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  • sailr
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Nov 2007
    • 6927

    #1

    Video suggestions

    When you make a video of your boat, how about starting out by letting us see the boat, up close, on the land. Show us the inside, the hardware, etc. We would like to see your setup. Tell us about it!

    THEN, video your boat running.

    Just watching a gazillion videos of boats goin round and round gets really boring!

    I need to do the same thing! It ain't just you! haha. Kudos to those of you who do follow this practice. Thanks.
    Mini Cat Racing USA
    www.minicatracingusa.com
  • LiPo Power
    DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
    • May 2009
    • 3186

    #2
    Originally posted by sailr
    When you make a video of your boat, how about starting out by letting us see the boat, up close, on the land. Show us the inside, the hardware, etc. We would like to see your setup. Tell us about it!

    THEN, video your boat running.

    Just watching a gazillion videos of boats goin round and round gets really boring!

    I need to do the same thing! It ain't just you! haha. Kudos to those of you who do follow this practice. Thanks.
    You are right. The problem is when you are part of the race what do you do? It's a fast going race and sometimes I do not have enough time to tape my boat, never mind recording video. In my case is better than no video. At least wachers can enjoy parts of the video. I see sometimes people with camcorders and no boats, they should follow your hint of how to...and than upload video. To me no race boat or any rc boat video is boring. There is never enough!!!

    DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
    Canada

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    • Jesse J
      scale FE racer
      • Aug 2008
      • 7116

      #3
      Good point Jim, always something that comes to mind while WATCHING the videos. When you are out there, this part is easy to space out..... just get it in the water and lets roost it up!

      Will keep in mind, thanks for tip.
      "Look good doin' it"
      See the fleet

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      • sailr
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Nov 2007
        • 6927

        #4
        I'm not talking about races. Of course you can't do it then. I'm talking about the guy that goes to the lake with the intention of running his boat and making a video of just his boat. That's the only point I'm trying to make. I'm not singling anyone out because I'm just as guilty.

        Sorry if I offended about boring, but to watch a boat go around the lake 10 times by itself just isn't that exciting to me. A race? Sure!



        Originally posted by LiPo Power
        You are right. The problem is when you are part of the race what do you do? It's a fast going race and sometimes I do not have enough time to tape my boat, never mind recording video. In my case is better than no video. At least wachers can enjoy parts of the video. I see sometimes people with camcorders and no boats, they should follow your hint of how to...and than upload video. To me no race boat or any rc boat video is boring. There is never enough!!!

        Mini Cat Racing USA
        www.minicatracingusa.com

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        • LiPo Power
          DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
          • May 2009
          • 3186

          #5
          Originally posted by sailr
          I'm not talking about races. Of course you can't do it then. I'm talking about the guy that goes to the lake with the intention of running his boat and making a video of just his boat. That's the only point I'm trying to make. I'm not singling anyone out because I'm just as guilty.

          Sorry if I offended about boring, but to watch a boat go around the lake 10 times by itself just isn't that exciting to me. A race? Sure!
          Hey, it's all good. Will do better job next time and no worries, no one got offended. It's just a friendly chat with planty of ideas, thank's for that.
          Cheers
          DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
          Canada

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          • egneg
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Feb 2008
            • 4670

            #6
            Deigoboy did that with my shovelnose but the pictures where all added to the video. May be he would give us less tech savvy folks a how to?
            IMPBA 20481S D-12

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            • bwells
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 842

              #7
              I'm with Sailr Alot of times, you don't know what it is that you are watching but still good to see speed

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              • Ub Hauled
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Aug 2007
                • 3031

                #8
                I think there are different intents of a video...
                there's the one that yo make to self improve your boats attitude and
                then there is the "show off video", the one that is made for others to
                see... the problem is, sometimes there is no cameraman and that's
                when you get the static camera shots, or the "boring" vids.
                I think if you want a video for yourself or to show a problem to the guys here
                a static camera is more then enough...
                it would be kinda cool so see some lower angles and close-ups when shooting for "kudos".
                :::::::::::::::. It's NEVER fast enough! .:::::::::::::::

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                • sailr
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 6927

                  #9
                  I have done a few videos with pictures added. It's easy to do. It really does make the finished video more interesting. First, we see the boat up close, not just a blur 100-200' away from the camera. We also get to see inside and a shot of the hardware to see how it is setup. We all like to admire other people's handiwork and who knows, we might learn something! A lot of the videos I do of our boats running don't include the items I mentioned. I overlook it because the detail pictures are on our website. However, for those who may never go the website, in the future I'll follow my own suggestion!

                  Originally posted by egneg
                  Deigoboy did that with my shovelnose but the pictures where all added to the video. May be he would give us less tech savvy folks a how to?
                  Mini Cat Racing USA
                  www.minicatracingusa.com

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                  • sailr
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 6927

                    #10
                    If you are using Windows Moviemaker, for example, or most any other video program, first you import the video from your camera. You'll need a digital video camera. After importing it, you drag to the timeline. If you want to add pictures, you import them from wherever they are on your computer or camera. Again, you drag them to the timeline, wherever you want to insert them. You can add transitions, special effects and music (again, import the music and drag to the timeline.

                    After you've done one or two videos it becomes really easy. I have learned that my videos have MUCH better quality if I "make a movie" (rendering the video) as a high quality .wmv file. Seems come out really well on YouTube and viewers will have the option to watch in High Definition.

                    Hope this makes sense!! Have fun!
                    Mini Cat Racing USA
                    www.minicatracingusa.com

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                    • Punisher 67
                      Ignore list member #67
                      • May 2008
                      • 1480

                      #11
                      I love using windows movie maker , I agree with Jim and try to make my video's as entertaining as possible with inside and still shots of the boat and also background music to suite the mood , regardless how you have your insides sorted out it is always interesting to see how you approached your build and what you did to get your results

                      Looking forward to some interesting videos
                      Necessity is the mother of invention.............

                      Youtube Video's http://www.youtube.com/user/Titanis2000

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                      • sailr
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 6927

                        #12
                        Peter,
                        your videos are great. Yours are an example of how videos should be made! Why don't you post a link to a couple of them here so the peeps can see what we're talking about.

                        Originally posted by Peter Zicha
                        I love using windows movie maker , I agree with Jim and try to make my video's as entertaining as possible with inside and still shots of the boat and also background music to suite the mood , regardless how you have your insides sorted out it is always interesting to see how you approached your build and what you did to get your results

                        Looking forward to some interesting videos
                        Mini Cat Racing USA
                        www.minicatracingusa.com

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                        • Steven Vaccaro
                          Administrator
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 8720

                          #13
                          Originally posted by sailr
                          When you make a video of your boat, how about starting out by letting us see the boat, up close, on the land. Show us the inside, the hardware, etc. We would like to see your setup. Tell us about it!

                          THEN, video your boat running.

                          Just watching a gazillion videos of boats goin round and round gets really boring!

                          I need to do the same thing! It ain't just you! haha. Kudos to those of you who do follow this practice. Thanks.
                          Good idea.
                          Steven Vaccaro

                          Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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                          • ksm2001
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 377

                            #14
                            Lets see some good wipeouts too, those are half the fun to watch.

                            Ken
                            DF-29,Phil Thomas Super Sport 45, SV27, Xzess 2 Evo, HOTR 32" Cat

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                            • Punisher 67
                              Ignore list member #67
                              • May 2008
                              • 1480

                              #15
                              Here's a couple examples.......................











                              Something for everyone......................
                              Necessity is the mother of invention.............

                              Youtube Video's http://www.youtube.com/user/Titanis2000

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