[Shop-talk] Video editing help
Peter Murray
peterwmurray at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 06:10:30 MST 2022
Ronnie-
[engage thread drift]
Any questions I might be able to answer about Starlink? I have a base
station and was quite impressed with its performance when I had it active
this summer at my second shop location.
-Peter
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 4:19 PM Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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