Bored, Bored.....BORED. Just having a play with the new toy to fill some spare time...Sadly we've had no swell at home since I got the new camera....So this will have to do.



Summer Days....

Thanks mate i needed that cool tunes and great editing very enjoyable

sweet vid, what software did you use for editing?

how is that mount setup, the shots from behind your back?

sc0tt said...
how is that mount setup, the shots from behind your back?

It's a harness mount made by K4, It does require you to bolt it on straight through your harness. It's a sweet shot though....Now only if I could loop

psst - no one can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. And all your renders will go a lot faster.

in fact i post most of my videos in SD and no one even notices...

shoot for color, contrast and dynamic range (ie dont shoot into the sun) and your footage will look very sweet.

On a mac i cant recommend Final Cut x enough (and this is coming from 10 years on Final cut 5 through 7) - if you are serious about your videos its well worth the money and a few days to get around the software.

X is a massive leap forward in editing technology. Makes Vegas and premiere (and final cut 7) look like they are from the dark ages.


Its all about the magnetic timeline which lets you keep soundtrack beat match snyc while dancing around with Split audio edits, j edits and b-roll.

Basically the software gets out of the way and lets you do your story telling like never before. The shot organisation method and meta data handling is second to none - all this is important once your project has more than 20 shots in it.

And if you record separate audio (straight to a lav mic and zoom h1 in your talent's pocket for example) Final Cut X looks at the audio wave forms / matches them off your camera's reference audio and snaps the sound file to sync with the video.

It will also automatically transcode your go pro footage to pro res )in whatever flavour you like - but even the lowest bit rate of pro res is excellent) in a way that avoids beginners having to do it themselves and screwing it up.

one click of the keyboard and your 720 p 120 fps footage is conformed to play back at 25 fps (so you get beautiful 500% slo mo that is frame perfect)

Hell you can even do a hand held dolly move- wide ish angle lens please and a steady hand- and Final Cut will stabilise it so it looks like it came off a Dolly!


But at the end of the day - its not the software that makes something interesting - its the concept , the shot execution and the editing decisions.

Reflex Films said...
psst - no one can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. And all your renders will go a lot faster.

in fact i post most of my videos in SD and no one even notices...

shoot for color, contrast and dynamic range (ie dont shoot into the sun) and your footage will look very sweet.

On a mac i cant recommend Final Cut x enough (and this is coming from 10 years on Final cut 5 through 7) - if you are serious about your videos its well worth the money and a few days to get around the software.

X is a massive leap forward in editing technology. Makes Vegas and premiere (and final cut 7) look like they are from the dark ages.


Its all about the magnetic timeline which lets you keep soundtrack beat match snyc while dancing around with Split audio edits, j edits and b-roll.

Basically the software gets out of the way and lets you do your story telling like never before. The shot organisation method and meta data handling is second to none - all this is important once your project has more than 20 shots in it.

And if you record separate audio (straight to a lav mic and zoom h1 in your talent's pocket for example) Final Cut X looks at the audio wave forms / matches them off your camera's reference audio and snaps the sound file to sync with the video.

It will also automatically transcode your go pro footage to pro res )in whatever flavour you like - but even the lowest bit rate of pro res is excellent) in a way that avoids beginners having to do it themselves and screwing it up.

one click of the keyboard and your 720 p 120 fps footage is conformed to play back at 25 fps (so you get beautiful 500% slo mo that is frame perfect)

Hell you can even do a hand held dolly move- wide ish angle lens please and a steady hand- and Final Cut will stabilise it so it looks like it came off a Dolly!


But at the end of the day - its not the software that makes something interesting - its the concept , the shot execution and the editing decisions.

Sorry, I understood none of that...

No seriously, You have always been very helpful to me and I could never invest the time that you have into your craft. I don't have the patience or knowledge that you guys do, just shoot edit post for me.

Thanks Matt for all the tips, It does help

Reflex Films said...

On a mac i cant recommend Final Cut x enough

Ditto. And watch some of the 100 tutorials around on Youtube re colour correction / grading. Makes all the difference.