in the right direction. I could just program the whole thing in Flash, but I want to find something that my students could use to do slidecasts like what I've described, having slides, animated elements within slides, and a narration. It's a tall order, I know. What do you recommend? Thanks!
Sherman Hu @ 4:55 pm:
Hi Michael, Fotomagico on the Mac is magical
Some options on PC are:
1. Microsoft's Photo Story 3
2. MemoriesOnTV
3. ProShow Gold
You could even import the output video created from those apps above into Windows Movie Maker for titling and other additional compositions. Just a thought…
Enjoy!
Michael Cobb @ 8:37 pm:
Thanks so much for the advice. I'll give them a try.