Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Quicktime Basics

There is a great little program on your Apple computer, called Quicktime, that can really do some big things that are often overlooked.  It is often thought of as just a video player, but the free 'Mac' version has several other capabilities.

Let's walk through a few of them.

Go ahead and Open Quicktime

It's notable that nothing really seems to happen when Quicktime is opened.  There is no window that opens like you expect to see with other programs.

At the top of your screen you will see this ->



and in your Dock at the bottom of the screen you will see this icon ->


It's ok.  It is open.  There just isn't a window that opens up right away.

There are 3 recording options:
Movie Recording
Records from your computer's webcam (or attached camera)

Audio Recording
Records only audio

Screen Recording
Records a video of what is seen on your computer screen.  The audio is optional.

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As you begin, be sure to check your settings.  These are found by selecting the little mark to the right of the record button.

The Facetime HD Camera is the built in camera on any Apple product.

Unless you have another microphone plugged in, you will be using the built-in microphone.



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When you are complete, the Stop Record button is found at the  top of your screen.  
It  looks like a circle with a square in the middle of it.


Once stopped, the video will pop up on your screen to review and save.

File -> Save will let you save your recording where you would like.