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Donkas1946 Loc: Southern NH

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Thanks that should work just fine.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

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This is more common than many folks know. Continuous recording is very important at lectures, church services, and other events that are not TV or film projects.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

Donkas1946 wrote:

I have been asked to video some local sporting events. I’ll be using one of my many canon DSLR’s. It is my understanding that they will only do a max of 30 mins video and then create a new file if you are going beyond that which most events do. Is there a software program out there that can combine the files into one continuous video to watch uninterrupted by clicking on the next file? Thanks in advance!

It's called editing. Macs have iMovie built in, and there are many free programs. Be sure to get a simple one. A high-end editing program will make your head blow off. >Alan

Donkas1946 Loc: Southern NH

aellman wrote:

It's called editing. Macs have iMovie built in, and there are many free programs. Be sure to get a simple one. A high-end editing program will make your head blow off. >Alan

Yes that’s all I need is simple. Thanks!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

aellman wrote:

It's called editing. Macs have iMovie built in, and there are many free programs. Be sure to get a simple one. A high-end editing program will make your head blow off. >Alan

Rolling on the floor laughing!!

Yes, video editing — if you've never used a high end system before — *can* make you feel like your head's going to explode, especially if you don't do it for a living, but just as a part of what you do. It always takes much longer than you think, if you're learning as you go.

From 2005 to 2011, I produced about 80 modules of highly detailed hybrid digital video training for my employer. They included thousands of PowerPoint slides, live video clips, various graphics, and Ken Burns' style animated still photos. That was 20 years after I had been an AV producer of computer-controlled multi-image slide shows and corporate videos using analog equipment. I knew a bit about what I was doing. It didn't make it much easier.

Oh, I had played with an AVID system in 1998, but it was a mess back then. Today it's at the top of the heap of editing systems... It's taught in most film schools.

I started seriously editing digital video with iMovie on an ancient iMac DV in 2000. I used iMovie until version 6, or iMovie HD as it was known. It was great software. Most of the modules I mentioned above were edited in SD on iMovie 4, 5, or 6. One of them was edited in Final Cut Express 4.0. That was a 'lite' version of Final Cut Pro 7. It had an 1100 page manual... GAAAAA!!! THAT was an awful program.

In 2012, I did a 35th anniversary slide show for my college class reunion. It was all done in iMovie 6, but I had the foresight to copy all my classmates' photos in high resolution.

When I finally moved to the newer version of iMovie, it was version 10, finally a mature version of the rewrite that Steve Jobs wanted as version 7, just before he died. After using iMovie HD 6, iMovie 10.x seemed like a head-scratcher at first. Once I got into it, it was much easier, more intuitive, and certainly more capable. I recreated and updated that class reunion show in 1080P Full HD using iMovie 10, in 2017, for my 40th reunion.

Now, my twins and I use Final Cut Pro X 10.4.5. Similarly, it took Apple several years of updates/upgrades to get it to the point where it beat the old Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Express. But it is elegant, full-featured, and a joy to use, if you edit lots of video. One nice part about it is, it is compatible with old iMovie 10 files! And everything you know about iMovie 10 translates directly to Final Cut Pro X.

Both iMovie 10.1.10 and Final Cut Pro X 10.4.5 are nicely integrated with other Mac applications, especially Garage Band and Photos. We record sound with Garage Band and use it in videos edited in FCP, for original music and sound effects.

Who knows? The OP could get inspired... It can be addictive.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

burkphoto wrote:

Rolling on the floor laughing!!

Yes, video editing — if you've never used a high end system before — *can* make you feel like your head's going to explode, especially if you don't do it for a living, but just as a part of what you do. It always takes much longer than you think, if you're learning as you go.

From 2005 to 2011, I produced about 80 modules of highly detailed hybrid digital video training for my employer. They included thousands of PowerPoint slides, live video clips, various graphics, and Ken Burns' style animated still photos. That was 20 years after I had been an AV producer of computer-controlled multi-image slide shows and corporate videos using analog equipment. I knew a bit about what I was doing. It didn't make it much easier.

Oh, I had played with an AVID system in 1998, but it was a mess back then. Today it's at the top of the heap of editing systems... It's taught in most film schools.

I started seriously editing digital video with iMovie on an ancient iMac DV in 2000. I used iMovie until version 6, or iMovie HD as it was known. It was great software. Most of the modules I mentioned above were edited in SD on iMovie 4, 5, or 6. One of them was edited in Final Cut Express 4.0. That was a 'lite' version of Final Cut Pro 7. It had an 1100 page manual... GAAAAA!!! THAT was an awful program.

In 2012, I did a 35th anniversary slide show for my college class reunion. It was all done in iMovie 6, but I had the foresight to copy all my classmates' photos in high resolution.

When I finally moved to the newer version of iMovie, it was version 10, finally a mature version of the rewrite that Steve Jobs wanted as version 7, just before he died. After using iMovie HD 6, iMovie 10.x seemed like a head-scratcher at first. Once I got into it, it was much easier, more intuitive, and certainly more capable. I recreated and updated that class reunion show in 1080P Full HD using iMovie 10, in 2017, for my 40th reunion.

Now, my twins and I use Final Cut Pro X 10.4.5. Similarly, it took Apple several years of updates/upgrades to get it to the point where it beat the old Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Express. But it is elegant, full-featured, and a joy to use, if you edit lots of video. One nice part about it is, it is compatible with old iMovie 10 files! And everything you know about iMovie 10 translates directly to Final Cut Pro X.

Both iMovie 10.1.10 and Final Cut Pro X 10.4.5 are nicely integrated with other Mac applications, especially Garage Band and Photos. We record sound with Garage Band and use it in videos edited in FCP, for original music and sound effects.

Who knows? The OP could get inspired... It can be addictive.

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You have an impressive background. It's a funny thing but in many cases there are AVID towns and Final Cut Pro towns." Boston (where I live) is a Final Cut Pro town, but L.A. is a solid AVID town. It's used for all the movies. Another interesting Hollywood tidbit is the ubiquitous appearance of MAC laptops in movies. If you start watching for them you will never see any other brand of laptop in a movie. As much as L.A. is an AVID town, it is just a much a MAC town. BTW, AVID was developed in my home state of Massachusetts. >Alan

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

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My son and I recently toured UNCSA in Winston-Salem, NC. They have some of each, plus Premiere Pro. He’s waiting to hear from them.

He just got accepted at SCAD Atlanta and is preparing his scholarship portfolio as I type this. They, also have multiple platforms of video editing in their suites.