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Dick, & Barb Cain

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155 days ago

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I don’t know how many Lumberjock’s have Mac computers,

but yesterday I was getting very disappointed, & dissatisfied with setting up a slideshow video that

wouldn’t be so grainy, & jumpy looking.

I’ve had my Mac for almost two years now, & I’ve never bothered to check out imovie.

I’ve always made my videos using either Picasa, or Photobucket.

I’d just like to make a suggestion if you own a Mac, check out imovie's tutorial video

I guess I’ve been spending most of my time on LJs, thats why I missed this great feature.

I also updated my blog video
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You can check out my first video with this program here.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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lew

4486 posts in 650 days


155 days ago

Nice Job, Dick!!

Even over a relative slow connection, the pictures have high resolution and the transitions are very smooth. Looks like imovie is the route to take for the Mac users!!

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patron

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155 days ago

you are right about never to old ,
and to learn too !
i got a macbook about 4 months ago , and never having touched a computer before ,
started pushing buttons to see what would happen ?
saw the movie thing , but it said i needed to buy something to make it work ?
but watching your video , i learned something new too .
videos were always stop/start for me , and frustrating !
i took a chance and paused it for a bit , and the video got ahead of me watching it .
then when i started again , it was smooth and continuose !

beautifull work dick , im sure barb if enjoying watching her harp develope !
and i realy got a good idea about making a movie as a collage of single picks .

thank you both ,and God bless and enjoy !

i can’t wait for the movie with barb doing the music on the love harp !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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Junji

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155 days ago

Dick, & Barb,

HI THERE.
I have been using mac almost my life ever since I was 20 or so, so it has been almost 20 years now.
I checked you video and I thought it’s just great, and I don’t think it’s grainy nor jumpy looking. I don’t have much experience using iMovie, but I think you are using it just right, and doing very well.
If my guessing is right, playing video with iMovie uses a lot of memory of your computer, so you should also check the finished video file with your QuickTime player, so it moves more smoothly. Editing video always uses a lot of memory, so you should quit all the other applications other than iMovie or others which you are not using.

By the way, the music you used in the slide show were great, and the last two photos of you guys, they are both so nice.

Junji

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

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PurpLev

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154 days ago

g’morning sunshine :)

yeah, thats one of the nicer things about the Macs, they really do come with everything you would need already built into them.

enjoy

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Tony

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154 days ago

A great improvement on the other version I saw yesterday and the music is a lot more friendly.

I really wish I could afford to migrate to Mac, but to much commitment (software wise) to migrate at the moment

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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154 days ago

Thanks to all of you.

I thought there might be some Mac users, who skipped over the imovie the same as I did.

Someday I might tackle another one of my Mac programs.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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odie

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154 days ago

Where have you been Dick ? After you make that movie, export it using QuickTime Pro and really trick it up.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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154 days ago

Thanks Odie!

I’ll check it out, one step at a time, you don’t want this ”old geezer” to strain the brain too much.<(;O}#

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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CharlieM1958

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154 days ago

Hey Dick, I like your new buddy icon. Is that you and Barb on your wedding day? :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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154 days ago

Hi Charlie,

We actually lived next door to one another for about a year when we were 3 years old,

but she moved.

We didn’t have any contact again until we were 16.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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jockmike2

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154 days ago

Dick that was fantastic. I loved the music, but most of all I could watch you do that all day. That celtic knot looks tricky. I wonder about that too. Have you known Barb that long? If so you were a handsome couple even back then. How many centurys ago was that or shouldn’t we ask? LOL. Anyway great video and I am working at getting my tools back that I loaned out. I am going to try it. If I can make it look good enough maybe I’ll encorperate into a chair or something special for Kris. God Bless old friend. Yea this picture is from 72 I was just out of the Army and decided to let my hair grow. It did’nt last long. It took me an hour every day to get the rats out I got tired of that real quick and cut it all off. LOL. I was a rebel without a clue.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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154 days ago

Thank you Mike,

My two sons’ had long hair like that in 1972, because they were musicians.

Thank you, again for the mighty fine compliments.

That’s enough for now, I have to buckle down, & go out to do some chiseling.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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