The series, Novacadian's Nova Scotia Biking Tours, has been an interesting evolution of learning for me. That evolution continues. The idea for the series was tossed around by me as early as in my An Overdue Intro Posting.
It seemed hard to even keep the camera in its mount in Episode 1. Add that the content is sitting on a hobby server and laggy as be-jingles, there seemed ample room for improvement .
By Episode 2 the camera was secure enough to take one on a tour of one of my favorite urban rides... Point Pleasant Park. Editing could have improved this episode, yet battling with Blender is a slow process. An easier alternative is presently being explored. The lag from the trollkeep server had me looking for corporate alternatives for video delivery. My understanding is that a video's life on dTube is about 45 days on average. YouTube seemed more dependable for archive use.
The ride in Episode 3 was a new one for me, although this city has been my home for most of my life. It had been an old railroad line which is now converted to a trail. My hope is to follow the trail/line further along the south shore of Nova Scotia when opportunity allows. The video content is finally coming from YouTube in this episode and not via wifi aimed through a cringle can.
Episode 4 tried to compensate for my struggle with Blender by offering non-edited smaller clips of the tour. It worked well, yet only highlighted the need to get into video software editing.
When does a biking tour turn into an architectural review? Episode 5.
Episode 6 is the final episode to date. It explored what cross town traffic is like in Halifax, when out on a mission for a good coffee.
If the ShotCut video editing software proves as easy as has been promised to me, then we should soon see more video editing of the tours... making them, hopefully, a more enjoyable watch in the future.
