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Freeway Moments
Hi, as part of the ongoing project to provide educational material for Freeway, we have embarked on producing [i:38ec3a4579]Freeway Moments[/i:38ec3a4579]. This is a series of short instructional videos which focus on a specific element or activity in Freeway. Each moment lasts around 5 minutes, and so could be watched over that cup of tea and biscuit.
We currently have three at the moment - more are planned. [url]http://www.softpress.com/support/freewaymoments.php[/url]
As RSS feed is planned - I’ll post more when it’s up and running.
great idea.
who is doing the talking and where originally from with that accent? Also who’s idea for the hillbilly banjo music, it is ok though I am waiting for Daisy Duke or something funny to happen. Benny Hill on banjo ‘repect’
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It’s me, in full hayfever bloom :-)
The accent is some kind of North London/Watford lilt with (possibly) a hint of Essex.
Banjo music is one of the looks in Apple’s SoundTrack. It is one of the few complete pieces which loops comfortably, even if it’s chopped about a bit. I thought it would be better than the usual "wannabe prog rock" or "1980’s calling synth" kind of loops that you find on such videos.
I’m sure that if I dig into the archives that SoundTrack ships with, I could find something else to use in future “Moments”.
Back to the editing deck. Now where’s that razorblade and glue?
[quote:e38a2fb9e4=”what the”]Also who’s idea for the hillbilly banjo music, it is ok though I am waiting for Daisy Duke or something funny to happen.[/quote:e38a2fb9e4]
Anyone who has been to Softpress Towers recently will have heard the car with the General Lee horn blaring away - I even hear it when I’m on the phone to them. That must have seeped in.
Maybe we should put a call out for Freeway Talkers to provide soundtracks? I’m sure there’s more than one talented bod out there in Freeway-land who can rustle something up with SoundTrack or GarageBand…
Meanwhile, I feel a "yeeeeeeeeeeeehah!" coming on, so please excuse me.
:lol:
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ok… though no to: Born Free
or one of my all time favourites.. maybe… DJ Krush: Kemuri… www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjgRlto8PI
or maybe… White Stripes: Seven Nation Army www.youtube.com/watch?v=buIkPVqys1U
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I love it………… even when im no express user, i love it……… i love the monty python sound of it, i love paul’s voice… i just love it. pitty something like this is not regular for pro users to!
[quote:f6b85c29b5=”eus”]I love it………… even when im no express user, i love it……… i love the monty python sound of it, i love paul’s voice… i just love it.[/quote:f6b85c29b5]
:-)
[quote:f6b85c29b5=”eus”] pitty something like this is not regular for pro users to![/quote:f6b85c29b5]
I’m trying to be as inclusive as I can. Currently, the Moments cover Express as the goal is to provide as much useful information about both Freeway versions as possible. As I’m going through the really basic stuff, and as it’s about 90% common to both apps, it makes sense to use Express. You should be able to do the same things in Pro as in Express. At the moment, it’s all groundwork stuff - I have a couple more planned and after that, you should be able to build a basic site by following them all.
The plan is to then add to the library, and there will be Pro only Moments.
Hi Paul
I wondered how much are you are involved in the production and content of these tutorials. Or is it just that you have to tech them up to the SP site?
Kind regards RogerG
[quote:2077a12efe=”Paul”]Hi, as part of the ongoing project to provide educational material for Freeway, we have embarked on producing [i:2077a12efe]Freeway Moments[/i:2077a12efe]. This is a series of short instructional videos which focus on a specific element or activity in Freeway. Each moment lasts around 5 minutes, and so could be watched over that cup of tea and biscuit.
We currently have three at the moment - more are planned. [url]http://www.softpress.com/support/freewaymoments.php[/url]
As RSS feed is planned - I’ll post more when it’s up and running.[/quote:2077a12efe]
[quote:949396b94e=”RogerG”]Hi Paul
I wondered how much are you are involved in the production and content of these tutorials. Or is it just that you have to tech them up to the SP site? [/quote:949396b94e]
All my own work. Lightly script, screen grab, narrate, edit and upload them to the Softpress site. All from my desk in Chelmsford.
Hi
I’m new to this forum, Macs and Freeway!
I’ve just watched all the moments, back-to-back and can say I’m very impressed with what Freeway can do.
Having used Dreamweaver and Fireworks for all of my website design using Freeway will be a challenge, but I’m sure I’ll get to grips with it easily.
The moments are great for me, but the banjo music really got to me after watching them all back-to-back!
Keep up the good work.
The plan is to then add to the library, and there will be Pro only Moments.
sorry paul, late reaction, but that would be so great! The info on the softpress site is so old, and ( thanks to heather, we love you to ) the only thing decent is the pref book.
i get so many questions from people who would like to use fw (pro ) and don’t know where to start, how to start. abouth css and freeway, that i can’t answer. when on some mac-forums they ask questions, the only answers you get, is..let a pro make your website….
i realy love freeway, but sometimes it realy bugs me, that a lot of info comes from this freeaytalk and not from the softpress website! and i know a lot of the sp people watch here, write here and are here, but they should realy make their own site a bit more 2007(8)
please keep up this good work Paul ( and Heather ) i’m very greatfull! without you and some of the (bigg…..) guys here, i would be desparate sometimes… ( and this comment without even a glass of wine!)
[quote:d399411957=”Paul”]Each moment lasts around 5 minutes, and so could be watched over that cup of tea and biscuit.[/quote:d399411957]
Nice work Paul, and I have already learned one thing I didn’t know you could do in the rollover panel .
But I do think the background music is unnecessary !
Old jazz joke - what is the best sound a banjo ever makes ?
A. Splash !
keep up the good work though, it will help a lot of people
Gary
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Paul, very nice tutorials. But please, don’t use background music in the future. I found it very hard to concentrate on what you are explaining. I have seen dozens of online tutorials and none of them had background music. Keep up the good work. :tup: (thumbs up, that is, we need some more emoticons) :wink:
Paul, I just saw your tuts…they are great! I’m a beginner and these movies are SO much better then the manual I ordered. I think you should produce a CD. I know I would buy one. Thanks for your efforts. Oh btw…the music is great especially the beginning movie tune. Perhaps to satisfy others just turn down the banjo a notch. The music makes the tut friendly and not so dry.
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Currently I don’t think there are any clear, simple links to “Moments’” from the official support page - I found them by chance browsing once, and then tried the official support page to find them again without any success. (Only found through forums?)
These bits are very helpful in fast tracking the UI, which otherwise is more than a bit convoluted. (It’s not Quark - it’s not Dreamweaver - WTF? LOL) Thanks!!!!!!!!!! Hope for more too…
They played the banjo in the movie “Deliverance” - nuff said.
You have a nasty 60 cycle hum in your audio as well. Best to fix it before you record, but it can be killed in post. :-)
*Just a couple of “IMHO” notes, from someone who knows too much about everything, and not enough about one thing…cheers!
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HI, the hum is my iMac’s fan which I use to record the Moments. Any suggestions of how to remove this from the audio would be most welcome.
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Paul, are you using a directional mic on a headset? these can be great at cutting out any background sound and can be quite cheap. Not saying this will sort your problem but it might help.
Mike
On Jan 18, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Paul wrote:
HI, the hum is my iMac’s fan which I use to record the Moments. Any suggestions of how to remove this from the audio would be most welcome.
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It’s a directional mic, but not on a headset. It sits on my desk infront of my iMac and is set to the narrowest pick up angle it has. I do have a tripod with a nifty directional arm - I could try mounting it on that which may cut out some of the less desirable noises too.
I’ll take a look at headsets and see what I can do when I kick off the next batch.
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To fix the existing audio, try Audacity - audacity.sourceforge.net/ Free and pretty simple I think…
I’m not too familiar with it, though it does have noise reduction and filters (high pass in particular) which could be of great help for “fixing it in the mix” for these existing recordings.
I use Digital Performer myself (which has many more advanced tools), but by the looks of it, Audacity should do the trick!
A mic stand with a boom would get the mic off the desk, (or a headset mic) to eliminate vibration noise and proximity noise. In addition, a bit of baffling around the computer would help absorb some of the noise.
Alternatively, (perhaps better?) one might re-record the audio track(s) in post…the other benefit to this being that you can punch in and out to repair verbal slip ups as well as eliminating the need to do it perfectly in one pass. Ultimately this would likely speed up your productions once you built a workflow…
Hope these things help - enjoy!
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I love the Moments and learned a lot from them. I do much better if I “see” something being done than if I just read it. Keep them coming, Paul!
PS I love your voice too.
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