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Dr Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry (or Dark Island)
Now with 10 months of learning this instrument, tried something new for me, playing to a backing track.
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JohnG
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Tried a few new things with this, not only my first time with a backing track, but added some fade-in of the green screen background. In addition, trying out my latest version of Corel VideoStudeo Ultimate 2021. There are mistakes and some bad timing, but it only means that I may get better in the future! lol

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way to go @JohnG I liked how you made the background go from dark to day..cooll effect!  congrats on all of this.  know youve been practicing alot of things and it shows.   enjoyed that!

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@ABitRusty - Thanks for the kind words. The background was a test of a concept I came up with. It is 9 variations of a single image that I set brightness and contrast at varying levels, then overlapped them in the editor with a "crossfade" applied to ease the transition. It came out better than I had anticipated.

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JohnG

Nice video, your practice is paying dividends. 

Sounding good.

Mark

Master the Frog and you have mastered the bow.

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@Mark - Thanks, even though I think I'm improving, sometimes it doesn't sound that way to me.

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@JohnG -  

 

LOVE all the work you put into this beautiful tune! 

Think you played it well and created a great backing!

The visual effects were wonderful - an added bonus! 

💖💖💖 I'm impressed! 💖💖💖

Thank you for sharing all your creativity! 

 

- Emily

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Bravo, @JohnG. You are sounding great. Keep it up. 

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@ELCBK and @Mouse - Thank you both, your accolades and those of others really are a motivational influence on my continued efforts!

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Keep at it John getting better all the time, only been at it ten months as well, which is nothin in violin terms, enjoyed that one.

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@stringy - Thanks, I keep telling myself if it was easy, everyone would do it!

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I have told myself that a LOTof times, takes real determination, most people try and then  give up and say its impossible, which as we all know, it is.;)

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@JohnG Great job on Dark Island!  Your hard work shows--

Background looks really good, also.  Good thinking on incorporating the separate images to get the night/day timelapse effect--works well smile 

Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.

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@SharonC - Thank you! I was thankful that the cross fade coupled with them worked so well.

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