@koockaks The only thing I used besides Pinnacle Studio was image editing software on some of the photos. I found it extremely helpful to speed up rendering by shrinking the photos before inserting them into the video. If you have a huge photo like a 25MB 4500x3000 RAW file, you can shrink it down to a 100K 1200x800 JPG and still get fine video quality.
I also edited some of the still images that I used in the chroma key sequences. Even if you shoot against a green screen, you can use image editing software to oversaturate the green and eliminate any shadows for a perfectly even background. I find that easier than trying to mess with the chroma key settings in the video after the fact.
Finally, I think I used Pinnacle Studio version 11 Ultimate for this video. I am currently working on a new video for my daughter's bat mitzvah using version 15. Look for that in a couople of weeks! Frankly, there's almost no difference between the versions, although I suspect the newer version makes better use of the new quad core processors.
@baseballsam910 The orange psychedelic background was some royalty-free stock footage from Sony. The blue & white background was an abstract photo that I just played around with in Pinnacle Studio to animate it (I was very pleased with the result). To add the moving stills, I took a photo, cut out the head and put it on a green background, then used the Pinnacle Studio video editor to fade in & out (pan & zoom later in the video), and chroma key to insert it over the top of the first track.
As someone who does this for a living, I was extremely impressed with your talents. Putting together all of that video is a megajob within itself. Then putting it with the music is another story. Fantastic job!!!!
Ethan's bar mitzvah video had 4 songs, but the length was just over 10 minutes, which exceeds YouTube's new time limit. So this 7+ minute version does not include "I Get a Kick".
It was tough topping this, but 3 years later, Ethan's sister's video is now published.
quakerwildcat 3 months ago
did you use any other programs besides pinnacle? Which version did you use?
koockaks 4 months ago
@koockaks The only thing I used besides Pinnacle Studio was image editing software on some of the photos. I found it extremely helpful to speed up rendering by shrinking the photos before inserting them into the video. If you have a huge photo like a 25MB 4500x3000 RAW file, you can shrink it down to a 100K 1200x800 JPG and still get fine video quality.
quakerwildcat 4 months ago
I also edited some of the still images that I used in the chroma key sequences. Even if you shoot against a green screen, you can use image editing software to oversaturate the green and eliminate any shadows for a perfectly even background. I find that easier than trying to mess with the chroma key settings in the video after the fact.
quakerwildcat 4 months ago
Finally, I think I used Pinnacle Studio version 11 Ultimate for this video. I am currently working on a new video for my daughter's bat mitzvah using version 15. Look for that in a couople of weeks! Frankly, there's almost no difference between the versions, although I suspect the newer version makes better use of the new quad core processors.
quakerwildcat 4 months ago
How did you do the first part of the video with the moving psychedelic background with the stills?
baseballsam910 9 months ago
@baseballsam910 The orange psychedelic background was some royalty-free stock footage from Sony. The blue & white background was an abstract photo that I just played around with in Pinnacle Studio to animate it (I was very pleased with the result). To add the moving stills, I took a photo, cut out the head and put it on a green background, then used the Pinnacle Studio video editor to fade in & out (pan & zoom later in the video), and chroma key to insert it over the top of the first track.
quakerwildcat 9 months ago
As someone who does this for a living, I was extremely impressed with your talents. Putting together all of that video is a megajob within itself. Then putting it with the music is another story. Fantastic job!!!!
mancartvideo 1 year ago
Well paced & inspired montage!
SNWombat 3 years ago
Ethan's bar mitzvah video had 4 songs, but the length was just over 10 minutes, which exceeds YouTube's new time limit. So this 7+ minute version does not include "I Get a Kick".
quakerwildcat 3 years ago