Editing

Today in class we tried to edit our footage that we filmed last week. However, there were many technical difficulties with the computer. This made it difficult to even start editing because the footage would not transfer into pinnacle studios. This is because we could not even locate the Pinnacle Studios App. So, to solve this problem, we used one of our group mate’s computer (Mac Book air). Our plan was to edit our footage using Imovie. Then, we ran into another issue with this too. The issue was because we were not planning on using this computer, we could not properly prepare it for editing. The computer needed a software update for Imovie to work. So then we were trying to update the computer during class to then load Imovie. Unfortunately, we were unable to do this during class because of time constraints. Then, we were worried because we did not want to fall behind the rest of the class. This is when we realized all the computers in then class were not working to edit. So no one in our class to properly edit, and we all will do it next class. But now we still have an issue of saving our footage. So our teacher helped us and the class figure out a new way to save footage so we will have it next class for editing. He instructed everyone in the class to dump the footage on google drive.This is very important because even though we can not edit, we needed some way to save our footage so it does not get lost. Luckily, this was a very easy process as our group is very familiar with how google drive works. 

However, this was still overall a very frustrating day because nothing seemed to be working. I also had very high hopes, and was excited to finally be here to work on the project because I was absent for many days of filming. Moreover, we now have a plan for how we will edit our footage next class. Hopefully, all the computers will be up and running, and we will have Imovie as a back up.