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Samantha in HD!

Filed Under General, Parenting 

Any video footage of little Samantha you ask?  Good question. Especially since I do some video work as part of my living, you’d think I’d have a lot.  I guess there’s been a couple of reasons why the delay. Video, especially home video, sometimes has a reputation (and rightfully so) as being painful to watch.  I fear developing a library of boring, unwatchable footage of our daughter.  I didn’t want to amass a collection of material that Samantha would want nothing to do with when she gets older.

I needed a creative workaround.  Let’s treat video just like photography and show snippets/captures of time!  A first xmas, a funny expression, any memorable instance.  No time for full features or storyboards either. Keep it short. And its all about fun with the gear and technology too!

Then one day as I was deconstructing an animation piece of a motion designer I admire (it helps me learn software and thought processes), it turned out to be a perfect template for some fun with Samantha video (so I can’t take credit for the design, but the actual content is mine own of course). Lets create a small series of short vids, with a fun opener.

Well, here are the initial results.  Sorry Windows/IE users, they’re quicktime .movs for now (with my parental and work responsibilities, its the quickest workflow if I’m to do this at all). Either download QT/iTunes or toss them onto your ipod to watch on your way to work (cause I know you want to watch Sam all day long ;) ). Maybe if I have time to figure out the whole Facebook youTube Vimeo Podcast thingy one day, it’ll be more accessible. Any suggestions, do share!

Comments

5 Responses to “Samantha in HD!”

  1. sherry on February 13th, 2009 8:53 am

    cool intro and nice videos!!

  2. cecil on February 15th, 2009 1:41 pm

    great quality on the video! i’m surprised file size is only 6.4MB for a minute long clip. i’m not familiar with the H.264 decoder but I sure like it. what editing software are u using?

  3. Brian on February 15th, 2009 2:00 pm

    Thanks Cecil,

    For any video sequences I’m using a combo of Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro, and any motion graphics I’m using After Effects. The original footage is pretty nasty as it was low light in my condo, so I had to do a little correction to make it look better. Don’t like the way it looks on a PC (washed out), but oh well, I’ll try other stuff later.

    Here’s an article about the H.264 standard
    http://flash.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=640489

  4. Joanne on February 15th, 2009 9:47 pm

    Nerds in the house!!! :) I’m glad you are a nerd though.

  5. michmosh on February 21st, 2009 11:55 pm

    I agree, this is a nicely designed intro. Good stuff!

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