Comments on: Behind the scenes: The editing of a screencast http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:53:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45267 Jon Udell Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:34:22 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45267 "What I want to know is how long it took you to edit out the twenty minutes — was it longer than twenty minutes?" Oh sure. Maybe an hour or so if I'd only been editing, but since I was also logging the edits it was way longer than usual. "or did you just focus on listening and watching and interviewing" Yes. "You gave us the log of your edits, but did you do those as you went along - did the use of markers make it more efficient?" I think it's an excellent discipline to mark everything, and sometimes I do, but sometimes I am impatient and just plunge in and do things directly. This was one of the latter cases. “What I want to know is how long it took you to edit out the twenty minutes — was it longer than twenty minutes?”

Oh sure. Maybe an hour or so if I’d only been editing, but since I was also logging the edits it was way longer than usual.

“or did you just focus on listening and watching and interviewing”

Yes.

“You gave us the log of your edits, but did you do those as you went along – did the use of markers make it more efficient?”

I think it’s an excellent discipline to mark everything, and sometimes I do, but sometimes I am impatient and just plunge in and do things directly. This was one of the latter cases.

]]> By: Beth Kanter http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45149 Beth Kanter Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:33:34 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45149 and one other major reflection and ah for me. Perhaps just the difference in the techniques. I tend to edit at the storyboard and scripting level ... but with an interview, I guess you flip it - capture everything and go back an edit. So, here's the real thing I want to know: -You must have had some bullet points jotted down someplace before you started to interview? -As you were doing the interview, did you jot down any place in the audio that was like the "keepers" or did you just focus on listening and watching and interviewing - and then while listening to the whole tape started to mark it? -You gave us the log of your edits, but did you do those as you went along - did the use of markers make it more efficient? inquiring minds want to know .. and one other major reflection and ah for me. Perhaps just the difference in the techniques. I tend to edit at the storyboard and scripting level … but with an interview, I guess you flip it – capture everything and go back an edit.

So, here’s the real thing I want to know:

-You must have had some bullet points jotted down someplace before you started to interview?
-As you were doing the interview, did you jot down any place in the audio that was like the “keepers” or did you just focus on listening and watching and interviewing – and then while listening to the whole tape started to mark it?
-You gave us the log of your edits, but did you do those as you went along – did the use of markers make it more efficient?

inquiring minds want to know ..

]]> By: Beth Kanter http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45147 Beth Kanter Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:28:51 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-45147 What I want to know is how long it took you to edit out the twenty minutes -- was it longer than twenty minutes? :-) What I want to know is how long it took you to edit out the twenty minutes — was it longer than twenty minutes? :-)

]]> By: Peter Van Dijck’s Guide to Ease » Blog Archive http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-43030 Peter Van Dijck’s Guide to Ease » Blog Archive Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:33:24 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-43030 [...] great, tiny step by tiny step, example of editing a screencast (or any interview) by Mr. [...] [...] great, tiny step by tiny step, example of editing a screencast (or any interview) by Mr. [...]

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42936 Jon Udell Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:37:21 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42936 "Good intro into trimming the audio fat, but I think you could have been a little more ruthless — too many pauses, and 10 second diversions!" Hmm. OK, noted. "Also, as a note for future casts, you might want to ensure that both speakers are approximately the same volume — you are very quiet in comparison to Henrik." Yeah, sorry about that. Normally I record to separate stereo tracks, and I thought Camtasia was configured that way, but it wasn't so there was no way to separately adjust the tracks as I usually do. “Good intro into trimming the audio fat, but I think you could have been a little more ruthless — too many pauses, and 10 second diversions!”

Hmm. OK, noted.

“Also, as a note for future casts, you might want to ensure that both speakers are approximately the same volume — you are very quiet in comparison to Henrik.”

Yeah, sorry about that. Normally I record to separate stereo tracks, and I thought Camtasia was configured that way, but it wasn’t so there was no way to separately adjust the tracks as I usually do.

]]> By: Stefan Hayden » John Udell has a great post on hi process editing screencasts. http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42918 Stefan Hayden » John Udell has a great post on hi process editing screencasts. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:52:32 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42918 [...] John Udell has a great post on hi process editing screencasts.  # if (ShowGoogleAd == 1) { document.write(""); } [...] [...] John Udell has a great post on hi process editing screencasts.  # if (ShowGoogleAd == 1) { document.write(“”); } [...]

]]> By: DaveG http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42908 DaveG Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:09:50 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/25/behind-the-scenes-the-editing-of-a-screencast/#comment-42908 Good intro into trimming the audio fat, but I think you could have been a little more ruthless -- too many pauses, and 10 second diversions! Also, as a note for future casts, you might want to ensure that both speakers are approximately the same volume -- you are very quite in comparison to Henrik. Good intro into trimming the audio fat, but I think you could have been a little more ruthless — too many pauses, and 10 second diversions! Also, as a note for future casts, you might want to ensure that both speakers are approximately the same volume — you are very quite in comparison to Henrik.

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