Late night before the holiday: a video

[Jack Olsen]

This is a 6 meg video clip I did with some still pictures of my 911. It's about two minutes long. It chronicles the crash of the first version of my car, and then the new, wider version. It's in Quicktime's mp4 format.

The clip.

I clearly have too many pictures, and too much time on my hands.

[Adam]

Well compiled, Jack. Works great on WinXP, Good Job!

You do have too much time on your hands though!

[Siena911]

Definitely too much time

I don't mind though, really great, I enjoyed it.

How did you compile it though?

Thanks for sharing

Jakes

[k9handler]

outstanding, and for those who have problems viewing it...go here and get the decoder for mp4 (Windows Media Player).
http://download.com.com/3001-2194-10159344.html

[Moses]

Real nice. Great music. Did you use iMovie?

[Bravo]

Yah Jack thats cool! Way too much time on youre hands. But is does inspire one to head out to the garage!

Dean

[Hans Stoehr]

That was pretty cool Jack. When's the next "outing".

[bell]

jack you get another star...........outstanding

and i have xp proffesional........can i make these too?

[DonDavis]

I went to the Pavillions this past Saturday and hung out with a few Pelicaneers and their 911s and 1 968. It felt great to be around the cars again. The big question to me was "Hey, when are you gettin' your next?". I figure next spring I'll start looking around. So, I pick up the paper today and just for fun (or torture, depending on your perspective) I go to the Porsches. And what's there? An ad for a 72T Targa. A targa is not what I really want, but it would be fun to look at it for reference purposes.

After watching Jack's "Motivational" video, it would appear I have a phone call to make.

[Jack Olsen]

It actually only took a couple of hours to make. The wife fell asleep at midnight, so I started pasting it together. I'm on a Mac, and the iMovie application automatically gives you all of the photos in your computer to draw on for the stills. You just tell it how to pan and zoom across each one.

Of course, you go through it, endlessly, rearranging pictures. At one point, the wife woke up -- she thought she'd been dreaming the same AC/DC song over and over.

I put on headphones at that point.

I just updated it with some better cuts, and some in-car footage at the end. It's now 8.5 megs. (My apologies to dial-up guys.)

Hans: Tyson and I are thinking about going out Saturday at Willow Springs with NASA.

New clip:

[Stanley]

Jack- Would you mind posting a link to new video like you did for the one in your first post. When I try to "Save Target As..." for the picture boxes i get a popup asking for a username and password.

thanks

[Matt Holcomb]

Jack,

I received this message after I clicked on the image:

"You are not authorized to view this page. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied."


Matt Holcomb
MFIWDP
1974 911 Carrera 2.7 (RoW)
Dedicated Homepage
Engine Rebuild Homepage
Pelican Gallery Profile

[Jack Olsen]

Sorry about that. Trouble with the server. I'll post again as soon as I have it working.

[Jack Olsen]

It should be fixed now. Let me know if it works.

Both links -- the title card in the first post, or the one I did down lower -- should bring it up.

Or copy and paste:

http://members.rennlist.com/jackolsen/BB2Slideshow.mp4

[Matt Holcomb]

Jack,

I've just finished watching the montage. I like it. The reprise of "Black Betty" over the end credits was a nice touch.

What would be really cool is a BBC Top Gear-esque profile of your car, which you could do using a couple of Mini-DV cameras and some suction rigs. Buy me a ticket to LA and I'll shoot it for you!


Matt Holcomb
MFIWDP
1974 911 Carrera 2.7 (RoW)
Dedicated Homepage
Engine Rebuild Homepage
Pelican Gallery Profile

[Adam]

Originally posted by Matt Holcomb:
using a couple of Mini-DV cameras and some suction rigs.

How reliable are those suction-rigs, Matt? I'd film a "Getaway in Melbourne" if the chances of my JVC Mini-DV surviving are good enough...

[vesnyder]

Really cool Jack - but you definitely have too much time! What you need is a couple kids. They will take care of all that free time and should provide some new material for your vocation!

[CBRacerX]

and an inspiration for the rest of us with cars that have been (ahem) improved as a result of incidents...

I'm in the process of just such a series of improvements myself right now on my '87, from an engine swap (see the 3.2 for sale in classifieds) to suspension, front oil cooler, etc, etc.

Of course, this isn't the first time... I did an RS to RSR buildup a few years back (but not as a result of an incident that time).

http://www.chrisb.net/pcaracing/pca_club_racing_cars.htm

Hey, any incentive to improve the horseless carriage.

Fun!

Chris

http://www.chrisb.net

[Chuck Moreland]

Whoaaaa....Black Betty.......Whoaaaa

Great clip.

What artist did the Black Betty recording?

[CBRacerX]

AC/DC

[EDIT] Doh! I should have paid more attention to the question.

Three lashes with a broken fan belt now being adminstered...