[Shop-talk] Video editing help

[Ronnie Day]

This video just popped up on YouTube. I haven't tested it myself, but
Cristina's YouTube channel is one of my favorites. I initially found it
looking for Starlink information. I'm definitely going to check it out for
my own use.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYOjMNKhZg)

On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 10:06 PM Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been in the film/video business since the mid '80s when we were still
> literally shooting cutting dual system film then editing mixing the picture
> and sound using mixing stages. Did my first digital sound edit/mix while I
> was working for the Navy in DC and put my first non-linear editing setup
> together in around '97. I shudder a bit to think what I spent on that rig!
>
> These days I do most of my heavy video editing in DeVinci Resolve which is
> WAY overkill for what it sounds like you want to do. For your situation I
> really like Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI a lot, if your computer has the
> power to run it. Right now it's on sale for $160. Not only can you do cuts
> editing, you can also use the AI (artificial intelligence) features to
> clean up and enhance the video quality. And It's easy to trim clips to the
> individual frame level. Topaz Labs has a bunch of excellent. I run a mix of
> Macs and DIY PC, doing most of the Topaz Labs stuff on a fairly new Ryzen 7
> build with an older nVidia (soon to be replaced) graphics card because
> Topaz optimized the app for nVidia GPUs.
>
> You can D/L free trial versions of any of TLs apps.
>
> HTH,
> Ron
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 9:23 PM Peter Murray <peterwmurray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> With a Mac mini in my shop, I've been using iMovie to edit videos,
>> largely church services for YouTube, but personal stuff too.
>>
>> You can also use the GoPro Quik app to do video editing, and that's both
>> Windows and Mac.
>>
>> If you're making these videos available for remote viewers, you should
>> look at hosting them somewhere. You may be able to use something like
>> YouTube if there aren't any copyright issues. I don't know if YouTube would
>> treat them differently if they were unlisted (and you are sending out the
>> link). There are also Rumble, Vimeo, and if use the right version of Office
>> 365, you may be able to use their Stream platform.
>>
>> -Peter
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 1:14 PM Neil Sherry <neiljsherry at talktalk.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I use the Windows Photo app - will open the movie and then allow you to
>>> whiz through and find where you want to trim and save as a new file.
>>>
>>> Neil
>>> On 20/11/2022 12:02, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I know this isn't 100% shop talk related, but stick with me.
>>>
>>> I am an instructor in the Army and I often have to use clips from movies
>>> and other video training aids.
>>>
>>> Problem is, many of these 2 or 3 minute clips are embedding in 1 or 2
>>> hour videos.  Meaning I spend lots of time finding the actually beginning
>>> of a clip and such.
>>>
>>> Also, now that we are doing more virtual training, I would love to be
>>> able to send out the videos so students can watch them locally, but I can't
>>> send 1 gig files.
>>>
>>> I am looking for a video editor that can 'crop' videos files.  These are
>>> often compressed files (.mp4) so I understand that I may have to have some
>>> 'extra' footage that the beginning, and that is fine.
>>>
>>> But what I see is often I have to wait for the entire play length to
>>> save the cropped file.
>>>
>>> Is there an editor out that that can quickly and easily crop video
>>> files?  Bonus if it's free.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Moose
>>>
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