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Sony Vegas Movie Studio has come out with version 8 now, but this tutorial for version 7 is still very useful.
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I made the video below for the Central Coast Seniors Center, and you can do the same to promote your favorite nonprofit organization. At youtube.com and other similar video sites you can upload videos to promote your nonprofit organization on the internet, or just provide videos for enjoyment.
(1) One easy way to do this is with Windows software, which includes the free Windows Movie Maker, but you can use any of the free softwares on the internet to do this.
(2) For an example of a nonprofit organization with a slideshow on youtube.com you can click on the link below which will jump to the video on youtube. (This is done by copying the address and then pasting it here.)
(3) The slideshow from youtube is also featured as an example in this post. (This is done by copying the code where it says "embed" and then pasting the code here.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epGl9daMG3k
Everything from music videos, to Broadway musicals, to films can be found now on the internet. To put this on a website
(1) just click and highlight where it says "embed" and then
(2) paste it into the "post" box on your blog, after choosing the "HTML" tab.
In this video from youtube that I pasted into the write post box Emmy Rossum sings "Think of Me" from the movie "Phantom of the Opera." Enjoy.
