Here has been my work flow:
1. Downloaded trial version of Avid Media Composer (which is what we use at work). I will attempt to extend the trail version by deleting the automater app... we'll see how that goes.
* Ran into issues upon set up of Avid saying "no media can be written to any mounted drives". I'm currently not working off of a hard drive ( I will soon I promise) and I just had to change write permissions to my Mac HD using these helpful steps, thanks Avid support!
2. Downloaded Audacity to edit the audio. After I had the final video version and everything was all cut up I did a mixdown of just the interview audio (so no nats or music), exported it, and edited it in Audacity then reimported it to Avid (specifically tried to remove background noise through the noise removal filter).
* I ran in issues downloading dmg through Chrome (kept saying "no mountable file systems" and after tons and tons of trouble shooting I just switched browsers) it worked fine with Mozilla Firefox.
3. Downloaded Handbreak after I exported my Avid sequence in Quick Time format I used these settings to encode to .mp4 for YouTube HD.
4. Been using Pixlr as my free substitute to Photoshop. Love it love it love it. All the same tools, layers, filters, pixel size. All online, no download until you want to download your final product. It's awesome for a free thing.
Social Media Outlets:
1. We've been hosting all our videos on YouTube but I attempted update cover photo and profile picture. Info YouTube channel art dimensions and templates here. It wants me to edit prof pic in Google + because they're linked but it won't update :(
They recommend uploading a single 2560 x 1440 px image and then they there is a specific Safe Area that will show up across platforms.
2. Since Google owns everything ever I tried to cover all linked accounts like Google +.
- Recommended cover photo size: 1080 x 608
3. Twitter, we've had this but I went through and updated cover photo and profile picture. Great Twitter pic tips here.
- Profile Pic: 400 x 400
- Header Pic: 1500 x 500
4. Facebook page. I wasn't sure, but I went ahead and did this through my personal account, not sure if I should have made another account just for I Am Second - UNC. But the benefit of it being linked in my account is that I can switch back and forth pretty easily and post on IAS behalf or mine. I can also see notifications from the IAS page when I'm just logged into my personal account. So it's worked out fine so far. Super detailed sizes and dimensions here.
- Profile Pic: 160 x 160
- Cover Photo: 144 x 274
Website Editing:
I'm using Weebly. Very simple. I don't have to pay to edit like other friends did through Square Space. Has nice mobile editing option too. I wish I could edit mobile and desktop separately, as in, have different elements for each platform but they are linked. Sometimes too basic but it gets the job done and I purchased the domain through them for so that was super easy too. I manage a few different sites on Weebly so its cool to easily go back and forth. One stop shop.
"I am a Tar Heel and I am Second"
