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by Steverino
Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:32 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Quicktime Pro as a video editor
Replies: 9
Views: 5744

Your 720p HD videos on YouTube look just fine expanded to full screen. I installed that .prx file in case I want to give .AVIs and WMM another try at some point, but for now I'm happy with the Quicktime Pro approach.
by Steverino
Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:51 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Quicktime Pro as a video editor
Replies: 9
Views: 5744

The main issue was blurriness and compression artifacts. Other discoveries: Windows Movie Maker, the one that came with XP -- For 16:9, it couldn't save 1280x720, only 856x480. Being a Microsoft product, naturally it wouldn't load Quicktime files, and .avi files seem blurrier to me than .mov straigh...
by Steverino
Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:26 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Quicktime Pro as a video editor
Replies: 9
Views: 5744

That was next on my list to try when I had the good experience with Quicktime. If I start making longer pieces, I'll definitely give it a look.
by Steverino
Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:42 pm
Forum: Animation
Topic: Tiny Circus -- The History of Blue
Replies: 2
Views: 1555

Tiny Circus -- The History of Blue

Last Saturday I took part in a fun workshop with Tiny Circus, a roving band of stop-motion animators dedicated to creative collaboration. Our local group consisted of around 20 people ranging in age from 12 to 65, most of whom had never made animation before. In the morning we brainstormed ideas and...
by Steverino
Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:34 pm
Forum: Other Software
Topic: Quicktime Pro as a video editor
Replies: 9
Views: 5744

Quicktime Pro as a video editor

I was looking for an inexpensive bare-bones video editor. The ones I found either couldn't handle 1280x720 or they degraded my image quality pretty severely. Its editing paradigm is strictly linear, but for $30 Quicktime Pro let me stitch together a series of short .MOV files, with audio, then add a...
by Steverino
Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:01 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Lifeboat America
Replies: 5
Views: 796

Thanks!
by Steverino
Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Lifeboat America
Replies: 5
Views: 796

Lifeboat America

Hello all, just joined the forum. I did a little 2D animation 20 years ago on the Amiga, but this is my first project in ASP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHg448I3Fg