Hi from Minnesota

[SWard]

Hi. My name's Sue, I'm a computer programmer at the University of Minnesota and I love photography (stills and video) and sports. Go Wild!

I bought my first miniDV video camera back in 1999 only to find out my computer really couldn't handle editing video and the programs I bought weren't very user friendly for newbies. I finally got a new pc and found Video Explosion (about $30) and finally started producing movies - just the basic, full screen VCDs, but at least I was able to produce some things for coworkers' retirements and my nephew's graduation (8 years of basketball games on tapes - boy did that take awhile to get thru!). Last fall I bought the Photoshop 5/Premier 3 combo, but didn't have time to really look at it until recently. I came across this website and saw some examples of what can be done and got really excited! I can't wait to start playing with some of my old footage. I've got so many ideas, but there's just not enough hours in the day.

I just wanted to say that this has got to be the friendliest, most helpful website & forum that I've ever come across. I finally found other people that want to make the same kind of movies that I do!!!

Sue

[momoffduty]

Welcome Sue! There are very helpful people here!

[Chuck Engels]

Wow, Welcome Sue, thanks for the great comments about the forum

I lived in Minnesota for almost 30 years before moving to Georgia in 2000.
Western Minnesota (Morris, where I went to college at the University of Minnesota-Morris)
for about 5 years and the rest in the Eagan/Apple Valley area.

How long have you lived there?

Can't say I miss the cold or snow, we love it in Georgia.

Glad you found us and I am sure you will be happy with what you will learn here

[Steve Grisetti]

Hi, Sue!

Wow! Video Explosion, eh? Actually, that was part of the Sonic Foundry editing pack that eventually became Sony Vegas. Pretty sound software really.

Welcome to our little community!

[Chuck Engels]

Video Explosion was my first piece of editing software. If I had not found Premiere Elements I might still be using it

Sue, if you don't mind answering, how did you find muvipix to begin with?

[Gerry]

Greetings from another Minnesotan, Sue!

[Wheat King]

Go Wild!

Go Sens!!!! There'sa few hockey fans on here that you'll relate to. Do you get to many games?

Welcome Sue!

[Doreen L.]

Welcome aboard Sue!

[SWard]

Thanks for the great welcome everyone!

Chuck: I've lived in Minnesota my entire life - almost 40 years now. I see you lived in the southern suburbs in the Twin Cities. I've always lived in the northern suburbs - grew up in Mounds View and now live in Andover (near Anoka & Blaine if you've heard of those). To answer your question from your 2nd post - I found Muvipix from you replying on the Elements Village forum.

Wheat King: I have seen a few comments about hockey while viewing the forum. I actually love most of the major sports, but the last few years have gotten more into hockey than any others. That could be because the Wild have done much better than the Twins (at least they've been competitive), the Vikings (the whole Love Boat episode just disgusted me, although the new coach seems to be getting better "quality" characters on the team lately) and the Timberwolves (I'm still trying to learn all the new guys for this year after the Kevin Garnett trade). I stayed up way too late last night watching the Wild beat the Canucks in a shoot out - Woohooo!!! I only get to 1 or 2 games a season, but I watch most on TV.

Gerry: I remember seeing your name in the forum, but I missed the fact that you're from Minnesota. Yeah!

Steve: I didn't realize Video Explosion was part of the pack that became Sony Vegas. I've seen Vegas mentioned on other forums before and had never seen it or tied the 2 together. I just thought they stopped making it and was bummed. It helped me learn the basics of video editing and I'm sure I could have done more in it than I did because I always found something new every time I used it. I'm excited to learn more about keyframing in Premiere though - I really like what you can do with that! Not to mention all the other stuff Premiere has.

Thanks,
Sue

[VernonRobinson]

Sue,
Welcome on board. If you need PrEl help, this is the best place on the web.

-Vernon