Post 635 - Another Random Test - Yeeee HA!

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A "Soft Release" of the final production, with some minor adjustments forthcoming, at - - 

Political Asylum - First Final Edit

 

Post 634 - Random Mayhem Ensues...

Sweet Dreams for 2024

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Post 633 - Taking a Spin - layer test - with some test effects (updated 28 December)

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With drowning rats, no less (it's a love story):

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And some effects:

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And with a cleanup -

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Post 632 - Another Year, Another Holiday Season!

 I'm getting my seatbelts ready for what's ahead...hope I can still post things this time next year...

Be safe and stay well

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Post 631 - Pre-Tsunami Water and Rats Test

 More Color Balance Testing:

Where it began:

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Then some movement:

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And let's just have those rats pile up.  Take Two:

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Post 630 - Nov-Dec 2023 ASIFA Central Newsletter - Part Two - Three Appendicies

 More Light Reading!

Post 629 - The Nov-Dec 2023 ASIFA Central Newsletter Omnibus Edition - Part One - pgs 1-12

Click on particular page to enlarge

Post 628 - Documenting a Testy, Messy Pencil

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Post 627 - Blue Waves and Red Rats - Blending Pencil Tests

 Run A:

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 Run B:

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Post 626 - A Blue Wave - "Pencil Test"

 From rats to water - busy afternoon!

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Version 2 - with complete action

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Version 2a - multiple layers

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Post 625 - Time to Get "Rough on Rats"!

 2024 approaches, after all...

 24fps:

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 12fps:

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And, to try a multi-layer wave motion:

 

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Post 624 - Test for Closing Credit Background - Color and Timing - First Edit

Simple blue screen matting used, two layers of video, silent, ready for sound sync and final timing.  This really is taking forever!

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Post 623 - Exposing Yourself Like It's 1999 - Exposure Sheets for "Sfumato #1: Flute Solo"

Ah the good old early tech days of digital animation - here was an exercise, rendered in the DOS 6 version of Autodesk Animator Pro, requiring frame by frame layering, one sequence at a time, in a day when a VGA GenLock was as good as output to video could get for the "hobbyist."

It was a further challenge since the Autodesk program rendered things out at 15fps, the sound was on a separate TAPE, and the cylinder used broke in mid-play on its second take, requiring a fast edit using a pause button on the cassette playback.  A 1906 recording with a second generation dupe - yeah, good times, good times.

Here's a re-render of the project, done this year as a test for "Sfumatoscope!"

Click HERE for the "Updated Video" 

Even had to create my own exposure sheets to try figuring it out. I know, I could have been watching football.  This was still more fun, honestly.  A sampling:

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