Adrian's Journal

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When designing a DVD label, I like to use some screen shots from the DVD itself. The DVD I am referring to is the one I create for a client. The fastest way to capture a DVD still frame is to use Nero Show Time. Insert the DVD into the DVD drive. Use Nero Show Time to play the DVD. Search and Pause at the position of the desired frame. Then right click on the picture. A menu will appear. Select "Capture frame". The picture will be captured and saved in the clipboard. Next I will use my favorite image editing software and select "paste". A beautiful still bmp picture will appear. Nero Show Time is part of a whole package of Nero 6 DVD creation software.

Received many old, fungus-infested and broken VHS video tapes to repair in the past few days. They will later be converted into VCDs. I have always wanted put on record how I joined the tapes back into one piece. Today I did it. Just set up a mini studio and record the process on video. This is the first video recording session for my own instructional video. How much would you pay to save your memories from an old broken VHS video tape? How much would you pay to learn to do it yourself? Coming soon! A downloadable video instruction to guide you through repairing a broken video tape at home using ordinary tools. The "How to Repair Broken Video Tapes" instructional video will be sold for US$29 after 30 November 2005. Register yourself below to download the video for only US$9. http://www.videolane.com/?Repair_Broken_Tapes Learn a new skill. Learn once and save all your precious memories. No more handing your treasured tape to a stranger for repair. Easy and quick. Use only o

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Just did a web research last friday on how I can use the PC to draw anime characters, or rather chibi characters (big head small body). Most of the tips given over the web require you to draw on paper first, then scan it and finally touch up with photoshop. Why go through all that hassle, when you can draw it directly onto the PC. That is what I did over the weekend. Boy! Was I surprised. why didn't anyone tell me this trick earlier. Can you believe it? I drew "Robin and Marian" using only the PC, MS Paint and the mouse. No extra equipment was used. YES! MS Paint! The under-rated program that come free with every PC! Email me if you would like to know how it was done. UPDATE: 18 months later... Look what I did with amazing MSpaint and mouse. Watch how I draw a manga, not anime or chibi. GUY...

Looking for sound effects today for a corporate video production. A whoosh sound is all I need to enhance the effect of texts coming in and going out of the screen. Searched Google for "whoosh sound effect" and found a site which I will definitely come back for more. Check out this site: http://www.soundrangers.com/

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Today's Solemnization is outdoors, surrounded by beautiful fountains. And there isn't any sound system setup. What?!! Listen to the fountain! Its nice to look at but the continuous splashing sound is drowning voices. O2 XDA to the rescue. Set 'notes' audio recording to the highest quality, shut off the phone, place it under the the flower arrangement between the couple and the Justice of Peace, and we have great audio recording at close range.

Just before sunset, carpetbag steak (steak stuffed with ONE oyster) and baked crab with cheese, planes flying low overhead, candle-light, sea breeze, superb service... It is a dining experience to remember.

"I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel." -- Peter Nivio Zarlenga "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein

Say, the indian chef, is back. Now serving Kambing Soup (mutton soup). Thick, creamy and spicy. With generous amount of mutton, topped off with french loaf, it's the next best thing to the herbal prawn noodle at Kim Seng Plaza. By the way, if you are coming to Kim Seng Plaza to visit my studio, please note that the building is currently under renovation. The floor tiles are temporarily gone.

Today's lesson is about scanning photos the right way so that they look good on the wedding photo montage video. Scan the full picture. Do not crop. Do the cropping in the video editing program. I will explain why later. Scan at minimum 360 dpi. After scanning, examine the the picture on screen by zooming in close-up on the subject's face. Are the facial features sharp, out of focus or pixelized. If it is pixelized, set a higher dpi and repeat the above process. Next, zoom in close again on important parts of the picture, eg subject's clothes, and check for dust particles. If dust particles are present, wipe the photo with a soft dry cloth. Wipe the glass surface of the scanner. Then scan again. Name each photo in sequence, eg bride01, bride02,... , groom01, groom02,... , dating01, dating02,... , studio01, studio01,... Old personal photos are taken in all angles and all sizes. The objective to remember when scanning is to make sure the subject's face is sharp when zoome

The CamcorderInfo Blog: All About Shooting, Editing and Polishing Your Videos - Consumer Camcorders - Camcorderinfo.com A very informative site (blog format) for latest news about Camcorders.

Download the DivX Codec and Player In order to play the video from the CVS Camcorder Rocket Project website you need the DivX Codec.

I love birds-eye view shots. This is an interesting project with video shots from a home-made rocket. http://www.csh.rit.edu/~soup/cvscam/

She was the sweetest bride I have met so far. He was the most gentle groom I have seen. They will surely make a perfect couple. What impressed me most was that they made the effort to shake hands with and thank practically every guest at the banquet while making their table photography rounds. The theme of the wedding was presented in the form of a montage-prewedding video. It made a visual impact with the audience though it was the slowest-paced video I have ever done. Overheard Bridesmaid to Bride: "The last scene in the video with the waterfalls in the background is so beautiful. Why didn't you put that in the album?" Bride: "Because that's not a photo. It is a video taken by Adrian." ;)

This day, 3 September 2005, I turned away all videography job offers for a very important event. For the first time, both Cheryl and Phoebe performed (dance) on stage together at the Victoria Concert Hall. It was Phoebe's first time on stage and Cheryl's 3rd or 4th. I am so impressed that the small one at only 4 year's old can perform so confidently. It didn't seem so during rehearsals. A proud father I am. The item was captured on video of course, zoomed in on the two of them. PS: What impressed me also was the performance director, Ms Ivy, Cheryl's piano teacher. I thought she was just a piano teacher. No way! She could put together a band, a choir and a bunch of restless dancing kids.

Installed Zen Cart. Very user friendly.

Recently my video captures suffered audio dropouts, even on the fastest PC, until I removed all spywares and adwares. I use the free Yahoo Toolbar Anti-Spy.

Found a great freeware to convert the whole audio CD into MP3 track. Very easy to use. Just setup the folder to put your MP3s. Conversion is fast too. Download it at... http://www.mgshareware.com/frmmain.shtml

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By force it definitely can. It happened today. The firewire cable is designed with connectors that are shaped with a square on one side and a curve on the other. This is to prevent anyone from plugging it in the wrong way. "Idiot-proof". But please don't try this. A student of mine did not notice the shapes and found it difficult to plug it in to the firewire port of the PC. So by force, he managed to squeeze it in. The wrong way round. Shocker! Idiot-proof? OK. Nevermind, I'm a nice guy. Forgive him. The port is a little deformed now but still works. HOWEVER, the poor camcorder "Babycam" connected to the other end of the firewire cable suffered the consequence. The reversed power polarity burnt and damaged its interface. Babycam will have to go see the doctor and be hospitalised for 2 weeks.

After a day of trying different software converters, encoders and editors, we conclude that the fastest way to convert DVD to VCD is to play it back from a Stand-alone DVD player and convert it real-time with the PC.

How to Convert DVD to VCD Description: You have your video footage on DVD. You want to convert the DVD to VCD. Here are 2 ways to do it: 1. Pay a professional videographer to do it. Or... 2. Do it yourself. Ingredients: Your Video Footage on DVD. Video Editing PC / Laptop Eazy VCD v1.15a Blank CDR Preparation: Insert the DVD into the DVD drive. Open Eazy VCD v1.15a. Eazy VCD will automatically detect Select New Project > VCD. Click Next. Select Add Media > Import DVD-Video. Locate your DVD drive. Click OK. Tick the Titles or Chapters you want to convert. (REMEMBER! One VCD can take up to only 80 minutes of video). Click Import. Wait for the video to transfer. ...to be continued Comments: To advance further, you can make a VCD with menu. Using yet another technique, you can make your VCD autoplay on a PC. VCD is also known as Video CD or VideoCD.

Most of my pre-wedding shoots last only half a day. Today we started at 8am and finshed at 8pm. This is also the most enjoyable of them all. The couple knew what they want, acted well and everything went smoothly according to their script. Except... We were stopped by police officers from filming along the perimeter of the airport fence. We just wanted to film a plane take off at close proximity while the couple smooches in the foreground. To the police officers, you did a good job. The Nation's security need your surveillance. Keep it up. So. Plan B. We went to a beach restaurant, had lunch, and got to film the planes, which had to fly over the beach just after the runway.

Long hours of editing on a sunday. Not too exciting though satisfaction is seeing the end product. Managed to complete two edits today for tomorrow's delivery to two different clients. Managed to squeeze some time too for a swenson dinner with family. Shared a sticky chewy chocolate ice cream.

I don't do dinner and dance videography but this is a special gift for aunt Elin who is receiving the highest million dollar achiever award tonight as a bwl distributor. Enjoyed the international, or rather, asian cuisine. The event dragged on till past midnight.

Work is piling up as more jobs keep streaming in. I can really use some help right now. Two more assistants will be ideal to help me out in video editing, cd duplication and handling sales enquiries. I want to focus on shooting and writing.

Demand for DVD Duplication is picking up. Cannot rely on PC DVD Copy anymore. This machine can do at least 20 DVDs an hour at the lowest speed on a full capacity DVD. MDD-A127GP =========== Type : DVD Interface : STANDALONE IDE No of Writers : 7 Supported Format : DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW CD-ROM, CD-R/RW Speed : 4x DVD+R DL, 16X DVD-R, +R/RW, 8 X DVD-RW, 40X CD-R Data Buffer : 8MB SDRAM Input Disc Capacity : 4.7GB( DVD-/+ R ), 650/700MB CD-R/RW Dimension : 120X300X300 mm Weight : 20 kg Automated : False Power Source : 100 ~240 AUTO Recommended System Requirement : STANDALONE SYSTEM

Recorded a speech on video and later played it back on a plasma screen side by side with the powerpoint slides on the same screen. The switching of the powerpoint slides was live based on the cues given in the recorded speech. This picture in picture function is only available in the latest plasma models. Ideal for exhibitions.

Today's task. Not a good idea but that's the only source they have.

I must call myself the fireworks chaser or maybe make myself a name as a 'fireworks videographer'. Perfected the art of shooting fireworks on a digital video camcorder with 3 consecutive nights of fireworks, including 2 separate event on saturday. That makes a total record of 4 fireworks in 1 weekend.

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Made a promise in the beginning of the year to get Cheryl a pair of Heely's roller shoes if she achieve top 3 in class. She wanted it badly. Never thought I will have to spend that money, but she got third in class for her mid-year exams. A promise is a promise a good father shall keep. (Actually wanted to get her an imitation, but could hardly find a store that sells them these days. The fad may be fading.) Anyway the original Heely store still exist at Great World City. So off we went to get a pair. I asked the store keeper for the difference between the original Heely roller shoe and the cheaper copycat roller shoe. Here's the difference: The sole is made of the same tough rubber they use to make airplane tyres. The wheel is rubber and not plastic. There is a thick protective liner in the shoe to for heel comfort. The whole shoe itself is tougher and padded to reduce injury. It's my daughter's feet. She deserves it. Original and safe. Got a pair 3cm longer than her f

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