How do we take a video of ourselves signing?

[Adam Frost]

I just used the cheap webcam that I can and a program on my PC called
Windows Movie Maker (which came with my computer when I bought it). It
wasn't the best quality because I have a cheap webcam and poor lighting. But
I warned you that it would be.

Adam

On 4/10/07, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I will have to try it out on my computer, but I am sure that I will be
> able to find it out really easy. I just have never tried it before. (I am
> forwarning that it will probably be a quick and dirty was as that is usually
> what I get when I play with thing. :-P).
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:54:19
> To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] How do we take a video of ourselves signing?
>
> Hello Stuart!
> That was really great! Great to see you face to face and that was a
> long video (from a data perspective for storage I mean) but they let
> you post it free? Wonderful service and yes...why not use YouTube...
>
> But we have to learn how to take the videos of ourselves first! That
> will happen more and more I am sure...
>
> If anyone has info on how to take videos of yourself on the PC,
> please tell us...
>
> Thanks once again -
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ---------
>
>
> On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>
> > It is ready now.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > On Apr 10, 2007, at 21:09, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> >
> >> HI Stuart -
> >> I followed your link below and it told me there were no videos
> >> with that link so I waited awhile and it did not show up...do I
> >> have to login with a password?
> >>
> >> But I still don't know how to actually make the video that one
> >> uploads? How do you make a video of yourself signing a sign on the
> >> Mac or PC?
> >>
> >> The place to upload is not the problem as much as just making the
> >> video itself!
> >>
> >> Val ;-)
> >>
> >> ---------
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 10, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> >>
> >>> One of the best ways to handle video clips would be for a person
> >>> to set up an account through one of the video online sites (I use
> >>> YouTube). Once you have an account, you can post video online for
> >>> people to see. For example, I posted my suggestion to YouTube to
> >>> give you an idea of what it could be like. If you follow this
> >>> link, you will see my suggestion on video: http://www.youtube.com/
> >>> watch?v=F5vOW8rE_BE. Most video online sites support tagging, so
> >>> you can tag it as SignWriting. Then it would be easy to find any
> >>> clips that discuss SignWriting issues.
> >>>
> >>> Stuart
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 10, 2007, at 17:53, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> SignWriting List
> >>>> April 10, 2007
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear SW Listers!
> >>>>
> >>>> The SignWriting List is always free for everyone and it is the
> >>>> best way to get tech support for your questions. So no matter
> >>>> what, if you want free tech support, please post your question
> >>>> to the List and then someone will answer you!
> >>>>
> >>>> It is great if you can post a very short video of you signing
> >>>> one sign... to show us what you want to write. It is important
> >>>> to see what we are writing sometimes!
> >>>>
> >>>> There are three issues related to posting videos:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. They need to be very short, because the List software doesn't
> >>>> have much memory. So we have to be careful to just post a video
> >>>> of one sign at a time. If you have a larger video, you can send
> >>>> it to me privately and then I will post it on our web site
> >>>> temporarily so we all can go to a link to view it.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Be sure you have permission to post a video that is of
> >>>> someone else...taking the video of yourself would be the best!
> >>>>
> >>>> 3. But how do we video ourselves doing a sign? Some people know
> >>>> how to do that, but actually I do not...
> >>>>
> >>>> I can take a photo of myself with Photo Booth or iChat AV on the
> >>>> Macintosh, and I do have a built-in iSight camera, but how do I
> >>>> video tape myself signing? and does anyone know how to do it on
> >>>> the PC?
> >>>>
> >>>> So I hope someone can answer...how would you suggest videotaping
> >>>> ourselves signing something?
> >>>>
> >>>> Val ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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