East Midlands Audio-Visual Group: Links & Resources

AV News

The only national AV Publication.
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/

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

Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 2

YouTube Video Tutorial
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

Richard Brown Digital Tutorials 4

YouTube Video Tutorial
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

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

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

Pro Show Gold / Pro Show Producer

AV Software http://www.photodex.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/

AV HARDWARE

Sony Sound Recorders

Digital portable sound recorders
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

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/

Canon Digital Projectors

Projectors for AV http://www.canon.co.uk/

Optoma Digital Projectors

Projectors for AV http://www.optoma.co.uk/

AV GROUPS and ORGANISATIONS (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

AV GROUPS and ORGANISATIONS (abroad)

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/

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

AV EVENTS and COMPETITIONS

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

Noord Holland Noord

Dutch AV festival http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-GB&dl=en&lp=NL_EN&a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tributetocolour.nl%2findex.php%3foption%3dcom_content%26view%3darticle%26id%3d19%26Itemid%3d19

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/

AV GUIDES & TUTORIALS

How to produce an AV

by Ron Davies http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/ron-davies/ron-davies-on-av1.html

How to produce an AV

by Keith Scott http://www.leedsavgroup.co.uk/resources/resources.html

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

Symbolism in AV

by Ron Davies http://www.theiac.org.uk/av/symbolism/symbolism_in_av.html

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