video apps

Create Halloween Movies With Magisto for iPad

October 28, 2014 by admin

Earlier today I published a post on FreeTech4Teachers.com in which I mentioned using Magisto to create videos online. This afternoon I tested out the Magisto iPad app.

The Magisto iPad app works in a manner that is very similar to the web app. To create a movie with the Magisto iPad app you simply select videos and images that are on your iPad’s camera roll, select some music (Magisto has a large selection of royalty-free music) to serve as your video’s soundtrack, and choose a theme for your movie. Magisto is currently offering a Halloween theme that you can apply to your movie. Magisto handles all of the mixing of your media to generate a movie for you. See the app in action in the video embedded below.

You can test the Magisto iPad app without creating an account. To access all of the app’s features you will have to create an account.

Vizzywig – A Robust Video Editor for Your iPad (free for a limited time)

September 25, 2014 by admin

Vizzywig is a robust video editing app for your iPad. The app does all of the things that you would expect a video editing tool to do and more. Like iMovie does Vizzywig allows you to import images, video clips, and sounds to produce your video. You can easily add title screens and final credits to your video by just filling out the forms provided in the app. What Vizzywig offers that you won’t find in iMovie is the option to remotely record from up to 16 other iOS devices connected on the same wi-fi network.

Remote recording through Vizzywig allows you to capture and combine video clips from up to sixteen remotely connected devices. That feature could be great for capturing video footage of a school play, graduation ceremony, or sporting event.

Vizzywig’s basic user interface is rather intuitive. Some of the advanced features could take a bit of trial and error to master, but the basics are easy to understand. I created a short video in a matter of a couple of minutes the first time that I used the app. Vizzywig doesn’t require you to create an account in order to use the app. You will need to create an account to export your finished video to YouTube, Dropbox, or Vimeo. You can also simply save your video to your iPad.

Vizzywig is normally $29.99, but it is free today (September 25). Thanks to Apps Gone Free for that tip.

Videoshop – Add Slow Motion and Image Effects to Your Videos

April 9, 2014 by admin

Videoshop is an iPad for creating and editing videos. Through the app you combine video clips and images into one video project. You can import video clips and images from your iPad’s camera roll into your project or you can capture new footage through the app. After adding your video clips and images to your project you can edit each of the clips by trimming their lengths and adding slow-motion effects. To the pictures and video clips in your projects you can add voice-overs, background music, and text. Transition effects can be inserted between each clip and picture. The last step before publishing your video is to choose Instagram-like visual effects to your project.

Videoshop’s biggest selling points are found in the visual effects and the sound library. The sound library contains dozens of sound effects that you can import into your project for free. You can also import music stored on your iPad.

A Handful of Free iPad Apps for Creating Videos

August 28, 2013 by admin

Even if they haven’t used it, most iPad owners are familiar with iMovie. Many schools buy it for all of the iPads that they distribute to students and teachers. If your school hasn’t bought it for you or you just want to try some other video creation options without spending any money, take a look at this small collection of free video creation apps for your iPad.

Loopster is a free iPad app that is probably the closest you will come to iMovie without spending any money. Loopster is the app that I would have my students use for documentary style videos and other projects that are going to go more than 60-90 seconds in length. The Loopster iPad app provides a four track editor. There are tracks for video and images, transitions, sounds, and text. You can import images and videos from your iPad’s camera roll or shoot a new video with the app and edit it. On the video editing track you can trim clips and combine clips. On the text track you can add speech bubbles and other text effects. Loopster has a slow motion effect that is available on the iPad app too. When your Loopster project is completed you can share it to YouTube, Facebook, or email it. Your completed Loopster projects can also be saved to the camera roll on your iPad. (Update: As of November 2013 Loopster is no longer free)

30hands is a free iPad app that makes it very easy to create a narrated slideshow. To create a basic narrated slideshow on 30hands all you need to do is import images from your iPad’s camera roll then press the record button below each image to record your narration. If you don’t have any pictures on your iPad you can take pictures using the 30hands app. 30hands also allows you to draw images instead of importing pictures. You can combine imported pictures with drawn images in your presentations. And you can draw on top of imported images. When your project is complete you can save it on your iPad or share it with the 30hands community.

The Knowmia Teach iPad app is an excellent app for creating your own whiteboard videos. Some of the highlights of Knowmia Teach app include the option to use your iPad’s camera to record yourself while drawing on the whiteboard. You will appear in the corner of the screen so that your students can see you while you’re talking them through the lesson. The app includes the option to import images and graphics from your iPad to your lessons. You can draw free-hand on the whiteboard screen, type on the whiteboard screen, and insert pre-made shapes and figures. All Knowia Teach lessons can be uploaded to the Knowmia website with just one tap of your iPad’s screen. Students can watch your lessons on the Knowmia website.

Pixntell is an iPad app for quickly creating simple narrated photostories. To create a story using Pixntell all that you need to do is start a new project, select some images, place them in order, and then start talking about each of your pictures. You control the timing for each image. If you want to talk about your first picture for twenty seconds, your second picture for just three seconds, and your third picture for fifteen seconds, you can do that. Pixntell allows you to crop your pictures, add text them, add filters to them, place fun stickers on your pictures, and draw on your images highlight a portion of them. When your project is complete you can upload it directly to YouTube, save it in your Dropbox account, share it on Facebook, or send to friends via email.

Video Star is a fun and free music video creation app. To create a music video on Video Star just select a song that you have stored on your iPad then start shooting live video. The music will play for as long as you record or until the end of the song. You can also import images from your iPad to create your video. Video Star also lets you apply special effects to your video. Some of the effects that you can apply include text boxes, title boxes, frames around images, transitions, and split screens. Your completed Video Star video can be exported to YouTube or sent to anyone via email.

Easy Studio – Create Animated Videos On Your iPad

June 28, 2013 by admin

Easy Studio is an iPad app that children can use to create animated videos. The process of creating a video on Easy Studio is a drag and drop process. To create a video a child drags shapes and characters into place on a scene. The process is repeated to create each new scene in the video. After all of the scenes have been created the child taps the play button to see how the video looks. A child using Easy Studio for the first time can follow one of the six story templates to get a feel for how the creation process works.