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Get Published - Bookcase Challenge #3: Video Tutorial

Blog entry by Martin Sojka posted 601 days ago 1148 reads 5 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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This is so exciting – New era at LumberJocks.com begins right now – the era of video tutorials. I just finished our first video tutorial screencast titled ”How to submit entry into the Bookcase Design Challenge”. It outlines all of the steps in posting the blog entry, embedding the pictures as well as the final project file and then submitting it properly to the Challenge.

Any feedback is much appreciated since I want to replace our wordy help section with this kind of screencasts in the future.

Oh.. and special thanks goes to gwurst for giving me the permission to use his entry as the source material for this video. Thanks!

Now let’s get the show started…
note: there is no audio

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka


18 comments so far

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Greg Wurst

716 posts in 724 days


posted 601 days ago

Great video and very descriptive. You covered all the bases and described the whole process. My bookcase design is now immortalized in an instructional video! :)

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

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MsDebbieP

14157 posts in 1052 days


posted 601 days ago

wow gwurst—a winner before the contest is even over!!! :)
Congrats :)

Thanks, Martin. This really is much better than the written descriptions. Love the little “tips” flags.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Al Navas

289 posts in 766 days


posted 601 days ago

Terrific, Martin!

And congratulations to gwurst for his immortal design - it is great, gwurst.

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

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Russel

2057 posts in 830 days


posted 601 days ago

Was there supposed to be audio? I know my hearing ain’t what it used to be, but I couldn’t hear anything. I cranked my volume up all the way (nice buzz) but no sound.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Martin Sojka

1398 posts in 1364 days


posted 601 days ago

No audio, Russel.

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

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Russel

2057 posts in 830 days


posted 601 days ago

Thanks. I thought I was going deaf.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Scott Bryan

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posted 601 days ago

Thanks for the video. This makes the process much clearer.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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GaryK

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posted 601 days ago

Great video, Martin!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Napaman

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posted 601 days ago

thanks martin…very clear…even i can do this…lol…

one question…you uploaded pictures from photobucket and the sketch-up file from box.net…why do you need the sketch-up file at the end if you have the three pictures of your work? what is difference between the two? my guess is that the sketch-up file allows contest judges to view your work in sketch-up?

gwurts…cool bookcase…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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pappyjohn

138 posts in 604 days


posted 601 days ago

HI Martin, Looks pretty great, for thhe finishe video are you incorporating sound. I’m fairly new to the computer scene, will this thing be able to be slowed down. Getting older and my glsses don’t work as fast as they used too (ha ha). Thanks for listening to my input….your brother in woodworking John

-- Your Brother in WoodWorking John, Pittsburgh , PA.

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Mike Lingenfelter

457 posts in 1005 days


posted 601 days ago

Yes, thanks Martin. I hadn’t heard of box.net. That will be useful for other postings I’d like to do.

-- http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/

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DAN

6435 posts in 874 days


posted 601 days ago

I liked it and learned many things from it !

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Al Navas

289 posts in 766 days


posted 601 days ago

To everyone entering the Bookcase Challenge (I hope I don’t upset anyone here):

PLEASE make sure you enter the proper tag in your blogs, “challenge04”. It would be sad to see anyone miss out by having an improper tag in their entry :-( .

When I clicked on Martin’s link to view all the entries, only a few came up. But, as I looked through the entries of the last two days, I found at least four more. These were either missing the tag altogether, or the tag was misspelled.

Good luck to all!

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

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Martin Sojka

1398 posts in 1364 days


posted 601 days ago

Thanks for the feedback.. I need some encouragement before working on other LJ Help Screencasts lol

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

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CharlesWilson

5 posts in 603 days


posted 600 days ago

Worked like a charm!

Thanks!

Charles

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Bob Babcock

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posted 600 days ago

Nicely done Martin…what are you using to capture the screens?

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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Karson

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posted 600 days ago

Great job Martin.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Martin Sojka

1398 posts in 1364 days


posted 600 days ago

Bob, I’ve used Camtasia.

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

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