Category: Video

Outer Banks 360 Video

I love the Outer Banks (OBX)! I visit every chance I can and hope to retire there someday. On my last visit I took a stroll on the beach in Kitty Hawk and shot video with my brand new Insta360 One X camera. I purchased the Bullet Kit from the Apple Store the month before and shot a few things. It took a little time getting use to editing the photos and videos. I shot video at Carousel Park and shot some photos while looking for a new office building. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos discussing best practices for editing a video. My favorite is using my spinning office chair to choose the video shots. I have a few complaints that I’m sure will be resolved:

Have the accessories for us to purchase (Venture case, Drifter, Remote).
Enable import of videos from One X camera into MacBook Pro using the USB C port. Don’t make me upload to a Windows PC or save the video to Photos and then AirDrop to my MacBook Pro.
Plugins for FinalCut Pro

The video below was shot on the Insta360 One X and edited in FinalCut Pro. I used the One X LUT without further adjustments.

Tags FCPX, Final Cut Pro, Insta360 One X, OBX, Video, Vimeo

Drone Personal Phantom 3 Pro

Need Drone Time

Went to he office in my basement for the first time in about 2 weeks and noticed I have my drone sitting on my desk waiting for me. Everytime I thjnk I’m going to fly, something else comes up. Need to get out there and shoot some video.

Tags Drone, Phantom 3 Pro

Camping Exercise GoPro Personal Video

Go Ape Zip Line Adventure

Post author By George
Post date October 3, 2018
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Last weekend (Sept 29, 2018) our Boy Scout Troop took our annual September trip to Lums Pond State Park in Delaware. One of our favorite activities is the Go Ape Zip Line. Several of our new scouts went on the Junior adventure while the others took the Treetop Adventure.

I highly recommend the Go Ape course at Lums Pond. the staff are friendly, and make sure you are safe before you get on the course. Maybe my next visit to Pittsburgh, I’ll check out the course in Allison Park.

I hope you enjoy the video!

Tags Camping, Exercise, GoPro, Videos, YouTube

Backpacking Camping GoPro Personal Video

Whitewater Rafting in the Royal Gorge

Post author By George
Post date September 27, 2018
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Back in mid-July through August 1st, 2018, Troop 660 planned to visit Philmont Scout Ranch for our High Adventure. Due to the forest fires, we had to change up our plans and toured about 8 different National Parks, horse back riding in the dessert and some whitewater rafting in the Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River in Co. It was a 10 mile half-day trip. We used three GoPro (two Hero 4 Silver from Echo Canyon and my Hero 5 Session). By far one of the best adventures I went on with out Troop!

I hope you enjoy the video!

Echo Canyon River Expeditions https://www.raftecho.com
BSA Troop 660 http://bsatroop660.org

Tags Backpacking, Camping, GoPro, Videos, YouTube

Backpacking Camping GoPro Personal Phantom 3 Pro

Patches for my packs

Yesterday I received a couple of really cool patches from Death Wish Coffee Company (my new favorite). Today I stopped at the local Scout Shop in Wilmington to pick up a few items including Badge Magic. Now those cool patches look awesome on my backpack and day pack.

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Our Scouts from BSA Troop 660 picked a new adventure for us, and they are looking forward to it. We are heading to:

Colorado Springs for a tour of the Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak, and white water rafting. Then it is off to the White River National Forest to complete a four day 25 mile backpack trip.

We are then camping at Canyonlands to exploring Arches National Park, Moab, and Canyonland. We’ll follow up with a horseback ride in Monument Valley. I plan to get up early to get a photo or time-lapse of the sunrise. Then it’s three days at the Grand Canyon for some serious day hikes.

We will complete the trip with a visit to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, and the Capitol Reef National Park for two days. Back to Denver and fly back home.

I still need to check with the airline if I can bring my DJI Phantom 3 Pro. I plan to bring my GoPros with plenty of empty 32GB scares and a Jackery Giant battery charger.

Tags Backpacking, Camping, GoPro, Phantom 3 Pro

Drone

Sunset at Pike Creek

Had some time tonight to fly my DJI Phantom 3 Pro (first time in months). Sunset in Pike Creek, Delaware.

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Tags DJI, Drone

Humor Video

Hero Theme

Today my family heard my theme song after I fixed the power recliner, and I would like to share that song with you.

Tags Home Repairs, Humor, Video

Apple Motion 5 Video

Loading Spring 2018 Template

Post author By George
Post date March 21, 2018
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I love you, Winter. However, it’s time for you to go.

This is my fabulous left-aligned pullquote.

Tags Motion 5, Video

Apple Final Cut Pro iMac st. patrick's day Video

Created new Facebook Profile Video Pics using FCPX

Post author By George
Post date March 19, 2018
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The other day I was looking for some new ideas for videos I make for my son’s Boy Scout troop, and I received an email from Pixel Film Studios about a new plug-in called ProFreez Comic for Final Cut Pro. Well the luck of the Irish was smiling down on me, everything was 25% off for St. Patrick’s Day! I ended up purchasing ProFreez Comic and ProFreeze Spatter.

So I created a test clip using a few selfies from my camping trips this year. I kept the clips at 5 seconds, changed the duration of the plug-in to just a few seconds, and saved to my Photo Library. Using my iPhone, I changed my Facebook profile to the video clips below ( I ended up keeping version 2). The music clip is not available in Facebook profiles.