Cheow Lan Lake, Thailand

[goddi]

Greetings,

I have uploaded a new slide/video show to http://www.beechbrook.com/pte/ called Cheow Lan Lake. The location is at the Cheow Lan Lake in Thailand. This show last about 5 minutes and is a fast moving blend of still images and video, at 1920x1080. The music captured my imagination and I had to put some images and video with it. The Cheow Lan Lake is an incredibly beautiful place that I wanted to capture with this techno-electric-violin beat. Still images were taken with a Nikon D7000; videos were taken also with the D7000 and with a Kodak Play Sport camera. I hope you are entertained by it. Comments and critiques are welcomed.

Gary

[mhwarner]

Gary,

Indeed this lake looks like a beautiful place. However, I found the transitions in the show to be a bit too abrupt and to be honest, I didn't think the video really added much to the presentation. I would have been happy with just the stills (left on the screen a bit longer) but that's just my opinion.

Just as an aside, though, since I have not yet attempted to add video to a show, is there no way to minimize these videos so that the overall size of the file is smaller? I am on a wireless broadband connection and 130 MB is not something I would consider downloading on a regular basis. I realize I am in the minority, but I'm guessing there are others out there like me. I would love to look at your Khoa Sok video but I just attempted it and learned that on my connection it would take 1 hour and 45 minutes. Not an option for me this evening. But, I guess if you are typically creating a show like this to be shown locally to friends and family, it's not a big deal. Anyway, thanks for sharing your efforts.

[goddi]

Gary,

Indeed this lake looks like a beautiful place. However, I found the transitions in the show to be a bit too abrupt and to be honest, I didn't think the video really added much to the presentation. I would have been happy with just the stills (left on the screen a bit longer) but that's just my opinion.

Just as an aside, though, since I have not yet attempted to add video to a show, is there no way to minimize these videos so that the overall size of the file is smaller? I am on a wireless broadband connection and 130 MB is not something I would consider downloading on a regular basis. I realize I am in the minority, but I'm guessing there are others out there like me. I would love to look at your Khoa Sok video but I just attempted it and learned that on my connection it would take 1 hour and 45 minutes. Not an option for me this evening. But, I guess if you are typically creating a show like this to be shown locally to friends and family, it's not a big deal. Anyway, thanks for sharing your efforts.

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Greetings,

The driving force to make the show the way I did was the music. The electric violin and the beat just grabbed my attention to contrast the techno sound with nature. And, because of the beat of the music, the fast pace of the transitions had to be where they are...I think. My wife gave it a thumbs down, too. Mostly for the music...and the subsequent fast pace. But, I had to do what I did.

The videos have really been reduced in size. From the camera, they are in MOV format. I edited and reduced then down when I saved them as an AVI. I don't know if they can really be reduced in size any further without losing quality to the point of not being useful. I don't see any other attempts at using video in PTE yet, so maybe as time goes on, we will learn some tricks to help get the shows down in size as others try it. But, once I have started including video, it is sort of hard not to now. I like to include video because it brings some motion or life to the show. I am not a videographer but I like the results so far. Lot to learn, though. For example in the Ziplining show, I think the video added 'life' to the show...I hope.

Wow, I can't imagine it taking 1 hr and 45 minutes to download the Khoa Sok show with a broadband connection, so I understand your reluctance. It took me only 56 seconds to download it with my broadband. I do try to get the file size down, but with video, it is a challenge. In case you do get to download the Khoa Sok show, it is a much calmer and quieter show. I hope you can.

Thanks for your comments. I hope others will comment on how they feel about the addition of video in shows.

Gary