Multimedia Tips and Tricks

Text and video by Kyle Krieger, Student Multimedia Design Center   When creating a video project, it’s important to carefully select your audio choices. The right audio can transform a scene, evoking specific emotions and setting the overall atmosphere. In ...Read More

by Ellie Parcells, Education Resource Center and Student Multimedia Design Center   The Student Multimedia & Design Center (SMDC) offers a wide array of beginner, intermediate, and advanced video camera kits to use in your next video project. While these ...Read More

by Mike Gates, Student Multimedia Design Center     When creating research posters, you may discover that the poster you have been working hard on was created on a canvas or slide size bigger or smaller than needed. While this can ...Read More

 Text and video by Jonathan Famiglietti, Student Multimedia Design Center    One of the most popular uses of Photoshop in professional photography is covering up and masking blemishes on portrait-style photographs.   Tools like the Spot Healing Brush and the Clone ...Read More

 Text and video by Kyle Krieger, Student Multimedia Design Center      When creating a video project, one of the most important things to consider is the placement of the microphone. Proper microphone positioning significantly impacts the audio quality and the ...Read More

Text and video by Mike Gates, Student Multimedia Design Center   Do you have a video podcast project due for one of your classes? Would you like to produce and publish a video interview? At the Student Multimedia Design Center ...Read More

Text and video by Jonathan Famiglietti,Student Multimedia Design Center    Have you ever finished recording several hours of footage only to discover that your audio is plagued with reverb or full of background noise? Adobe Premiere Pro has a few ...Read More

By Kathy Cephas, Student Multimedia Design Center   Imagine a room filled with thousands upon thousands of physical copies of newspapers and journals. How much space would that take up? How difficult would it be to navigate?  At Morris Library, ...Read More

Text and video by Ellie Parcells, Education Resource Center and Student Multimedia Design Center  If you’ve ever needed to design a logo, title card, or poster, you’ve likely used or at least heard about Adobe Illustrator, the go-to tool for ...Read More

Text and video by Kyle Krieger, Student Multimedia Design Center     With photography, one of the most important things to be aware of is the lighting. Photography is the capture of light, and as such, proper lighting techniques are the foundation ...Read More