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iMovie and iDVD

I struggled with iMovie to make this video. iMovie is what I have on my new MacBook Pro and I thought I should try it out, I really don’t want to purchase Adobe Premiere if I don’t have to. My experience is with Roxio VideoWave and Adobe Premiere. iMovie is a completely different experience. It seems that everything is redesigned differently from a traditional approach to making digital video. I struggled with this but was able to make incremental progress and come to understand some of the nuances and shortcomings of iMovie. For example, my MacBook Pro comes without iDVD. That is not offered any longer. So I have no good way to burn a DVD for grandma. There are menu commands for iDVD in the iMovie interface and, of course, these connect to nowhere. This was disconcerting but I was able to work through this by googling iDVD and that’s how I found out it was not included with the later MacBook Pros. And, there is no replacement so I’m out of luck.

I finally did come up with a decent video of Vivian and her recollections of the Grand Canyon hike we took over Spring Break. Once again, neither Vivian or I captured very good photos. I don’t know what it is about the Grand Canyon and wish I were better educated at the skill of photography, but the Grand Canyon has been unkind to me. I think much of it has to do with the lighting and capturing images during the day. Another factor is fatigue. It might sound strange, but it is work to take a photo when you are hiking. And while great photos might be a priority before the hike the actual hike can create a different set of priorities and capturing great photos can slip to the back of your mind as you are looking for a cairn, or checking the GPS, or just zoning out.

Here’s my first iMovie creation-Vivian’s Recollections of the Grand Canyon, 2013.

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GC2013

The Grand Canyon trip for 2013 begins next Saturday, March 8. Vivian and I will be leaving San Antonio at 11:40 and arrive Phoenix 4:45. It is about 3-4 hour drive to the rim from there. We will be HQing in the Red Feather lodge at Tusayan Saturday and again when we come out of the canyon on Thursday.

This canyon trip is a bit strange. I had originally wanted to do the Escalante Route but was unable to get the permits. Our permits are for Hermit campsite, Granite Rapids, and on the Tanto Trail between Granite Rapids and Indian Garden.

Depending on the weather we plan to go down the Boucher and return by the Hermit. But there are some other variations we could follow. We could possibly do a Hermit to Bright Angel run. Or go down and return on the Hermit. We will have to see how the weather is and how are stamina is and then make some good choices. Ideally we would go down the Boucher and return via the Hermit with visits to Hermit Rapids, Granite Rapids, the Monument and possibly Plateau Point and Indian Garden (for water).