goddi Posted August 23, 2009 Report Posted August 23, 2009 Greetings... I finally finished this portion the slideshow of our trip through Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary. I didn't want to post anything until Igor figured out the bug I was having. He is brilliant and figure it out. So this is just the portion of our trip in the Czech Republic (Prague and Cesky Krumlov). Hope you enjoy the trip... It is at http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/Gary Quote
morturn Posted August 29, 2009 Report Posted August 29, 2009 Hi GaryI always like slideshows made as a personal travel log or diary, they capture the sequence of events as they unfold, and are great to look back on your travels.As an AV show for a wider audience, I was wondering if you do any post capture processing in Photoshop or similar. You have captured a good series of photos, which I think given a slight tweak here and there: cropping, straightening and a little more contrast, would have given the show bags more impact.I found the show a bit too long, even your best friends will start to get wide eyes after a sequence of 100 images or so, and from a personal point of view, I try to avoid landscape and portrait mixed. The transition timing were little too short for me, there were a lot of very interesting images that I did not quite have time to study and enjoy fully, so with this in mind, have you considered splitting the show into two?The music worked really well, and both the map, introductory narrative and the chapter point comments gave it a good start and reference points.Most enjoyable, look forward to seeing your other travels, thank you for sharing it with us.Regards Quote
goddi Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Posted August 29, 2009 Morturn...Thanks for the comments.Yes, I do post-processing. Not too great at it but I try. I usually restrict it to Levels and USM. For other shots that need it, I might use Color Balance, Brightness and Shadow/Highlights. I have found that I tend not to take the shot as level as I should so lately I am using a lot of Transform/Rotate. I have never been satisfied with the results of my old Nikon D70 and my current D80. I was much happier with the results when I shot only slide film. But that was ages ago. Now, all digital.Yes...my shows tend to be too long. But I can't help it. This last trip was 3 weeks and about 1400 images. I was going to make it one looooooong slideshow but then I decided to do it in parts. So Czech Republic is one; Budapest will be another one; and I think I'll have to break Austria up into 2 parts. It is hard to remove images from a 'travelog' since each one means something to me. It is the most difficult part of doing a slideshow. My apologies for their lengthiness but they are more of a documentary 'travelog' than an artistic production. An artist, I am not.I do make the slideshow go pretty fast...about 2 seconds each image. But I always put in the navigational bar so anyone can stop to pause or to speed up through the show. I know this is a controversial issue. Most people want to make the show with NO controls for the viewer. I disagree...but that is just me. Many shows linger too long on each image and don't give the viewer the ability to stop to pause or to go to the next slide.I have heard your comment from others about not mixing landscape and portrait. My feeling is that all of one or the other would be boring. I like to mix it up. Especially if the subject is vertical, it calls for portrait mode.I make my shows mainly so that in years to come, I will be able to reminisce over the past trips and give other who might have gone there to see it from my point of view. And to encourage others who might not have been there, to go. Thanks for watching it...Gary============================================================Hi GaryI always like slideshows made as a personal travel log or diary, they capture the sequence of events as they unfold, and are great to look back on your travels.As an AV show for a wider audience, I was wondering if you do any post capture processing in Photoshop or similar. You have captured a good series of photos, which I think given a slight tweak here and there: cropping, straightening and a little more contrast, would have given the show bags more impact.I found the show a bit too long, even your best friends will start to get wide eyes after a sequence of 100 images or so, and from a personal point of view, I try to avoid landscape and portrait mixed. The transition timing were little too short for me, there were a lot of very interesting images that I did not quite have time to study and enjoy fully, so with this in mind, have you considered splitting the show into two?The music worked really well, and both the map, introductory narrative and the chapter point comments gave it a good start and reference points.Most enjoyable, look forward to seeing your other travels, thank you for sharing it with us.Regards Quote
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