Video Skillz

That's right. We have some video skillz.

It's too bad we can't post our fab Video here for all to see, but I'm afraid if I try to do one more thing with that video on this little computer of ours, the computer might explode.

Somehow we compiled our week-long trip with Compassion International in Uganda into a 15-minute video, complete with background music, subtitles, and incorporated still pictures in the mix. It was awesome (for people who have never really edited video in their lives).

(If I do say so myself.)

However, we now seem to have a need for a higher-powered computer. Maybe even a Mac.

Not that we're going to start a home business making and editing videos...but it could be a hobby.

OK. It would be an expensive hobby if we went to all that trouble to purchase a quad-processor computer, but a hobby nonetheless.

As John's cousin says, while getting The Video edited and attempting to burn it onto a DVD, our computer started making noises "like it was going to eat us".

I, in turn, let the poor machine rest as much as possible today.

So, all in all, our sweet video camera that John so frugally researched, stalked, and finally purchased at the lowest possible price from ebay rocks, our $15 video-editing software is pretty much foolproof even for dummies, and we have a short multimedia extravaganza to help share the great work of Compassion International with people.

And maybe when we a.) get a super-computer or b.)let this machine get some more rest and have the patience to fight with it again over large video files, we will share The Video joy with all of you.

(Note: I might have exaggerated the splendor of The Video, so, realistically, don't set those expectations too high. We are amateurs.)