{"id":1132,"date":"2021-11-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:06:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:06:54","slug":"cropping-video-removing-the-date-from-screencasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2021\/11\/16\/cropping-video-removing-the-date-from-screencasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cropping Video: Removing the date from Screencasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last year or so most of us will have taken the plunge and recorded a lecture or tutorial to share with students.  You may be considering reusing this content for years to come, however the date and time on your screencast will give the game away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don\u2019t know if some students would have a problem with a video from last year being used again this year&#8230; I would prefer the date (which is visible at the bottom left of my laptop screen) to not be visible<\/p><cite>FMS Module Leader<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We can do this with video editing software such as Adobe Premier Pro or Final Cut Pro, but what if you do not have access to such software?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point most of us usually head to Google to find a free alternative.  Trying to find a free online tool can be a little daunting and it\u2019s always worth double-checking the usage terms and privacy policies are reasonable.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have previously recommended <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ezgif.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ezgif.com<\/a>  to be used to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2021\/01\/13\/animated-gifs-for-instruction-and-demonstration\/\" target=\"_blank\">create animated gifs for instruction and demonstrations<\/a>.  Ezgif don\u2019t store your files or claim any intellectual property rights over anything you upload, and your file is removed from their servers in an hour.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This free content editing website can be used for so much more than just creating gifs.  They have a designated area for editing videos, including an easy to use <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ezgif.com\/crop-video\" target=\"_blank\">cropping tool<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2021\/11\/ezgif-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year or so most of us will have taken the plunge and recorded a lecture or tutorial to share with students. You may be considering reusing this content for years to come, however the date and time on your screencast will give the game away. I don\u2019t know if some students would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2021\/11\/16\/cropping-video-removing-the-date-from-screencasts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cropping Video: Removing the date from Screencasts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[346,362,150,364,365,366,69,363],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guide","tag-adobe","tag-cropping-video","tag-elearning","tag-ezgif","tag-final-cut","tag-premier-pro","tag-video","tag-video-editing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}