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Aye, just been looking into the course content and hadn't realised there was a bit of practical stuff in both film studies and media courses so I'm gonna get him to check out things with tutors tomorrow.
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Aye, YouTubers can be massive today, and it's no doubt part of the media studies. If all these vloggers and what not can create exciting intros to their vlogs and use multi camera angles and get it all syncing to one audio feed, then that just shows how easy it is with the professional software. Once I'd followed a tutorial especially on the multi camera stuff, I was amazed that the software just auto synced it to whatever you choose as the master audio track. Incredible bit of software, and then just going through it pressing numbers on the keyboard to choose what camera angle to choose as you go through your final edit. I felt like Ridley Scott.
 
A day into the Chromebook experience, and I'm a convert! Battery seems to last forever, everything is lightning-fast, and it weighs next to nothing! Will certainly be taking this along with me to Berlin, rather than my ThinkPad!!! :)
 
cybershot said:
Might be worth double checking that media section of the course, it wouldn't surprise me if there's going to be some sort of video editing element to that. It's likely the college probably has specialist Apple Macs or decent Windows devices with Adobe Premiere on for this bit which he'll have to book onto, but it might be worth having something that can at least handle some of the freebie movie editing software should he/colleagues prefer to work on it from home or together in a break out room, or this ends up becoming the thing he enjoys the most (It is great fun once you figure out how to use Premiere Pro and After Effects, and surprisingly easy to pick up!)
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Hijacking the thread for a moment. My son's a "Youtuber". He streams and uploads video. He wants to edit his own videos but I only have Windows Movie Maker on the PC, he doesn't like it. What should he be using? Thanks!
 
mwgdrwg said:
Hijacking the thread for a moment. My son's a "Youtuber". He streams and uploads video. He wants to edit his own videos but I only have Windows Movie Maker on the PC, he doesn't like it. What should he be using? Thanks!
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To save the thread hijacking, I'll refer you to this thread Basic Video Editing Software
It doesn't directly answer the question, but may give you some ideas on what to use. Ultimately, the question is, what exactly does he want to achieve? Does he have loads of different cameras recording different angles at the same time, or does he just simply want to cut out the bits that are not needed?

A fancy intro is a bit more complex, and would involve learning something like After Effects, or buying a template, or just simply submitting a job on fiverr and getting someone do it for you for cheap, you then just add it to the front of the sequence in whatever software you use.
 
Is there any DJing apps/sofware that can be used with Chromebook?

Sons now got a Numark Mixtrack Pro he wants to use but doesn't sound like it will work with Chrome?
 
Part 2 said:
Is there any DJing apps/sofware that can be used with Chromebook?

Sons now got a Numark Mixtrack Pro he wants to use but doesn't sound like it will work with Chrome?
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There's a fair bit of DJ software available (and many Chromebooks can now run Android apps) but you'll need Windows or Mac if you want to use Numark Mixtrack Pro.

I've DJs off a Chromebook and it was capable enough for the basic stuff.
 
editor said:
Here#s an article that may be of interest to anyone thinking of getting a Chromebook:

Reality check: Can you use a Chromebook for work?
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Intresting. I'm currently trying to use Google Docs a bit more as a trial. My thinking is that I don't really want a Chromebook, I want a lightweight, fast Windows laptop with a high resolution display and good battery life. However as I hardly use my laptop, it's not something I can justify and cheap windows machines are normally nasty. The better Chromebooks get, the easier it is to make the decision I keep putting off.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
Intresting. I'm currently trying to use Google Docs a bit more as a trial. My thinking is that I don't really want a Chromebook, I want a lightweight, fast Windows laptop with a high resolution display and good battery life. However as I hardly use my laptop, it's not something I can justify and cheap windows machines are normally nasty. The better Chromebooks get, the easier it is to make the decision I keep putting off.
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I splashed out £400-odd for the Asus C302 and it is an incredible machine that is way, waaaaay faster than any Windows laptop for the price. And the display is high res ( 12.5 inches with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution (which can simulate 2,400 x 1,350 in the OS)) like and the battery life comfortably over 8 hours. It's a bloody brilliant machine. A Windows laptop for that price would be a dour affair.


 
It looks very nice. Acer also do a lovely looking 14" which also has an HD screen, but let's itself down with no SD card slot, that would be essential.
 
editor said:
With the huge pile of dosh you'll be saving maybe buy a wifi SD card/adapter?
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I didn't even know such boxes existed. I've heard of the actual cards for cameras, but how do these work? Assume it could also be shared storage for a phone and other devices.

I've had a Google, but get the actual cards.
 
Kia ora folks.

I'm using an 2013 Lenovo X131e Chromebook, which I've had for just over three years. Mmmmm, chunky.

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Despite the chunkyness it's a bit beaten up after heavy usage, so I'm looking to get a new one for 2018. I saw further back on the thread people talking about using Skype. I've not managed to get that to work on this one, so if a new one could do that, excellent.

Suggestions? In the low/mid price range.
 
Just discovered this text editor and it's bloody brilliant for coders:

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Chz said:
That's a really good deal, and tempting. But I'm finding it hard to recommend non-touch CBs with Android app support becoming a standard item on them. Most things are fine, but there's always a few that don't play nice with the trackpad.
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I know. I'm very torn. I'm not even sure that I want a Chromebook to be honest, but I've an absolute limit of £300 and most windows machines in that price are range are grim, whereas full HD and long battery life are doable on a Chromebook in that price range.

Thinking about what I need it for, I think I can get away without Android apps. Internet, Google Docs, VNC and maybe the odd torrent. Anything I'll probably do on my phone or desktop.

Apparently you can run Linux on Intel based Chromebooks for the odd app, but the only thing I can think I might want to that for is Calibre.
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
I know. I'm very torn. I'm not even sure that I want a Chromebook to be honest, but I've an absolute limit of £300 and most windows machines in that price are range are grim, whereas full HD and long battery life are doable on a Chromebook in that price range.

Thinking about what I need it for, I think I can get away without Android apps. Internet, Google Docs, VNC and maybe the odd torrent. Anything I'll probably do on my phone or desktop.

Apparently you can run Linux on Intel based Chromebooks for the odd app, but the only thing I can think I might want to that for is Calibre.
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There's only a couple of Android apps I run on my Chromebook, but I find the touchscreen really useful. The Asus C302 is the best laptop I've ever owned.
 
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There's only a couple of Android apps I run on my Chromebook, but I find the touchscreen really useful. The Asus C302 is the best laptop I've ever owned.
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They look very nice, but over double the cost. Sadly at this price range there are compromises. Touchscreen would mean less specs elsewhere unless anyone has other suggestions.
 
Well I did and I'm typing from it now. As I'm visiting my Dad I took him along to Curry's and he ended up picking up the lower spec version for £179. I'm very impressed so far. Build quality seems far more then it should be for a £250 laptop and the screen is superb. Keyboard is nice to type on, but I just had to Google how to right click!

I've "needed" a new laptop for ages, but not done it as I can't justify spending much on it, between having a decent phone, a rarely used tablet and a desktop. Obviously going to take a bit of time to get used to not working on windows and using Office, but that's ok. The real test will be my Dad. On paper he's the perfect candidate for a chromebook, his needs are low and his old windows laptop is like treacle. Now just to take all the dam stickers off.
 
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Well that's interesting. My Dad is in his 70s and has taken to it straight away and was telling one of his friends who came round how fast it. He'd have probably struggled to set up the printer though if I wasn't there. Comparing the two models side by side I'm bloody glad I didn't get the cheaper one, there is such a massive difference in screen quality and that's far more apparent at home then it was in Currys.

Does anyone use an alternative File Manager? The one that comes with it seems a little clumsy. Just after a better way to organise my Drive and also keep check on local files. Still did an invoice tonight and Docs does seem perfectly workable. Is there a way to tell it to keep folders synced locally so I know they are there to work on offline rather then just individual files.

Found my first use case for Android Apps which is Spotify and being able to download files. Defaults to tablet mode and works find without touch screen. Need to find a very discreet but big USB memory stick. Hoping that I can then save files from Drive, Spotify and the like to it rather then just other stuff.

Also not something I'd considered, but I've never owned a laptop so light and find myself just wondering round with it a way that I would never have done with the ancient thinkpad, despite it also being a 14". :)
 
UnderAnOpenSky said:
Well that's interesting. My Dad is in his 70s and has taken to it straight away and was telling one of his friends who came round how fast it. He'd have probably struggled to set up the printer though if I wasn't there. Comparing the two models side by side I'm bloody glad I didn't get the cheaper one, there is such a massive difference in screen quality and that's far more apparent at home then it was in Currys.

Does anyone use an alternative File Manager? The one that comes with it seems a little clumsy. Just after a better way to organise my Drive and also keep check on local files. Still did an invoice tonight and Docs does seem perfectly workable. Is there a way to tell it to keep folders synced locally so I know they are there to work on offline rather then just individual files.

Found my first use case for Android Apps which is Spotify and being able to download files. Defaults to tablet mode and works find without touch screen. Need to find a very discreet but big USB memory stick. Hoping that I can then save files from Drive, Spotify and the like to it rather then just other stuff.

Also not something I'd considered, but I've never owned a laptop so light and find myself just wondering round with it a way that I would never have done with the ancient thinkpad, despite it also being a 14". :)
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I like FX file Explorer, although Solid Explorer File Manager is good too...
 
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