I did not write this blog. This was written by one of my Youtube friends who knew that I was interested in learning how to use Windows Moviemaker. I decided to post this for some of my other Youtube friends who might be interested. Thank you, Doug.
This is the effect I used with the sheet music. If I am correct; it will work with the unregistered trial version of Rehan.
http://pleabo.home.comcast.net/~pleabo/MovieMaker/#mirdup
You may be talking about just the notes. If you are; that is the 'Boomerang' effect. It does not require Rehan. Here is the link for it.
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=173740
Here is a lesson on how to add effects from Windows Movie Maker Forum.
Go to Start>Computer>OS(C:)>Program Files>Movie Maker>Shared. In this folder; create a new sub folder. Name it 'AddOnTFX'.
Copy the text below and paste it into Notepad. Then save it as 'Boomerang Effects'. Do not save it as text. Replace the .txt at the end with .xml and save it as Boomerang Effects.xml
Go to Documents and find Boomerang Effects.xml Move it from Documents to the AddOnTFX folder you created in Movie Maker.
Now; open Windows Movie Maker. AAR2696--Boomerang should be the first enrty in your effects column. Since it is an effect and not a transition; It will take only one picture fot you to see what it does. It is not my favorite effect. butI do use it sometimes.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Windows Moviemaker
To my friends,
I did not write this blog. This was written by one of my Youtube friends who knew that I was interested in learning how to use Windows Moviemaker. I decided to post this for some of my other Youtube friends who might be interested. Thank you, Doug.
He wrote:
I don't know what operating system you have, so I don't know which version of Windows Moviemaker you have. I have Windows Moviemaker 6, which is far better than Windows Moviemaker 2.
There is almost an unlimited number of things you can do with Moviemaker. There are not very many effects and transitions that come with the program. But; when you combine the effects with the transitions; you can do hundreds of different things.
There is a forum called Windows Moviemaker Forum. Amateurs and professionals create effects and transitions and put them on the forum for downloading. There are literally hundreds available. Probably half of these effects and transitions are 'stand alone'. No program other than Windows Moviemaker is required to use them. The other half does require another program. That is the $15.00 program called Rehan. The $15.00 is a one time fee. The Rehan program itself has many many effects and transitions. These can be combined with the built in Windows Moviemaker effects and transitions, and they can be combined with the effects and transitions from the forum.
There are also other sites that offer effects and transitions for Windows Moviemaker. When you combine all these programs; you could spend the rest of your life coming up with new and different effects and transitions for your videos.
I don't know how computer savvy you are, but if you wanted to; you could alter the script for any of these effects and transitions, and there again, add another unlimited number of possibilities.
You can use the full Rehan program for a trial period. I think the trial period lasts two weeks. The effects and transitions that are dependent on Rehan, require that you use a registered copy of Rehan.
I have many excellent programs on my computer. Some are for file synchronization. Some are for burning CDs and DVDs. Some are for editing pictures. Some are for editing music. Some are for virus and malware protection; and the list goes on. The only one I have ever paid for, is the Rehan program. I don't pay for anything if I can get it for free.
I am sending you a link to the Rehan site, where you can get the trial program. I'm sending you another link for effects and transitions. There are demos you can watch before downloading any of these.
I could go on and on, but I think I have given you enough to absorb for now.
Doug
http://www.rehanfx.org/
http://pleabo.home.comcast.net/~pleabo/MovieMaker/
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=33
I did not write this blog. This was written by one of my Youtube friends who knew that I was interested in learning how to use Windows Moviemaker. I decided to post this for some of my other Youtube friends who might be interested. Thank you, Doug.
He wrote:
I don't know what operating system you have, so I don't know which version of Windows Moviemaker you have. I have Windows Moviemaker 6, which is far better than Windows Moviemaker 2.
There is almost an unlimited number of things you can do with Moviemaker. There are not very many effects and transitions that come with the program. But; when you combine the effects with the transitions; you can do hundreds of different things.
There is a forum called Windows Moviemaker Forum. Amateurs and professionals create effects and transitions and put them on the forum for downloading. There are literally hundreds available. Probably half of these effects and transitions are 'stand alone'. No program other than Windows Moviemaker is required to use them. The other half does require another program. That is the $15.00 program called Rehan. The $15.00 is a one time fee. The Rehan program itself has many many effects and transitions. These can be combined with the built in Windows Moviemaker effects and transitions, and they can be combined with the effects and transitions from the forum.
There are also other sites that offer effects and transitions for Windows Moviemaker. When you combine all these programs; you could spend the rest of your life coming up with new and different effects and transitions for your videos.
I don't know how computer savvy you are, but if you wanted to; you could alter the script for any of these effects and transitions, and there again, add another unlimited number of possibilities.
You can use the full Rehan program for a trial period. I think the trial period lasts two weeks. The effects and transitions that are dependent on Rehan, require that you use a registered copy of Rehan.
I have many excellent programs on my computer. Some are for file synchronization. Some are for burning CDs and DVDs. Some are for editing pictures. Some are for editing music. Some are for virus and malware protection; and the list goes on. The only one I have ever paid for, is the Rehan program. I don't pay for anything if I can get it for free.
I am sending you a link to the Rehan site, where you can get the trial program. I'm sending you another link for effects and transitions. There are demos you can watch before downloading any of these.
I could go on and on, but I think I have given you enough to absorb for now.
Doug
http://www.rehanfx.org/
http://pleabo.home.comcast.net/~pleabo/MovieMaker/
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=33
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Change
Peter, Paul, and Mary sing Blowing in the Wind. "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".
In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"Blowin' in the Wind" has been covered by hundreds of artists. The most commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who released the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was issued. The trio's version, which was used as the title track of their third album, peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts. The group's version also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks.
Other covers have been by The Hollies, country guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Odetta, Dolly Parton, folk chanteuse Judy Collins, Marianne Faithfull (1964 single), The Seekers, soul singer Sam Cooke, blues belter Etta James, Duke Ellington, Neil Young (with air raid sound effects), the Doodletown Pipers, Marlene Dietrich, Bobby Darin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Sielun Veljet, on their single "Blowin' in the Wind", Stevie Wonder (whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966), John Fogerty, The Hooters on their 1994 album The Hooters Live, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and was performed by Jenny in the award-winning movie Forrest Gump (sung by Joan Baez), and was lampooned in Me, Myself And Irene. The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' version appears on their album "Blow in the Wind", a play on the title of the song.
An instrumental arrangement by Stan Getz served as the B-side for Astrud Gilberto's 1964 hit single "The Girl From Ipanema" and Stanley Turrentine recorded an instrumental version on his album Common Touch (1968).
In 2005 Dolly Parton recorded the song with the bluegrass trio Nickel Creek. Parton subsequently stated in a CNN interview that she'd initially tried to get Dylan himself to appear on her recording of the song, but that Dylan turned her down.
A traveling exhibition called Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956–1966, which was featured at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, contains an audio display with samples of dozens of different cover versions of the song, sung in numerous languages and from a variety of musical genres.
The song has also been sung and recorded in German by Marlene Dietrich as "Die Antwort weiss ganz allein der Wind".
In Bengali there has been a translation of the song recorded by popular Bengali blues singer Suman Chatterjee. It goes "Kotota Path" ("How Many Roads") in Bengali.
The song was translated to Romanian by poet Adrian Păunescu and was sung by folk band Pasărea Colibri under the name "Vânare de vânt" ("Windhunting").
The Italian version was written by Giulio Rapetti (better known as Mogol) and sung by Luigi Tenco with the title "La risposta (è caduta nel vento)" ("The answer (has fallen down the wind)").
Tore Lagergren wrote lyrics in Swedish, Och vinden ger svar ("and the wind gives answer"), which chartered at Svensktoppen for two weeks during 1963, first as recorded by Otto, Berndt och Beppo, peaking at #8 on October 12, and by Lars Lönndahl during November 9–15 with sixth and seventh position.[21] Both were released on single A-sides during 1963. This lyrics version was also recorded by Sven-Ingvars, as B-side for the single Du ska tro på mej, released in March 1967.
Hugues Aufray sang a French version, entitled "Dans le souffle du vent" ("In the blow of the wind"). Aufray has been known to adapt various international artists' songs to French, including several from Dylan's repertoire.
The song was covered on American singer-songwriter Jay Brannan's latest album "In Living Cover.
Gerard Quintana (former singer of the catalan rock band "Els Pets") recorded a cover of this song in catalan under the tittle 'Escolta-ho en el vent' (Hear it in the wind) for his album 'Els Miralls de Dylan' (Mirrors of Dylan)."
In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"Blowin' in the Wind" has been covered by hundreds of artists. The most commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who released the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was issued. The trio's version, which was used as the title track of their third album, peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts. The group's version also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks.
Other covers have been by The Hollies, country guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Odetta, Dolly Parton, folk chanteuse Judy Collins, Marianne Faithfull (1964 single), The Seekers, soul singer Sam Cooke, blues belter Etta James, Duke Ellington, Neil Young (with air raid sound effects), the Doodletown Pipers, Marlene Dietrich, Bobby Darin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Sielun Veljet, on their single "Blowin' in the Wind", Stevie Wonder (whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966), John Fogerty, The Hooters on their 1994 album The Hooters Live, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and was performed by Jenny in the award-winning movie Forrest Gump (sung by Joan Baez), and was lampooned in Me, Myself And Irene. The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' version appears on their album "Blow in the Wind", a play on the title of the song.
An instrumental arrangement by Stan Getz served as the B-side for Astrud Gilberto's 1964 hit single "The Girl From Ipanema" and Stanley Turrentine recorded an instrumental version on his album Common Touch (1968).
In 2005 Dolly Parton recorded the song with the bluegrass trio Nickel Creek. Parton subsequently stated in a CNN interview that she'd initially tried to get Dylan himself to appear on her recording of the song, but that Dylan turned her down.
A traveling exhibition called Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956–1966, which was featured at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, contains an audio display with samples of dozens of different cover versions of the song, sung in numerous languages and from a variety of musical genres.
The song has also been sung and recorded in German by Marlene Dietrich as "Die Antwort weiss ganz allein der Wind".
In Bengali there has been a translation of the song recorded by popular Bengali blues singer Suman Chatterjee. It goes "Kotota Path" ("How Many Roads") in Bengali.
The song was translated to Romanian by poet Adrian Păunescu and was sung by folk band Pasărea Colibri under the name "Vânare de vânt" ("Windhunting").
The Italian version was written by Giulio Rapetti (better known as Mogol) and sung by Luigi Tenco with the title "La risposta (è caduta nel vento)" ("The answer (has fallen down the wind)").
Tore Lagergren wrote lyrics in Swedish, Och vinden ger svar ("and the wind gives answer"), which chartered at Svensktoppen for two weeks during 1963, first as recorded by Otto, Berndt och Beppo, peaking at #8 on October 12, and by Lars Lönndahl during November 9–15 with sixth and seventh position.[21] Both were released on single A-sides during 1963. This lyrics version was also recorded by Sven-Ingvars, as B-side for the single Du ska tro på mej, released in March 1967.
Hugues Aufray sang a French version, entitled "Dans le souffle du vent" ("In the blow of the wind"). Aufray has been known to adapt various international artists' songs to French, including several from Dylan's repertoire.
The song was covered on American singer-songwriter Jay Brannan's latest album "In Living Cover.
Gerard Quintana (former singer of the catalan rock band "Els Pets") recorded a cover of this song in catalan under the tittle 'Escolta-ho en el vent' (Hear it in the wind) for his album 'Els Miralls de Dylan' (Mirrors of Dylan)."
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Onetruemedia.com
A couple of my Youtube friends have asked me about making videos on Onetruemedia.com. So I decided write this article and direct them to my Blogspot.
I keep using Onetruemedia because I did not want to learn a new way to make videos. I found this site because I had seen Onetruemedia videos made by MrKingsRow on his old channel. He now uses Windows Moviemaker for most of his videos. When you go to the website, you sign up for an account just like you do for Youtube. One advantage of this is that if I go to a relative's house, I still can make a video because my old information is still stored there.
For videos on my waiting list, I collect one picture, and then start a new video for it, and give the video a title. Then when I am trying to look for an idea for the next video, I just look at the icons and decide what to do. For premium features you have to pay something. I do not buy the premium features, so all of my videos have been made for free. Right now I am broke, but that does not mean that I would not try the premium features later.
The effects and transitions I use the most are with the montage called music video. The curtains at the beginning and end come from the montage called Sparkles. I have also used some of the stars from Sparkles. I am gradually using some of the other effects from other montages, but I might use just one or two effects. Like for Meryl Streep, at the end of the video her picture is in a floating TV with bright lights behind it. It was probably the first time I had used that particular feature. For the new channel, ZPopZRock, I might learn to use some of the less conservative and silly effects for the rock star videos.
To upload pictures from the internet, I copy and paste URL on to the upload page. Since I have done this for a year now, I can do it faster than I used to. For most videos, I usually need about 40 pictures, depending upon the length of the song. The edit page is where I organize the video. I have to go through each picture one by one to crop the picture and center it better in the frame. Then I usually make the title and the credits screens. Then I change the order of the pictures to suit me.
I go to Edit all to make some changes for the entire video. I click on and I change the image motion to no motion usually. Then later I might put a zoom in on just a few frames. Otherwise, the software selects the motion and then I had to change it one by one. I change the seconds from five seconds to six on most videos. On some videos, I might just change the seconds on a few pictures to either shorten or lengthen the video to fit the music.
To put music in, click on music, and then upload songs, and I get a download from what I have stored in my computer. Once the pictures are in order, I watch the video many times and listen to the music, and make more changes with the pictures. Regarding music, since Youtube turns down so much of my music, I usually send the music through on an unfinished tester video to make sure they approve it before I organize the video.
When the pictures are in a decent order, then I add transitions and effects. On my last video, I usually added a music video transition ever three pictures. I used the slide effect from music video, and I did not use many of the cool effects. For the Pola Negri video, I used the music video effects a lot. You can use the music video create a montage, and the software selects the effects and transitions for you. I have done this with an Elvis video. Then I would look at the video, and change the effects that were inappropriate. More recently, I go through the pictures one at a time to add an effect. I may not change the effect on that many pictures though.
Anyhow, I have gotten used to the Onetruemedia.com. Feel free to write me here or at Youtube.
I keep using Onetruemedia because I did not want to learn a new way to make videos. I found this site because I had seen Onetruemedia videos made by MrKingsRow on his old channel. He now uses Windows Moviemaker for most of his videos. When you go to the website, you sign up for an account just like you do for Youtube. One advantage of this is that if I go to a relative's house, I still can make a video because my old information is still stored there.
For videos on my waiting list, I collect one picture, and then start a new video for it, and give the video a title. Then when I am trying to look for an idea for the next video, I just look at the icons and decide what to do. For premium features you have to pay something. I do not buy the premium features, so all of my videos have been made for free. Right now I am broke, but that does not mean that I would not try the premium features later.
The effects and transitions I use the most are with the montage called music video. The curtains at the beginning and end come from the montage called Sparkles. I have also used some of the stars from Sparkles. I am gradually using some of the other effects from other montages, but I might use just one or two effects. Like for Meryl Streep, at the end of the video her picture is in a floating TV with bright lights behind it. It was probably the first time I had used that particular feature. For the new channel, ZPopZRock, I might learn to use some of the less conservative and silly effects for the rock star videos.
To upload pictures from the internet, I copy and paste URL on to the upload page. Since I have done this for a year now, I can do it faster than I used to. For most videos, I usually need about 40 pictures, depending upon the length of the song. The edit page is where I organize the video. I have to go through each picture one by one to crop the picture and center it better in the frame. Then I usually make the title and the credits screens. Then I change the order of the pictures to suit me.
I go to Edit all to make some changes for the entire video. I click on and I change the image motion to no motion usually. Then later I might put a zoom in on just a few frames. Otherwise, the software selects the motion and then I had to change it one by one. I change the seconds from five seconds to six on most videos. On some videos, I might just change the seconds on a few pictures to either shorten or lengthen the video to fit the music.
To put music in, click on music, and then upload songs, and I get a download from what I have stored in my computer. Once the pictures are in order, I watch the video many times and listen to the music, and make more changes with the pictures. Regarding music, since Youtube turns down so much of my music, I usually send the music through on an unfinished tester video to make sure they approve it before I organize the video.
When the pictures are in a decent order, then I add transitions and effects. On my last video, I usually added a music video transition ever three pictures. I used the slide effect from music video, and I did not use many of the cool effects. For the Pola Negri video, I used the music video effects a lot. You can use the music video create a montage, and the software selects the effects and transitions for you. I have done this with an Elvis video. Then I would look at the video, and change the effects that were inappropriate. More recently, I go through the pictures one at a time to add an effect. I may not change the effect on that many pictures though.
Anyhow, I have gotten used to the Onetruemedia.com. Feel free to write me here or at Youtube.
Friday, September 3, 2010
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