AV News
The only national AV Publication.
Essential reading for all AV enthusiasts. http://www.avnews.org.uk/
Essential reading for all AV enthusiasts. http://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 Peter
The AV Website of Peter Coles
Sadly, this seems to be off the air, but, you can see many of Peter's AVs on YouTube - see below http://www.avpeter.com/
Sadly, this seems to be off the air, but, you can see many of Peter's AVs on YouTube - see below http://www.avpeter.com/
Peter Coles' YouTube Channel
134 of Peter's classic AVs are available to view on YouTube. Essential viewing for all AV enthusiasts. http://www.youtube.com/user/avpeter?blend=7&ob=5#p/u
PTE Forum
Discussion board for Pictures to Exe users http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php
Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 1
YouTube Video Tutorial
Choosing a Digital Camera - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/1/0x3sGWKBpL8
Choosing a Digital Camera - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/1/0x3sGWKBpL8
Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 2
YouTube Video Tutorial
Choosing a digital camera - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/0/fFQ6xErPURk
Choosing a digital camera - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/0/fFQ6xErPURk
Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 3
YouTube Video Tutorial
How to use your digital camera. Highlights and Histograms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_DyVN3OJeM
How to use your digital camera. Highlights and Histograms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_DyVN3OJeM
Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 4
YouTube Video Tutorial
How to use your digital camera. ISO settings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki6Zs8qstVM
How to use your digital camera. ISO settings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki6Zs8qstVM
Beckham Digital
AV Website http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/
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/central/copyright-clearance-scheme.htm
Pictures to Exe
AV Software, the application most commonly used by British AV workers http://www.wnsoft.com/
User Guide for PTE v7
Download the User Guide for the latest version of PTE from here http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/user-guides/7.0/PicturesToExe_User_Guide_v70.pdf
SYP (PTE organiser)
Very useful tool for editing PTE programmes via a spreadsheet, and for changing the path to sound and picture files e.g. when using a different computer
Download v1 for PTE 4x
Download v2 for PTE 5x http://www.diapovision.com/articles.htm
Download v1 for PTE 4x
Download v2 for PTE 5x http://www.diapovision.com/articles.htm
Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit)
Sound editing Software http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/
Audacity
Free sound editing software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Adobe Photoshop / Elements
Photo editing software http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
Paint Shop Pro
Photo editing software http://www.corel.com/
Photo Plus
Photo editing software http://www.serif.com/photoplus/
Film Free Projection
Software for camera clubs to run competitions - including KnockOut, Panel, InterClub and "Mix and Match" competitions www.filmfreeprojection.co.uk/
Wings
AV Software, used by many continental AV workers http://www.stumpfl.com/
DGFects
AV Software www.dgfectsav.com
WeTransfer
Send large files (up to 2GB) over the internet. Quick, free, no registration required. https://www.wetransfer.com/
You Send It
For sending large files over the Internet https://www.yousendit.com/
Sony Sound Recorders
Digital portable sound recorders
PCM-D50 and PCM-M10 http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/product/digirecorders
PCM-D50 and PCM-M10 http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/product/digirecorders
Microtrack Sound Recorder
Digital hand-held recorder http://www.maudio.co.uk/index.php?do=products.family&ID=handheldRecorders
Alesis Palm Track Recorder
Hand-held recorder for under £100.
Reviewed in AV News 185 http://www.alesis.com/palmtrack
Reviewed in AV News 185 http://www.alesis.com/palmtrack
Zoom Sound recorder
Digital sound recorder http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/index.html
Rycote "dougals"
Windshields for hand-held recorders
Essential accessory to reduce wind noise when recording outdoors http://www.rycote.com/products/mini_windjammer/mini_windjammer_for_portable_recorder/
Essential accessory to reduce wind noise when recording outdoors http://www.rycote.com/products/mini_windjammer/mini_windjammer_for_portable_recorder/
Canon Digital Projectors
Projectors for AV http://www.canon.co.uk/
Optoma Digital Projectors
Projectors for AV http://www.optoma.co.uk/
RPS AV Group
AV section of the Royal Photographic Society http://www.avg.rps.org/
IAC (Film & Video Institute)
The world of creative film, video & AV making http://www.theiac.org.uk/
CEMRIAC
Midlands region of the IAC www.cemriac.org.uk
Midland Counties Photographic Federation
Midlands area of the PAGB http://www.mcpf.co.uk/
The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
Organising body of camera clubs in the UK http://www.pagb-photography-uk.co.uk/
The Royal Photographic Society
The RPS AV Group's page http://www.rps.org/group/Audio-Visual/home
Diaporama AV Group
Inverclyde based AV group http://www.diaporamaavgroup.co.uk/
Essex AV Group
Essex based AV Group http://essexavgroup.org.uk/
FADE
New West Midlands based AV group, organised by Fentham Photographic Society http://web.fentham-ps.org/avgroup.html
Horncastle AV Group
Lincolnshire based AV group http://oscarpix.co.uk/h&dps.htm
Leeds AV Group
Leeds based AV group http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/
Midlands Audio Visual
New website for those living in the central region of England. The aim is to act as a central point for information on groups, clubs and individuals working in AV, bringing together local sources of information. http://www.wmid-av.org.uk/index.html
North Hampshire Photographic Society
Hampshire based club with AVs regularly in the programme http://www.nhphoto-soc.org/
North Wales & Wirral Audio Visual Group
Organisers of the Geoffrey Round Competition http://www.nwawavg.org.uk/
St. Ives Photographic Club AV Group
AV group in Cornwall http://stives-photoclub.org.uk/index.htm
Sheffield Photographic Society AV Group
Sheffield based AV Group http://www.sheffield-photographer.org.uk/av.htm
Staffordshire AV Group
Stafford based AV Group http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/
Surrey Borders Film & Video Makers
Winner of IAC "Best Website" competition - surprising when it is never available! And a shame as it had much of potential interest to AV makers, eg script writing. http://www.surreyborders.org.uk
Test Valley Audio Visual Group
Southampton based AV Group http://tvavg.weebly.com/index.html
United Photographic Postfolios of Great Britain
Includes AV "circles" for the exchange of AVs by post or e-mail http://www.uppofgb.com/
Wantage AV Group
Wantage based AV Group run by Ian Bateman http://www.ibateman.co.uk/wcc/index.htm
Waves (Western Audio Visual Enthusiasts)
Trowbridge (Wiltshire) based AV Group http://www.waves-avgroup.co.uk/
Wilmslow Guild AV Group
Wilmslow, (Cheshire) based AV group & organisers of the Great Northern Festival http://www.wilmslowguildav.org.uk/
Worcestershire AV Group
Kidderminster based AV Group http://www.theiac.org.uk/clubs/worcestershire.html
Australian Photographic Society
Organisers of the Adelaide International AV Festival every two years http://www.a-p-s.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=195:2009-02-adelaide-av-festival&catid=96:australian-internationals
AV-Dialog
German AV site http://www.av-dialog.de/home/
Diaporam@Forum
French based discussion group run by Espace Vision http://www.diaporamaforum.com/forums/
Espace Vision
French diaporama site with AVs for downloading http://www.diapovision.com/
Kordial Multimedia
Belgian AV site http://www.kordialmultimedia.be/
Melbourne Camera Club AV Group - Australia
Australian AV Group http://www.melbournephoto.org.au/audio-visual-group/
Magalies Foto Fun Club Forum - South Africa
International discussion group run by Jeff Morris http://groups.google.com/group/mffc-av-interest-group?hl=en
Pretoria AV Club
South African AV club with strong links to the UK AV community via Jeff Morris http://pretoria-av-club.wikispaces.com/
Photographic Society of South Africa
The AV page of the PSSA website http://www.pssa.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=404&Itemid=182
National AV Championships
UK Championships held every 2 years (2009, 2011 etc.) http://www.navc.org.uk/
International AV Festival
RPS International Festival, held every 2 years (2010, 2012 etc.) http://www.ibateman.co.uk/rps/
IAC Peter Coles International AV Competition
Formerly the "Geoffrey Round International AV Competition", held in Capel Curig, North Wales http://www.nwawavg.org.uk/
Great Northern Festival
National AV weekend held in Wilmslow each December http://www.wilmslowguildav.org.uk/
Midphot AV Championship
Midland Counties Championship http://www.wmid-av.org.uk/midphot/index.html
Jessops Rose Bowl Competition
Midlands IAC organised competition www.cemriac.org.uk/avcomp.html
Bridgend 5 to 8 Competition
Photo Harmony Competition http://www.bridgendcameraclub.co.uk/5to8Comp.php
Irish Photographic Federation AV Championships
International every two years http://irishphoto.ie/index.php/competitions/av-championships/
Adelaide AV Fest
Adelaide AV festival, every 2 years (2011, 2013 etc.) http://www.sapf.org.au/exhibitions.htm#adelavfest
321 (UK)
Competition for sequences up to 3 mins 21 seconds long http://www.ibateman.co.uk/321/
321 (International)
Competition for sequences up to 3 mins 21 seconds long http://www.challengediaporama321.com/
Supercircuit
Worldwide AV events http://www.diaporamacircuit.com/
Chelles
French diaporama festival http://www.multiphot.com/
Epinal
Long established French AV competition http://diapimages.free.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire&lang=en
Hayange
French diaporama competition http://www.festivaldiaporamahayange.com/
Meyrin
Biennial diaporama competition http://www.montageaudiovisuel.fr/spip.php?article102
Rires et Chansons
Competition for short humorous and/or song illustration sequences, organised by Diaporama Concept, France http://www.riresetchansonsendiaporama.com/
Trophee de Paris
French AV competition http://www.trophee.oi-paris.com/
How to judge AVs!
by Marion Waine http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/judging/judging-av.html
How to record a voiceover
by Eddie Spence & Bryan Stubbs http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/resources/resources.html
Recording voiceovers
by Peter Appleton. Download from the Staffordshire AV Group website http://www.staffs-av.org.uk/Documents/Voice_Over_Guide.pdf
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
User Guide for PTE v7
92-page guide to using most of the features in the latest version of PTE (v7). Does not cover "Objects and Animation" in much detail at all. Download the pdf from here http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/user-guides/7.0/PicturesToExe_User_Guide_v70.pdf
More comprehensive User Guide for PTE v7
178-page guide to the latest version of PTE. Unfortunately, it's in French! http://www.wnsoft.com/files/picturestoexe/user-guides/7.0/PicturesToExe_User_Guide_v70_French.pdf
How to choose a digital camera - Part 1
YouTube video tutorial by Richard Brown http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/a/u/1/0x3sGWKBpL8
How to choose a digital camera - Part 2
YouTube video tutorial by Richard Brown http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/a/u/0/fFQ6xErPURk
Using your digital camera - Highlights and Histograms
YouTube video tutorial by Richard Brown http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u
Using your digital camera - ISO settings
YouTube video tutorial by Richard Brown http://www.youtube.com/user/langley2205#p/u/3/ki6Zs8qstVM
Clikpic
Websites for photographers and artists http://www.clikpic.com