Barry Beckham

Jeff. I do sit right on top of my PC while making recordings and always have, but modern PC's are not as noisy as they used to be and I always stipulate I want quiet fans when I have a PC built. Even so, I still need to use noise reduction and have always done that too. A decent microphone and a pre-amp is a good way to go if you are going to do a fair amount of recording, but not everyone will want to spend a £200 (or more) for the privilege. I chose a headphones and mic setup, so that as I am speaking and moving my head, as you will do if your making a tutorial video, the mic is always in the same place. I also use the tone controls on the pre-amp to get a sound I am happy with and I have added extra foam to the business end. Your recordings are very much like mine. The Zoom has the edge, but those made with a phone are not a disaster. I have heard a lot worse used in slide shows. I am sure that if we spent some time trying out the various effects in Audacity, we could get the phone recording to have more depth. It just struck me that here is an AV forum, but the one bit of information an enthusiast may want is not available with very much conviction. Many people have plenty to say on the subject, but maybe a lot is anecdotal. I am a sceptic and all I want is to hear the results from those who tell me mic A is the best option. A little evidence will allow us to suggest a way forward with a degree of confidence. I am not that happy with the wet finger in the air approach.

This question reminds me of a view I have always had and that a button so useful to start a preview from a selected point, should be far more prominent and up front and centre. The original questioner is not the first to get hung up on this point and why would anyone think of clicking on what looks like a piece of toast anyway.

Yes, I guess you're right, they would probably like the stack of old prints too. They are all about 6*6, but I guess they also may have a commercial value. Knowing nothing about them doesn't help though. Worth a view and I don't know why I did do this sooner.

A few years ago I scanned a lot of old images taken in the early 1900's for a friend. I have taken a closer look at them recently and I think many people will enjoy viewing them, especially those with a history interest. There are about 160 images, so I made a presentation in two parts. The images have just been batch processed in Photoshop and Camera Raw, but no spotting or retouching, there are too many. For PC - Mac and Youtube below The French at War Part 1 The French at War Part 2

Two people mentioned the Blue Snowball and I am interested in what you have, what it cost and I would love to hear a short recording to show the quality. I think there is a big gap in the AV knowledge with regard to mic's and much confusion. I took the route suggested to me by a Musician many years ago and have a more professional mic and pre-amp. At a cost some would not want to pay. Because I gives me the results I want, I have had no need to try anything else, but I am interested in what is out there, what it costs, but personal experience is the thing I am most interested in. I can search the net, but I want to know and hear what results other AV enthusiasts are getting.

Jeff Yes, I waited until we got to the last few weeks of autumn before shutting myself in a darkened room. A cooler weather project

Open our Pdf from HERE

Judy I think you're missing the point of my post and I dare say that is my fault for not explaining things well enough, but it was just a simple suggestion for those who don't do much of this, but want to dip their toe in the voice-over water. It's a no cost chance to have a go and having done so they may then splash out on something better. I wasn't suggesting for a moment that we all abandon our recording methods and replace them with a iPhone.

Recording directly into the computer is definately a no-no If I am recording on screen content, it helps a lot to be in the same room as the computer I find

Jose Yes I did find it necessary, but perhaps you're missing the point. I am not suggesting you or any AV enthusiast should use this method. Just that it's a possibility for someone new to AV to try commentary at no cost. lin Do you have personal experience of this mic? If so, can you give a paragraph on your experiences, what you have and your experiences with it. Also, do you need any noisenreduction or is it OK as is. I find I need some noise reduction using Camtasia and a mic + pre amp

I am sure I am not the first to think of using an iPhone to record commentary. There have been questions raised regarding microphones and commentary on the forum over the years and it's almost impossible to give advice given the variables in microphones, sound cards and PC's. Some seem to get great results with low cost mic's while others struggle. I tried an iPhone and think the results are far better than I have heard some use on their slide shows, but where you record is obviously important. I chose a walk in wardrobe, so the acoustics were be pretty good. I laid the iPhone down and spoke across it, rather than at the microphone and then just ran the mp3 through Audacity noise reduction. For those who don't do much of this, but want to dip their toe in the voice-over water, perhaps here is a no cost chance to have a go. Mp3 sample

I am a Windows 7 user and can see all resolutions to HD size via Chrome or Windows Explorer

I just wrote the above and checked my emails and the following came in, so who knows, we may get some changes to how video is treated with the new owners of Flickr If you haven’t heard, Yahoo plans to sell its operating business, including Flickr, to Verizon Communications Inc. We anticipate the completion of the transaction to occur in June 2017. Upon the completion of this proposed transaction, Yahoo products and services, including Flickr, will be provided by a new Verizon-owned company called Yahoo Holdings, Inc. In connection with this proposed transaction, Yahoo is updating its Terms of Service. You can review the changes by visiting our Terms of Service These updated terms will automatically be effective on June 8, 2017, unless you cancel your Yahoo account before then. That’s it! We look forward to continuing to deliver your favorite products and services.

Denisb Thanks for posting the link, it never occurred to me that there would a 3:00 restriction in this day and age Igor Sorry to admit that I haven't really thought too much about a Html 5. Most of my storage is on Mediafire so my web space is limited, but the plus is it doesn't cost a fortune either Gary Perhaps in the fullness of time Flickr will relax that 3:00 length. Either that or we have to make a special version of our slideshow for Flickr and there's no way I will be doing that. There are too many AV rules anyway

Roel Depends what you want to do in PTE, but colour correction would not be a problem. Why not consider making the change to one image and then saving that as a slide style. That can be applied to the rest

Maybe not so useful after all I watched a minute of each of the slide shows I posted and never thought to go through them till the end as I knew they were all complete and working shows. It appears videos are limited to 2.59 seconds, which rather spoils the whole idea

As many may already know, Flickr has become well known as a great host for our images and I have used it for quite some time now. I purchased a low cost account a while back, but never considered putting videos up as well as still images. I have now done so and it works great. The videos are HD videos created at 60p to ensure great performance. I have uploaded a few of my recent slide shows that I have placed in an album called Audio Visual. I has discovered one small issue. All our slide shows start with a blank and Flickr shows the first image in the video/AV as a thumbnail to potential viewers. Unlike YouTube it does not allow us to select an image for display. (if it does I haven't found it yet) Well, looking at a black oblong isn't very inspiring. So I recreated the videos, which was a quick process with the project file and added an image in the first second of the sequence, using the objects and animation screen and a couple of keyframes. As a viewer starts the video, that image will be removed and the audio visual will start normally. Another way to get PTE out there

There is something about the ocean that must be in our genes. We are attracted to it and it can get quite mesmerising at times. It's the one thing that even impatient people can just sit and look at for quite a while. I was just lucky to turn up at a photogenic beach when the tide was very high. That always adds something. Glad you enjoyed it too

A short presentation of my morning on a stormy beach. For PC - Mac and YouTube in HD

Bert You have to select the high resolution from the options or it plays at mid range I think. Click the little cog wheel and you should see the 1920x1080 option.

Last week I uploaded my slide show to YouTube A Journey into Photography at 60p. The file size was 700MB, it went up no trouble and plays fine.

I was working on the finishing touches to a slide show today and the main thing I was doing was using the Change Image File option to adjust some images to see if they worked better. I can't say for sure that this caused the errors, but they came up twice. The first time I did a screen grab and also a screen grab of the Task Manager, which I used to shut PTE down (attached) The second time I was about to do the same when PTE crashed and ended itself, or windows did it.

It's happened twice in different projects both larger ones, but not since I posted. No one else seems to have noticed it, so perhaps an issue my end. I cant really say what I did apart from making an adjustment to the show project file, then saving it as slidehsow 007 when it was previously slideshow 006. Then creating a safe show for Internet and although the project file was version 007, Pte wanted to create 006

Thank you all for the comments. Anthony, its not that easy to get the variation needed at the Blue Mountains. As you say, if you get off the tracks, your in the forest with no view at all. I am sure some of the all day walks might reveal something, but I am past that. There are walks and then there are the Bear Grylls type stuff I do have another slideshow, but it's very short and hopefully sweet. I did an experiment with filters and just can't make my mind which to go with. The standard shots or the filtered ones, maybe both. I keep watching it every day or so and I like them both. I do have some good history images of Ballarat, but not even thought of where to go with that. I will save something for the winter, you know, when we are snowed in with freezing temperatures Remember, it can get down to 13c here in winter. It's almost enough to change out of shorts

Of course I don't mind you giving an honest comment. I would rather you said that you were so moved by the sequence that you will play it once a week from now on but that's not entirely realistic is it. Honesty is the best policy every time and you have hit on the one thing that went through my mind while making it. The main area of interest is the three sisters, but you're right, how many images can you include of them and get away with it? I thought I had, or might, but then again my view is coloured by the fact that some were shot under different light conditions and I told myself that would be a sufficient variation. I do have other images of the place and I may be able to find one or two I am happy with, but I can't bring myself to put images I am not entirely happy with into a side show. I'd rather dump the show than do that. The issue here is, if the very thoughts you raised were in my head at the time, why didn't I deal with them at the time? Because we convince ourselves it is OK for reasons only a neuroscientist may be able to answer. Its that old thing that when we are in full creative flow there is no stopping us. Just looked at it again, there are some nice images there, even if I say so myself.