APPLE PHOTO BOOTH FUN

I must reiterate that I see technology as just being a tool, not a necessity like food. Though one day I can envision computer chips being made out of organic material and perhaps, if the "haves" and "have nots" continue to balkanize the way it has been going, the "have nots" will be attacking the "haves" just to eat their technology. Yes, we must stay on top of the technology, be in charge of it, share it, make it the the great communicator, bringing us all together with creativity and compassion, a world where everybody counts and has a voice no matter what life path they are on. Hence, the importance of PAH (water).

BELOW ARE NOTES FROM THE DIGIPOSTLE DURING PAHFEST:ELKO. I TRULY RELY ON HIM TO KEEP THE MACHINE RUNNING.

PAHFest ELKO PC VS MAC

Out of our comfort zone: EDITING WITH A PC

During PAH Fest Elko, the EARSXXI PAH POSSE was subject to using Windows and Windows based software. Now most people find that learning brand new software is difficult, stressful, and somewhat annoying. The DigiVangelist squad however takes this challenge day in and day out. The mission this time was learning Adobe Premiere Pro editing software to cut the six-minute films. The program was easy enough to navigate through, and had the same basic tools as Final Cut Pro. The transitions and effects tools however were difficult to tweak once applied. The text application left much to be desired and the overall work flow felt lumbering and choppy. The most disappointing feature was there is no parallel program to create a DVD of your final project, such as DVD Studio Pro that works with Final Cut. This left us with the daunting task of finding the best compression to convert the files for iDVD on Mac. A surprising plus however was that you could export as a Flash File which is needed to upload on the web; this actually saved us a lot of time. Overall the program gets 2 1/2 stars. If you have to use a PC for editing, try using AVID Express.

BLUETOOTH: CELL PHONE SHORTS

Transferring clips from the cell phones to the Mac via Bluetooth proved to be the easiest obstacle to overcome. The Mac instantly picked up the device….except the Treo phones? Why, because they were running windows vista. Now we could have spent the time to figure out how to link everything to the pc but time was of the essence and windows had already proved to be a hindrance.

Logitech Webcam: WEBCAM ART

Once again the Logitech Webcam proved it's self by being easy to use and highly entertaining just make sure you are in a well lit room that is quiet.

Random acts of compatibility:

The DigiVangelist travels with many different types of equipment; this makes it easy to misplace cords, chargers, etc. The card reader for the Sony Cyber Shot MPEG4 camcorder went missing, which is what the CRC Blogs are shot on. Digging through the equipment trying to find anything else Sony we came across an early generation PSP and a Sony digital still camera. The still camera read the card and the still photos but none of the video files. The PSP read the card and read the files but could not play the video files, but the information was there. Now all we had to do was get the files on to the computer, but we did not have the "designated" Sony USB cord. We did however have the same USB cord from the Sanyo Xacti CG6 MPEG4 camcorder, so crisis averted.