AV News 186 - November 2011
Around The Clubs
W A V E S A V G ro u p
John Long ARPS Hon PAGB
Western
Audio-Visual
Enthusiasts
(W.A.V.E.S.) welcomes Jill and John at
its August Meeting. The summer
W.A.V.E.S Day was held on Saturday
13th August 2011 when our guests for
the day were Jill K. Bunting CPAGB and
John Smith APAGB CPAGB. Jill and John
share the editorship of AV News
Magazine and are well known in AV
circles for their creative and memorable
sequences and the membership were
honoured by their presence down in
West Wiltshire.
It was arranged that the day would begin with Attendees’ Sequences to
which both Jill and John kindly agreed and constructively commented on the
nine sequences screened, from both members and newcomers. Brief
summaries accompanied each one and enables the authors’ thoughts and
intentions to be identified from their viewpoint.
Our guests then began their individual presentations, each one illustrating
a certain aspect of audio visual technique. For instance a sequence called
‘Scrabble’ had been created to advertise their AV Group and we were amazed
at the multitude of movement when the scrabble tiles were moving around the
screen at an alarming rate. One wondered just how many key points were
contained within the presentation!
The individual sequences were
projected and we found that whilst
Jill
produces
creative
and
informative sequences, Johns’ were
mostly amusing and quite short.
After lunch we were drip-fed
valuable information by the duo all
the afternoon and members were
soon busy scribbling details about
re-sizing pictures, the use of an
image stack and a very practical
demonstration on Layer Mask.
Images by Maureen Albright ARPS DPAGB
John then showed many of the
new features in the latest version of Audacity, the free program which is widely
used for music speech and sound effects.
A great day which was much enjoyed by all.
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