GixxerJasen goes to California, and other places...

[gixxerjasen]

I finally finished editing and publishing my video of my motorcycle trip from 2021. It was a difficult one from the start and has taken me longer than I'd have liked it to.

To start off, when I went to Montana, that was my first time trying to film and record my trip. I'd turn the camera on and let it run capturing as much as possible. Often, I'd let it run the battery out, then swap the battery and maybe record some more. As a result, when I got home, I had hours and hours of video to glean through to try to find some nuggets of interesting bits to string together into a final product. It was a painful process that I swore I'd not repeat again.

On my trip to Colorado and California I utilized the sleep feature of the GoPro camera. Essentially, it'll sleep, and then when you see something interesting, you push the trigger, and it wakes up and starts recording and when you hit the trigger again it'll stop recording and go back to sleep. This not only makes the battery last longer, but you have an easier time when you start the editing process. What I didn't realize was that there's a few seconds between hitting the trigger and when it starts recording. So, I came home thinking I had all these nice 5-10 second clips and they were usually one or two unusable seconds. I also had a few times that I didn't realize I was trying to record with a dead battery (Moab) or the GoPro had locked up and I lost half a day of video including following a rider though a collision with a dust devil. I was super bummed about all that I lost that I gave up and put the video folder away and resolved to not make a trip video out of the trash I had.

I learned a lot and used it for my Spring Arkansas video last year and was very happy with how that came out. Over the last year and a half, I've pulled the California project out from time to time to try to see what I can salvage. The link below is my end result, and while it's not fully representative of the trip, I have to work with what I have, so I'm happy with how it turned out.

[Festus]

Beautiful video! Well done. Really enjoyed seeing all the different places. The video is so clear and steady. Well done.

[Tyler]

Good stuff, Jasen... I'm so glad I got to share the day with you in Yosemite... it's one of my favorite places in the world!

[CraigRegs]

Outstanding work, Jasen. Having ridden much of that same route from NAFO to YFO that year, and riding with you and Tyler through Yosemite, it feels
a bit like my own video! Thanks for the memories.

And here's the thing about editing: no one but you knows what you left out or missed. Can't wait to see your future efforts.

[gixxerjasen]

The video is so clear and steady.

When they work, the GoPro takes good footage and the stabilization works wonders.

Was great riding with Tyler and Craig, and I was happy to get the footage and use it, even if Tyler did have to pull over and yell at me because she thought I wanted her to ride faster, when I just knew how the lens on the GoPro would push me back so I had to ride closer. And you see Tyler, look how far back it makes me look behind you.

[LKLD]

Great video, Jasen! I can see you had a fabulous time on your trip, and the variety of natural beauty is amazing.

Well done, Sir!

[FJRPittsburgh]

That's an awesome video. Thanks so much for creating it. I've enjoyed every minute of it. Great work! When is the next episode?

[Hppants]

You are so good at this. Really enjoyed it.

my crappy laptop speakers didn't do it justice. There was a big difference in volume between your narration (lower) and the music (higher).

[gixxerjasen]

You are so good at this. Really enjoyed it.

my crappy laptop speakers didn't do it justice. There was a big difference in volume between your narration (lower) and the music (higher).

Yep, volume leveling is something I've got to learn. I was so ready to be done with it though, and considering I had to render the damn thing many times before I figured out how to get rid of some annoying artifacting, and it's like 2.5-3 hours for the render on my old slow computer...ugh.