"The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
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"The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
For ProShow users interested in participating in a new slideshow contest - see the link on the Photodex site for information. Deadline is June 10th 2014.
http://www.photodex.com/theultimatestory
http://www.photodex.com/theultimatestory
Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
I just now read through the requirements and discovered the shows MUST contain video. This may leave out a lot of people unless they realize they can create a slideshow, save it as video, then use the video inside another slideshow. Unless corporate considers it cheating, of course.
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Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
BarbaraC wrote:I just now read through the requirements and discovered the shows MUST contain video. This may leave out a lot of people unless they realize they can create a slideshow, save it as video, then use the video inside another slideshow. Unless corporate considers it cheating, of course.
Barbara
Why would anyone go that trouble? While not everyone uses a smartphone, there are over 1 billion people in the world that do and those devices have ability to capture video. These days, even a child's $20 digital point and shoot camera can capture video, though it may not be HD quality.
The last slideshow I made of the annual Bethlehem Village event included some video that I shot with my Android. It was as simple to insert the clips into the slideshow as it was to insert the still shots. Other than a few tweaks to clip off the end where I wanted, I had no problems at all. The audio was actually better in those clips than the audio of the clips someone else was recording of the event with a GoPro video camera.
While this is an assumption on my part, I'd bet most people wanting to enter would have at least a digital point and shoot camera that can produce video to include in the show. If not and it's a grandparent needing a few clips of their grandchild for example, they could ask for a copy of them from the child's parent that probably posts a ton of them on Facebook, Instagram or Google +.
Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
Given that it's a contest, they may be looking for quality all the way around, including video. Some have gizmos that can do it, some don't. My camera can do it, but I'm not impressed with the results. My phone does phone calls.
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Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
Yes there are people that have phones that capture low res images and make phone calls and no other features.
We don't know what will be chosen over all the submissions. I don't see anything pointing to just people that own/use professional equipment. The appeal seems to be to the mass of ProSHow users and the demo shows all sorts of video clips in it, old and new. We both know it's not necessary to have expensive equipment to make a good picture. The contest is all about the story. The only thing I see is that they want it in 720p HD output.
Your show "Her Name" was a wonderful story! A short clip with a staged scene in it at a desk of photos could be inserted for instance for a contest entry version.
http://www.photodex.com/share/barbarac/8ddx6mg4
My point was that there are ways to work around getting a bit of video into a show's story, even if it means asking a friend if one could borrow their phone or digital camera for a minute to capture a quick video clip to include in one's show.
We don't know what will be chosen over all the submissions. I don't see anything pointing to just people that own/use professional equipment. The appeal seems to be to the mass of ProSHow users and the demo shows all sorts of video clips in it, old and new. We both know it's not necessary to have expensive equipment to make a good picture. The contest is all about the story. The only thing I see is that they want it in 720p HD output.
Your show "Her Name" was a wonderful story! A short clip with a staged scene in it at a desk of photos could be inserted for instance for a contest entry version.
http://www.photodex.com/share/barbarac/8ddx6mg4
My point was that there are ways to work around getting a bit of video into a show's story, even if it means asking a friend if one could borrow their phone or digital camera for a minute to capture a quick video clip to include in one's show.
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debngar wrote:Your show "Her Name" was a wonderful story! A short clip with a staged scene in it at a desk of photos could be inserted for instance for a contest entry version.
http://www.photodex.com/share/barbarac/8ddx6mg4
My point was that there are ways to work around getting a bit of video into a show's story, even if it means asking a friend if one could borrow their phone or digital camera for a minute to capture a quick video clip to include in one's show.
Thanks for the compliment! And you're right, of course. Anyone determined to do this can certainly find a way to do so. But it isn't going to me because, having added a second business to my workload, I'm running pretty much on empty.
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Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
Bummer! How did I miss that story! Love it! Very nice Barbara!
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bob walden wrote:Bummer! How did I miss that story! Love it! Very nice Barbara!
Thanks, Bob!
(Debbie has the memory of an elephant. )
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BarbaraC wrote:---snip---
(Debbie has the memory of an elephant. )
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Not as much now as the years go by. But it's easier to remember a good story!
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debngar wrote:Not as much now as the years go by. But it's easier to remember a good story!
It gets better. Eventually, we remember only the stories, some of which might be true, and if they aren't, we don't care.
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Re: "The Ultimate Story" - Photodex Contest
Just viewed the winning video of the Adventure/Nature Ultimate Story Contest that ended in September. It was knock your socks off gorgeous, better than National Geographic It's a little disheartening though. It's tough to compete with professional photographers but I hope I learned something of how Paul put together his show - his techniques - it was absolutely stunning! Won't be entering Photodex's next contest - Weddings - there's been a long dry spell for weddings for me Maybe next time I hope. I think everyone did a wonderful job. It's definitely fun trying.
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