The Teachers' Animation Toolkit

Adobe Premiere Elements / Adobe Premiere Pro
Premiere Elements is an entry-level version of Adobe’s professional 
video-editing program, Premiere Pro. It includes stop-motion 
capture, eliminating the need for separate software.
Premiere Pro is an ideal choice for KS4 and A Level students 
considering a career in the creative industries. It is a fully featured 
platform allowing complex industry standard editing tasks. However, 
it does not include stop-motion capture.
See: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/premiere/
5.4 VIDEO AND ANIMATION EDITING

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EDITING SOFTWARE: MAC SOLUTIONS
iMovie
iMovie is simple and fast to learn. In just a few steps, you can 
add movies to your website, publish them on YouTube, and create 
versions for iPod, iPhone and Apple TV.
See: http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Final Cut Pro
A professional editing platform supporting live action. Animators will 
also need a stop-motion capture tool such as Dragon Stop Motion.
See: http://www.apple.com/fi nalcutstudio/fi nalcutpro/

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EDITING WITH WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER
Windows Movie Maker is included free with all Windows operating 
systems. It provides all the tools needed to edit a simple animation 
with one soundtrack (music, narration or sound effects), titles, credits 
and transitions.
Importing video clips:
Open Window Movie Maker, click on the File menu and start a new 
project. Import your video fi les into Collections. (Warning: long fi les 
can take several minutes to import.)
Select ‘Show Timeline’ by clicking on the fi lm icon above the 
timeline. Drag your video fi les in the required order onto the timeline. 
You can trim unwanted material from the start and end of clips by 
hovering your mouse pointer over the left or right hand edge of the 
clip. It will turn into a red double-headed arrow. Hold down the left 
mouse to drag the clip shorter. Place the timeline cursor over the 
area you wish to edit. Use the plus icon to zoom in to the timeline 
for greater accuracy. You can preview your edit in the video preview 
window.
Adding sound:
Import your sound fi les (in the wav format) and drag them 
underneath the animation clips into the Audio/Music line. Trim if 
necessary. Right click on the sound fi le to reveal additional options 
such as Fade In, Fade Out and Volume. Clicking on Volume allows 
you to adjust the sound level of the clip.