"The Making of the Grouse Statue" video went down very well. It was the first time I'd seen one of my movies on a big screen. It looked great -- even though I would have liked to have been able to project it in full HD. It's now up on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7bQq0kyS8
What this project has clearly proved is that my current systems, both hardware and possibly software, are being stretched to creaking point. The near-ten minute video was taking almost an hour to render and my computer is starting to insert what I can only describe as "ghost images" into the project, in other words it occasionally inserted images from another file in the same folder and there was nothing I could do to remove them. This disks have been defragged and the system subject to routine maintenance but it does seem to have reached the point where I have to upgrade.
So I'm taking delivery of a top-of-the range DELL (they say it will be delivered on Monday but in this weather who knows when it will arrive). I'm also turning the camera into a hybrid -- in other words, it will record on both tape and now compact flash cards. There's another light on the way as well. All of that should help to improve the quality of our productions.
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I was watching the audience from the side as they watched your projected video. I have to say that, although I'm obviously biased, they appeared utterly absorbed
ReplyDeleteThat's no mean feat when the audience is standing and the vid is 10 mins long. Most business-related vids cause a loss of the will to live at around 3 mins.