Sunday, November 14, 2010

Technology Takes This Round

I thought I was done blogging about my project, then I hit a snag.  I knew it was too good to be true.

I am stuck.  Is it too much to ask to add a little bit of music to the beginning of my Camtasia project?  Now, admitably, I should have thought about this in the original design, right?  But, I thought this was all about being able to easily edit and add great things.  Alas, in my infinite technological wisdom, I may be mistaken.  Or, just unable to complete a realtively simple task. 

I've tried to import a music clip, I've tried to import an audacity file (which I really like as I got it to fade out), I've tried to import both the audacity file and the project as new media.  I've unlinked the audio from the video.  I've searched online for help.  What I found did not work, or I did not do it correctly, which is a distinct possibility.  I even tried the old walk away for a while, had a brilliant idea, which did not work. 

I'm at the point where I am evaluating the need for music in my project.  While it is not necessary for the content, it sure sounds nice as it cuts off eight seconds of the other audio, or moves the audio so it does not sync up with the video.  And, selfishly, I want it to be as cool as possible as I want to use this as a potential prototype for other projects we could do at work.  So, at the heart of it, it might be an ego issue and I have to let it go.  I think I might try a life line, then make my final decision.  Frustrating.

3 comments:

  1. I wish I had some additional advice, but I don't know how to get your music clip to work. I am confident you will be able to figure this out and get the music in your final project.

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  2. ugh...we had the same problem in class with Movie Maker, and my recent use of Any Video converter offset the audio with the video. No advice, unfortunately. Sorry.

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  3. Yeah, I am not sure how we fixed this, but it was weird. We couldn't figure out what was causing the error in class. I wish I had advice for you. I would also be in the same boat as you wanting to get that audio on there! Shoot, you worked so hard - you want it to be perfect!

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