Lake Leotta – My Final Cut Pro

Yeah, I know, a tad melodramatic.

I have added some stock music that @Apple provides in the app and am in the process of trying to have everything sync the way I think it should (the way other Youtubers say it should at least). That is an exercise all on its own. I have gained an appreciation for the jog wheel. It has allowed me to be very precise (I hope) in placing videos in line with the music.

It is also good to be able to use the Apple Pencil in the editing process. I like using it to scrub through videos. It seems to allow for a smoother flow than my finger does.

That said, after spending a couple of hours working to get everything just right I ended up with a video that did not quite sync with the music.

I think it may be that I imported the music but did not sync it to the end before I started tinkering with everything. When I had very thing the way I wanted it I collapsed the soundtrack to the end of the video and voila, everything was now just a smidge out of sync.

Lesson learned.

I will attempt another sync tomorrow and hopefully have the rough version that I can add some polish to.

Thanks for listening to me tonight.

I hope you all enjoy your evening.

Well, I decided that I’m going to redo my video of lake Leotta Park.

Looking at the video as it is right now the first thing that I’m thinking is that my redo is going to be a lot shorter than the original (2:56). I just get the sense that with what I’m learning from the tutorials, and looking at other sources online, the video that I shot it’s probably going to be about half of what it is right now.

So, I downloaded the original video files that I had for the first video, and I have them on my iPad Air now. I haven’t really done anything with them besides look them over. I haven’t assigned them any keywords or made any of them favorites. I just have them in a folder on my iPad. All the fun begins tomorrow.

My cat moo has been annoyed and with me lately spending so much time on an app. He kept bumping my legs with his head, so I had to give him some attention today.

The real work begins tomorrow, and I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.

Tag: Lake Leotta

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