Video Conversion Software

Avidemux

After going from using Linux exclusively I have started to use Windows again and I wanted some software which was free and would do a few basic video editing and converting actions, such as joining files together than converting them to mpeg-4 avis. I first off tried “Any Video Converter”, which was ok, but fairly simple and I disliked it not being open source and having versions which cost money (what was I missing out on?).

After trying AVC I then remembered Avidemux a really great, free open source video conversion tool, you can get versions for windows and other OSs here on Avidemux download page.

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

(From: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/)

365 Day: 21th Jan – Clone

My first clone photo. Didn’t turn out too bad, could be better thought. Will have to try some more during the course of the year.

365 Day: 8th Jan – Books

These are books I have read or are about to read, mainly the latter!

Me and my books

A list if you are unable to see from the photo (top to bottom):
Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
Holloway – Between the Monster and the Saint
Terzani – A Fortune-Teller Told Me
Faulkner – The Sound and the Fury
Faulkner – As I Lay Dying
Robers – Shantaram
Tenko-san – A New Road to Ancient Truth
Steinbeck – In Dubious Battle
Steinbeck – East of Eden
Heller – Catch-22
Tolstoy – War and Peace

A Friend’s Beautiful Photos!

I didn’t realise she had such an amazing collection! I will let you have a look and find out for yourself: http://stephanielee.smugmug.com/

Some more photos from 365 days and 52 weeks projects :)

Two photos from my 52 Weeks Project

Colin in front of a brick wall

Dad

A few days from my 365 Days Project

Me Day 5

Me Day 6

New Photo Project: 365 Days and 52 Weeks…

I am starting two photo projects, both about people. The first is the infamous 365 days photo challenge, I aim to take a self portrait every day during 2010. It will serve as a diary and force me to practice taking photos and being creative!

The second project is one where I want to take at least one photo of a friend, or family or someone I meet each week.

Here is my January 1st photo followed by one which almost made it.

Day 1

Day 1

Day 1 Runner Up

Day 1 Runner Up

Maddie and Lee’s Wedding

Here are a few photos of my friend Maddie and her wedding. I was just a guest and not the official photographer this time. We arrived with 2 minutes to spare, damn traffic! Anyway, enjoy the photos of their special day!

Singing

Maddie

Matt and Maddie

Holly and Maddie

Hair

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Christmas Day, St Agnes Beach 2009

Some photos from this years run into the sea! It was high tide and everyone had to walk across the rocks to get into the sea making it extra painful on the feet! There was also a lot of surf, I loved the sound the waves made when dragging the pebbles over each other. Here are some of my photos. Enjoy.

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Japan – Oct 2009

Japan

I loved Japan, it is an amazing country. So different and full of beautiful, wonder, bright lights and singing technology.

Tokyo

The textures and patterns which typify Asia are still there, just around the corner from the pristine city blocks.

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There is a great contrast between old/traditional and super-modern/western Japan. The next photo was taken at the Meiji Jingu Shrine and illustrates a little bit of what I mean.

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Australia – Nov 2009

Australia

Here are some of my photos from my month in the land down under.

Sydney

Sydney has very unique icons which I think make the city worth a visit. Mine was only a quick visit, a few days, so I didn’t really get to know the city and its character. The only impression I was left with was that of a fairly young, generic and not very special city with problems of graffiti  and other city ills. However the opera house and bridge are quite spectacular, especially at night…

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Childlike Fun 9350

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