Resources

ARTICLES

Interesting Websites:

http://mondiavisueel.com/

Calendar of International Salons with FIAP Patronage

https://www.myfiap.net/patronages

NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, etc.

Staffordshire AV Group – A wonderful source of information

http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/ 

RPS

The magazine for the Royal Photographic Society Audio Visual Group

http://www.avnews.org.uk/ 

PAGB

Magazine of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain

http://www.thepagb.org.uk/ 

AV Links

AV Links is an occasional email Newsletter to keep you up to date in between Magazine Issues.

www.avnews.org.uk 

Film & Video Maker

Magazine of the IAC. Lots of articles of relevance to AVers plus an AV page.

http://www.fvi.org.uk/iac/fvm/fvm.htm 

AV SOFTWARE

Pictures to Exe – http://www.wnsoft.com/ 

ProShow Producer – http://www.photodex.com/proshow/producer MObjects – http://www.mobjects.com 

DGFectsAV – http://www.dgfectsav.com/ 

Wings – http://avstumpfl.com/en/ 

MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html 

http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/free-music.html http://sonnyboo.com/music/music.htm 

Amazon Amazon’s mp3 download site

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MP3-Music Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dm1?ie=UTF8&node=77197031 

i-tunes Apple’s music download site

http://www.apple.com/itunes/ 

AKM Copyright Free Music

http://www.akmmusic.co.uk/ 

TRACKLINECopyright-Free Music Library

http://www.trackline.com/ 

Warner/Chappel Production Music One stop shop for 73 music libraries, including the former Carlin, searchable by library, category, mood or use

http://www.warnerchappellpm.com/ 

Royalty Free Tunes Royalty free music

http://www.royaltyfreetunes.co.uk/ 

Music4YourVids Rickvanman’s music for your YouTube videos

http://music4yourvids.co.uk/ 

Sound Effect Libraries Comprehensive set of links to various sources of Sound Effects

http://www.filmsound.org/sound-effects/libraries.htm 

Sounddogs Downloadable Sound Effects

http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp 

Sound Effects Downloadable sound effects – some free

http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html 

Soundsnap Downloadable sound effects http://www.soundsnap.com/ 

TUTORIALS

Barry Beckham’s Tutorials (on DVD discs):

http://www.beckhamdigital.com.au/store/pc/home.asp 

AV Website

http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/ 

Lin Evans’s Learn to Make Slideshows:

Pictures to Exe Help

http://www.learnpicturestoexe.com/ 

http://www.learnpte.com/ http://www.learntomakeslideshows.net/ 

Tutorials on Ronnie West Digital:

http://www.ronniewestdigital.co.uk/ 

Tutorials on PicturesToExe’s Forum:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/forum/8-tutorials-articles/ 

AV by iPhone:

http://www.rps.org/special-interest-groups/audio-visual/blogs/2013/november/av-by-iphone 

Capturing life with style:

http://hipstamatic.com/oggl/ 

How to produce an AV by Ron Davies:

http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/ron-davies/ron-davies-on-av1.html 

Digital Audio Visual Basics by Keith Scott:

http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/resources/resources.html 

Christine Widdall PTE Video Tutorials, three video tutorials for beginners demonstrating how to get started with PTE, setting the options, plus a basic guide to Objects and Animations, panning and zooming:

http://christinewiddall.co.uk/tutorials/ 

Symbolism in AV by Ron Davies:

http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/symbolism/symbolism_in_av.html 

AV Fusion

Not sure what “AV Fusion” is? It’s a combination of still images and video. You can see some examples here, and also download a pdf help file which gives hints for creating a Fusion Audio Visual.

http://taurangaphoto.org.nz/tga-av-salon/fusion-examples/ 

Beechbrook

AV Website with downloadable AVs http://www.beechbrook.com/ 

Ian Bateman

AV Website with links to lots of other interesting sites http://www.ibateman.co.uk/ 

Recording Licences

Essential information for making your sound tracks http://www.fvi.org.uk/iac/copyright/copyright-clearance-scheme.html 

DOWNLOADS

AV Downloads, Demos, utilities, tutorials, guidelines and information: Official WnSoft Forum (English):

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/ 

Beckham Digital (English):

http://www.beckhamforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?f=6 

FastStone Image Viewer is an image viewer and editor that deserves to be singled out – not only because it is free, but also because it offers a strong combination of speed, usability and versatility:

http://faststone-image-viewer.en.softonic.com/ 

IrfanView is an excellent, very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 , 2008, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.

http://www.irfanview.com/ 

AUDIO EDITORS AND RECORDERS

Adobe Audition: http://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html 

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 

Wavepad: http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/ 

USER GUIDES

User Guide for PTE v8:

http://www.wnsoft.com/ 

Adobe Audition Users’ Guide, the definitive 376 page guide to Audition (formerly Cool Edit) Click here to download the pdf from the EMAVG site:

http://emavg.graham-neville.me.uk 

Audacity Users’ Guide by Peter Appleton. Download from the Staffs AV Group website:

http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/Documents/Audacity_User_Guide_0v5.pdf 

PSSA HONOURS APPLICATIONS

https://www.pssa.co.za/honours-and-awards/honours-information/how-does-it-work

Royal Photographic Society

http://www.rps.org/licentiateship/NEW-Multimedia-and-Narrative-Category 

FIAP Distinctions

Applications for FIAP Distinctions must go via Jill Sneesby, who is the FIAP liaison in South Africa.

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