Flyfunston

I'm experimenting with different camera mounting positions for HD and also trying to learn how to use Final Cut Express (what a user interface), and here is my first effort.

On July 8 I managed for the first time to make it to Westlake thanks to the local senpais. In this clip I am following the pink-top glider and my sponsor was the topless that does a wing-over at about 1:20.

This video is downsampled so the quality isn't that great. I am working on a HD version to post (youtube only allows up to 2GB in file size) and I'll post that when I get it rendered. The full 1080p stuff from the GoPro camera looks great but it is quite a chore to figure out how to drive the codecs so you get a reasonably sized file without sacrificing the quality. Each rendering of a 3 minute clip takes about an hour on a 2.8GHz i7 processor.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XN2_ODvIzU

OK, so here is the HD version. If you have HD capability it is worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd16mhqR4XU

Here's another video -- I'm getting better at editing but have a ways to go.

Can anyone name the pilot of the glider I am following here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2xtQI-5jTw