… it was just a matter of time.
The first reappearance (after a long hiatus) of the wood ducklings (Aix sponsa) came just as we were running out the door, because of course. Then the barest of video clips that evening, before it rained for about 16 hours. Once it cleared, however, things picked up, and by this past Monday, we were seeing them just about every hour, cycling through.
A little too much dead air in this one – I’m still working on syncing voiceover with video. In the past, I’ve tried to cram in too much information and ended up having more than I had video for and having to truncate. But too little is bad too. Meanwhile, certain comments have to match up with what’s happening in the video, so there’s a juggling act that I’m still trying to improve.
[Yes, I do the voiceover while watching the edited video tracks, but mistakes mean things get out of sync, plus I forget some stuff and have to go back and work it in somehow. I could spend twice as long editing these as I do, but that means eight hours instead of four, kind of thing. Talk to me when it’s a paid gig…]
And then there’s noise reduction, which definitely didn’t do well this time. The background hiss reduction ended up producing some warble, but here’s the thing: This wasn’t a fraction as noticeable when cleaning up in Audacity (the audio editing program) as it was when imported into Kdenlive (the video editing program,) and I have no clue why this is. It’s kind of a bitch to control noise when you can’t hear it until it’s already been exported for use.
But enough whining. Enjoy the ducklings, while I psych myself out for the other video clips that are piling up in the system…