[videoblogging] Re: Another "Newbie" Question About Really Simple Editiing and Uploading
There are some consumer based video editing programs that have the ability to "scene detect" and basically edit the movie for you. Ulead http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm Adobe Elements - This is a .pdf of the program features http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/indepth.html I think even that Windows Movie Maker 2 can do this but I am not sure. Dear ole Dad I know technology is moving at a rapid pace and these two programs may go a long way to cut through the dribble shots, but at some point you as the human are gonna have to make editing decisions. You can do it dude! Courage and happy editing. Or a really good coffee to help you wittle down the pile. Vlog on, Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "joshgrot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a large number of hour-long digital video tapes of my family > sitting on the shelf. I'd like to share key clips of these with my > family and friends, but am turned off by the hassle of culling through > each tape manually to find the most interesting clips (it seems that > 80% of the time, the camera is just rolling and my kids aren't doing > anything too interesting to anyone else but me and my wife). Is there > an easy way to solve this online, i.e., without having to use > iMovieHD? VideoEgg? Apologies if this question has been asked and > answered earlier. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Another "Newbie" Question About Really Simple Editiing and Uploading
Thanks for the names of the video editing programs...and yes, I believe that MSFT's Windows Movie Maker does break down the video. I suspect that there are millions of folks out there like me who are not as adept at using online or offline editing tools and, as a consequence, have a lot of digital videos of their families sitting on their shelves unused. Though I'm motivated to get these off my shelf and into edited videos I can share with my family and friends, I know of many, many folks who feel much more comfortable with the simplicity of using a video camera vs. the complexity of learning how to "process" their videos. Seems like a big market opportunity for an enterprising video company. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are some consumer based video editing programs that have the > ability to "scene detect" and basically edit the movie for you. > > Ulead > http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm > > Adobe Elements - This is a .pdf of the program features > http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/indepth.html > > I think even that Windows Movie Maker 2 can do this but I am not sure. > Dear ole Dad I know technology is moving at a rapid pace and these > two > programs may go a long way to cut through the dribble shots, but at > some point you as the human are gonna have to make editing decisions. > > You can do it dude! Courage and happy editing. > Or a really good coffee to help you wittle down the pile. > > Vlog on, > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "joshgrot" > wrote: > > > > I've got a large number of hour-long digital video tapes of my > family > > sitting on the shelf. I'd like to share key clips of these with my > > family and friends, but am turned off by the hassle of culling > through > > each tape manually to find the most interesting clips (it seems > that > > 80% of the time, the camera is just rolling and my kids aren't > doing > > anything too interesting to anyone else but me and my wife). Is > there > > an easy way to solve this online, i.e., without having to use > > iMovieHD? VideoEgg? Apologies if this question has been asked and > > answered earlier. > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Another "Newbie" Question About Really Simple Editiing and Uploading
Thanks... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "francisco_daum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depending on your available hard disk space, I would just digitize the > DV tapes en masse. Just leave the camera importing into iMovie and go > do something else in the meantime. When it is done, just save the > imported tape as DV 1 (or some other file name). Save and close. > > Then go to Finder, delete the iMovie .plist file. Open iMovie again > and digitize the next DV tape and so on. > > My idea is to have the DV tapes readily available on your computer. > Finder will play the .DV files. Whenever you want to create something, > you can just use Finder to pick the file you need to import from > inside iMovie. > > Really depends on your available hard disk space, you can always read > them off a Firewire external drive > - > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "joshgrot" wrote: > > > > I've got a large number of hour-long digital video tapes of my family > > sitting on the shelf. I'd like to share key clips of these with my > > family and friends, but am turned off by the hassle of culling through > > each tape manually to find the most interesting clips (it seems that > > 80% of the time, the camera is just rolling and my kids aren't doing > > anything too interesting to anyone else but me and my wife). Is there > > an easy way to solve this online, i.e., without having to use > > iMovieHD? VideoEgg? Apologies if this question has been asked and > > answered earlier. > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Another "Newbie" Question About Really Simple Editiing and Uploading
There is absolutely nothing available and there never will be that will do this for you. Even if you were to employ someone to do the work, you'd still have to tell them which parts held meaning for you.That being said, how to do you go about getting the job done. Here's how I did it. In 1999 I got an iMac with FireWire, iMovie 1 and Sony Digital 8 camera with analog inputs. I had about 25 hours of VHS tapes to go through. Basically I worked on it one tape at a time. I found like you did that most of what recorded was just waiting for good stuff to happen. So I fast forwarded through much of it, capturing interesting things as I went. I worked on this a little bit each day for about 2 weeks. The process of capturing all that stuff was actually more fun than I expected. Many of those tapes I hadn't ever watched so it was a lot of fun to see what was on them. Also, as I found more and more great things I though of how much my family was going to love this stuff. At the end of the two weeks I had a really good idea of what material I had to work with and during the capture process I came up with lots of ideas about how to put things together. Then I just started grouping things together - by theme - by event - by holiday - whatever. I ended up creating 45 minutes of short videos out of all of that footage. It was a lot of work but totally worth it. Now those videos will actually get watched. This year I posted one of the clips on my vlog as a Christmas present to my family. Check it out: http://michaelverdi.com/index.php/2005/12/25/christmas-92-98/Good Luck,Verdi SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Another "Newbie" Question About Really Simple Editiing and Uploading
You might have a look at Muvee http://www.muvee.com (there's a free trial you can play with). They got in touch with me a while ago asking me to do affiliate marketing on my website, but I wasn't convinced their product would be appealing to videobloggers. However, it might be just right for you. While it's true that you're going to have to wade through all the video one way or another, both Windows Movie Maker (free) and Roxio VideoWave (cheap) do scene detection (WMM calls it "create clips"), which makes it quicker and easier to zero in on the interesting bits. -- best regards,Deirdré Straughanwww.beginningwithi.com (personal)www.tvblob.com (work) SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
