As some of you may know I have an editor that chops the video for me. We work between Google Drive for the main Adobe Premiere 5.5 video (our editing software) and Dropbox for the files. The file sets can be anywhere from 4 to 20 segments per video with three to four sub -sections per segment (we use three cameras plus our mobile phone so these make up the sub-sections). These are culled into Premiere at his location and brought into a manageable size by removing the pre-footage (lights, camera, action) stuff and any post "cut" junk. Then he does a bare cut that allows me to edit it down to what you see.
On one level this works well. It allows me time to work on things that are needed but not seen in the videos; at times things need to be done that we have covered recently on the show and this is where the other "things" lay.
Add to that the maintenance of four acers, six buildings, several cars that don't appear on the show, plus cleaning up after myself from these projects. I also help Diona with the tech for RRS-USA. Light bus maintenance for our bus business (not that often, but you know when it rains it pours and usually when there is a problem elsewhere). Plus helping to run our Journey group for church and being a part of Aiken Horsepower. Oh and the family things like kid transport, discipline, fun, etc.
The family things takes up a heap of time. Diona and I are busy raising 5 boys between 20 and 12 as well as helping to guide her beautiful, spirited, red headed daughter who is 21. Lots. To. Do.
Lots.
All of that has been a side show to the issues of production lately. Dropbox seems to be screwing with the footage. Terribly. And none of it is consistent. One week it is audio (like this week), the next is it is black footage WITH audio for three quarters of the episode. Crunching the files at times (making then sorter and therefore causing half second gaps in the footage; annoying and very noticeable). The next it will be the footage stopping every four to 20 seconds while I am trying to cut (arguably the most frustrating problem of all). If I close out of the fresh edit from my editor and restart, SOMETIMES the issues disappear. Often it consumes hours of my time fixing the issues. Usually, the audio issue is fixed by me simply restarting Premiere. But in the busy day-to-day I sometimes forget to do that.
Yes, sometimes my brain does not brain well.
I apologize for the video issues this is causing. I am working on a solution and just have not gotten there.
If you got all the way to the end, you are my hero. Thanks for reading.
Autorestomod Manic Mechanic Gasoline Media
Hey folks! Story time.
As some of you may know I have an editor that chops the video for me. We work between Google Drive for the main Adobe Premiere 5.5 video (our editing software) and Dropbox for the files. The file sets can be anywhere from 4 to 20 segments per video with three to four sub -sections per segment (we use three cameras plus our mobile phone so these make up the sub-sections). These are culled into Premiere at his location and brought into a manageable size by removing the pre-footage (lights, camera, action) stuff and any post "cut" junk. Then he does a bare cut that allows me to edit it down to what you see.
On one level this works well. It allows me time to work on things that are needed but not seen in the videos; at times things need to be done that we have covered recently on the show and this is where the other "things" lay.
Add to that the maintenance of four acers, six buildings, several cars that don't appear on the show, plus cleaning up after myself from these projects. I also help Diona with the tech for RRS-USA. Light bus maintenance for our bus business (not that often, but you know when it rains it pours and usually when there is a problem elsewhere). Plus helping to run our Journey group for church and being a part of Aiken Horsepower. Oh and the family things like kid transport, discipline, fun, etc.
The family things takes up a heap of time. Diona and I are busy raising 5 boys between 20 and 12 as well as helping to guide her beautiful, spirited, red headed daughter who is 21. Lots. To. Do.
Lots.
All of that has been a side show to the issues of production lately. Dropbox seems to be screwing with the footage. Terribly. And none of it is consistent. One week it is audio (like this week), the next is it is black footage WITH audio for three quarters of the episode. Crunching the files at times (making then sorter and therefore causing half second gaps in the footage; annoying and very noticeable). The next it will be the footage stopping every four to 20 seconds while I am trying to cut (arguably the most frustrating problem of all). If I close out of the fresh edit from my editor and restart, SOMETIMES the issues disappear. Often it consumes hours of my time fixing the issues. Usually, the audio issue is fixed by me simply restarting Premiere. But in the busy day-to-day I sometimes forget to do that.
Yes, sometimes my brain does not brain well.
I apologize for the video issues this is causing. I am working on a solution and just have not gotten there.
If you got all the way to the end, you are my hero. Thanks for reading.
Jeff
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