Den, That is just brilliant! You must have spent some time researching suitable pictures to go with the music. Your sound effects were really enhanced by having pictures to go along with them. Just listening to an MP3 leaves too much to the imagination, but watching your video really gives you a tas...

Hi John, Really liked that. One of your best! You really got into the rhythm of it. For anyone who hasn't picked this up, John's opening voices are piano and strings. The piano is the dominant voice, and has had harmony echo applied to it . So the piano picks up the notes you are playing in your lef...

Hi Carloss,

Fascinating! Your 'artwork' hides a face, which you can see quite clearly if you create another smaller image by hovering your mouse on the timeline as it is playing.

Hugh

Carloss,

I really loved this piece! Such wonderful sounds and harmonies. A No: 1 for me! I love the variety of sounds you have used, and not just piano. Can we have some more played on your PSR-433 please?

And all the time I was wondering what your '1' was going to do next!

Hugh

This is the first video I made, using Movie Maker. Most of the pictures are ones I took on the Isles of Scilly. I put TRANSITIONS in as I realised I could do that, but hadn't discovered that I could do Pans & Zooms using this program. Not that I would have done many anyway as quite a few are clo...

I had been concerned as to how I was going to make backups of this in case I needed to load the program again. Computers don't last for ever and this laptop I am using is getting on a bit. If I replace my laptop I don't want to have to buy the program again. But I needn't have worried. Once I had co...

Brian, I think this was the first video you did with scenic pictures, so it must have been Movie Maker as I was using that program about that time too. Putting pictures to us playing something on our keyboards adds an extra dimension to the whole listening experience, and adds to the 'mood' created ...

If you have been following my explanations on how to use several video making programs you will have seen that I have done my Over The Rainbow video using four different programs and put each one up on YouTube. This one I did with Video Pad from NCH Software, which I now have and shall be using in f...

Hi Norman,

Really like this song. It has some nice harmonies in it. Nicely sung!

Hugh

Hi Wally, Love that chord progression. What are those chords? I just love harmony and this is a No:1 hit for me. Love how you have your voice on it's own and then bring in the harmony echo. Either that or you had some friends singing over your shoulder? The 'breaks' in the music were very effective ...

Hi Norman,

An old favourite. You've got a great backing to this.

Hugh

Hi Bill,

I'm not aware of anyone having the PSR-SX900 right now. Den had one for a few months, but sold it as he couldn't get on with the 'touch screen'. I don't think he put a subwoofer with it.

Hugh

Have put this up so you can see what we are after in this new Board. Pamela White - By A Cool Stream This was composed and recorded by Pamela in September 2012, and I put the video to it in September 2019. This is what Pamela said about her piece in 2012: Recorded this original on a hot sunny day an...

Some of us have been very creative and made videos to go with music we have played on our keyboards. The idea of this new Board is to have somewhere where you can post your efforts. This involves creating a YouTube Channel (if you don't already have one), uploading your video to your Channel and giv...

I have taken the plunge and bought this program .. even though I have Movie Maker! It's the Pan & Zoom that sold it to me. To be able to fix the START and END of the 'Pan & Zoom' is brilliant. When programs give you a variety of options to choose from for Pan & Zoom you only get a 'gener...

i Brian,

That was a really good arrangement of that number. Your drummer was spot on with all the 'fills' etc. Nice smooth sounding brass for the melody.

Hugh

Adding Audio Having completed the video part of my project, I now need to add the audio. In the area under the timeline for the video, do a right-click and in the box that comes up. choose Track Operations , Add Audio Track . http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Shotcut39.jpg A box comes up showing the Fo...

Doing a Title (and Text overlay) To get a 'text box' click on Open Other (at the top). http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Shotcut33.jpg Choose Text from the drop-down box, and you get the below. Type your text into the box. This is a transparent box, so you can 'overlay' one of the pictures if you want ...

I have now added some music, and clicked on Export Video to convert my DEMO project to a Video File for putting up on YouTube. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad72.jpg This is how my DEMO Video has ended up. JC1U6IBP9Ns As I will be mostly using photos for my videos (I have never taken 'movies' ...

Setting up the Pan & Zoom Note 1: When setting up any Effect it is a good idea to double-click on the image you are dealing with on the Storyboard or Timeline in order to bring it up into the DISPLAY area, top right. If you don't do this, you may find your Effect added to all the previous ones ...

The Title. When in the Timeline view, anything placed in the area above Video Track 1 will appear over the top of the picture underneath it .. ie. Overlay it. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad59.jpg So this time for the Title I am going to do a Text with a clear background, set the Display tim...

More on "Time a picture is displayed"; "Picture Size (Aspect Ratio)", "Titles & Text", and "Pan & Zoom". I have started a DEMO Project to check out the above in Video Pad. This is what I have in my Images Bin. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/VideoPad53....

Pan & Zoom I have double clicked on a picture on the Timeline to select it and get into the top screen. Then clicked on Filters , at the top, which has given me the screen below. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Shotcut24.jpg There is a + in the bottom left corner which says "Add a filter&quo...

So how am I getting on with this program? Not very well! It takes a while to put a video together even though I know what I want to do as I have already made this video with three other programs. So I SAVED what I had done so far and turned my laptop OFF. When I turned it on again and reloaded my pr...

Transitions Den, you were quite right when you said that to do Transitions you have to 'overlap' clips. To get them to overlap you first have to make sure there is no 'space' between the two clips (indicated by an olive green rectangle). If there is a space, get the 'magnet' activated (it has a dar...

The time photos are displayed This program sets the 'default' time for photos to be displayed as 4 seconds . Once you have started your project you cannot change this! The only way you can change this time is to do it before you start loading your pictures into the timeline . With your pictures in ...

First, you need to get all the photos and video clips you are going to use into the Playlist area on the left. I already have a Folder with all these in it on my laptop, so will click on Open File in the top left hand corner, highlight all my files and click Open , which will load all my files into ...

I've come to the conclusion that this programme is designed for professional film makers. There is so much to get your head around, so it's a question of picking up the salient points for creating a simple video .. and avoiding the pitfalls. Like getting huge gaps of 'nothing' in between the clips I...

Shotcut, FREE Video Editing Program To get Shotcut. go to .. http://shotcut.org/ .. and click on Click to Download at the top. This will take you to the download page. The program will have already determined what operating system you have on your computer/laptop and will offer you a download. In m...

Hi Mike,

What a great recording! You have just the right amount of 'echo' on your voice to make it really stand out. Love the way you have sung this.

Hugh

Hi Brian,

Looks like hard work to set up a song to play .. with no styles to fall back on. But then by having to set up your own drums, bass and backing it does make your music unique to you.

Will be a real asset when you get back to playing with your band.

Hugh

Hi Brian,

Liked the video to go with your Christmas carol. Very appropriate! Enjoyed your 'traditional' take on playing this.

Hugh

Thanks Mike and Les. It was days! It's like having a keyboard for the first time. You look at all those buttons and wonder what they all do! And when you start doing something it never does what you expect it to! But, having spent some time on it, I reckon next time I do a video it will only take me...

Den, I have spoken to Les ( lesh ) who has tried this and it got 'stuck' at one point and he had to abort the download. He tried this three times, without success. I have looked again at your CNET site (as you obviously trust it) and put in a search for Movie Maker . I had read on the internet that ...