Video Hardware/Software Response

The Olympus camera took great pictures and pretty good quality video. The only negative about the camera was that if you left batteries in it, the batteries would drain within a day. I wish you could just keep the batteries in there without them being drained. I am use to better cameras. I’m pretty sure this camera is two years old and camera technology gets better year after year. I have better cameras at home but this one still did the job. Yes, I was able to implement my drift walking strategies. The camera’s capabilities didn’t hold me back. In an ideal world, I would have a slimmer camera, one that fits in my pocket better than this one. Also, there would be no batteries you would have to use, it would run on an internal battery. Also, I wouldn’t use a camera that was designed for taking stills and use it for video. I think we should just use a video camera.

I didn’t want to spend thirty dollars on Quicktime Pro so I went to the computer lab in Mitchell Hall to find software that would edit video. What I first found was iMovie. I used this for my first two rough cuts. I hated it because you couldn’t use the timeline format which I have used in the past. You could only drag part of a video into an order of events section. I started looking for something better and found iMovie HD. This had the timeline editing format I liked and also had effects that I could use in my final video. I only chose this software because it was all the lab had. I never used it before but I had used similar programs. Because I was used to the format of the program, I was able to edit with some ease. I will use this program in the future because it’s free and easy to use.