Whoops, I haven't posted for two days! I've been busy tinkering with new software. I just acquired Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 for work and have to learn to use it, before someones asks me how. Anyone who has tried video editing knows how much time is involved. I reckon you need at least 1 hour editing for every minute of video you want to produce. My 4 minute video has taken about twice that, but its my first time with a new program so there was a bit of reading to do.
I've used video editors before, like Windows Movie Maker (uggh), I-Movie, and Studio DV, but Premiere Pro makes them all look like toys. It has all the bells and whistles so unlike Windows Movie Maker, (you do it Bill's way or you don't do it), you are only limited by your imagination and technical tenacity. It does, however assume a professional level of knowledge, which I guess is fair considering it has 'Pro' in its name. It assumes you know stuff like what de-interlacing is, and why you get combing (technical term for funny horizontal lines sticking out of anything that moves to fast in your video) when you don't de-interlace before you output to the encoder. I know this now after much wailing and gnashing of teeth reading.
On Monday I took a video camera from work, down to the Wakapuaka Sand-flats. I set it up on a tripod, set it recording, then went for a buggy, stopping three or four times to change the camera angle. I filled a one hour tape then used that footage, and a cool tune by Cake to produce this four minute video (15mb). (warning: lyrics use the 'f' word about 97 times, so if you're at Grandma's house, put the headphones on) .
7:08:30 PM 
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