Yesterday, I was totally razzed in the comments. My girlfriends were mocking my sideways video. I am, after all, a 'TV Expert', doncha-know. I know all about TV production and aspect ratios and render codecs and yada, yada, yada. So how could I do something so 'amateur' as turn my video camera sideways?
Well. Now I'm on the defensive thank-you-very-much.
Clearly, my girlfriends missed one key detail - that the video was shot using an iPod. Which naturally has a vertical screen. I didn't turn a 'video camera' sideways, I merely shot using the devices' natural handheld position. And, I admit, in the back of my mind I thought to myself 'Geez, I wonder how this will work?". But then I thought to myself "It's a MAC product! They totally know what they're doing! By even allowing me to record this way, there must be an easy work around! It's a MAC!"
Never ASSUME, because then you make and ASS out of U and ME.
But my girlfriends didn't stop there. They started to suggest things that OF COURSE I had thought of and tried. Which, for a brief moment, was insulting. BUT, this also made me go back and look at what I had tried, and I found a better way. I also regained my trust in Mac products. This was truly a 'human' error.
I still get You Tube errors, but I did successfully rotate the video :-)
So, Dear Grilfriends, I Thank-You.
My readers thank-you too. Behold...a rotated video!
Rhys Blows A Whistle:
Also, here is yesterdays' video, rotated, for good measure...
Rhys Daddy Shoes:
And lastly, for the Grandparents (because it's like - 4.5 minutes long)...
Rhys in the bath at 18.5 months (yesterday):
