Welcome to my blog, Whats this about then?

This is a place where I will be posting all sorts of things not just things relating to Derby and Derbyshire. On here you will find details of any videos I’ve made of things in Derby and also Time-lapse, stop motion animation, Tutorials etc. If I find some useful software for PC or iPhone then I will feature it here.I’m sure that there will be something of interest to someone on my many posts.Please leave comments on any posts if you like them.
Don’t forget if you are new to my blog and would like to read through the previous posts then see the Blog Archive section on the left side of this page.
Also there is a Search box at the top left of the page if you are looking for something but cant remember where it was. I am a trustee member of "Friends of Friar Gate bridge", aiming to get this bridge restored.

Thursday 23 September 2010

Time-lapse video at Sheffield Peace Gardens - Moving without walking.

If you enjoy my time-lapse videos then check out my latest upload which I captured last Saturday while on a short break in Sheffield.
It features people moving around the beautiful Peace Gardens.



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I hope you enjoy it.
Andy

Monday 13 September 2010

YouTube HD settings for Sony Vegas 9 Pro

This post may be of use to those people that use Sony Vegas 9 Pro for making videos in HD 720p mode for YouTube. I have done some screen grabs of the settings I use in this program.
This is using Sony Vegas Pro version 9.0E running on Windows 7

Here are the settings I use :
 From scratch, assuming you have some HD footage loaded and ready....
Goto File dropdown menu and select "Render as".
Change "Save as type:" to Windows Media Video V11 (*.wmv)
Change the templace to 5Mbps HD 720-25p video.

Project Settings panel.
The template must match the source media that you are using, if its video clips then you click on the yellow folder icon to the far right of the "Template:" field and select one of the video files.
Select Best for Full-resolution rendering quality.

Custom Settings panel - Audio
These settings give great consistant results.

Custom Settings panel - VideoThese are the settings for a standard 25FPS video.


Custom Settings panel -Bit Rate

Personally I find that 9Mbps gives good results.


These settings are for producing YouTube videos that are 1280 x 720 pixels at 25 Frames Per Second.
If I am using .mp4 video footage from my Toshiba Cameo Pro video camera then I use a frame rate of 29.

Thursday 9 September 2010

Video : Driving video from near Ambergate to Crich Tramway Museum.

Here is my latest Derbyshire by car driving video, this one is a short drive from near Ambergate to Crich Tramway Museum.