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Post by Major, Cory J on Apr 7, 2011 16:39:45 GMT
Got bored, the other day and decided to give Windows movie maker a try.
BTW HATE Windows Movie Maker!!!
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Post by ShooterMike on Apr 7, 2011 20:31:15 GMT
I hear ya about Windows Movie Maker. Lame. I decided to pay for movie editing software and selected Adobe Elements. I like it a lot. And what's more, the longer I use it the better I like it.
Still and all, nice to see you outside and enjoying a little rifle practice.
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Post by Major, Cory J on Apr 7, 2011 20:35:53 GMT
Hmmm interesting Mike. I just sent an email to a cousin (who's one of them technical geek squad types, works for school boards and such maintaining all their comps in Toronto) and he just sent me some copies of Sony Vegas Pro 10 and Adobe Premier Elements. I just went with Sony Vegas 10 as I used to have 8 before my system went down, maybe I'll give Elements a try too. ONE thing on the side of WMM is that it had a GREAT suggestion for rending settings so far the most "high def" movie I have put out. I am now into my 2nd hour of playing with settings on Sony Vegas 10, still not even close to the quality of WMM, however I can do sooo much more with Vegas. EDIT 15 mins later after I posted the above, I finished rendering my latest test (about 23 different renders now....) Which one looks best(left or right)? one is the old the other is the new. you may need to click on it for full size.
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Post by ShooterMike on Apr 7, 2011 20:45:27 GMT
Adobe Premier Elements is exactly what I have. So if you decide to play with it and need suggestions or help figuring out anything, just shoot me a PM. I found it's really good for doing video mixes of very short clip segments. You can trim and move forward/backward by frame, so you have infinite control of things like fade-in, fade-out, transitions, etc. And the sound editing is pretty cool too. Both the video and the audio shows editing features for 3 tracks each, plus some supplemental stuff. Also, flipping from "band view" to "storyboard" with a click is very convenient.
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Post by Sam H on Apr 8, 2011 1:18:11 GMT
Its good to see you out enjoying your rifle. I don't have ANY movie editing software so you're one up on me. Of course I don't put that many videos up so I don't really see a need for any. What distance were you shooting at? Also for a fun target get water/soda bottles filled with water. One shot from a .22 makes them explode if you have them tightly capped. They're not just good for cutting.
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Post by Major, Cory J on Apr 8, 2011 16:40:16 GMT
Well actually, we were shooting at old expired Orange CRUSH pop bottles (Always can get a couple cases of expired pop from work, since its still technically good, but we can no longer sell it). Some guys talk about the "Pink Mist" well, we love to see the "Orange Mist" . The pop bottles (which you can just see in the still image looking down the sights) were 50 yards out, and the box I shot at in rapid fire, was about 30-35 yards our there. If you look closely in the one image where it was taken from behind the shooter (me) looking out in the field, you will see the "tree" we had the bottles in, and next to it you can see the smaller "tree" that we actually "cut" down over the course of the day. Its something we were quite proud of
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Post by Sam H on Apr 8, 2011 17:52:03 GMT
Yeah soda bottles filled with actual soda is quite fun to shoot. I'm not fortunate enough to be able to get soda for free or cheaply enough so I prefer to drink it then shoot the bottles after refilling them with water. Still fun though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2011 19:42:06 GMT
Looking good, man. What would we do without .22's?
I wanted to share my newest .22 game, which consists of ten miniature metallic silhouettes of the frontal aspect of a T72 tank. These are approximately 5" wide x 3" tall on a solid base of about the same dimensions. They were fabricated from 3/8" steel by a co-worker in the welding shop at the company where I work. I've shot these little guys out to around 60 yards (so far) with My 10-22, but would be reluctant to use them at less than 25 or 30 for fear of ricochets. The variations of "games" that can be devised for one or two shooters is limited only by the imagination.
Steel (er... lead) on target! Good fun.
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Post by Sam H on Apr 8, 2011 21:48:55 GMT
Sounds pretty fun. Last year a buddy of mine got a 2 man reactive shooting target: www.actiontargetbeta.com/store/featured-products/at-rimfire-sport-dueling-tree.htmlIts quite fun to play with - load up equal amounts of ammo and shoot till you run out. See who has more targets on their side - that man loses. The man with the most losses in the day buys the beer that night. Its nice for teaching kids how to acquire their targets and shoot quickly while maintaining a good degree of accuracy. With .22 handguns we set them out at 25yds. With rifles we set them out at 75yds. All shots taken from matching stances - prone, sitting, kneeling or standing. No bench shots are allowed. Its so much fun I'm thinking of getting one myself.
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Post by ShooterMike on Apr 8, 2011 22:06:23 GMT
Darn you Sam!... You had to post this when I was vulnerable. BTW, they are $163.92 with shipping and tax. I think this will make an interesting "family fun" tool to use with my GF and her 10 year old son. We all like .22s and this takes all the non-shooting work out of it, just leaving the fun part.
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Post by Sam H on Apr 9, 2011 2:05:49 GMT
I agree its all fun! I don't own one currently so I only get to play with it when my buddy goes to the range with me or I go to the range with him (we're members of two different sportsmen's clubs so we tend to visit different ranges more often than not). I've had my daughter out with us and we have so much fun with this thing! Right now $164 is a bit of a stretch for me but if its not too much for you it'd be loads of fun! Its less expensive than other models I've found online for .22lr and if you want to play with the big guns they offer a model that utilizes 3/8" 550 Brinnell plate steel for construction and targets. Of course that costs a little more... ok a lot more, like double. That's nice though for centerfire handgun cartridges on up through high powered .30 cal rifle cartridges. The only work you have to do is carry the thing out there and set it in place. Swing every other target opposite of the one before it and you've got a good shooting game ahead of you. Heck they're even "self resetting"! Just shoot the targets after you're done with a match and line them up the way you want! Never have to walk down range until you're done shooting!
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