I am not a Video Editor, but this is cool!

Mashable:

about 20 hours ago by Radhika Marya

Some YouTube users may be noticing that they can now edit their videos onsite thanks to a new feature that’s rolling out globally Wednesday.

Using the feature will enable you to edit uploaded YouTube videos while also maintaining the same video IDs, making it possible to hold onto view counts and comments. Existing links to the video will also continue to work. All you have to do is click “Edit Video” on your video’s page or on the My Videos page.

While the editing feature isn’t necessarily meant to replace software like Final Cut Pro, it is meant to help users fix their videos in a less time consuming manner.

“We noticed that a lot of people were uploading videos to YouTube that we can say are somewhat unpolished,” says Jason Toff, product manager at YouTube, adding that rougher amateur footage tends to be a lot more common than professionally edited work on the site.

A blog post from YouTube Software Engineer John Gregg outlines some of the editing options now available. If you have access to the editing feature, you can stabilize hand-held footage, rotate videos and boost the colors and contrast. The “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature will allow for one-click color correction.

YouTube’s team also collaborated with Picnik to provide new aesthetic effects. This makes it possible for you to add filters — such as black and white, lomo-ish and cartoon — to your videos. (Google acquired Picnik last year.)

Toff says there’s even an option to swap out your audio for something else by choosing from a number of available tracks. And if you have a video with too much footage at the beginning or end, you’ll be able to trim some of that out as well.

All you have to do is click “save” to begin processing video edits. But in case you aren’t happy with the new product, it is possible to go back to the original version. There is also an option to click “save as” in case you’d rather have multiple versions of the video. However, as the blog post points out, popular videos with more than 1,000 views and videos with third-party content will only be saved as new videos once edited.

Check out the video below to find out more about how the new editing feature works. According to YouTube, the feature will continue rolling out to users throughout Wednesday.

Preparation is key.....

It's Friday night, about 945 pm.  Dominic, Eli and Zach are all sleeping ( and didn't get out of bed...crazy ).  I got a little bug to prepare some waffle mix for breakfast in the morning.

I was reading this recipe out of one of Kyra's cookbooks, and their was a "kitchen tip" that actually could be a good life tip:  " To simplify things:  the batter ( substitute with, iron work clothes, prepare for meetings, finish the dishes, etc ) can be made right before bedtime and will be ready first thing in the morning )

Huh.  And the tip was accurate.  It was so much easier and so much more productive to wake up and just turn on the griddle and start working.....

Guru ( of GangStarr ); verse hits a chord.

Instead of listening to the same songs over and over again on the radio in my car, I decide to throw in a CD.  I didn't have my Iphone adapter, so Pandora was out.  I pull out one of my old favorite CD's:  GangStarr.  ( RIP Guru ).  I just wanted to share this verse because it really hit a chord:

"....the wilderness is filled with this.  So many people searching for false bliss.  I'm here with the skillz ya missed.  The rejected stone is now the cornerstone.  Sort of like the master builder as I make my way home.  You know my steez."

You may want to run the show, and front like you have it all together.  Just realize the people that are helping you out are the reason the show was even running in the first place.  They are talented.  When you decide to reject that notion, a new show is going to start, and the one you had will find the cutting room floor.

Guru : You Know My Steez

Saturday Morning Inspiration

A new wave of pure inspiration hit me this morning.  With so many challenges that have been going on over the last few months, from teaming up with the wrong people for a business venture that went south, to realizing how difficult a move is with three kids to a new house, and the absolute craziness of being a dad of 3 boys 5 and under......it's time to just enjoy now, every part of it!

I have always focused on "what was going to happen", and " what it's going to be like ", that I have really never stopped to enjoy "what is happening", and "what things are like".  Life.

So, my new self inspirational discussions that took place with myself while walking Zachary R. Dunn this morning, is keep my goals and dreams kicking and screaming, but live in the now, and believe that thoughts are things.