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ericlnz wrote:Another five minute "garden/park" video https://vimeo.com/1089466515. "In Search Of Nature". Apart from the water shot it's all taken around my retirement village.
Most of the shots were taken with my NZ$400 (UK 200 pounds) Android phone. An interesting exercise. Phone versus Vidcam? Well both have their good points and weak points. The phone appears to over sharpen scenic shots but closeups are great. I was shooting 1080. 720 is so bad on scenic shots it looks like you've tried to convert the image into an oil painting. My phone is usually in my pocket and is quickly in action. Surprisingly steady with closeups where with my camera I'd be using a tripod.
Yes, getting colder tonight. Winter's on its way.
Well done Eric, as usual. I enjoyed all the beautiful, flower close ups. However, you missed one part of nature --- you.
Needed to update a video on a webplusx8 webpage. I completely forgot how to do it.
I seem to remember a solution where you changed the Youtube widget embed link to https: instead of http:
But I can't remember how to do that.
This is the best solution I've found since the YouTube widget doesn't work. Came from Joe.
Just re-posting solution in case others have this problem. This worked for me.
Final proposal:
Instead of using the youtube widget do Insert > Document frame > Click on contents tab > internet page > enter video as
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sDGRag77bFs
Replace sDGRag77bFs with your video ID.
Drag the frame out to the size you want your video.
Joe
ericlnz wrote:Today was the monthly meeting of my terrestrial video group. Originally we were a registered club but wound it up a few years ago due to declining numbers. We lasted longer than many other larger clubs. We still meet as a group. Our convenor now resides, with his better half, in another retirement village. Their village is part of the same group as my village. We have use of the movie room which has a large screen, overhead projector and gadgets with three remotes. Today we had 11 attending and screened 7 videos, mainly older ones although I took along two short new ones.
Anyway searching through my collection for videos to take along I came across this one. Only 3 minutes and made in 2017 for a 3 minute film competition. You've seen it before. It's very different to my usual. I still have my clockwork cat but rarely put batteries in her nowadays.
https://vimeo.com/198802408
Bravo Eric! ... Thanks for posting. I don't remember seeing it before. Clever and oh so true. Who can prove otherwise?
Thanks Eric. Nicely done. I've never seen an aquarium like this. Incredible. It must be very well thought and maintained just like your village.
ericlnz wrote:Thanks Albert
Some very interesting statues. With a couple of figures there was very little joining them to their base. As for departing through the Gift Shop there's a good reason for that. Did you purchase anything?
Anyway here's a short six minute (yes Alfred six is short) effort of mine. Crystal Mountain.
https://vimeo.com/1075046869 or https://youtu.be/ybaNcG3rlcw
I never realized that there were dinosaurs in NZ. Apparently there were. Nice job Eric. I can always count on your videos to hum along at a relaxed pace. Nice and soothing. Cheers !!
P.s. It did look like the same Peacock 4 years later. Nothing wrong with your memory ------ yet.
William wrote:How can I email a human at Microsoft please?
My computer crashed.
I am using a Windows 10 machine that I bought as a backup in case of a crash. I bought it years ago when Currys had it at a greatly reduced price. It is a 10 inch screen like the machine I used years ago.
Alas, somehow or other it has me down as born in 2023.
I want to get that changed.
William
Wouldn't that data come from your Microsoft account? If you can sign in to your Microsoft account you should be able to change your date of birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O33YQKYsj5c
pberk wrote:Alfred wrote:pberk wrote:I'd love to hear what others think, good or bad. Be blunt. Let me have it straight.
Putting it as bluntly as I can, Paul, it’s even better than the previous one, and you set a pretty high bar with that. The one thing that particularly struck me was that in their discussion just after the one-hour mark Lizzy and Lady Catherine sounded indistinguishable, but I don’t know whether the software you used offers you any control over such things.
Alfred, sorry took so long to reply. I've been traveling.
You guessed it. The suno.com software is very poor with duets and does not offer a definite way to do them. It's sort of hit and miss. What I went with was the best version.
You can do duets but it is very tricky. I could have done better with Lady Catherine and Elizabeth. But the point of the song does get across, so I left it as it was. It's an improvement opportunity for me and for suno.com.
HUGE Thanks for the comment.
GB wrote:Hi Paul,
I've watched about half so far. It is much better with Jane looking at me while she talks! As I said before, it would be great to see the characters, at least the singers, on stage, even if static. But is is very good and enjoyable.
And no Youtube commercials so far!
Geoff
Thanks Geoff ... I have thought about using visuals of characters "on stage" .. who knows? --- maybe I'll attempt it.
Thanks!
Alfred wrote:pberk wrote:I'd love to hear what others think, good or bad. Be blunt. Let me have it straight.
Putting it as bluntly as I can, Paul, it’s even better than the previous one, and you set a pretty high bar with that. The one thing that particularly struck me was that in their discussion just after the one-hour mark Lizzy and Lady Catherine sounded indistinguishable, but I don’t know whether the software you used offers you any control over such things.
Alfred, sorry took so long to reply. I've been traveling.
You guessed it. The suno.com software is very poor with duets and does not offer a definite way to do them. It's sort of hit and miss. What I went with was the best version.
You can do duets but it is very tricky. I could have done better with Lady Catherine and Elizabeth. But the point of the song does get across, so I left it as it was. It's an improvement opportunity for me and for suno.com.
Thanks for the comment.
ericlnz wrote:pberk wrote:I don't see much going on here, so I'll try again.
I have something new. This is my first venture into writing musical theater.
It's a one hour long Internet MUSICAL Version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" hosted by Jane herself. The show runs one hour and covers the entire book. My hope is that a few of you will find it entertaining enough to see the entire opus.
Please let me know what you think, even if you hate it. I'm feeling that I laid a huge egg !
https://youtu.be/7YMiQoVQmOY
Well at last I found time to watch a few minutes. Brilliantly done Paul but not something I'll watch right through. I find the AI of Jane unrealistic. Her lip and face movements just aren't human.
Glad you saw some of it Eric -- it's been difficult to attract viewers at this length. But I really enjoyed the work. That, to me, is what counts. Personally I like the result too. I listen to it over and over. Naturally, it helps if you are a fan of Jane Austen. I thought I did justice to the story. There is an entire community of Jane followers who would know if I got some story point wrong.
I understand about Jane not looking natural (human) with her lip movements. That technology is known as lip sync from a still image. Even since I finished the piece, there has been some improvement to that sort of thing. I'll post some of that to show you how it is improving.
Anyway, thanks for sampling it. I really appreciate your comments. Hope all going well for you!
I finished Pride and Prejudice. It has 15 original songs. Parts of this was hard work, the rest was a great deal of fun.
I came to think of the artificial intelligence that created the music from my lyric as a partner -- a collaborator -- every day was a new adventure. I hope, in the end, we came up with something entertaining.
The length is a problem but I'm doing an entire book. When you think about it, 70 minutes to do an entire novel is actually good. I'm thinking that the troop of singers and dancers that you see on a Cunard Cruise Ship is the place for a piece like this.
I'd love to hear what others think, good or bad. Be blunt. Let me have it straight.
https://youtu.be/3bGyMl4dbsM
Danzil wrote:Pberk and Alfred:
I made the blog but I don't see any options to create a hyperlink to put the blog in my web page.
Tutorial on hyperlinks in WebPlus x8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8MDXmGL7U
I recommend using Blogspot.com which is owned by Google.
It seems to be blogger.com now.
I think it's free.
I have a friend who posts a new blog every week.
Then it's just a hyperlink in WebPlus.
GB wrote:Hi Paul,
Not much response so far!
That is an interesting concept, and was well done. Obviously a lot of effort went into it. Not being a Jane Austen fan I don't find that story very interesting, but I expect many will. It's a pity she does not ever look at the camera when speaking. Would it be possible for the stage curtains to be open to show the characters suitably posed? Not actually moving and acting, but maybe the singer also lip synced? That would obviously involve a lot more work!
The music is OK, and the lyrics witty and good. Well done.
Geoff
Curious. Did YouTube play any commercials inside the Jane Austen piece?
GB wrote:But I liked the idea of reading the titles, to clearly get the story points. Sometimes singers can't be understood -- and to me every word is important. I wouldn't want to give up on the titles.
Yes, I agree completely. Being able to read the words being sung was excellent and should be retained.
GB -- I struggled with retaining the titles or trying something more interesting. Conclusion was to stick with the titles. Jane Austen is actually right, her original books required that you "read" them -- and use your imagination to visualize the story. It's kind of like a radio show? Thanks for your comments.
Alfred wrote:I’m sorry to come to this discussion so late, but I didn’t want to watch only five or ten minutes of the video before commenting, and until now various distractions got in the way of my watching more than that at one go. I’ve now watched the entire show, half last night and half this morning.
What an astounding piece of work, Paul! I’ve never read the book and I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a movie version from beginning to end, so although I’d previously encountered the names of the principal characters I’d only been vaguely familiar with a few bits of the plot. That shortcoming has now been corrected in the space of a hugely enjoyable couple of half hours.
There are inevitably the odd few typos (e.g. “ring her neck” at 41:28 and “that villian Willoughby” at 53:42) and the name Ferrars is misspelled in three different ways (Ferras, Ferris, and Farras) but that can easily, if somewhat tediously, be fixed by going through the whole thing with the proverbial fine-toothed comb.
Thank you Alfred and others for the comments. HIGHLY APPRECIATED. I realize the length was a problem. But I did this for fun -- and I got a lot of fun out of it. It was a pleasure working with Jane Austen. It was really a trip into Regency England where one didn't move, but removed.
There are other typos and goofs. Easily fixed when I'm in the mood. Right now I'm plunging ahead with a second Jane Austen story, Pride and Prejudice.
We had house guests so I've been off line lately. Thanks again everyone.
I don't see much going on here, so I'll try again.
I have something new. This is my first venture into writing musical theater.
It's a one hour long Internet MUSICAL Version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" hosted by Jane herself. The show runs one hour and covers the entire book. My hope is that a few of you will find it entertaining enough to see the entire opus.
Please let me know what you think, even if you hate it. I'm feeling that I laid a huge egg !
https://youtu.be/7YMiQoVQmOY
I'm posting this three times! I'm really looking for feedback on my latest project.
I have something new. This is my first venture into writing musical theater.
It's a one hour long Internet MUSICAL Version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" hosted by Jane herself. The show runs one hour and covers the entire book. My hope is that a few of you will find it entertaining enough to see the entire opus.
Please let me know what you think.
https://youtu.be/7YMiQoVQmOY
GB wrote:Hi Paul,
Not much response so far!
That is an interesting concept, and was well done. Obviously a lot of effort went into it. Not being a Jane Austen fan I don't find that story very interesting, but I expect many will. It's a pity she does not ever look at the camera when speaking. Would it be possible for the stage curtains to be open to show the characters suitably posed? Not actually moving and acting, but maybe the singer also lip synced? That would obviously involve a lot more work!
The music is OK, and the lyrics witty and good. Well done.
Geoff
Thanks Geoff for watching. You're a prince! What you suggest is very doable. All that's needed is a talented art department to create the images. I toyed with the idea of asking an A.I. image generator to create images of the characters. That possibility is still out there. Lip syncing the characters is also very possible. But I liked the idea of reading the titles, to clearly get the story points. Sometimes singers can't be understood -- and to me every word is important. I wouldn't want to give up on the titles. But maybe I'll mess around a bit when I recover from this effort.
Paul
I'm posting this twice. I'm really looking for feedback on my latest project.
I have something new. This is my first venture into writing musical theater.
It's a one hour long Internet MUSICAL Version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" hosted by Jane herself. The show runs one hour and covers the entire book. My hope is that a few of you will find it entertaining enough to see the entire opus.
Please let me know what you think.
https://youtu.be/7YMiQoVQmOY
I have something new. I'm very curious to know what any one here thinks of my latest film production. This is my first venture into writing musical theater.
It's a one hour long Internet MUSICAL Version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" hosted by Jane herself. The show runs one hour and covers the entire book. My hope is that a few of you will find it entertaining enough to see the entire opus.
Please let me know what you think.
https://youtu.be/7YMiQoVQmOY
GStree wrote:I am still an avid user of Movieplus X6 that still works perfectly on my laptops. I live in Spain for 5-6 months of the year and have the same software on the one I keep in Spain.
Luckily I kept my old computer when I first installed it that is still in the attic, along with the original installation disk and subsequently added them to various computers along the way.
I can use and render 2.7k footage with X6 and short bursts of 4K with proxy files, if I have lots of 4K I use the free download of the Viddly edit software to render it down and finish it in X6, also the green screen in Viddly is far superior. All of my videos on my YouTube (GStree) site are still made with it.
Why no one else has ever made a program like X6 I'll never know ?
This is one I made the other week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsYLE0BPLA
Nice job staying out of the master shot Gordon. I only saw you once.
Rock on.
APoster wrote:Joe wrote:We are not getting anywhere. We need to see either a website or a copy of your webplus file. If you publish the file to disc and zip the folde, see if you can attach it to your next post. If not you could email it to me
Joe : Thanks for the response. But I have already fixed the "invisible duplicate image" problem without editing the HTML.
I'm still puzzled by the inability to "cut, copy, paste" in the HTML window. Is that normal? Can it be changed?
PROBLEM SOLVED
If your web hosting service gives you cPanel, you can easily edit the html but this is not recommended unless you are very expert.
As you've noticed WebPlus has limited html editing.
>> The second copy of the picture does not display on master or current page. Only when I preview in the browser.
If the image only displays in the browser then it may be that the image is in the browser cache. Try clearing the browsers cache or use a different browser.
William wrote:A good number of views of the thread yet nobody has posted about the 3d model that I have designed.
Is it that nobody is interested or does it seem too trivial to discuss or too complicated or too unclear to discuss please? Or something else, such as people being too busy to spend time discussing it?
I am hoping for a lively discussion please.
William
Too complicated.
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