Woo-hoo!

[katallison]

I can foresee that this LJ is going to become the place in which I prattle with childish glee about vidding...

So, since I got home from work today, two and a half hours ago, I have: done a bit more capturing; cursed Alliance Atlantis for putting the two parts of Victoria's Secret on different sides of the DVD; found one damnable elusive clip which turned out to be in Letting Go, for chrissake; studied the difference between single-track and A/B and decided "Eh"; paged through the SAMS Premiere guide (infinitely more helpful than the manual); had way too much fun playing with Transitions; and --

I have the first twenty and the last eighteen seconds of the vid DONE! Eeeee! I am grinning all over my face, bouncing in my chair, and in general feel like a dog with two tails.

And man, can I ever see the addictive time-obliterating power of this. Those two and a half hours just vanished, poof. And now I have to shut down and do dishes and return phone calls. But really? I just wanna play with my vid.

Comments

[ratcreature]

You choose dishes and phone calls over your vid? Clearly your priorities are out of whack. *G*

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, I came to my senses about five minutes after I posted this. And I mean, who needs clean dishes when you've got nothing in the house to eat anyway because you never got to the grocery store? *g*

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Dishes can be put off much longer than that.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

And hey, there's always paper plates, right?

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I can foresee that this LJ is going to become the place in which I prattle with childish glee about vidding...

And how is this a bad thing?

I am squeeful at your squeefulness, my dear. I'm just completely delighted, watching you go. Oh, and feel free to call me if you want to prattle realtime. Or if you need beta for it.

Eeee!

Digital Vidding....

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

....has been, for me, a bit like the first time I flew in a small plane. The pilot asked me: where did I want to go and I was struck by the three dimensional possibilities of flight. We could soar off into an endless variety of directions - and never fly the same space ever again.

Ditto digital vidding. Don't be afraid to play and plunk around and create.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Ooh, lovely image -- and yeah, I've just been in full-blown "play" mode with this so far, swooping around and doing barrel rolls and giggling frequently.

Interestingly, it's also making me feel re-energized for writing, all nice and loosened-up in the ligaments, which had gotten very tight over the last couple of years.

Now all I need is, like, another twelve hours in the day . . .

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Your enthusiasm is just so catching! I can attest to the total timesink of vidding. You're just sitting there fooling with a scene and you look up and it's two a.m..

[katallison.livejournal.com]

*g* Which pretty much describes last night. Thanks for the kind words--I'm glad I'm not totally boring everyone to death!

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Prattle away. I'm enjoying it vicariously. :)

Can't wait to see your first production.

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *g* And the product itself isn't going to be any great shakes, but I'm madly enjoying the process, and figure I'll get better with time.

[destina.livejournal.com]

Wooo! Go, girl! Addictive, yes, but so much fun it should be illegal, isn't it? And much better for us than all that other stuff we'd probably be doing, otherwise. *g*

[katallison.livejournal.com]

True, true. Although I'm realizing that this was *not* the week to take another run at quitting smoking. *g*

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

God, I can't fucking wait to see this vid. You've got me all charged up over it -- promise that even if you decide not to show it at Connexions, you'll bring a copy so your faithful minions can watch it, k? Please??

[katallison.livejournal.com]

Er -- well, don't go getting your expectations up, Deb, this is really just going to be my fumbling first try. But of course you'll get to see it, for better or worse.