New Forum, The Balloon Artistes Guild.

Started by Graham Lee, June 16, 2022, 02:02:59 PM

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Graham Lee

We are looking into having a paid tutorial section on the forum. This might be onto Balloon Chat here and the old forum...
But only if we can find someone who is an expert on the simple machines database.

If not then we will start up a new section on my website with a plug in word press forum,
we are still looking into what might be the best route to take.

The plan till the end of the year is to put onto the paid site, three of my old DVD's, six balloon tutorials and my Paddington Bear
design that we filmed a while back but have not posted it anywhere as yet. I would also like to include some zoom's
for those who sign up to the new section of the forum. I was hoping to offer this at just a pound a week, plus VAT.
So trying to keep it all very affordable for everyone.

Next month, July will be the 100th BalloonTube tutorial we have posted so I thought that was
a good place to stop and to have a look at variations and trying different avenue's.
It's better to try things and fail than to sit still wondering what may or may not have happened.

I was hoping to get this up and working on the 1st July so it would be a 6 month membership for just £31.20 but the technical
people are unable to take a look at some of the finer points till early July so that would mean starting possibly the 1st August.
Then the fee till the end of the year would be £26.40. Just wanted to mention these things, any comments and
suggestions are most welcome either here or with a PM, thanks xx
Lots of decisions to be made.
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I did some filming on Saturday getting ready for the new adventure, it took me over an hour to decide what top to wear
as we decided to hang up the Pink shirt we have been using for BalloonTube.
I thought that as we were coming up for tutorial number 100 it was time to go for something else.
We did film making the Dolphin 4 times in a different outfit till I decided on what to wear, I thought it was funny...
me being indecisive, he he

I'm completely on the fence about what is the best way to go,
update the forum here and have part free and part payment, would that make things confusing?
or have a forum attached to the shop website that is the paid tutorial site, so keeping it away from the free forum here?

Anyway, here are a few designs I have been filming.
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Some more designs we have videoed for the new forum.
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I was looking at my very first DVD from 18/20 years ago and there was a nice flower
in a vase design so from that we have made this small version for line work.
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A couple more ideas for the Dog design.
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We did some more filming for the new forum yesterday, four designs altogether.
The first two were the Butterfly and Car, both quick and for line work.
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Then the Bee which is a brand new design and the Giraffe which I was trying to make quicker for line work.
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Well the past couple of days have been interesting, I had six tutorials filmed already and filmed another four
over the weekend which did not go to badly. So now we have to edit off the beginning and the end of the
tutorials where I switch the camera on and off. So as we are hoping to film quite a few of these I
wanted to see if I could do the editing rather than relying on others.

I googled and saw good reviews for Shotcut editing so have been playing with that.
Again I was googling to see how to do everything, worked out how to take the front and back sections out.
Then how to add a picture to the front so you can see the design we are making, then I even
worked out how to fade the picture in and out as well.................

So rather pleased as technology and I usually don't go together.

We have also found out that some of the tutorials that are 15 min long are over 1GB which
is pretty big but if I save the tutorial through Shotcut this compresses the file and they have come down to 343MB.
The quality does not look like its been diminished which is a bonus as well.

On a side not for my numbers tutorials that take up to an hour they were 8GB and once compressed are down to approx 2GB
So when the new forum goes live that will help with not using so much bandwidth.

Anyway that's my fun few days, I still have a few more to edit and save so will be doing this till the weekend I expect.
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I have updated the Cows as well and these will be going on the new forum with a video tutorial..
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This is the first draft of the new forum website, first impressions are favourable as I was not sure what to expect.
The Sausage Dog picture I feel should have a White background and the logo should be way bigger but that's about all.
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I have a small mailing list that I have just sent this out to,

Hi everyone,
Some details below about a new forum we are putting together that will be going live on the 1st August.

If you would like to be there from day one then I have just put the booking details live onto the website.
https://balloonartwholesale.co.uk/balloons/workshops/

We are charging just a pound a week till the end of the year plus VAT.
As it's an all new venture for myself it's all a bit of a mystery how the forum will evolve but I have been looking
forward to getting this live and hopefully making it a more personal, fun and interactive site where I will be
about to help out. Any questions then please ask and if you would like to join me for this journey
then it's only £26.40 to join till the end of 2022.

And I promise to put up nine tutorials, three of my older DVD's, it's worth joining just to see what I looked
like 20 years ago ;D ;D ;D and we will also have a live zoom or two for members later on in the year.

The fee above is for the basic forum, I will be having some premium tutorials available as well that will be an additional cost.
Filmed so far are Jessica Rabbit, Paddington Bear and a really nice Teddy Bear that stands and sits down which is a little different.
My number tutorials will also be on the premium page but we are looking to have a few special offers.

Already filmed for the basic section of the forum I have a Santa wand, Digger, Giraffe, Bee, Car, Butterfly, Elephant, Dog,
Heart, Unicorn, Fish Hat and a Dolphin. So that is 12 designs and I'm only putting nine of these up before the end of the year.

I'm going to try and film every design that I make so it depends how active and busy I get to how many tutorials I can post.

Thanks for reading and if you have any questions then please ask and if you do know anyone else that might like
to join then please pass on the details. It would be very much appreciated........... Thank you XXxx
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I have been going through my downloads tidying things up on my computer and have found a Betty Boop design I filmed
7 years ago that we have not done anything with and also a three balloon Bunny that was recorded for BalloonTube but
got missed out. Plus I did not realise the four Facebook lives I filmed saved onto my computer so there are another eight
designs there we can share which are a Reindeer, Cat, Sausage Dog, Flower, Motorbike, Peppa Pig, Santa and Christmas Tree.

Be warned though I make the bike wrong twice if memory serves me right, ooops.
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Apologies, I have just read through this thread and on the opening section I did mention Paddington would be going onto the forum.
It is but on the premium side, my mistake as when I wrote this back in June it was all very much in the early
stages and I was not to sure what way the new forum would go.

I will email everyone who has signed up to explain and offer a refund if anyone is unhappy.

Also the Cow is still very similar to the original I posted onto my BalloonTube channel so at the moment I will not include this on the forum.
If you would like to learn the cow design then this is the link, it is video number 83,
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV8BZoHyBE9A19Ua_9KUcAg/videos

Again apologies for the mis understanding and me changing my mind and unsure at the beginning how the forum would evolve.
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This is the Sonic that I will film for the new BAG forum.
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I have been working on some Parrots a few days back now and will film both for the new forum over the coming weeks.
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