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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → Posts by GStree
That's very good GB.
I'll probably go over to windows 11, a week before windows 12 comes out.
Likewise, looks like we have another 3 years !
Just when I want to use the printer !
How time flies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpk5PLzhnc
I still use XP on an old laptop. Like you, I don't use it for the internet, but I still use a few Qbasic programs that will not work on newer versions on Windows - unless anyone knows how!
Geoff
You can sometimes run a lot of old programs, if you dig deep into the installer there is a provision to run them from earlier versions of windows. I have managed to put one on to Win 10 that is 15 years old, however it's very hit and miss regarding 32 and 64 bit.
I only run my old laptop for one program in the workshop for diagnostics that I have to update as and when new models of cars are built, as it's a very substantial metal one that has had lots of abuse, like falling off the roof of a car a few times I am loath to buy a new all plastic one !
My really old laptop that I use in my workshop for vehicle problems for customers is still running on Windows XP, I never go on the internet with it and update any new programs with a flash drive.
By now there are a few Win 11 users. Any here who can give their experience with Serif Plus products and this new OS. I'm particularly interested in:
Movie Plus X6
Page Plus X8
Photo Plus X5
Hmm I'm a bit reluctant to give it a try, I don't think that my laptops can use it after giving it a test.
I have two Asus computers that are both the same and I normally use the one that I put an SSD hardrive in for video.
Mainstream support for Windows 10 continued until Oct. 13, 2020, and extended support ends on Oct. 14, 2025. But both levels could well go beyond those dates, since previous OS versions have had their support end dates moved forward after service packs, so I think I'll give it a miss for a couple of years.
Whilst I do agree I suppose that you could say that about lots of species of animals in zoos that are not in their enviroment ?
Reminds me of the video I made six years ago https://vimeo.com/143450885
Of technical interest - the bear is a full plate monochrome print that I still have and the PIP video clips at the start are from my 8mm "off the screen" captures.
I enjoyed that Eric, well done for a good easy film to follow. Looking at the Wallabies, where we live in the UK there was an Australian guy who had a few on his large premesis and sometimes when we were driving about we would encounter one that had got out ! We are used to lots of deer around the area but to suddenly be confronted by one of these in the road (especially at night) was a bit of a shock !
Yes well taken but very sad. Snow Leopards belong on the mountains in their natural environment not in a cage in UK. Surely a "Wildlife Oasis" should be providing a better environment?
Whilst I do agree I suppose that you could say that about lots of species of animals in zoos that are not in their environment ?
At least "most" are fed and looked after as much as possible and we have the RSPCA that do tend to keep an eye on them. What I don't particualy like are people that keep things like snakes and lizards and caged birds in totaly unsuitable places like small flats, no doubt some people do look after them but there are a certain type that just buy them as a fashion accessory !
Just finished watching this video, it was uploaded by one of my You Tube chums who lives up north. Most of her videos are pretty good, but this one was, in my opinion, exceptional. It was shot in Cumbria at the Lakeland Wildlife Oasis.
Sit back and enjoy 6 minutes and 41 seconds of fantastic footage. I hope I have not built this up too much!!
I really liked that, good content and music to match it as well, I think that I have seen another film by the same person via a link from a while back last year.
As for projectors one of our members keeps his Elmo GS1200 going but he has managed to get his hand on many spares. Plus he has a workshop and equipment and as a retired sewing machine repairer understands machinery. With any old equipment nowadays it's the situation with spares that's the potential problem. But having said that it's amazing what you can find on searching the net.
I still have my Elmo 600m 2 track projector that I dug out of the "deluge" in the attic a couple of years ago and found that it needed a bulb and new drive bands, I found the correct parts on the internet and got it all working again. Some of my older films have started to "de laminate" the thin balance track but as most are only music I can redo in post and substitute most other sounds easily in this day and age.
I had a couple of S8 sound cameras that I actually sold to people in the USA a few years back as there are/were a few fans that are still using actual film ! I understand that they can still find the film but are processed in B&W.
Actually all my transfers were done projecting onto a small screen and capturing with a SD tape camera. The quality varies depending on the quality of the original. My early Std 8 with a Sankyo 8CM camera are my best. Later Super 8 with several cameras including a Canon 814 were never quite as good.
If I redid them all I could probably improve my captures but I've only one Eumig projector now and it's not working properly. Fortunately when I did my movies, which had the audio on stripe, I still had my original soundtracks on tape reels and still had my Akai tapedeck. It's now about 16 years since I did them all.
Apart from some early 8mm films that were made on a clockwork non focusing job most of my films were made on various S8 sound fully adjustable/focusing cameras and projected with an Elmo stereo projector that I still have along with an Akai reel to reel for the stereo soundtracks and both still work OK.
I had some quite good results projecting them onto a mid grey cardboard screen that I found was better than a pure white one as it didn't show a picture with too much contrast and white glare, and filmed them with one of my camcorders.
The problem is that I have about 20 years of films with some of them being 30/40 minutes long and I cant see myself getting around to actually doing them. I have just realized that there is a picture of me on the lookout tower on the set of Treasure Island back in the 70s that seems to be in the wrong place ?
My recent visit to Muriwai Beach was probably the first time since 50 years ago when my Movie Club made this short film https://vimeo.com/50802981. I've probably posted it before. It's a Standard 8 film transfer so the quality isn't the best.
Well it's certainly "different" to say the least and it looks like the start of a Monty Python film ! I also thought it was going to be a remake of Treasure Island !
Incidentally one of our local beaches in Spain was used in 1972 for a remake starring Orson Welles and the set was left there for us to pretend that we were film stars, it's now a restaurant that is only open in the summer and is along a 2 mile dirt track.
Regarding the transfer it's not too bad and I think it must have been done on a proper transfer machine rather than with a projector and camera ? I have tried that but with "iffy"results.
I did actually think about buying one of those machines that copies 8 and S8 film frame by frame and transfers it to an SD card as I have a lot that I took in the 60s & 70s. Obviously it takes a long time to even do a 50ft reel but as it can run itself I suppose it doesn't matter (until a splice breaks) !!
Very often when I am out I sometimes want to take a shot of us walking for my videos, I know that you can simply place the camera on the ground or a wall but very often there isn't a suitable place that is secure enough to fix it.
I have looked at several of the mini tripods in the past and decided to get a Ulanzi MT33 that cost a massive £18! It claims that it will hold up to 2Kg, you can fit it to almost anything that the legs will fit round and will hang upside down as well as free standing. It has a ball head that will swivel to 90deg also a cold shoe mount and a built in phone mount ! It is very well made and if you zoom into the picture that I took that is holding one of my camcorders you can see the quality.
The ones that are made up of clip together plastic balls that hold that sort of weight are a fortune to buy in comparison and very often fall apart after a short time. Last of all it will go in a pocket.This is a picture I took of one of my camcorders on the flexible mount.
was far ahead of it's time
Yes MVP contained some useful tricks which I've not found in other consumer software. For example audio buses (groups), the ability to set animation keyframes relative to start or end plus other situations, animation of audio FX at clip, track and bus level.
But other software has its own useful tricks. I still have MVPX6 installed and working but nowadays use Vegas Movie Studio 17 Platinum. Sadly it's now a discontinued product as the developers are concentrating on Vegas Pro. What I like about more modern software is their dark interface.
Yes exactly, what I really like is that it's not a "cluttered" interface full up with stuff that you would only use once in a blue moon (if ever)
GStree wrote:One I made on the bird feeder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7ZHlo-p7AThanks Gordon. Presumably Woody is a regular visitor. What is it he's eating?
They are "fat balls" that we buy from the local shops, probably not the best nutritional thing for them but they are great for us for taking pictures.
I filmed the New Years Eve celebrations in our village in Spain the other week and I loaded it on my site basically for the locals, however have a quick "skim" through it to see what us OAPs get up to .Everyone is given a glass or two of Cava and a packet of 12 grapes that they are supposed to eat to the 12 strikes of the clock, however very few people do.
The music is not my choice but is what was actually being played and at this volume !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRfTxM3sZTc
GStree wrote:This one I made a few years back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXj2Jv81lt8Thanks Gordon. I recall seeing it a few months back. It looks a bit washed out. Presumably a camera exposure problem and you weren't able to correct it in MVP?
I remember it was full sun on the day that I filmed it and the video was very "contrasty" in several shots, I played about with it for a while but decided as it wasn't anything important I just lightened it all up.
Muriwai Gannet Colony https://vimeo.com/674747808
Whilst not as large as an Albatross these majestic birds are amazing.
A very good film, It's a pity that the world can't get on with their neighbours like the gannets !
This one I made a few years back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXj2Jv81lt8
Unless the governments actually ban petrol and diesel cars the majority of the world won't change to electric vehicles for a long time.
Being a motor mechanic since 1962 and running a successful garage business I have followed this closely for the last few years and just about anyone that I have spoken to has been disappointed with them.
Not only the mileage range but the failure to supply charging points along with the actual cost of producing the batteries from non renewable sources.
I can't see the USA giving up their enormous cars that are needed to transport one or two people about on 8 lane motorways either !
I live in Spain for a fair amount of time each year and there is very little interest at the moment even though they have a very good renewable energy system from the sun and wind power.
As I stated unless conventional ICE vehicles are actually banned from the road I can't see them taking over for a long time and I would think that hydrogen power will be the next thing to come to the fore.
One I made on the bird feeder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7ZHlo-p7A
MoviePlus do members still use this or have they like my husband moved onto other NLE software? I still use it as it does all I need for my videoing, and I am fully comfortable with using it.
Although I have other software I still use Movieplus X6 as it is very easy to use and was far ahead of it's time and a pity it wasn't continued.
It's perfect for editing all my old 1080p stuff and I even edit 4K and render it down to 2K. OK it is not as fast as some of the ones available but hey ho I am not in any hurry at my age.
Definitely the end isn't in sight. But what concerns me is that folk have so much on their phone and should they lose their phone or it stop working.........
I had my phone stolen in Spain a couple of weeks ago that caused a bit of aggro, however I don't keep really important information on it like bank details or any documents like locator forms/ covid vaccination/boarding passes etc as we actually use old fashioned "paper copies". We travel a lot by aircraft and we have seen people having trouble with things on their phones for just about every flight we take, two weeks ago several people failed to get on the flight that we came back on because they had deleted things or couldn't find them.
Yes it is possible to use a phone for just about anything these days and that's fine until things go wrong.
Gordon, it would have been better to start a new thread for your helpful discussion on cameras etc. This thread is for posting videos.
Alfred, are you able to move posts?
Sorry about that, thanks for moving it I fully understand
Thanks Gordon. After some searching I found a similar model on eBay that should do the trick.
This is one for sale, they are very well made and folds up.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393845760643 … 0667.m2042
What is the name and brand of the device that holds both your camera and the gimbal? The G45 name is clear on the gimbal, but not the holder. Seems to be a great way to get both the big picture and some detail at the same time. I have a DJI Osmo 3-axis gimbal for phones. Thanks.
Hi, the holder is a Hama 90 degree folding angle DSLR mounting bracket with 1/4" thread mounting screw. I have added another screw on mine to hold the gimbal, the top of the handle has a shoe mount for a mic or a light although I wouldn't use a mic on it as I am moving about. There is a used one for sale on eBay at the moment. Just a thought, I use the viewfinders on my cameras as there is not enough room to fully open the screens with the gimbal in place.
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