Here it Today I decided to get brave and try another video...it had all been just too difficult before, with Movie Maker behaving like a sulky teenager - audio files simply disappearing when needed, programme not responding when spoken to, audio becoming either inaudible or too loud, you get the jist I'm sure.
Anyhow, after upgrading the programme and twiddling a bit with the options as one does, all went well...I am quite chuffed!
I really didn't have a plan, except for wanting to test the lighting and so this afternoon I decided to just try one more time.
Karina had kindly let me borrow her you-beaut wireless headphones and microphone and I needed a couple of little gift cards, so stamped a couple of the Penny Black cuties onto some watercolour paper with Archival Jet Black ink and set to. Here is the video...I am pleased at the visibility after the poor lighting in my previous attempts. View here or on You Tube...
Anyhow, after upgrading the programme and twiddling a bit with the options as one does, all went well...I am quite chuffed!
I really didn't have a plan, except for wanting to test the lighting and so this afternoon I decided to just try one more time.
Karina had kindly let me borrow her you-beaut wireless headphones and microphone and I needed a couple of little gift cards, so stamped a couple of the Penny Black cuties onto some watercolour paper with Archival Jet Black ink and set to. Here is the video...I am pleased at the visibility after the poor lighting in my previous attempts. View here or on You Tube...
I divided the water colour paper once the images were dry and adhered them to small card bases.
The Mice card is four and a quarter by three inches and the hedgie is four by two and a half inches (I was holding my TH ruler at the time...).
The Mice card is four and a quarter by three inches and the hedgie is four by two and a half inches (I was holding my TH ruler at the time...).
The mice card
The Hedgie Card...I added little highlights to the hearts on both cards with a white gel pen.
Today has been a lot more pleasant than yesterday. We had a very hot and windy day with the temperature getting to about thirty degrees Celsius and very strong winds. Fires were reported in several areas and by late afternoon the smoke was very becoming alarmingly thick. It's amazing how just a whiff of bush fire raises the anxiety levels.The fires are no longer dangerous but because they are burning in remote areas, are not able to be completely contained.
It is very early in the season for us to be having such heat and fires but today was a lot cooler and not windy. The weather is reported to worsen again by Tuesday, with proposed total fire bans but temperatures will drop to a more "normal" ten to fifteen degrees later in the week. It looks to be a long, hot Summer.
Today also was son number three, child number four's birthday. He has reached a staggering age of thirty eight! Wowsers! How and when did that happen? How can I possibly have a son that age?
It is very early in the season for us to be having such heat and fires but today was a lot cooler and not windy. The weather is reported to worsen again by Tuesday, with proposed total fire bans but temperatures will drop to a more "normal" ten to fifteen degrees later in the week. It looks to be a long, hot Summer.
Today also was son number three, child number four's birthday. He has reached a staggering age of thirty eight! Wowsers! How and when did that happen? How can I possibly have a son that age?
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