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How come I have to log in in order to watch Samoa? Not being a member it's not possible, any ideas?
Here's what I get when I use Eric's link to the Samoa video ... AS you can see I'm not signed into Vimeo .. I do have a 'Free" account at vimeo but I don't sign in to see Eric's video.
Can you post the screen you get?
Here's something different. As most of you head into winter and here it's a miserable wet "summer" afternoon. A 1981 visit to the tropics.
It's an audio visual (I had 25 years AWOL from movie making). Originally a dual projector slide show with audio on a cassette tape. One track for a speaker and the other with instructions fed to an earpiece that fitted over my ear. This came in useful when I recreated on a Movie Plus timeline. The audio is the original so it's me 40 plus years ago.
My first visit to Samoa in 1981. I subsequently spent two years there in 1982 - 1984. A lot has changed since both there and worldwide. https://vimeo.com/147280337
Is that really your recorded narration 40 years ago? You sound the same.
Sorry Paul, it's a typo. Should have read AWOL (Absent without leave). Possibly not a saying used in your part of the world. I'll correct my post.
AWOL .. Thanks .. I certainly know what that is from my days in the US Army -- I'm sure they still use that term.
(I had 25 years AOL from movie making).
Quick question Eric .. what do you mean by AOL ?
GStree wrote:The dictionary describes a "Geode" as a "small" cavity in rock, lined with crystals or other mineral matter, however in 1999 at Pulpi (that is not too far up the coast to us in Spain) the largest mineral geode in Europe was discovered in an old iron mine. We have driven past it many times over the years and decided one day to take a look at it.
There was a lot of walking involved on the day with the different levels that were only accessible by stairways,but since I made this video, I understand that lift shafts have been installed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541y82eO5WU&tThanks Gordon. I agree with Paul voice over would have helped to explain what we are seeing. Bear in mind some viewers will be watching your video on a phone so reading a board of text would be impracticable.
I find the audio side of making a video more demanding than the image editing. Researching, writing, recording and tidying up narration to drop onto the timeline takes effort. Then there's the cutting into sections and finalising the editing. I only do this when my narration is on its track as often a clips length is governed by my narration. Then there's the finding of appropriate music and the mixing of audio, music, camera audio and any additional effects.
Very few of my videos don't have narration probably because I've a story to tell. This SD "North Head" from 2010 is a good example. Unfortunately being SD the quality looks poor nowadays https://vimeo.com/31188015
Excellent Eric .. Everything flows nicely. Not too little – not too much. You succeed because the piece is full of interesting information with clear and steady visuals to match, and your narration is delivered in a pleasant, authentic manner.
I fully agree that audio is often the biggest challenge if you choose to do more than just a music track. Yes, researching and writing the narration cues can be lots of work. BUT – I learn so much more about the place after we have been there. To me, this is the best part of doing the videos in the first place.
In my case, getting good “live” sound at the time of shooting is an even bigger challenge. Every situation is different but getting your microphone as close as possible is the best.
Like Gordon, I sometimes use a separate “wild” sound recorder. That helps too.
I invested in some good audio software that does a fairly good job of dialogue de-noise. This has helped a lot. But software background noise-reduction can only go so far, sometimes it’s back to how we did things in the olden days, dialogue replacement. On occasion, I “loop” or “dub” the sound. It’s easier than you think. Here’s an example.
Dialogue replacement .. 2 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCfYV0-yTY
I never heard of this .. Certainly a wonder of nature .. Good video work ..
I'd would have narrated instead of the lengthy title cards, used more live sound and sought out comments from others in the group .. but that's me -- It's your memory of the experience, (what caught your eye) so in that sense it's perfect as it is.
It's interesting that this has become a tourist attraction. But why not? And I'm quite sure the video, nor any pictures, capture the impact of seeing something like this in person.
Thanks for posting.
pberk wrote:This video is from 2015. It's long, 22 minutes, but worthwhile for anyone interested in "Cunard" history. The video was shot at Cunard's 175th Anniversary concert held in the Liverpool Cathedral. It was a grand affair, attending by several thousand people. We are old Cunarders over the past 25 years, hence we felt very lucky to be there. Considering the conditions ( I was merely a member of the audience), I'm very proud of the filming and editing.
Wow that was excellent, I appreciate how good that is considering from where you were seated! Was "all" of it recorded on the day or did you use extra footage from somewhere else?
Yes, the editing is first class and I would think that it took a fair bit of time to finish? also what camera was you using at the time.
I did use other footage/stills from Internet sources to fill in the gaps, but all the singers and speakers were shot at the concert. I used my trusty NX30U Sony, which has fairly good stabilization built in. I made use of the Digital zoom too to get closer shots. -- AND there was that giant TV screen too which gave me a nice way to do transitions as I could fill that screen with any image I desired. I also used a separate audio recorder to take audio of the entire concert, as well as the live sound from the NX30U. I also obtained a better sound track of the concert from an Internet source. To my knowledge, Cunard has never released a DVD or Video of this event, although I did see multiple Television cameras positioned in the cathedral. The sound was a big challenge which I think worked out well.
One other factor is experience. This was not my first event like this. It did take a fair amount of effort and time to edit. But it was a labor of love. My goal was to get it down to 15 min. So, in that sense, I failed. But my wife always wants these video memories to be longer -- not shorter. If I cut things too much, she notices. So it's too long for general audiences but, for us, on a cold winter's night, just right.
Do you have any Cunard experience?
This video is from 2015. It's long, 22 minutes, but worthwhile for anyone interested in "Cunard" history. The video was shot at Cunard's 175th Anniversary concert held in the Liverpool Cathedral. It was a grand affair, attending by several thousand people. We are old Cunarders over the past 25 years, hence we felt very lucky to be there. Considering the conditions ( I was merely a member of the audience), I'm very proud of the filming and editing.
Thinking about Alaska today .. we are scheduled to go back in July 2023 .. We've been there many, many times. We especially love the enchanted forest at Icy Strait Point.
Icy Strait .. 4 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ED-ix_D1Y
GB wrote:I find both Gordon's and Paul's video most interesting. Albert's and Eric's too. Keep 'em coming, please.
Ditto. And ditto. And ditto.
As a side note, near the beginning of Paul’s video there’s a classic fail in the autogenerated captions. It says: “and who are you I am deaf”!!
OMG .. never realized that ..
GStree wrote:Is there anyone out there !!!!
Yes. I'm here. I'll post something soon.
Since it is quiet around here, I thought I’d post a little film I made a few years back. It was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”. It grapples with the ultimate subject, one we all face in the end. It runs about 6 min.
The Unknowing ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lnMMCyXVrk
Is there anyone out there !!!!
Yes. I'm here. I'll post something soon.
... but is there any similarity at all?
William
Yes and No. It's hard for me to say since I don't understand enough. But --- it seems to me the hotel system is in a state of superposition in that there is a 50% chance that the same name guests are the same person, and a 50% chance they are different people. It is impossible to know, until one of them is observed.
I think Entanglement is something different since both guests would be part of the same system but opposites. SO if one entangled guest were to check in and be given an odd numbered room, the other would instantly be known to be checking in and given an even numbered room. Something like that.
The whole thing is mind bending.
So is quantum entaglement something like that, information retained in two pieces that were once together?
Not exactly. On a Quantum scale (sub atomic -- inside the atom), particles such as electrons can become entangled when they are created near each other and they overlap and share the same properties. The strange thing is that no matter how far apart the entangled particles become, we can tell things about each of them by examining just one of them. So, for example, if they are entangled electrons, they both have the property of spin. But we don’t know which way they are spinning, clockwise or counter clockwise unless we look (measure). When we look, if we find that one particle is spinning clockwise, we know that the other (if measured) is spinning the opposite, counter-clockwise. How does that other particle know which way to spin – and how does it know it INSTANTLY no matter the distance?
It's hard to understand. I believe, no one fully understands how this happens but there have been numerous experiments that seem to prove it is so. One of these just won the Nobel Prize for Physics. This little 5 min video might help.
I remember years ago seeing something, quite possibly on television, but maybe in a magazine, where someone said, or wrote, that as homeopathy uses such extreme dilutions, if homeopathy works then that must mean it works by some mechanism of which we presently (that is, at the then present time) know nothing.
Now there is quantum entanglement being discussed.
And it made me wonder.
I remember long ago reading a science fiction story called "Not in the literature".
I had a quick look on the web. I have not found it. I don't remember who is the author.
William
Unlike entanglement, homeopathy is not generally accepted within the science community. The Similia Principle (like cures like) has little foundation in science. The extreme dilution you mention may give rise to the placebo effect. Frankly, I put it all on a par with Astrology.
Entanglement is not understood but has been repeatedly proven to exist in carefully controlled experiments. It is truly a deep mystery as it appears to able to violate the speed of light -- or does it?
Another, short (6min) video about the universe. Could you go back in time through a white hole, for example? Or go to another of the possible universes if there is a multiverse?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/five … al-society
I can accept that our Universe is much larger than what we can see -- the so called "observable universe" -- but I don't accept multiple universes that our completely cutoff from each other but somehow exist. What ever does exists can be thought of as part of an all encompassing whole --hence one Universe.
It may be the case that very distance parts of our Universe have different laws of physics. We can't tell. The distances and the speed of light are the problem. Our ability to observe are own Universe is limited. We are stuck within those limits. So, why talk about Multiverses that we cannot hope to ever discover? On the the other hand, quantum entanglement may have the answer to those limits.
But I'll settle for an answer to dark matter or dark energy first.
Hello All
Might need to look for a new PC soon, just wonder your thoughts on whether integrated graphics are good enough these days or should I spend on a dedicated graphics card.
thanks for any help / advice
Stevie
I have an 11900K intel chip. It runs great using the integrated graphics (UHD 750) .. I can run it very successfully even when doing Video editing. I'd say if you get an i9 Intel chip you do not need a separate video card unless you are doing very heavy graphic arts with tons of FX, layers etc.
Superb visual effects from Kevin Parry:
Brilliant.
Please watch for the first 50 odd seconds and you will be surprised at our local rock band lead singer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFgDm6fJ4o
Nice. I was surprised. Lesson. Don't judge a book by its cover.
Any ideas? I'm thinking of uninstall and re-install Firefox.
I answered my own question. I did an uninstall of Firefox .. It gave me the option to "refresh" -- that did it. It loused up the look of the my Firefox, but everything was there (including bookmarks) and I got it back the way I like it.
Now .. no sticky and ominous entry in the Download history. All ok so far.
Whoops ... something else came up .. I find that I cannot get rid of the "download" history in Firefox browser. One entry is sticky. Possible virus but I'm sure I did not run this ISO file but only clicking an email. The ISO file showed up in the downloads and I deleted it and then deleted the entry in the Recycle bin. (I'm running WIndows 10) .. but I can't get rid of the history. This history only appears in Firefox -- not in Chrome or Edge browser. Notice "discordapp"
Any ideas? I'm thinking of uninstall and re-install Firefox. 
>> What happens if you type https:// followed by your website name?
Thanks Gwyndy .. If I use https:// followed by the website name, then all is well. I get the verified by cPanel icon in the right place.
The problem is that google search has the site as http:// and not https: ..
Hi is anyone there ? Since I last posted my wife caught covid! however she is on the mend and we are in southern Spain for a while, so I shall probably be out and about with my camcorder in the next week. Cheers.
I check in here once in a while .. hope your wife is better soon .. I think, eventually, just about everyone will get COVID.
Web address is always preceded by https.
One of my sites is listed on Google as http: rather than https: .. Not sure what I can do about this .. would a redirect to https: work?
Ann...
I have seen hail bigger than baseballs. I have seen straight-line winds of seventy miles per hour. I have seen rain over two and a half inches an hour. I have seen hail driven by high winds strip the bark off trees and the siding off houses. I have seen the aftermath of a tornado that killed thirteen people in my West Texas home town. These things were a part of simple thunderstorms and not something like a hurricane. At any rate, I have seen some "interesting" weather but I have never seen a tornado in action.
While I think it would be a hoot to chase and observe these things, people have died doing it. I think I'll pass. I respect the courage of those who do it, because what they do teaches us things about these visitations from hell.
To repeat something I have said before, I like wild weather... as long as it is not being destructive. I understand your sentiment, though. Even when being destructive, weather can be interesting and fascinating. It is part of God's earth, and we are simply observers... and hopefully survivors.
I've been in a few tornadoes. I was just a kid in Dayton, Ohio. I can't say I saw it, because we were in the basement, riding out the storm. It sounds scary -- very high pitch -- screaming -- no telling how close we were but it didn't touch down -- I can't imagine if it did. We use to see them coming - twisters -- up in the sky with a funnel -- Wizard of Oz like. No radar or accurate storm forecasts in those days. Most of them never touched down.
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