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This year I took the camera to Mom & Dad's house to exchange Christmas Presents. This is a chronicle of a medium size family on Christmas Day. It features kids, parents and grandparents gathered together for a family staycation. It's 14 minutes long so I won't mind if you skip right to the end...

Christmas Presents A Family Staycation

Website tips for this post are:

1. Don't overwork your project. There is such a thing as putting too much effort into a video project. I spent 2 days shooting this footage and 2 weeks editing it.
   
   Day after day I thought this could be improved and that could be better. And in the end I didn't stop because I was completely happy with all my work. I stopped editing because creativity brokedown into nitpicking.
   
   My advise is to learn what you can on this project and apply that to your next project. In this way you improve. Not by nitpicking a project to death, which often results in dissatisfation with your work.
2. Segment your processes. Organization of tasks will give you perspective on the project length. You can divide the project into tasks to do like Audio, Color, Editing, Polishing, Special Effects and finaly Rendering and Distribution. Then give each task a time to complete schedule. I gave this project 2 weeks.
3. Work methodically. Divide the project into segments and work on each one successively. Allow an equal amount of time to each segment then move on when your time alloment is reached. Assign a time for nothing but "Polish" This is the special effects and nitpicking phase. Don't overwork this segment, polish the job is best.
4. Details matter. In this video there is some unintelligible narration that is clarified by subtitles. I was surprised how much the microphones actually picked up that I missed at the time. Subtitles are important and add value to your video.

I started this project by cataloging the footage, then sorting by narration, then a rough draft cut and video editing, followed by color correction. Once I have a rough draft I polish it and add special effects. Rendering and distribution are always the last thing to do.

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Happy New Year everyone. For this years resolution I will... think of something. Today I reviewed my collection of AI tools to determine if I should upgrade or not. I thought the best upgrade for 2025 was "HumanTalk" by Paul Ponna. Compared to other recent apps like TechSmith's Audiate and Synethsis's new "Genesis/Super Humans" AI Avatar generator.

I didn't purchase any of these tools, even though they are all on sale today only. Not because they aren't good tools but because I already own several AI tools that fill the purpose. Including "HumanPal", "ChatterPal" and "AvatarBuilder." My favorite new tool of 2024 is "DaVinci Resolve 19." Also the hardest one to master.

I thought the price for new AI tools is still too high and will come down in the near future. I usually don't purchase AI tools that are subscription acces as opposed to a one time fee. If I think a product is worth it I get the 30 day money back guaranteed applications.

And now for the website tools tip of the day. Don't forget update your copyrights notice to this year's date (2025). I utilize a subroutine on this site to simplify the update. It can be seen at the bottom of every page.

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Twas The Night Before Christmas first published by Clement Clarke Moore in 1837 is a staple of the Christmas spirit. A fun poem that deilights again and again. It tells the story of Christmas eve as seen by a young parent in a small community. Have a look at my interpretation of this classic...

Twas The Night Before Christmas Poem

It's Christmas time and then the new year begins a week later. I must say 2024 was a memorable year for me. This year I went to New York City, won a go-kart race at Nelson Ledges and learned a lot. Merry Christmas everyone. Have a safe holiday and I'll be back after the holiday.

Tim

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

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This next video is not about cooking Thanksgiving dinner so much as it is about the making of the video. This is only my second kitchen/cooking video. So this video is more about me learning how to shoot in the kitchen. It is over 7 minutes long so beware of speed changes. It could have been much longer but I used a lot of time lapse and clip speed increases to shorten it some. Have a gander...

Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner

Website tips for this post are:
Prepare to prepare - when I was reviewing the raw footage I noticed a few steps I missed. Noticeably is more controlled lighting. Not that I didn't have enough, but did get shadows in some camera angles that could have been softened.

Another noticeable aspect in this video is camera shake. I used a flimsy portable tripod instead of my sturdy studio tripod that takes up more room. I also have an image stabilizer on the lens that I could have turned on, but didn't. Anyways the topic is cooking thanksgiving dinner.

There a few tips worth garnishing from this video.

• Clean your kitchen thoroughly before you start cooking. You will want as much open counter space as possible for preparing side dishes.
• First, thaw frozen bird in refridgerator for 2 days, then at room temperature for 1 day prior to cooking.
• When you open the turkey bag after thawing wash with cold water and pat dry with paper towel.
• Use a metal pan with a trivet on the bottom for cooking in. That is the rack shown on pan bottom. This helps the bird cook thoroughly.
• Shown but not mentioned are the strips of bacon on top of the bird. This is a self basting technique to help the skin cook.
• Right after you pull the turkey out of the oven cover it with a kitchen towel and let cool for 10 minutes. This allows bird to reabsorb juices.
• Keep in mind cooking a turkey takes many hours even though I did it in 7-1/2 minutes. Make use of time lapse filming to shorten time consuming shoots.

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