Good for them!

Any chance we can get to see it too?

Thanks for the kind words.

I have put a .wmv file on my website if you want to take a look at the project. It was rendered in very low res at 15fps due to my limited 5 megs of web space, so the transitions are not the smoothest.

I will leave it there for a while for anyone who would like to take a look.

Here is the link to my website.

Thanks...
Al

I guess you're not familiar with VegasUsers.com yet. ;) We accept submissions from VideoFactory & Movie Studio users too.

http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/

My daughter did similer project only difference she used excerpts from JFK, MLK, and Bobby speaches and used background music , Abraham,Martin, And John . Great job! Now I can't get to use this program.

Good work Al, son, & friend!

http://www.vegasusers.com/vidshare/textdisp?adinelt-mlkjslideshow2

Thanks Chienworks for making such a great website available!!

It is interesting to see what others have done and to get the ol' creative juices flowing.

Thanks again...
Al

I'm confused. According to the link you posted, you are already a professional photo/video editor, are you not? But yet in your original post you state that you wishyou knew what your son did.

Am I missing something?

It is a great project, BTW.

Am I a professional photo/video editor? Probably not, in that I do not have a piece of paper from a college or university, but I do have a strong passion for it. And out of that passion, I have started a side-business doing some video/photo work.

I have always been interested in photography (both still and movie). I bought my first Super 8 movie camera when I was 14 (egads, that was 34 years ago). Not one to be content with just filming family, I was always trying to push the envelope with doing animation (ala Ray Harryhausen and Willis O'Brien), cartoons, special effects and stuff like that. When it came to still photography, I was always trying different things (double exposures, dodging, burning, solarizing, etc.). In high school, I belonged to the photography club and developed and printed my own pictures.

A bit of background...

I started doing computer graphic arts 20 years ago. I have had some of my work published in computer text books and have done work for clients around the world (from the U.S. to Australia to Hong Kong and Europe). I also dabble in pen and ink artwork, some of which has also been published in Street Rodder magazines. Hobbies include building automotive plastic model kits. I have received some Best In Show awards, Best Historic Vehicles, Best In Class, etc. This is something that my son and I have done together and he also received a Best Junior Modeller award.

My chosen profession is a computer programmer where I continued working in the graphics end of the business developing graphic engines and graphical user interfaces in Assembler, C and C++. I am currently working on modifying VirutalDub to suit my own personal needs.

So, do I know everything? Heck no, far from it. I am always willing to listen and discuss ideas with just about anyone, young and old alike. That is why I like these forums, as there is a wealth of information and knowledge that people are willing to share. And when possible, I like to try and give some of that knowledge back to others.

As far as posting about learning from my son, there were a couple of reasons for that. The most important reason though is trying to build confidence in my son in whatever he does. I showed him the posts and responses as well as comments from Chienworks site (thanks again for your site). I may know how he did something, but will still ask him how he did it and show it to me so I can try along with him.

As a result, my son is trying to push the envelope now on a sample project. He has created a light hanging from a chain in a paint program. He then brought the light into SB and is animating it swinging back and forth over top a background image. I will let him play with it for a while and if he doesn't find it, I will suggest adding a lense flare that tracks the light for a more realistic effect.

We are also playing around on another project together in trying to duplicate the transporter effect from Star Trek.

Well, I have rambled for waaayyyy toooo longggg.

Al

Seeing your web site with all the nicely restored photos, I had assumed that was what you did for a living. It's true what they say about assuming ;-)

I hope you didn't think my post had a negative undertone toward you and your pride in your son's work. That was not at all my intention, but going back and reading what I asked, it may seem that way. I deeply apologize if that's the image that was conveyed, that was not my intent.

You are to be commended for doing what you are doing for your son. I wish I had my father (heck, even my mother) just once try to push me in the right direction or show an interest in my welfare. Your son has a lot to be proud of in his father, as no doubt you have a lot to be proud of in him.

A lot of what you relayed in the last message reminds me of myself. I was always interested in film. I took up photography in High School, then eventually film-making, which I made my major. By that time, though, we had SUPER 8, so we oly had to contend with those cartridges with 3 minutes of film in them. I did a lot of projects the 2 1/2 years I was in that class. It's too bad what's available today was not available back then.

Unlike you, I had no confidence in my abilites, and quickly lost interest. It wasn't until the digital aspects of audio / photography / video became more mainstream that I again regained my interest in those things. Having loved computers the last 22 years or so, I felt it was a natural combination.

Heck, I paid over $1500.00 for pro grade software because the consumer stuff was just not enough for me. I started with Movie Studio 3 and fell in love with it instantly, but soon wanted more. (I think Sony KNOWS this about MS3!) I had a copy of Vegas 3 LE that came with my capture card, it had an upgrade button, so I upgrded to Vegas 4 for $300.00, then I wanted DVD Architect. I also had Screenblast Acid, and also wanted more, so I sprang for the upgrade to Pro. Then upgraded to Vegas 5/DVDA 2.

Now I am learning Acid Pro 4, Vegas 5, and DVD Architect 2 all at once, and LOVING it!

That was clever. It kind of makes me wish I was back in school. Our most interesting types of porjects were made out of papier machet (I think that's how it's spelled).