WeVideo: Home

1. Account Basics

• Create a free account at www.wevideo.com. You can use, for example, your Facebook or Google credentials.
• After you've created a free account, you can upgrade to an Earlham account with special features.
  • You'll be given an upgrade code by your faculty member.
  • Or you can request a code from a librarian.
  • Whatever route you take to get the code, enter it on your account page to obtain the Earlham license.
• If you plan to create a photo story and you want to use photos from the web, be sure to obtain high-resolution images with the "advanced search" image size search setting in Google Images. Wikimedia Commons and other image repositories have similar ways to limit your search to high-resolution assets.

2. Editing Basics: Short Online How-To Videos

• Upload and organize media in your account (images, clips, sounds)
  • Short tutorial: Media management
• Drag/drop media on the "timeline" (where you make audio/video tracks)
  • Short tutorial: Timeline editing mode
• Add text (titles, subtitles, etc.)
  • Short document: How do I add text to my video?
• Record a spoken voiceover/spoken narration
  • Short tutorial: Record narration/voiceover
• Add music (upload/import, or select from a great selection of royalty-free WeVideo tracks)
  • Short tutorial: Music tips for better videos
• Adjust audio levels via simple sound editing
  • Short tutorial: Adjust audio levels
• Add animations (movement) to a photo story/photos
  • Short document with tutorial: Using Animation (Ken Burns effect) on videos and images
• Create an entire photo story with still images, sounds, titles, etc.
  • Short tutorial: Create a photo story
• Need more?
  • Browse all tutorials at WeVideo Academy

3. All Finished?

• Publish and share your video
  • Short tutorial: Publish your video (includes how to share)