EDUCEDGE,

–Pre-flight checklist–

Step 1: Control Panel
1-Plug in your phone-mic headset
2-Control Panel /Sounds and Audio Devices / Audio (select your headset otherwise Microsoft will keep the default) / Apply / OK
3-repeat 2 for Voice (select your headset)

Step 2: Open FRAPS
1-Verify all preferences for movies
2-FRAPS movie will go to my desktop / FRAPS
3-Minimize FRAPS

Step 3: Follow each step describe below to set up Second Life for filming (’setting preferences’).
Red Arrow/Beam
Click on map button or View / World Map
Click on CLEAR button (right side of screen)
Chat Bubbles
Click on Edit / Preferences / General Tab
Under Show Names: click Never
Open/Close the Debug (Client) Menu
CTRL-ALT-D (opens the Client and Server menus)
On client menu: disable camera constraints
Decrease draw distance
Edit / preferences / Graphics
128 or lower is easier on the computer (higher if landscape shots or distance objects)
Mouse Sensitivity
Click on Edit / Preferences / Input & Camera
Increase mouse sensitivity
Mouselook Shortcut: M
Close Chat text entry field
Edit / Preferences / Text Chat / Close chat after hitting return / apply-ok
Hit return (chat should disappear)
Type M (otherwise, use View / Mouselook)
Use ESCAPE key to get out of Mouselook
Window Size
File / Set Window Size/ 640×480
Get Rid of UI (Turn on and off using these shortcut keys)
HIDE/Show interface: CTRL-ALT-F1
>>Go into Mouselook (M), Hit ESCAPE or M again, then get UI back (CTRL-ALT-F1)

Step 4: Action!
Record
Click F9
>the counter on the upper left corner of the screen should go red
Stop recording
Click F9 again (counter should turn yellow)
Preview what you’ve filmed
Go to Desktop / FRAPS / [secondlife movie]
double click to open (will open in the default software. Mine is Microsoft Media Player)
>note that sometimes the movie does some jerking at the beginning. Allow for post-editing by recording a little bit longer in order to dismiss the first few seconds of jerking.
>need to switch from touchpad to external mouse. Filming should become smoother when panning or orbiting.

Step 5. Post-Production Editing
Open Microsoft Movie Maker
Import Video
Drag clips in tab to create movie
Select effects
Post to Blip.tv

(Forget Jumpcut and forget VirtualDub. If you have Microsoft Movie Maker, no need for extra steps such as compressing. It’s doing it automatically. Just make sure to choose that document when uploading to blip.tv)