I think what happened yesterday was what I knew would, as the project reaches the end point I find ways to extend getting it done.. I realized last night or early this morning that I am chasing perfection.. That as I said can't be achieved. As much as I want this to be perfect I have to live with the reality that it is as good as it is going to be.. Why am I so worried about how great this video video looks, I mean the likelihood that it will be watched more than once by anyone is minimal at best.. I could have posted it online and seen just how popular the video would be.. I've posted old "vintage" video of family doings from back a ways and the most of those videos sit with a goose egg on their views.. The big nun for views.. This is just important to me.. So I need a hard end date, and I think it will be labor day and it will be with or without the added final credit sequence.. Like I said I could live with the credit sequence the way it is right now there are a few ideas left for that but without the names of who did what I will just put a picture of what it was without any names on it, like the rough cut has and that would be fine.. I have Donald's sound thing on there, and my faux company you know the important things.. Got the names of the groomsmen and bridesmaids... Would like a deeper list but I know the person I asked for this is extremely busy... But just the same I want this done in two weeks and it will be like I said I'm happy with it the way it is.. I'm gonna take the next few days completely away from it.. Maybe work on some of the graphics here & there with different ideas but leave the video alone.. Chase perfection and end up a babbling idiot...
Here's what I mean by chasing perfection, as an example, I did one scene yesterday, a thirty second or so clip and did the main four settings windows live moviemaker gives (there are actually eight or nine maybe for all the gadget people) the main four are e-mail (really small file) computer (a xvid avi type which is what the first rough cut was mastered in) DVD (which is what I settled on, a wide screen video file leaving black bars at the top and bottom, a cinema look to it) and the final is 1080P which is "high definition".. The source file format is .MOD, and my feeling is an up conversion seemed a waist of all resources after I watched the test disc.. When I watched the scene the strangest thing happened, I couldn't tell the difference between any of the formats.. They ALL looked the same.. Why couldn't I tell the difference?? I thought it was best format to worst or worst to best but absolutely could not tell.. This was the definitive to determine which file format I would use and I decided of DVD but after completing the conversion I honestly couldn't see that big of a difference.. So SHIT!! what to do?? I went to bed got woken up by the thought that I should do the whole fucking thing in 1080p.. So will I?? I can't see doing it, the "chasing perfection" thing came to mind this morning after I finally got back to sleep.. Mom was extremely happy with what I did, the entire production EVERYTHING.. So why try to ruin it?? I will keep away from it until Friday (sure) and see if with a fresh perspective I see anything worth trying.. either up convert to 1080 or just keep what I have.. Google the benefits of doing that or is it worth even trying.. Research, I need to check around.. It has been trial and error with the program and then yesterday I got the wild hair to check tuts on youtube and see what different things do.. An instruction .pdf would have been nice for the program but experimenting is also fun.. The hands on, which is what I've done for the past however long I've been working with this program..
Badge (not perfext) Henry
(P.S. This has got to be what losing your mind feels like.. I did a yet another test video (on day one of "not gonna look at it") and did a test disc in comparison the three formats and 1080P looked good (damit) and so shit... Well the words escape me.. Was this a waste of time to do this yesterday in dvd form?? The test disc was set to show just which does what. 1080P looked ok.. dvd looked like it was fully detatched from the top and the bottom of the frame.. A full box within the screen rectangle yet... And then there was the xvid test video and it showed a square within the screen.. Where the original video was full screen.. Just what the hell was that test set about.. Why did it... ?? last test shot burning right now what will be the verdict?? ===.. I watch it and it was good, but I will spend the next day or two trying the last and what might be best.. 1080p.. And there is no up from there. Not on this program.. )
Here's what I mean by chasing perfection, as an example, I did one scene yesterday, a thirty second or so clip and did the main four settings windows live moviemaker gives (there are actually eight or nine maybe for all the gadget people) the main four are e-mail (really small file) computer (a xvid avi type which is what the first rough cut was mastered in) DVD (which is what I settled on, a wide screen video file leaving black bars at the top and bottom, a cinema look to it) and the final is 1080P which is "high definition".. The source file format is .MOD, and my feeling is an up conversion seemed a waist of all resources after I watched the test disc.. When I watched the scene the strangest thing happened, I couldn't tell the difference between any of the formats.. They ALL looked the same.. Why couldn't I tell the difference?? I thought it was best format to worst or worst to best but absolutely could not tell.. This was the definitive to determine which file format I would use and I decided of DVD but after completing the conversion I honestly couldn't see that big of a difference.. So SHIT!! what to do?? I went to bed got woken up by the thought that I should do the whole fucking thing in 1080p.. So will I?? I can't see doing it, the "chasing perfection" thing came to mind this morning after I finally got back to sleep.. Mom was extremely happy with what I did, the entire production EVERYTHING.. So why try to ruin it?? I will keep away from it until Friday (sure) and see if with a fresh perspective I see anything worth trying.. either up convert to 1080 or just keep what I have.. Google the benefits of doing that or is it worth even trying.. Research, I need to check around.. It has been trial and error with the program and then yesterday I got the wild hair to check tuts on youtube and see what different things do.. An instruction .pdf would have been nice for the program but experimenting is also fun.. The hands on, which is what I've done for the past however long I've been working with this program..
Badge (not perfext) Henry
(P.S. This has got to be what losing your mind feels like.. I did a yet another test video (on day one of "not gonna look at it") and did a test disc in comparison the three formats and 1080P looked good (damit) and so shit... Well the words escape me.. Was this a waste of time to do this yesterday in dvd form?? The test disc was set to show just which does what. 1080P looked ok.. dvd looked like it was fully detatched from the top and the bottom of the frame.. A full box within the screen rectangle yet... And then there was the xvid test video and it showed a square within the screen.. Where the original video was full screen.. Just what the hell was that test set about.. Why did it... ?? last test shot burning right now what will be the verdict?? ===.. I watch it and it was good, but I will spend the next day or two trying the last and what might be best.. 1080p.. And there is no up from there. Not on this program.. )
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