File management is an important part of video post-production. Many times you will be using several media files of various formats that are essential to the finished piece. You want to be able to retrieve those files with minimal fuss, so it is important to have a consistent method of file organization. Follow the guidelines in this tutorial to help you with your workflow.

The act of taking a picture or shooting a video can be easy and fun, however, moving beyond the camera’s auto-settings can produce better looking images and video. In this tutorial, you will learn how manually adjusting your camera’s focus, color balance, and exposure can significantly improve the look of your images and video.

Whether you are shooting still images or video, the way you handle the camera can have an impact on your visual story. This tutorial covers the guidelines around camera handling so that your visual story has a greater impact on the viewer. Be creative and follow these guidelines to make your stories more dynamic.

There are many elements that can contribute to a graphic design, but a good graphic designer will set limitations so each element is justified. This tutorial introduces the key concepts that guide the design process to support both your message and the viewer.

One of the components of the pre-production phase, the project proposal is a visual package that supports your project when pitching to peers, educators, mentors, and sponsors. A good project proposal is more likely get your project approved, so it is important to refine these skills now. This tutorial presents the materials to consider including in your project proposal.

The way you compose a shot determines the type of impact your story will have, whether you are shooting still images or video. A well-composed shot not only looks good, but also helps to communicate your message more effectively. This tutorial covers the shot composition guidelines that good visual storytellers should follow.

Editing is the process of sequencing media to tell a story or convey a message. It can be a little intimidating at times but making a solid plan goes a long way. In this video you'll learn that the key to being a great editor is to be organized and methodical throughout each stage of the editing process.

Exporting video using Premiere Elements for Adobe Youth Voices Project

Exporting video using Premiere CS6 for Adobe Youth Voices Project

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Raising Awareness, team members recommend some helpful tips in planning an awareness campaign. The team members are: •Adel Hamouda (Egypt) •Chole Richard (Uganda) •Gulzira Amanturlina (Kazakhstan) •Nadeem Qadri (Kashmir)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Pre-Production Techniques, team members present challenges involved in the pre-production process and offer tips around those challenges. The team members are: •Napatsakorn Loha (Thailand) •Henry Sempangi Sanyulye (Uganda) •Disha Sethi (India) •Ameen Charles (India)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Meet with NIT, team members creatively approach the subject of inspiring creativity in the youth they work with. The team members are: •Saptarshi Ray (India) •Laddy Hengwichitkul (Thailand) •Yaqub •Ganesh Acharya (Nepal) •Sathya Narayanan (India)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Media and Critical Thinking, team members illustrate why it is so important for young people to develop critical thinking skills. The team members are: •Sebastian Francis (India) •Ivan Simonov (Russia) •Georgeta Craciunescu (Romania) •Rajsri Ram Mohan (India) •Mahesh Kaushik (India) •Jyoti Prakash Sashu (India)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Identifying Issues, team members share their approaches to helping youth identify the issues that are important to them. The team members are: •Cornelia Platon (Romania) •Ashok Pawar (India) •John Bano (East Timor) •Doge Abdurrahman (Indonesia)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together leadeducators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams tocreate short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Message to Impact, team members explore ways in which to help youth search within themselves to create media with an impactful message in their own voices. The team members are: · Elaine Socorro Cavalheiro (Brazil) · Shan-Lee Liu (United States) · Susan Dyer (United States) · Joan Sweeney (Canada) · Niranjan Meegammana (Sri Lanka)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together leadeducators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams tocreate short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Amplified Voice, team members use realpeople and the phrase “I am a global citizen” to emphasize an educator’s responsibility to listen and provide the tools to amplify youth voice. The team members are: · Martha Estrella (United States) · Chris Lockwood (Mexico) · George Lee (United States) · Ariel Taylor (United States)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together leadeducators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams tocreate short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Team Jeff, the protagonist presents some video production best practices to share with youth to ensure high quality work. The team members are: · Daniel Richards (United Kingdom) · Jeff Schmidt (United States) · Courtney Gould (United States) · Corey Stallings (United States)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together leadeducators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams tocreate short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Blueprint for Creativity, team membersexplain the importance of pre-production and present ways on how to engage youth in the pre-production process. The team members are: · Peter Moi (United States) · Rachel Rosen (Canada) · James Bell (Jamaica) · Wendy-Frazier Snyder (United States)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together leadeducators from around the world representing the core leadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams tocreate short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Own It, team members offer their insights on how to get youth to be fully invested in the AYV Program, be motivated to create authentic work, and to take ownership of their projects. The team members are: · Regina Temple (United States) · Symon Chibaka (Malawi) · Oneisha Freeman (United States) · Daniel Gutierrez (Uruguay) · Hassan Shehawy (Egypt)

The Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training brought together lead educators from around the world representing the coreleadership in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. During the training Lead Educators worked in teams to create short media clips on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip, Generating Ideas, team members discuss the challenges educators face when getting youth to select a specific idea with a focused message and a defined audience. The team members are: · Allan Kakinda (Uganda) · Todd Strother (United States) · Dennis Martinus (Bonaire) · Cristina Bosio Ferrer (Argentina)

In Adobe Youth Voices Essentials members can create a collection of their favorite resources, curricula, and tutorials by using the Favoriting tool and this tutorial shows you how.

In Adobe Youth Voices Essentials, educators can friend one another as a way to stay connected. This tutorial shows users how to find members in the Member Directory and adding them to your Friends List.

Educators can collaborate and connect with one another in the Adobe Youth Voices Essentials Forum. This tutorial shows you how to post and comment in the forums.

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Educators can upload youth work in progress and final projects to receive feedback and ideas for improvement.

Essentials Educators can upload a profile image and share information about themselves by updating their profile.

Learn how to get started and register for Adobe Youth Voices Essentials.

Stop motion is a great technique for beginners and advanced media makers. There is lots of room for experimentation and creativity and it can work in pretty much any environment with a camera and computer. This video introduces helpful concepts and techniques required to tell exciting stories using stop motion.

Shooting video can be simple and fun if you know the basics. Not every camera is made alike, so you’ll need to spend some time with your own gear to get to know its functionality. This video explores important steps to take before, during, and after a video shoot to help create a high quality project with an efficient workflow.

Pre-Production is the first stage in any media production. It's important to embrace creativity and enjoy this process as it will provide a guiding vision and direction for the following stages of production. This video introduces the pre-production process and invites young people to explore their story, audience, message and style.

As a part of the Adobe Youth Voices program, peer feedback plays a very important role in the media making process. Feedback can take place throughout the process beginning with the initial pitch and continuing through postproduction with a Rough Cut screening. Giving feedback can be a delicate thing and should be done in a respectful and supportive way; it’s important that you follow some simple guidelines when giving feedback to the artist. In this video you’ll learn about the importance of Critical Response.

Sharing your work can be exciting, productive, and can play an important role in refining a project. A Rough Cut screening is a great way to facilitate media sharing and should be done in a supportive and respectful environment. In this video you’ll learn how to conduct a Rough Cut Screening or Gallery Walk.

Adobe Youth Voices is all about creativity and originality. In this video, you’ll learn how to create original media and use media created by others while following the Adobe Foundation guidelines for distribution.

In this video we take audio production a bit further to learn about common microphones and their technical attributes used in video production, music and voice recording, both in the field and in studios.

Capturing audio can be easy and fun, but it requires some simple techniques. No matter what gear you have, if you’re working with or without microphones, indoor or outdoors, it's important to be creative and remember that sound is very important. Do everything you can to maximize the gear you have, without it getting in the way. In this video you'll learn simple techniques that will help you capture better audio.

The world of audio production is full of exciting tools and techniques and can be very fun to explore, but it can also be overwhelming and intimidating. In this video tutorial, you'll learn many simple terms and tips that should help you become comfortable working with beginning and advanced audio tools. This video is also designed to give you the confidence needed to become playful and experimental when creating a sound design for your video, animation or media project.

The language of audio production can be overwhelming and intimidating. In this video we take audio production a bit further to learn common terms and accessories used in video production, music and voice recording, both in the field and in studios.

2012 San Francisco Rough Cut Review

This video features excellent guidelines for planning and conducting Rough Cut reviews of media that students are producing. Includes suggestions on the process and use of critical feedback handouts for discussion during group viewings and gallery walks, and how to incorporate feedback into the final stages of production work.

The world of audio production is full of exciting tools and techniques and can be very fun to explore, but it can also be overwhelming and intimidating. In this video tutorial, you'll learn many simple terms and tips that should help you become comfortable working with beginning and advanced audio tools. This video is also designed to give you the confidence needed to become playful and experimental when creating a sound design for your video, animation or media project.

The world of audio production is full of exciting tools and techniques and can be very fun to explore, but it can also be overwhelming and intimidating. In this video tutorial, you'll learn many simple terms and tips that should help you become comfortable working with beginning and advanced audio tools. This video is also designed to give you the confidence needed to become playful and experimental when creating a sound design for your video, animation or media project.

This video gives you a brief window in to the exciting process of media production. At the Rough Cut screening we review in-progress media works and give feedback to support youth media creators in the completion of their projects.

Your media work is not complete without a statement from the artist. Within the Adobe Youth Voices program, the project description is the first thing that your audience will see, and for that reason, you should think of this written statement as a way to draw in viewers and create excitement around your work. This tutorial teaches youth and educators how to write an AYV Project Description.

Understanding ownership of your own work and others is a very important part of youth media. This tutorial examines the fundamental concepts of copyright law and describes how to license your work to Adobe. Learn about these important concepts and gain the tools to use them.

Exporting videos and animations can be a tricky process when you consider the wide variety of settings and attributes. In this tutorial you'll learn some basic theory and the simple steps required to generate high quality videos for submission to Adobe Youth Voices using Adobe Premiere Elements.

Exporting videos and animations can be a tricky process when you consider the wide variety of settings and attributes. In this tutorial you'll learn some basic theory and the simple steps required to generate high quality videos for submission to Adobe Youth Voices using Adobe Premiere Elements.

Exporting videos and animations can be a tricky process when you consider the wide variety of settings and attributes. In this tutorial you'll learn some basic theory and the simple steps required to generate high quality videos for submission to Adobe Youth Voices using Adobe Premiere Elements.

Description - Exporting videos and animations can be a tricky process when you consider the wide variety of settings and attributes. In this tutorial you'll learn some basic theory and the simple steps required to generate high quality videos for submission to Adobe Youth Voices using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Every time you head out to shoot video, many challenges can come up. Whether you're creating a documentary, narrative, or personal story, to get the most out of your shoot, you should strive to be very organized before, during and after the filming. This video explores best practices for youth video shoots and provides many guidelines that will help yield smooth productions.

There are lots of cameras available today and each one offers different features and benefits. In this video tutorial series, you'll learn to select the appropriate camera, become familiar with the basic operations, and explore popular shooting techniques.

There are lots of cameras available today and each one offers different features and benefits. In this video tutorial series, you'll learn to select the appropriate camera, become familiar with the basic operations, and explore popular shooting techniques.

There are lots of cameras available today and each one offers different features and benefits. In this video tutorial series, you'll learn to select the appropriate camera, become familiar with the basic operations, and explore popular shooting techniques.

This tutorial explores the project proposal and pitch process. Join Adobe Youth Voices, Media Mentor, Adam Shaening-Pokrasso, to learn about creating and sharing your media project idea.