Slowly Going Insane

After the basic film editing is complete, the next step is to send the movie on to the composer/audio mixer. This requires a process called rendering. This process changes a video editing file into a final video output (such as DVD). It seems like a fairly straightforward process, but it is riddled with problems: what format file do you need? how large can the file be? what kind of video output? what kind of audio? stero or mono? how many pixels? The requirements go on and on. All these things are slowly driving me insane.

At some point, I'll have a good file that fits on a flashdrive and can be used on Mac software, the kind the composer uses. Hopefully that will happen soon!

Final Tweaks

Every time I think I'm doing the final tweaks on the video, I find more things that need tweaking. I discover spots where a few more seconds of lag time are needed; there are headings that are coming in too slowly; another screen of black is necessary; and many more.
Even so, it looks like the editing portion of the project is truly nearing its completion. The last step will be to export it in an appropriate format for the composer.

Editing, editing, editing

Editing is in full swing now. The soundtrack is on its way and waiting for me to send a completed cut. The composer, Chuck Duncan, will "sweeten" the audio along with adding the soundtrack, which is a great thing since the audio is less than perfect. Next time I will pay better attention to stereo vs. mono when filming. What an annoying glitch to have some in stereo and some in mono. It feels weird when listening on headphones!

Sony Vegas Movie Studio is working out fine once again. There are some limitations that FinalCut did not have such as limited tracks for pics, audio, etc. But for the most part it's doing what I need it to do.