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Permalink Reply by Satyam on September 21, 2010 at 1:18pm

Try playing around with the settings on your video camera. Does it have the ability to manually focus? If so, see what happens if you turn off auto focus in the settings. The trails are part of the shutter speed vs amount of light. Nothing to do with the editing. If you can adjust the exposure in the settings try setting it to manual and try different exposure levels for a given room lighting.

For cameras that don't let you adjust the exposure try filming in a darker room and you might see trails. (Although when I watch LED hooping videos I prefer to see a reasonable silhouette of the person not just a lighted hoop)

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Permalink Reply by Caroleeena of Circles of Joy on September 21, 2010 at 6:10pm

I agree. Turn off auto-focus. You can shoot a few shots and look at them to see if you have the camera in the right place or if you need to adjust the focus somehow. Usually I just move the camera a bit and it works out.

Also, if you're using autofocus, make sure there is nothing else in front of you or behind you that the camera may be switching the focus between.

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Permalink Reply by Jane "Electric Blue" on September 21, 2010 at 6:12pm

Some cameras also have a preprogrammed setting for fireworks or stars. This setting is great for fire or led. You really need a tripod to get the best results though.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki Osier on September 21, 2010 at 7:45pm

Thanks so much for all of your replies! This really helps me out a lot!

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StudentPermalink Reply by PF76 on September 21, 2010 at 10:51pm

Your Youtube videos may get more hits if you tagged them with keywords and included more keywords in your titles.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki Osier on September 22, 2010 at 8:29pm

Thank you, I'll try that :)

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