hmatt's blog

Yesterday I spent several hours editing the video together for the party. I had hoped to do some more TRKS stuff, but FCP 6 won’t allow you to edit while rendering (7 does though). This is another reason it would be nice to have two computers. I could have one do the transcoding and other heavy lifting and do editing on the other.

Anyway, the point is that editing takes a long time. I really don’t enjoy it all that much, because it eats TONS of hours away. However, it is a necessity if I am going to tape my own stuff.

I figure that every moment I spend time editing it just makes me faster for when it really matters.

It takes the most time when I:
– have to fix audio or video problems (remedied by better capturing or lower standards)
– taking time to search for free video background clips or sounds or pictures. I probably should invest in some royalty free collections.

I have to work today at 1, and I still need to edit the videos I did with Daryl and the ones with Sierra.

Even though editing and taking photos can be a real pain, they are a gift to my friends. Everyone loved the videos last night, and the best is yet to come as I spotlight my friend’s talents. = )