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  2. Nudibranch

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

    Posted

    Interesting, never seen one of these

    Agree with Rosy re the text on screen time, although I only found it a real issue with the last text. 

    I fully understand the issue of having to reduce text to a minimum - been there, done that many times. The ending text being on screen too little time could be solved by just living the last frame on screen for another 2 seconds or so.

    Thanks for the video 

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  6. Odessa, NY, USA

    in Slideshows & AV Shows

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    Natiek:

    I just missed Odessa by a few miles when I visited Watkins Glenn in November.

    Well researched production

    You certainly made full use of many of the software's features.

    I fully understand why today a production needs to relatively fast paced, which you did here.

    Being on old guy I still like the simple fades and a bit longer to look at the images.

    Well produced

  11. My small farm show

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    Thx for info re colourization.

    Good luck with the music. It is 50% of the AV presentation and can make or break a production.

    Be aware that sometimes You Tube will nail you for copyrighted music even though you bought it as royalty free. That happened to me twice (a longish time ago). And even happened to the composer of the music when he used it in a You Tube video.

    As Xenofex2 mentioned above, the music was OK for this show, but you might be surprised at the difference if you found music that would synch with the image transitions.

     

  12. My small farm show

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    Finding music is a BIG job, I spent hours going through my CDs to find music. Most of it was copyrighted, but not all.

    I didn't worry about copyrighted music much at the time as my shows were not made publicly available. I presented them live to "private" audiences.

    You Tube can spot a copyrighted tune in seconds. You Tube does have a library of copyright free music, and there are websites with copyright free music, some free, some not.

    Colourization story- I would like to know how the colourization was done. By yourself, by photoshop, or.....

    Exposure - some of the tractor shots, especially the close ups if I remember correctly, were very bright, almost looked lit by flash. The overall shots were not as bright. It isn't a big deal, but just one of the finer points to having the images blend better.

    I also meant to say it was too bad the tractors were left out in the elements like that.

  13. My small farm show

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    Posted

    Very nice show, wonderful images.

    A few comments:

    - The opening title is difficult to read. Needs a more contrasting colour.

    - It would be nice to have the transitions synch with the music. Not sure it that would work with that music.

    - The background story on the colourizations would be nice

    - Exposures on the rusting tractors is inconsistent 

    Very subtle use of Ken Burns effect. Not sure it adds much, but might keep some people more tuned it. 

     

  15. Using the Ken Burns effect.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I haven't done an AV show for a while now, but I still watch as many as I can.....

    I'm with you re "strange movements". Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

    By Ken Burns effect I am assuming you are referring to pan/zoom.

    Personally when I watch an AV I prefer no pan/zooming but I fully agree with it when you want the viewer to get an overall look and then zoom into an important aspect of an image.

    Using the Ken Burns effect on every picture make no sense to me (But I know many will disagree:)). Use it to sparingly add variety throughout the presentation

    If I were doing an presentation on early farming, particularly from glass negatives, I would just use a simple fade transition with no movement. But if there were one or two images that had an important/very interesting aspect to it, then sure use the effect, but use it slowly.

    That's my thinking anyway (knowing I am perhaps "old school":rolleyes:

     

     

     

     

  22. Hinterland to the Ocean

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    Very nicely photographed (even the accidental image) and then excellently carried through the production process. 

    It's been a long while since I have done an AV and I see a lot of progress has been made with the software. (I started with PTE 1.0 and then stopped producing at PTE 8.0) Almost makes me want to get back into it!!!!!!

    Thanks for the two productions

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