Video Editing Programs

2019 comparison
included the various corel programs

 

Hitfilm Exress
Adobe Premiere Pro $343.
NCH Moviemaker $58.18
Movari Video Editoe Special $34.99  "Plus"  $59.99
Davici Resolve (Free) - From Black magic.  Superslow to load
Cyberlink   $149.99   Director Suite 365 $119.99 - no
Corel
VideoStudioPro.Com  $69,  $79  = Corel
Pinacle Studio 23 Ultimate $144.95 = Corel
Magix
Magix Movie Edit Pro Premium $199
Vegas Movie Studio 16..$64.99?   $99.99   "Suite" version $189.99 Pro17 $599 = Magix -OK
AVS4YOU.com
Openshot.org - FREE - no
Filmora 9 - no

Hitfilm Exress

Suposed to be free but be blowed if I can work out how to download the free version.

Movari Video Editor
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Basic.  Usable.  Nowhere near as easy or flexible as the defunct serif editor.
Trial version has a watermark
Rendering speed is OK.  Stabilisation feature works well.
Help is online.  No offline help.
Screen recorder is an extra charge.
WARNING 

So I see this add online.
So I decide to buy.

I've already down loaded the trial version.
When I enter my activation code, I get told wrong version.
Looks like the $39 is for last years model.

So I download the appropriate version which turns out to be videoeditor15

It feels like Movavi has a gazillion incantactions of almost the same thing but not quite.

At the end of the day I have no real idea of what I have bought or should buy

Davinci Resolve (Black Magic)
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/
Seems awkward


FILMORA 9
Frustratingly slow.  I also suspect that it wont work without the internet.

 

 

 

 

 

openshot.org

Rendering seems to loose resolution
scrub seems hard.  No grouping clips - seem to have to move each one.


https://www.videostudiopro.com/en/products/videostudio/pro/?sourceid=vsp2019-xx-ppc_brkws&currency=en-US&x-vehicle=ppc_pla&gclid=Cj0KCQiAv8PyBRDMARIsAFo4wK15bRy4Y8QKePL6XxquDyyJo-0Qz_vpLMhe605wcy5Qj3SQVFUsXewaAosxEALw_wcB

Cyberlink Power Director

Trimming seemed cumbersome.
in fact te whole timeline operation was awkward.
There are times when one clicks things like to render export and it takes forever to open the screen.

trial videos watermarked.

Vegas PRO

So far OK.
Timeline seems OK
Titling is awkward
Rendering is slow but I have not worked out yet how to match output to input format
My input is 1920x1080 25fps
ie 1080i
I think my output is different

Come-and-try at Centenary

Put a message in a couple of facebook groups offering a come-and-try  opportunity

We had 20 people come and try rowing in 4 quads.

Coaches:

Peter, Tanya, Wayne, John, Dennis, Kim, Frank.

There was a huge range of ages.  From early uni to 70’s.  Mostly women.

After we put the boats away about half the people left and half stayed for a final refresh on the erg. And then some wine and beer on the deck.

After all the come and try people left Peter led an informal meeting on the deck. to discuss and debrief.

The thoughts that came from that included:

  Next time probably two come and trys rather than three.

  Some of the ladies were quite old.  70’s? We (as a club) need to come up with way to handle them.

     An idea floated was that they would continue after the LTR was finished to only row

     Sundays at 3 and

     we will get masters and whatever LTR people who are around to help carry their boat.

We discussed what the LTR program could look like:-

   If we think of a 10 week term, 3 weeks come and try Approx. 4 weeks in quads and 3 in doubles.

   Progression might be staggered and based on rowers skill as observed by the Masters / coaches

   as well as the rowers desire.

We discussed that we are out of sync with the school terms and we normally charge club fees by the term.  Options considered, a few extra $ to get through to the end of term 2.

We discussed considering asking these people to help with the next come and try.  They would be the “experts” by then.  We need to get a culture of being involved as well as simply rowing.  Helping with the next come-and-try would be their first act of service.

On the teaching side, we discussed that we felt there should be a few things that are done the club way and to define those. Like the way we coach.  Things agreed:

a) put the experienced person in the bow seat (rather than the stroke seat which previously would have been what would have done).  This gives the experienced person much more control to steer the boat plus they can see whats happening and help out with coaching.

b) When we roll the boat at the waters edge, Rotate it so the seats are close to the people and the bottom is facing the river.  Far side duck under.  Complete the roll.  The advantages of this are the people holding don’t need to reach out around the hull to grip and the fin is facing the water and less likely to hit the pontoon.

 

Angel

I think the cover is better than the original. But that's art

https://youtu.be/FJPukmz2CYg

Angel

Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay

There's always some reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day

I need some distraction
Oh, beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins

Let me be empty
Oh, and weightless, and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark, cold, hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back

The storm keeps on twisting
Keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack

It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness
Oh, this glorious sadness
That brings me to my knees

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark, cold, hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

Songwriters: Sarah McLachlan

© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

The etiquette of Renting

Two Saturdays ago, I looked at half a dozen houses and applied for one.
It took until Tuesday afternoon for me to find out that I had not gotten it.

Last Saturday, I looked at another half a dozen and applied for 4.
The problem is that some are better than others.  As luck or more likely an application of Murphy's Law, the least favoured two have been approved.  The top of the list is at Tuesday afternoon still no word.

Electricity Pricing

I have rented a house.  Being the modern era, I need electricity.  Figured I would research electricity deals.

The end result was:

1. Origin was cheapest.
2. For my estimated usage, the total bill for the year is about $1.8 to $2k AUD 
3. There is only  couple of hundred dollars difference between the cheapest and the most expensive plans.

OK so onto the detail....

Initial research showed that standard costs were a charge per day just to be connected plus a cost per kWh.  Typically about $1/day plus 20c/kWh. 

I recall seeing a TV add where someone was offering a fixed price per month but I figured I have no idea how much power I will used and so I did not pursue those options.

I figured I could calculate my yearly usage as 365 x the connection per day charge plus 365 x the per kWh charge x amount of power used per day.

I had a look at the web site below to get an estimate of how much power a house uses
https://www.redenergy.com.au/living-energy/smart-homes/how-much-is-the-average-electricity-bill-in-australia

I chose that I expect that I would use 20kWh/day.

Next I went to the web and tried to find out how much it will cost. 
I looked at Origin, Enery Aust and AGL.
Then I though, before I go any further, I should get an idea of how much they are different from each other.  The cheapest things are shown in green below.
Cell B10 Shows energy Australia has the cheapest connection cost per day
Cell C4 shows origin has the cheapest usage cost per kWh
Cell G4 shows that for 20kWh of usage that the Origin plan is the cheapest overall.
Interestingly AGL are offering a $75 sign up credit but even if you subtract that off their prices, they are still more expensive than Origin.

Fire on Cockatoo Island

How does this happen?
It's an island. The grass is green. We've had small amounts of rain in Brisbane recently. No power lines. No places to have a BBQ. No nearby fires to drop embers. Surely gotta be deliberately lit and by someone with a boat.

Finding Accommodation

Pondered what to title this entry.

Finding a house?

But what if I settle on an apartment?

I decided to not call it finding a home because I think the sequence is to find the building and then to work out how to make it into a home. The depressing thing is in my view is that a home has more than one person in it. I wonder what a hermits house /home is called?

So what were the options?

Well I looked at a huge old house in Clewley St. I remember I'd come from looking at a few apartments in those 5 story blocks and they were tiny. The memory trigger was the feeling of relaxation I felt walking in.

I looked at several apartments in these new 5 story blocks and they were all very small.  very few had a decent verandah or living room.

Finally settled on a house on a small block.
filled in form and emailed.

The things about being single. 

A feeling of loneliness. Disconnect. 

Thinking OK what to do next. Consciously having to think about how to be amongst people. Who can I ring. I don't want to become a tag along pest. Who might be home. Who might be OK for a visit. 

Thinking I'd like to see that movie but on my own? What about eating? In a Cafe on my own. 

I guess the emphasis is that I'm continually reminded I'm on my own. 

There's a huge difference between 0 and 1. Knowing there's one special person to come home to. 

Back when married, I could be out on my own and focused on the task at hand or enjoying nature in the moment. But now, with no one at home. No one special, my mind keeps coming back to that aloneness. The thought keeps creeping back and then I have to engage my conscious mind to enact a strategy to intervene in the depression. That takes energy. To be continuously monitoring my emotions and realising I'm wallowing in sadness and to begin some conscious thought process to counteract it.

So what do I do to stave off sadness:

Listen to an engaging podcast. 

Listen to familiar music. 

Watch an action flick. 

So for 24 11/12th years had a family to go home to. Community. But now an empty house. 

Sunday - Well a day of killing time. 

5:30 coffee from the shops at St Lucia Village. 

6:00 help with rowing coaching. Took some video of a bush fire. 

10:00 picked up some coffees at... For Chris and me. 

Proceeded to Chris's house at Graceville. Jump started Rihanna's car.  Needing people interaction, I volunteered to go with Chris to... Chris and I drove to... Picked up a couch, table and microwave. 

Feeling like I'd better not overstay my welcome, left. 

Pondered what to do and thought as there was no food at home that I could go to Mt Ommaney and buy a sumo salad. Did that. Went shopping. Mused that where in more emotionally secure times, I avoided shopping as much as possible. Now craving personal interaction, I enter clothing stores and smile when the shop assistant asks if they can help. Now I'm happy to buy a couple of shirts. 

Then tried the same at DFO but lots of empty shops. 

Remembered that I needed to lock the gate at the rowing club. Went and did that. Gate was already locked.

Discovered I had the glass tray from Chris's microwave behind the seats in the Ute. 

Decided to drive from Centenary rowing club to Chris's house via oxley shops. 

A brief stop at Chris's house and dropped off the plate and picked up the ladder rack for the ute.

Home.
cooked up a steak, mashed potato, onion, mushrooms, corn on the cob.