Waiting on help.
I could have had the entire DVD movie edited and encoded today, but I needed to wait on some help to translate a couple of title screens into chinese. I also wanted a second opion on a color filter I was using for the apartment footage. We spent alot of time at the apartment and the lighting wasn't the best so the footage I shot all pretty dark under chinese indoor flourescent lights. I had two filters I was playing with, Color Corrector and RGB Balance. I first was using the Color Corrector, and it worked with a drawback. It brought the colors up and looked normal, however, it made it look grainier. I liked it, but it wasn't the best. So I mixed it with the RGB and increased the red which gave a positive look because it brought back in the flesh colors of the people. However, it also increased the red in all the other pixels in the room, so it accented on the negative side of the color corrector. So, Mountain and Peter took a look at it. I eventually settled on just the RGB and it seems ok. Its still smooth and dark, but with the RGB added, it looks more natural.
I had moved the TV into my bedroom because I didnt feel like moving all my junk in the living room. I tried hooking my computer to the TV for an external monitor and because I was going thru another harddrive, it wasn't working right. So I had to move files around which took time. When I had everything set up properly, it didnt' work. ugh. So frustrating. Then after a while I figured out what you ahve to do. I had to have the camera plugged in and on before starting up the program. So, i got it on TV and used that. Those color filters look good on the computer because the viewing window is so small, but once you put it on the TV, things are much bigger and it was here that I realized that the Color Corrector wasn't very good. So i trashed it.
I then added some titles to it and started the encoding process.
I then went off to Gong fu. I took a bike again because I haven't goteen around to fixing my bike tire. Practice was good and tuff. Sifu was there. We had a couple discussion in Chinese....there was lots of finger pointing and visual aids.
Well, I my stomach hurts and I don't know why. I think Nick might have given me his cold that he had this weekend. Thanks. Goodnite.