January's meeting was primarily organizational to
determine the scope of the participants interests, software/hardware. Bill
and Joanne Harms gave an excellent presentation of a DVD they had produced
primarily through the use of the Pinnacle system. Joanne explained the complete
process from inception to completion.
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February's
meeting had Dick Travis showing the camera's he uses for taking pictures
and videos, along with some of the videos taken on a recent vacation. Some power
points were presented for beginning Digital Video Basics, which are available
below.
Anthony Evans gave an interesting presentation
on a recent CD she produced with titles, transitions and music.She told of her
experiences and the fun she is having in documenting all kinds of pictures and
sound into keepsakes for her family. Anthony used a ULEAD program to do the editing.
Dick
Travis also ran a DVD produced by a friend he met from Kokomo, Indiana on a recent
cruise This DVD contained videos, pictures, transitions, text, music and was also
edited with a ULEAD product.
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The
March meeting featured Fred O'Hara and a 20 minute DVD that Fred produced
regarding his family's visit to the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Fred had to
convert his slides into digital format and used Pinnacle to add text, music and
his wonderful narration for the film. Old film was also converted and edited into
the finished product.
The Pinnacle system was set up on the
laptop to be used in further meetings.
Other questions/answers
were handled by the attendees.
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The
April meeting featured Bill and Joanne Harms and a special movie that they
produced with the assistance of Jim and Mary Anne Wright. They developed
the idea for the film and planned the sequencing of shots and stressed the need
for proper planning to produce an interesting video. All of the digital photos
and videos were shot in the OHCC Billiards Room--and the final cut of the video,
showed Joanne Harms making an "unbelievable pool shot" to beat her "Macho
Husband"???
A great job and interesting to hear how it
was planned, shot, edited and finalized.
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The
May meeting featured Jim and Mary Anne Wright's 12 minute video of the
OHCC's Palm Court. The village contracted for4 very large palm trees to be placed
into the palm court last year. Jim and Mary Anne documented the entire procedure,
including the placing of a camera on the cranes which were necessary to lift the
giant trees over the clubhouse. Very interesting video, with comments by Jim and
an interview with the Landscape Director by Mary Anne.They produced the video
with Pinnacle 10.
Bill Harms showed a 9 minute Training
Video showing tips on how to improve your movie making skills.
A
Web site (below) was shown by Dick Travis concerning ratings for Camcorders.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ratings.php
Bill
Harms mentioned another web site where good buys have been found ...below:
http://www.buydig.com
Questions
and feedback on other subjects such as conversions of old VCR's and other problems
that users are facing were discussed among the attendees.
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Links
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Digital
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(Sony Camcorders & General Digital Video Hints)
Lots
of interesting Power Points...some basic, some advanced...
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