{"id":1480,"date":"2007-05-28T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2007-05-28T13:47:01","modified_gmt":"2007-05-28T20:47:01","slug":"elaborating-the-video-slideshow-beyond-all-reason-bert-and-ernie-blogtourusa-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1480\/elaborating-the-video-slideshow-beyond-all-reason-bert-and-ernie-blogtourusa-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaborating the video slideshow beyond all reason: Bert and Ernie BlogTourUSA, the movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got Final Cut Express HD for the Macintosh<\/a> on Friday. Call it semi-pro video editing software, appropriate to folks like me with significant commercial needs but with neither the time nor the talent to make use of a higher-priced spread.<\/p>\n

What you get with Final Cut Express is multi-track video and sound editing with cable-channel-like titling and a blue million sound effects. It doesn’t do green-screen superimposition (I don’t think), but the fanatical home-movie mechanic has everything he needs to alienate an entire family reunion in one elaborate film.<\/p>\n

What I want, for now at least, it to insert slide-show images over live video, and I spent a bunch of time playing with those toys over the weekend. Today I built what I think will be my final statement on the video slide show: No full-motion video, but loads of fun with transitions.<\/p>\n

I have loads to learn, but I think this hangs together pretty well. Give it a look. It’s fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got Final Cut Express HD for the Macintosh on Friday. Call it semi-pro video editing software, appropriate to folks like me with significant commercial needs but with neither the time nor the talent to make use of a higher-priced spread. 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