Gather around, it's story time!
I recorded a motovlog in the middle of October, and now it's November and it's still not up! I'm a bit of a lazy knob, so I'm always out doing stuff instead of staying home editing, so it usually takes me a few days to edit. However, this one specific motovlog just has NOT been wanting to edit. Here's the situation:
I used to edit using Premiere Pro, because it's awesome and takes advantage of the M1 chip on my MacBook Pro. Had no issues with it, and right after my first motovlog went up, my license expired. And for some reason, my school hasn't renewed my license (I used my school license before because its free and I'm cheap + don't wanna pay for premiere), so now I just don't have access to Premiere. Time to learn a new software! I used LumaFusion on my iPad for a bit, and then switched to DaVinci Resolve so I could edit with my MacBook again. DaVinci is okay, I wish it had more useful functions for the touch bar (then again, neither does Premiere). Edited a few videos with DaVinci, all was well, until the time came to edit this motovlog. I accidentally recorded in 4k for this one instead of my usual 1080/60. No biggie, it's better video quality, right? My file is HUGE, and I film with GoPro and prefer to use GoPro's auto upload, not only because i dont have to mess around with SD cards, but mainly because you get the entire video as one file, as opposed to several 4 GB clips. But, it takes FOREVER to upload, so its a few days before I even have the files to edit. Not a big deal, I'm not in a hurry to edit. I get through and edit my video, and as I'm editing the video keeps like, saying the file is offline. I figure it's because its 4k so my computer is having trouble keeping up. Hours go by, I finish editing my video, render time! DaVinci won't let me render. It keeps dropping frames and then subsequently cancelling my render. I even tried re-encoding my files using HandBrake, no dice, DaVinci still whining. So, now I have to edit from scratch on my iPad using LumaFusion, and I'm pissed that I have to edit this all over again. Gives me no motivation to put this video out, and it's just annoying. Anyways, that's my rant.
I recorded a motovlog in the middle of October, and now it's November and it's still not up! I'm a bit of a lazy knob, so I'm always out doing stuff instead of staying home editing, so it usually takes me a few days to edit. However, this one specific motovlog just has NOT been wanting to edit. Here's the situation:
I used to edit using Premiere Pro, because it's awesome and takes advantage of the M1 chip on my MacBook Pro. Had no issues with it, and right after my first motovlog went up, my license expired. And for some reason, my school hasn't renewed my license (I used my school license before because its free and I'm cheap + don't wanna pay for premiere), so now I just don't have access to Premiere. Time to learn a new software! I used LumaFusion on my iPad for a bit, and then switched to DaVinci Resolve so I could edit with my MacBook again. DaVinci is okay, I wish it had more useful functions for the touch bar (then again, neither does Premiere). Edited a few videos with DaVinci, all was well, until the time came to edit this motovlog. I accidentally recorded in 4k for this one instead of my usual 1080/60. No biggie, it's better video quality, right? My file is HUGE, and I film with GoPro and prefer to use GoPro's auto upload, not only because i dont have to mess around with SD cards, but mainly because you get the entire video as one file, as opposed to several 4 GB clips. But, it takes FOREVER to upload, so its a few days before I even have the files to edit. Not a big deal, I'm not in a hurry to edit. I get through and edit my video, and as I'm editing the video keeps like, saying the file is offline. I figure it's because its 4k so my computer is having trouble keeping up. Hours go by, I finish editing my video, render time! DaVinci won't let me render. It keeps dropping frames and then subsequently cancelling my render. I even tried re-encoding my files using HandBrake, no dice, DaVinci still whining. So, now I have to edit from scratch on my iPad using LumaFusion, and I'm pissed that I have to edit this all over again. Gives me no motivation to put this video out, and it's just annoying. Anyways, that's my rant.
