Guides & Tutorials: i-Space: Studios@Library

Details

Offer a self-service video recording studio.

Location: L113a, 1/F South Wing

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Booking Information:

Monday to Sunday (while Library Open)
2-hour per session
Capacity: 1-3 person**
3 days in advance

Note:

We offer technical support and consultation to the studios during office hours only.
First-time-user of the studio is encouraged to book office hours’ time slot to have better technical support.
Please bring a USB thumb drive (Formatted in exFAT) for recording.

5 Steps to Start up Your Video Recording

Step 1. Power on equipment

Make sure you turn on all the equipment, including: Ceiling lights and electric power, LED light panels, and The One Button Studio Workstation

Step 2. Insert your USB drive

You will see "Press the button" when it is ready

Step 3. Press the Button to start recording

Recording will start in 5 seconds
Stand within the yellow frame on the ground. This helps you position yourself on the camera
Finished?

Step 4. Press the Button again to stop recording

Wait for a few seconds for the workstation to save the video to your USB

Step 5. Done! Remove USB drive

Your video are saved in your USB in MPEG4 format (.mp4) and ready for your edit

The Studio supports the creation of multimedia contents of 360 virtual tour and animated video. Please refer to the following resources for the use of software.

Location: L303f, Multimedia Commons (3/F North Wing)

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Booking Information:

Monday to Friday (except public holidays)
4-hour per session, starting at 9:00 am and 2:00 pm respectively
Capacity: 1-3 person**
3 days in advance

Note:

We offer technical support and consultation to the studios during office hours only.
First-time-user of the studio is encouraged to book office hours’ time slot to have better technical support.
First-time-user of the Live Animation System is encouraged to book a consultation service before using the studio.

Workstation 1 (Live Animation)

1. Live Animation System (Virtual Talents & Axis Neuron)
A software suite for creating live animation.

Highlight

Screen Recording with PowerPoint (PDF)

2. Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio
A free and open source video recording and live streaming software.

Overview

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio overview (Website)
Open Broadcaster Studio (OBS) quickstart (Website)
How to Use Open Broadcaster Studio (OBS) beginners guide (Video)
Live streaming beginner's guide (Video)

Tutorial

How to stream with Open Broadcaster Studio (OBS) (Video)

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Sources guide (Website)
Understanding the mixer (Website)
Filters guide (Website)

Workstation 2 (Virtual Tour Production)

1. 3DVista Virtual Tour Pro
For create interactive cross-platform 360 degree virtual tour.

Overview

Virtual Tour Pro (Website)
Intro into 3DVista Virtual Tour Suite (Video)
PDF quick guide (PDF)

Tutorial

Virtual Tours for e-Learning, training & quizzing (Video)
Animated Panoramas and Video Hotspot in 3DVista (Video)
3DVista (Video)

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Live-guided tours (Website)
Sample (Website)
Demo projects (Media Files)

2. 3DVista Stitcher
For convert a set of pictures into panoramas.

Overview

What is a panorama? (Video)
Stitcher (Website)
PDF quick guide (PDF)

Tutorial

How to create a panorama (shooting & stitching) (Video)
3DVista (Video)

Highlight

Fixing panoramas with control points in 3DVista Stitcher (Video)
How to add tripod caps to your panoramas (Video)
360 virtual tour photography with DSLR cameras (Video)

3. Agisoft Metashape
A photogrammetry processing software for scanning 3D objects.

Overview

Standard Edition - Features (Website)
Photogrammetry Overview (Try it yourself!) (Video)

Tutorial

3D model reconstruction (Website)
Spherical panoramas generation (Website)

Highlight

How to Scan 3D objects with Agisoft Metashape (Video)

4. Blender
A free and open source 3D creation suite.

Overview

Features (Website)

Tutorial

Tutorials (Video)
Blender Fundamentals (Video)

Highlight

Blender Reference Manual (Web)
Stylized Character Workflow with Blender (Video)
Speed Sculpting (Video)

Support audio recording and video conference Location: L303d, Multimedia Commons (3/F North Wing) Click here for more information.
Booking Information: Monday to Sunday (while Library Open) 2-hour per session Capacity: 1-2 person 3 days in advance Note:** We offer technical support and consultation to the studios during office hours only. First-time-user of the studio is encouraged to book office hours’ time slot to have better technical support. Please bring a USB thumb drive (Formatted in exFAT) for recording.
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Software for Audio/Video Editing

The Digital Creativity Workstations located at Multimedia Commons (MC) in North Wing 3/F are installed with the following software for audio and video editing: