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Started by solidwalnut, Jun 02 2007 09:09 AM

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#1 OFFLINE solidwalnut

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 09:09 AM

I'm curious as to what everyone sees.

Please take a look at this video. Tell me if you think the thumb movement is somewhat blurry or the movements are absolutely clear.

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Steve

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#2 OFFLINE OldG

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 09:21 AM

The thumb is clear enough for instruction purposes, not absolutely clear - but well good enough.

What camera/interface/software are you using? All these things can have an effect on your finished Vid...

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#3 OFFLINE SprayTech

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 09:23 AM

Looks clear when I view on a MacPro laptop .

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#4 OFFLINE twilli227

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 09:40 AM

Steve, it looks clear on my end. You might want to pull back on the camera a little though.

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#5 OFFLINE allthumbs

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 10:03 AM

Works for me.

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#6 OFFLINE Mike8307

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 10:41 AM

There is a little blur in the movement of the thumb but you can tell unquestionalbly that the thumb is alternating between the A and D strings.

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#7 OFFLINE starsailor

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 01:36 PM

It's clear enough for instruction, the thumb goes blurred on the down stroke after you've struck the string but this doesn't affect the lesson, if it was still photography I'd look at Camera speed but I'm not qualified on filming maybe you could back the Cam. off a bit.
Hope this helps Steve.

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#8 OFFLINE eddiez152

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 02:04 PM

Steve,
Very clear on my mac. A little blurred when the picking was faster.
But good for lessons.

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#9 OFFLINE solidwalnut

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 03:01 PM

OldG said:

The thumb is clear enough for instruction purposes, not absolutely clear - but well good enough.

What camera/interface/software are you using? All these things can have an effect on your finished Vid...

Well what I'm seeing is that when I play this video from my hard drive, there is absolutely no blurring of the movement of the thumb, but when this video is uploaded to the GfB server and played back, I see the blurring. I've played them side by side and can see that.

I know that the cameral lens was too close and therefore has focus blur. I just decided it wasn't bad enough to not do it over again. I'm using a Fuji camera in film mode and producing the vids in Magix Movie Edit Pro 12, and then using On2 Flix Standard to convert them into flash.

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#10 OFFLINE solidwalnut

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 03:02 PM

twilli227 said:

Steve, it looks clear on my end. You might want to pull back on the camera a little though.

Yeah, I realize when I looked at the raw vid that the lense was too close to focus well. I just decided it wasn't bad enough to do over.

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#11 OFFLINE starsailor

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 03:21 PM

I only really noticed it when you popped this thread on solidwalnut, I took the lesson and it didn't affect the quality of the lesson at all certainly not enough to redo it and I can play Dust in the wind now so it worked for me. Thanks for this lesson and all the work you do to help us learn. :thumbup1:

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#12 OFFLINE Aunt Doty

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 03:28 PM

I only noticed it because you pointed it out, and then had to look closely to see the slight blurring!

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#13 OFFLINE X4StringDrive

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 04:18 PM

Thought it looked ok myself, maybe by converting it you change the Fps{frames per second} and converting compresses sometimes causing that same effect.... "My thoughts"

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 04:40 PM

Steve, if you think it's the server here, maybe you should post the same file on your server and we can take a look at the difference. I honestly can't see anything noticeable. Your movies in fact look a lot clearer than most of the ones Kirk posts here. I really wouldn't be concerned.

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#15 OFFLINE Chaotic Kittie

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 05:01 PM

I can't notice anything, no blurs or anything. I'll actually go as far as to say that it looks perfect here.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 08:31 PM

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Yeah, I realize when I looked at the raw vid that the lense was too close to focus well. I just decided it wasn't bad enough to do over.

Steve, it looks fine on my comp. I just was giving my opinion. So the answer is, leave it the way it is. It works. :smilinguitar:

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#17 OFFLINE solidwalnut

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 09:36 AM

Thanks all. I'm being too picky I suppose. And Clancy, it doesn't matter whether the vid's posted on GfB server or the solidwalnut server. It's just something that's happening when played from my hard drive vs. being streamed, I'm thinking.

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Becoming a great guitarist has less to do with fancy moves than it does becoming a master of the basics and learning musicianship.
It's not what you can't do. It's how you play what you already know.

View my lessons here at GfB&B

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