Last January, just before teaching my first one-day Tech class at the University of Michigan, I noticed that there was a sign on the wall that said that lectures in the room could be video recorded. I mentioned that to Jameson, KD8PIJ, one of my hosts that morning, and he said, “Let me go check on that.” To make a long story short, he figured out how to record the class, and now, I have 35 GBytes of video in two .mov files on my hard drive.
I finally got around to editing it today. Not being very experienced at this, it took me nearly five hours to produce about 20 minutes of video. Of course, in that time, I had to figure out how to use QuickTime (to clip the .mov files and record the opening and closing credits) and iMovie to piece it all together and produce the YouTube videos. The three videos cover basic electrical principles, Ohm’s Law, and power:
After working on this for most of the day, I’m sick of hearing myself talk. And, I only have about five hours and 40 minutes of video left to produce.
Rick KD8AQT says
I too find video editing to be hard work! iMovie makes it easier and makes me look good though. I’ve found that many people like watching a video better than reading a book or even listening to an instructor. I’ll have to check the vids out when I get home. I plan to teach a tech class at our local home school co-op in Alpena this winter.
Brian Westphal K8MIO says
It certainly does take a lot of time to edit video! I’ve been doing a lot of it for the local high school. When I really got into it I found that iMovie wasn’t enough for what I needed to do. I’m editing multiple cameras and audio sources together. So I upgraded to Final Cut Pro X. It’s very nice, but definitely overkill if you don’t have multiple sources.