Sample Video/Audio Clips Needed

[PapaJohn]

My website www.papajohn.org has its roots in problems, the negatively
flavored stuff.

But the tide has been changing from problem-solving to editing and
distributing movies. And I'm changing the website with it. Tides change
slowly, so don't look for major changes too quickly.

The site is mostly full of text, with some links to other websites and
online video clips. But, mostly text.

I've already expanded the menu of the Editing section to get ready for this.
It's the first section to have sub-sections. There will be much more in the
way of graphics on the pages, and many more links to online pictures, video
snippets and audio snippets too.

We talk a lot about issues. Take one like a 'metallic high pitched' sound.
I'd like a link to a snippet so people can hear what we're writing about.

You can see the Video.. Effects page for a few examples of what I'd like to
do. Describing an effect in text is fine, but a link to a 5 to 10 second
video snippet that illustrates the effect might be a bigger value.

I'm looking for donations - a clip showing an effect or transition - or text
effect, a metallic problem sound (I can't find one in my library), or
whatever helps illustrate an item or issue. If it's an online clip or sound
file, maybe a link is sufficient. If you don't want to have people copy the
snippet, just add some text over it so they wouldn't want to.

The site just passed its 6 month anniversary, so it's a good time to make
this shift. And I'd like to have it finished by the time the new book that
I'm working on (about Movie Maker 2) gets published later this year.

 

[Isolina Pommier \(MSFT\)]

Congratulations PapaJohn on your 6 months anniversary. The changes sound
like they will be good additions to your already useful site. I will
follow up with you off line regarding sample content.

 

[Cuyler]

MM2 is a wonderful little video program thanks in large
part to you PapaJohn! You've invested so much time and
money in helping others, it's a wonder MS doesn't have
you on their payroll as a consultant!

Would you be interested in a clip that has those
annoying 'artifacts' (jagged white lines) along the top
edge of the video? I understand they're fixable via the
Windows Media Encoder but haven't had the time to dig
into that program yet, but was thinking something along
the lines of 'before, after, & how to' would be helpful
to many of the users.

Cuyler

 

[PapaJohn]

Thanks for the note Cuyler,

Yes, I'm interested in the clips with the jaggies and anything else that you
might think is informative. But, look at the Problem Solving.. Video Issues
page first, the link about Interlacing/Deinterlacing.


PapaJohn