[Woodcarver] Video - My Turn for a Question

[Michael Huffman]

Lori,

Video demos on you site would be a wonderful addition.
I have been doing photo and video forensic work for a police department  
for about 15 years and am fairly well versed in the equipment and software  
used for video editing, so maybe I can help.
  This site will answer some of the questions that you are sure to have  
about digital video on the web.   
http://stream.uen.org/medsol/digvid/html/mainmenu.html

As far as software goes Adobe Premier Pro, (@ $700.00), is the Photoshop  
of the video world. However if  Adobe Premier Elements, (@ $100.00), is as  
good as Photoshop Elements it might be worth a look. I have never use it.
Processor speed, computer memory, and your video card have a huge impact  
on the video editing process. If they are not good enough, editing video  
can be a lot like covering your canvas with gesso using a #0000 brush, you  
can do it, but it aint gona be much fun.
Hard drive storage can be huge for video depending on the lemgth, format  
and fps rate. The above site should explain much.
It can get expensive and addictive. A few years ago I got into photography  
simply for reference shots for my bird carving. (If ya don’t know what it  
looks like ya sure can’t carve it.)  About $10k in equipment later I am  
still salivating over photographic catalogs, but I do have some great  
shots!
Since this is an art form, I am sure that you will approach it as you do  
all of your work and half way just won’t be good enough for you. YOU GO  
GIRL!


Thank you so much for all of the wonderful information that you have  
selflessly shared with the carving community.

Mike Huffman
Kokomo, IN











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