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Posted: Tue Apr 28th, 2020 03:50
 
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Don't intend to use MC-36 in wet conditions! Nor my precious D800, so plastic bags aren't needed.  The stainless steel clip and bracket on the tripod worked perfectly, not done a long exposure in the dark yet so I can't tell how visible the LED will be from a distance.

Well, the clouds got the better of me and there don't seem to be any clear night skies in the next two weeks. :needsahug:  I spent the time wrestling with iMovie, really frustrating software, which DOESN'T 'just work', you can't even save, or make versions, let alone 'Save As'.  I really need Premier or something less hobbled than iMovie but the cost is prohibitive.  Just realised, (remembered) Photoshop does movies, animation etc. will try assembling the frames through Ps later... It's a bit rudimentary but for a simple time-lapse it may work.

I have managed to cobble together a short video, a time-lapse of the Duddon Estuary during sunset.  I should have let the camera run for another hundred frames but I think it get's the message across.  It's just that the clouds were just getting really active as I cut at 200 frames, just as they were starting to boil.  The trouble is, watching the action in real time you don't notice the interesting activity develop.

I have accounts on Vimeo and YouTube, also Flicker, but I don't think Flicker do video (Which would be a bit odd given their name!), I can't find my Vimeo acc. details, I'm not keen on You Tube, (Google) so I will go and see if I can upload it to Flicker.



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Posted: Tue Apr 28th, 2020 05:01
 
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Here is the short video which I have managed to upload to Flicker... after much head scratching.

Click on the image and it should take you to my Flicker page and play the video.   The jump in the middle of the clip is just a four minute gap where I had wandered off to talk to Dave, when I returned to the camera I restarted a second 100 frames but really I should have made that 200.  You can delete images but you can't do anything, if you didn't record them in the first place...



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Interesting to watch the cloud movements.

Oakdale doesn't look so bad for the aft few feet ....



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Thanks for looking Chris, no, the stern is the best bit!  It's a pity the name is missing at the starboard, stern quarter.

I am guessing the cloud activity in the last few seconds is probably caused by the Sun setting, the turbulence is striking, sadly I missed the main action.  I think that would have been the beginning of the cloudy night as temperatures dropped.



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Robert wrote:
Don't intend to use MC-36 in wet conditions! Nor my precious D800, so plastic bags aren't needed.  The stainless steel clip and bracket on the tripod worked perfectly, not done a long exposure in the dark yet so I can't tell how visible the LED will be from a distance.

Well, the clouds got the better of me and there don't seem to be any clear night skies in the next two weeks. :needsahug:  I spent the time wrestling with iMovie, really frustrating software, which DOESN'T 'just work', you can't even save, or make versions, let alone 'Save As'.  I really need Premier or something less hobbled than iMovie but the cost is prohibitive.  Just realised, (remembered) Photoshop does movies, animation etc. will try assembling the frames through Ps later... It's a bit rudimentary but for a simple time-lapse it may work.

I have managed to cobble together a short video, a time-lapse of the Duddon Estuary during sunset.  I should have let the camera run for another hundred frames but I think it get's the message across.  It's just that the clouds were just getting really active as I cut at 200 frames, just as they were starting to boil.  The trouble is, watching the action in real time you don't notice the interesting activity develop.

I have accounts on Vimeo and YouTube, also Flicker, but I don't think Flicker do video (Which would be a bit odd given their name!), I can't find my Vimeo acc. details, I'm not keen on You Tube, (Google) so I will go and see if I can upload it to Flicker.



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Don't understand your comment about iMovie? You can save the finished film in a variety of definitions or export it for sharing with anyone by any of the common communication methods.  If you save it....then go back and edit again, it saves a new file automatically.



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Don't understand your comment about iMovie? You can save the finished film in a variety of definitions or export it for sharing with anyone by any of the common communication methods.  If you save it....then go back and edit again, it saves a new file automatically.

I am assuming you are using an iPad or similar? with iMovie on a desktop (iMac) the icon you describe is 'Export' not 'Save'.  'Export' is totally different from 'Saving' or 'Saving As', on most software you can 'Save' the document and  'Save As' by a different name, thereby increment the document in case you want to go back a stage.  The 'Save' you describe is actually 'Export',  which compiles the movie in one of several optional formats, probably defaulting to MP4.  You can't go back to an MP4 document and edit it, at least not without re-importing it, which I think would need additional software.  I don't think iMovie can edit an MP4 video, I have tried in the past.



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Robert wrote:
I am assuming you are using an iPad or similar? with iMovie on a desktop (iMac) the icon you describe is 'Export' not 'Save'.  'Export' is totally different from 'Saving' or 'Saving As', on most software you can 'Save' the document and  'Save As' by a different name, thereby increment the document in case you want to go back a stage.  The 'Save' you describe is actually 'Export',  which compiles the movie in one of several optional formats, probably defaulting to MP4.  You can't go back to an MP4 document and edit it, at least not without re-importing it, which I think would need additional software.  I don't think iMovie can edit an MP4 video, I have tried in the past.
It exports (from iPad ) as a .movmobile file that can be reopened as a copy in iMovie for further editing without any compression loss. It than can be reexported as that unique copy for future use on the native machine or saved as a .mov file (compressed) for other uses. 

Jan's Panasonic shoots video in .mp4 and I have no problems opening them in iMovie (on the iPad). In fact the hedgehog clips I have been doing were taken on her camera and they are mp4 (just checked).

I am not sure if Nikon captures video in a different format to the Panasonic?



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Robert as you say.

Just Import the video into iMovie and re-edit it.
Then save/export in whatever format you want. If it wont do the format you need/want then there are other softwares that allow cross-converting to different formats if iMovie cant do it, e.g. Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate works well for me.



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Robert as you say.

Just Import the video into iMovie and re-edit it.
Then save/export in whatever format you want. If it wont do the format you need/want then there are other softwares that allow cross-converting to different formats if iMovie cant do it, e.g. Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate works well for me.

I always thought .mov and .mp4 were the same quality standard and interchangeable on most platforms and software?



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Eric wrote:
I always thought .mov and .mp4 were the same quality standard and interchangeable on most platforms and software?
The main difference between these two container formats is that MOV is mostly for use within Mac environments. MOV is a proprietary Apple file format for QuickTime, while MP4 is an international standard. ... But on other types of devices, video MOV files need to be converted to MP4s or another file format.
Encoded with the same codec MPEG-4, MP4 is similar to MOV. Actually, MP4 was developed on the basis of MOV file format. Both are lossy and can be used in the QuickTime environment. ... Therefore, MP4 is more flexible than MOV.



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