I finally got around to editing and completing the video series on the essential oil cabinet that I made for my son for Christmas. Lightworks is still a bit of a chore and will be for a while yet, but it is not locking up and being frustrating like Windows Movie Maker was. I still have a long way to go, but it is fun learning.
My son liked the cabinet and most people who have laid eyes on it do to. It was a big complex job and I find that shooting video while working makes it go almost twice as long. I still have some video of other things to edit down, but I am catching up fast. There has not been a lot of activity in the shop. A few little projects done and waiting for editing though.
This turned out to be a series of longish videos. I didn't start out to make it an opus. I really thought at the start that it would be two or three short ones. It grew.
I am not sure what goes over better, the long ones or the short ones. I like doing both, so I guess there will not be any rule about how long they will be. I am just out here by the river, trying to get by, and shooting some video as I go. Thanks for watching and as always....
That is just about the only thing I have been dealing with for the last week. I have had the snowblower out every day and today it is still snowing. Just doing our driveway and the paths can tucker a guy out. I do a bit extra so Lil' Lee has a place to run around and guard the place against marauding squirrels. She is always curious about what they are up to.
The lady across the street from me had a bit of a time with her snow blower, so I did her driveway once for her. The neighbour behind me backed out of his driveway and got his truck stuck as soon as he got on the road, so a few of us got him dug back into his driveway. Also, another neighbour is recovering from heart surgery, so there is no way he can do his, so I go over and clear his driveway and deck. I have a new pass time I guess. One that I really didn't want. At least not to this extent. I move snow, and the rest of the time is recovery....lol.
I do have footage to edit. I will have to get around to editing that soon. The last part of the essential oil cabinet has to be made. I want to get more comfortable with this new video editing software first. I have a few other bits too, but not much. I have not had much in the way of shop time due to the weather. I did get a bit more ceiling insulated, and got some footage of that. It will be coming out eventually.
I have been watching Lightworks tutorial videos and trying to get comfortable with it. I figured it was about time I put something up, so I went and shot this today and put it together. More as an exercise as anything else. This is one powerful program and will do more than I will ever need. It is also pretty complex, so I will play some more with it and get some more video together as I go.
A while ago I redeemed some of my points at the "Be The Pro" forum and this is opening the package. Just a short one, using Lightworks as an editor for the first time. It may be more software than I need, but over time I am sure I will get used to it. I struggle with learning software and I relied a lot on the instructional videos that Lightworks has on it's sight. I had to view things 3 or 4 times before it sunk in. Movie Maker was nice and easy to use but without support from Microsoft I had to find something that works.
