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Media Ripping Tools 1: Easy YouTube Video Downloader

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Remixing video has become a popular cultural movement. We see it all over the internet where people re-purpose video to convey an alternative message. The Mister Rogers remix entitled Garden of Your Mind, produced by PBS Digital Studios takes hundreds of clips from dozens of episodes to create an inspirational song about learning. The audio of his voice is put through an auto-tuner to make it sound like he's singing.

This was made by professional producers, but remix culture is really a DIY movement and the tools are available for pretty much anyone who has a computer and internet connection. One relatively new tool that allows you to edit videos from YouTube is Easy YouTube Video Downloader, a free add-on from Mozilla that allows you to download videos from YouTube. It's an add-on which means that it creates an interactive button underneath the YouTube player to let a user download any video on YouTube. Once the video is downloaded, you can import it into a video editing program like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker to edit.

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Windows Movie Maker Educast Series

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The following videos are a 9 part series on how to use Windows Movie Maker. Movie Maker is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Windows operating system users to edit their own videos.

There are nine videos in this series although you can only see one player. The single player hosts all nine videos (thank you YouTube playlist). The series starts with Part 1: Basic Overview. To access the other eight videos, you must click on the text that says "Playlist" located at the bottom left of the player. You can then choose from the selection of other videos.

Note: This video educast series covers the first version of Movie Maker, not Windows Live Movie Maker.

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iMovie '11 Educast Series

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The following videos are a 9 part series on how to use iMovie '11. iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2 users to edit their own videos.

There are nine videos in this series although you can only see one player. The single player hosts all nine videos (thank you YouTube playlist). The series starts with Part 1: Basic Overview. To access the other eight videos, you must click pause and then click on the monitor icon at the bottom of the player (it's located next to cc button). You can then choose from the selection of other videos.

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