video preview update

I had a lovely day yesterday. Not only did I help my dad install some gorgeous new windows in our enclosed front verandah (the old ones quite literally fell apart in our hands as we removed them!) but I did heaps of work on the video preview for “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães”.

In my attempt to purchase the backing music for it yesterday morning, I discovered it had increased in price by about 50% since the month before when I had chosen the music. And then, when going through the checkout, I found that price bore absolutely no resemblance to the final price which ended up being about four times more… Not sure how they calculate these things. I didn’t buy it.

So I looked elsewhere, and found a lovely upbeat, Latin style piece of music, with classical guitars, approximately the length I wanted. AND it was five times cheaper. Now, that sounds more like what I wanted!

I downloaded the low-res version, imported it into the video and got the screen transitions working with the music changes. When I was happy with how that worked, I paid for the actual recording, downloaded the full version, and replaced the low-res version with it.

Quite by accident at the end of the day, Rainbow Girl and I discovered that my computer has an inbuilt microphone (I still don’t exactly know where it is!) and by speaking in the general direction of where I thought the microphone might be, I was able to record a little voice over for the end of the video. It means that you’ll be able to hear what I sound like! It personalises it a little, so you get a bit of me as well as previewing the book.

Actually, the other day I received an email from a knitwear designer announcing her new book. I’m sure it is a gorgeous book, as all her work is innovative and gorgeous. But I did find myself wishing that there was some sort of preview I could see. That’s one of the reasons why I’m pleased to be supplying my readers with one for my new book.

So it was a really successful day. 🙂 I’m really happy with the video, as despite not having very up-to-date software with which to make it, I was able to create some quite nifty things with it. And apparently the neighbours think our new windows look great.

When will you get to see the video preview? Very soon, I hope!