JMetzner Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 For all of you with a good net connection, I've uploaded 3 clips from launch day up here. people.arsc.edu/~jlm/AsYouWish/Aurora-Wolf.wmv people.arsc.edu/~jlm/AsYouWish/The-Flyer.wmv people.arsc.edu/~jlm/AsYouWish/Fai-yacht-basin.wmv Enjoy!! --John M. Fairbanks, AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Diebert Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Fantastic! Great comparo of a WE and a VAC. I don't HEAR anything...is there supposed to be audio? Could just be my software.... Thanks for going to the trouble John. Next time it would be great if there was a good stiff breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pennington Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Wow, another first. Thanks John! The Flyer really looks cool, you caught Mark's top gallant sail perfect :roll: I think Steve, was having a good time too. Good brothers and I am glad to have them for friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Great Video 8) Once I got the drool off my keyboard I watched it again, very, very nice and lots of fun. btw, audio worked fine on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMetzner Posted July 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 One more, from Day 2 on the lake. As You Wish making a reasonably good tack (IMHO) about halfway across the lake. people.arsc.edu/~jlm/AsYouWish/AsYouWish.wmv --John M. Fairbanks, AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt jake Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 That is TOO cool!!! I had audio on all of them, though the last link didn't work. Looks great!! :) Looks like fun! Lessor winds but more constant than I have been in. Swimmer looks great in the water. Thanks for positing this; this is great stuff! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Pyeatt Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I was able to load the first video clip with audio. A breeze would have helped clear some of the smoke probably. But it looks like you had a great time. Congratulations on a fine launch weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adla Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 WOW...looks like you had the most fun this weekend! this sort of sharing had me cutting scuppers in 108 degree heat.....yer SHIPS looks great! PLEASE keep sharing !!!!!!!! i'm loOoping the videos in envy...LUSTING AFTER FiniSHEd pirate vessels! a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 <emotion=envy><color=green> That is sooo cooool </color></emotion> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pennington Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Ahoy! :icecream: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMetzner Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Capt Jake, et. al. I fixed the link to the 4th video above. The correct link is: people.arsc.edu/~jlm/AsYouWish/AsYouWish.wmv Mark G., I spoke briefly with Doreen tonight, I'll bring the laptop with all the video on it the next time I'm out to the lake. I have a lousy dial-up connection at home too --John M. Fairbanks, AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R1 Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 John, that is way cool! Since I can't seem to get my own boat on the water, I guess I'll live vicariously through your videos. Please post more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 All of your boats look fantastic! It looks like a grand time was had by all. It is so great to see multiple boats together in one place. Thanks for sharing the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor3356 Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Great video's, I showed them to my co-workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 I got them all...with audio... Pretty darn cool...so nice to see "action" film of the boats and the people... I am hoping to make a few videos this summer and do the same type of thing (small clips for friends).. I was wondering what you use for software, for the basic stuff, like you have shown, just to produce some .wmv files, that look ok. My own computer won't handle it but, my brother already has a firewire set-up. We have this weekend (3 days), in which I want to test out the camera (Canon Zr65) on board and just see what we end up with. We have an unconfirmed date to deliver a Hunter 466 up from Connecticut to Maine sometime next month and I thought it would be fun to make a film of it. I don't plan on getting into it to heavy, just something easy to use and edit with.... any basic thoughts you have would be of help.... thanks... Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMetzner Posted July 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Bill, I was pleasantly surprised to see how easy it was to make the clips. I borrowed the camera from work, a Canon GL1. It had a 1394 (firewire?) port and cables for digital transfer. The manual didn't say anything about connecting the camera to a computer but since I had a 1394 port on my laptop at work I gave it a try. With the camera powered up and in VCR mode I plugged it into my laptop running WinXP Home. Windows detected it, loaded the driver and pulled up Windows Movie Maker. With just a little experimenting, I was pulling off clips from the camera, using the controls in Movie Maker to play, pause, rewind, whatever. A real piece o' cake. There were a whole lot more features available in the software that I didn't touch. I don't know how other versions of Windows would work. This was the first time I'd tried this, but it won't be the last. I'm not a Micro$oft fan, I'm a Unix geek for a living, but this they did right. --John M. Fairbanks, AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Thanks John... Guess for what I want to do the easy way is the best way... (now that's a change...) cheers, b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolandblais Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I've used both windows xp and Mac osX for movie editing, and both are pretty functional. Considering that both had the basic tools included (moviemaker for windows and Imovie for the mac) as part of the basic os package, it was worth the price paid (free!). I have a Canon powershot G2 difital camera that can take up to 30 seconds of video. I found out that it is entirely possible to create a viable movie using takes less than 30 seconds long ;-) One of the better features of Imovie is that it has a built in "Ken Burns effect". That's when you have a still picture and can pan across it and zoom at the same time. It makes slide shows or still images more interesting. Windows can do this in "photostory" - but the free version can only do 5 pics at a time, and you have to export it as a movie and then import it into moviemaker. There are 3rd party plugins that will do that but they co$t. The other thing is that Imovie seems to handle trimming "clips" better than moviemaker. But might just be a personal preference. Peace, Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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