Staffordshire Audio Visual Group

Software Guides

Pictures2exe	PTE Version 5.0 User Manual - by Lin Evans and Jeff Evans
	PTE Version 5.5 User Guide - by WNSoft team
	PTE Version 6.0 User Guide - by WNSoft team
	PTE Version 6.5 User Guide - by WNSoft team
	PTE Version 7.0 User Guide - by WNSoft team
	PTE Version 7.5 User Guide - by WNSoft team
	Previous versions of PTE are available from this page
Audacity	Audacity - A User Guide for AV workers - by Peter Appleton
	Recording Voice-overs - by Peter Appleton

How to make an AV

Ron Davies	Link to article on the IAC website, on Ron Davies' methodology of producing an AV
Howard Gregory	CD tutorial 'AV Step by Step'

Entry forms for AV competitions

Midphot 2011

Rules and awards - Entry form - 2011 results

	The IAC on copyright in video - but applies equally to AV
Sound licence	IAC Music copyright clearance scheme - licences
Images	SAVG webpage (not a legal statement)
Plagiarism	Article by Christine Widdall on plagiarism of images

Tutorial worksheets from workshop evenings:

20th August 2009 meeting (Alastair Taylor) "Seeking the perfect dissolve effect"	Lining up images, using layers, to ensure registration
These two worksheets use Photoshop Elements	Using a box within a box
17th March 2010 meeting (Howard Bagshaw)	Downloading fonts on a PC (Word-3Mb)
	Downloading fonts on a PC (pdf-1.2Mb)
Samson Go Mic	Review
Multimedia story telling	Article

The sites below offer music which is copyright free, in some cases they charge, in other cases the tracks are free. Note the conditions on each site regarding the copyright waver, generally they are OK as long as you don't plan to sell the sequence containing the music.

Incompetech	Many, many royalty free tracks .
PacDV	Music and sound effects
SonnyBoo	20 totally free music tracks- can even be used in for-sale AVs. Need to credit author

Sample AV sequences from members. Click on the sequence title to download a zip file of the sequence, note that these are big files. Alternatively click on the YouTube screeen to show in streaming video format, but poorer quality. I would welcome any feedback about the technical aspects of watching these videos.
Note that these sequences will contain copyright music and are, therefore, for private viewing only, not for public showing.

Suđersveit

Author: Howard Bagshaw
6mins 41 secs - 46Mb

Suđersveit is a region on the south coast of Iceland, totally isolated until the 1960s by the mountains, glaciers and sea. Despite that, there has been a community living there since Viking times.

Produced as a Hi-def (1400x1050) sequence.

Tough Guy

Author: Howard Bagshaw
3mins 51 secs - 79Mb

Twice a year, thousands of competitors take part in the toughest one-day endurance event in the world. There are many hardships and obstacles for the competitors to overcome, but this sequence looks the challenge of fire and water.

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Special

Authors: Jeff Mansell & Howard Bagshaw
8mins 48secs - 111Mb

Walton Hall is a special school, catering for pupils with all types of learning and physical disabilities. The performing arts are an area where they can develop their skills and gain confidence.

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