First Reef Video
 

Huge thanks to Chad for teaching me a few vital video making skills and to dear husband Chris who keeps my computer in tip top shape :cool:

Sooooo, without further ado....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-wonderfulworld.wmv (10.7 MB)

My second video....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/snails-pace.wmv (17.8 MB)

And a third video. Sorry it's such a big file. I blame that on Santana....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/gotyourspell.wmv (41.9 MB)

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Very cool Bev! You have lots of flow in that tank, looks great! :cool:

Very well done. Good job!

STUNNING !!!!.....Perfect song to go with it to :mrgreen:

Thanks, guys :biggrin: After the frustration of learning to use the program, it was great fun to make. I especially got lucky finding the three snails chomping away so close together the day before cleaning the glass :biggrin:

Am looking for music for my next one, though probably not reef related.

Danny,

The video was made by using videos and pics from the 67g and 120g. Both have fairly high flow.

Looks great.

What kind of camera did you use to make the video? What editing software?

Thanks, Tony :biggrin:

For both video and stills, I used an Olympus C-5050 digital camera. Amazing what that piece of equipment can do :cool:

Software is Pinnacle Studio v. 9.1 for editing and making the movie, suggested by Chad (aka Fish). Bought it from the comuter department at London Drugs. Must be popular software. A little complicated at first, but Chad talked me through some of the early learning. Thanks, Chad!

Movies come out of the camera as .MOV files, so they had to be converted to .avi files before using in the editing software. Conversion software is River Past Video Cleaner Pro v. 6.5.3 downloaded from the Internet.

Great Movie Bev :)

I think I will pick up a copy of Pinnicale soon :)

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

FANTASTIC! That was great. Thank you for sharing

That was cool. Love the clowns :biggrin:

try Vegas video...

Vic,

Thanks :biggrin:

I'll be looking forward to seeing a video or two from you soon :cool:

My 19 year old son was looking over my shoulder as I was watching the video, he says "Dad, you gotta getta life", obviously, we don't have the same hobbies.

I really enjoyed that, very well done.

Well done, great song to go with it I agree.
Thanks Bev for sharing.

Beverly,

I have watched it three times now and absolutely love it. I think you picked the perfect song and did an awesome job of matching it to the video (like the clownfish 'shaking hands'). Now I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong with my video compression - you just shouldn't be getting clearer video with your camera than I am with a camcorder :razz:?!
Last but not least.. the snail shot at the end was awesome. Infact, I can't think of any Hollywood film that wouldn't have been better if it had ended with three snails slowly turning in opposite circles.

Ready for the sequel,

- Chad

Chad,

Watched your video about six times just now looking for ways to improve video quality. Don't know how these factor into quality, but I would remove all other light from the room other than the light over the tank. I'm thinking there may be shadows and bright spots of ambient light on the tank glass affecting quality. Could be wrong, though.

Also, I used a tripod for most of the video I shot, so the camera was more or less stationary, or it was being supported by the tripod as I moved the camera around. And I moved the camera slowly so the frames were possibly not as blurry as if I had moved it quickly.

Actually don't know how you could change the capture settings since I don't use that feature. Maybe experiment with various settings until you find what works best.

Or, maybe you've got to get an Olympus C-5050 digicam like mine :razz:

Thanks for your help and inspiration :cool: Am in the process of making another video, but it's not reef related. I don't know if I have enough of a variety of livestock to do another reef video of similar quality.

:eek: Too much information Bev!!




:razz:

Hey, if there is anyone in Edmonton who has a tank they'd like a video of, let me know. Have camera, will travel :biggrin:

Is it an actual video camera or and picture taking onw with video mode, cause if so I didn't olympus made video cameras.

:confused:

Late night yesterday Murray?? :razz:

Murray,

The Olympus C-5050 is a digital camera that can shoot videos as well as still photos. Why, do you want me to come over and do a video of your tank :biggrin:

Second video is done. This one's called "A Snail's Pace".....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/snails-pace.wmv

Beverly,
That was awsome. I don't think you could have picked a more appropriate song. Two thumbs up :biggrin:

- Chad

Thanks, Chad :biggrin:

I played that song so many times while editing, Chris said he can't get it out of his head :razz:

Haha, thats the truth! I bet I watch a movie almost a hundred times before it is all finished.
- Chad

Have three videos in the can now....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/v-wonderfulworld.wmv (10.7 MB)

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/snails-pace.wmv (17.8 MB)

Sorry the third one is such a big file. I blame that on Santana and my goofy ocellaris clowns :razz: ....

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/gotyourspell.wmv (41.9 MB)

Bev,
You are out of control!
Awesome movie :cool: At the end I couldn't help but picture the band sitting infront of your tank jamming - the music seemed to fit so well!

- Chad

How cool would that be to have Santana jamming in my living room :smilecol:

The videos are great to make, but there is a sad reason I'm doing so many videos these days :sad:

Chris is a non-union IT guy at Telus. Months before the current Telus labour problems, he was told that all non-union employees that honoured the picket lines would be fired. He had also been on training sessions for doing a union job if there was a strike/lockout, or whatever the heck is going on :eek: Since the labour problems started, he's been forced to work 12 hours a day, six days a week :eek: :evil: :cry: Noon to midnight have been his hours until this week. Now he's been scheduled for 1 pm to 11 pm, but still six days a week :evil:

He's exhausted most of the time, and I have lots of time on my hands when he's gone so much. Video production has been a great creative outlet for me during this really awful Telus cr*p. There seems to be no end in sight for a resolution at Telus, so you folks might be seeing a lot of videos posted over the next few months.

Who knows what's coming next, either. He's heard that in a few weeks, there will be some changes. The best case scenerio is that he goes back to his old job :biggrin: Worst case is that he's retrained and will have to go to BC and do someone's union job there for 12 hours a day, six days a week :evil: :cry:

I freaking hate Telus right freaking now :evil: :2gunfire: :snipersm:

those films were great good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait to see what u can come up with next

Telus still f*&^%$d up :evil: Snails still fascinating :biggrin: Here's another video :cool:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/wherecanyoube.wmv (18.1 MB)