On Editing Video Clips

Learning to operate a video recorder has been fun and very frustrating at the same time. The children at the church have begun to run from my presence when they see the camera come out. At least that was until I figured out how to upload videos to YouTube. Now when they see me coming they are anxious to be caught on video, knowing that it will soon be posted online.

The videos from Burnt Church can be found easily on YouTube if you search for "Burnt Church Winchester". I have loaded my must current video with this blog.

A great improvement to my videos is the editing. With the first few videos I was only able to upload exactly what I had recorded. I searched for a decent video program and I found one in "Family Movie Creator" It is also know as "Movies on DVD 7" by Magix. The best deal I found was from Target for $20.00. This has changed everything. I can now record many segments of an event and later string them together, complete with effects and text.

As far as serving the church, it has been very effective. The children are more involved in events, parents are proud and grandparents are being instructed on how they can see their grandchildren at church on the Internet.