vidding con't

I didn't do any serious vidding today. You'd be proud, daylight_shadow. My eye hasn't twitched once. Okay, so it did twitch. But it stopped like half a minute later. I've been mostly twitch free.

I love my eyes and ears.

I will not do them permanent damage.

*repeats mantra*



So the vid is moving along. I got about ten more seconds done, that I'll probably tweak about six more times before I move on. Oh, I took a screencap of my vid project. It's about 50 seconds long, so far.

( pic behind the cut )

One thing I can say I've learned so far in this vid is the value of a good crossfade. Crossfades and speed adjustment are the only effects I've used so far in this vid. I think crossfades are something a lot of vidders take for granted. We tend to reserve them for slower songs and not time them as carefully as jump cuts. Granted it's not as noticeable if a fade is offbeat as it is if a jump cut is offbeat. However, a fade in the right context can really work with beat.

I'm finding that I've managed to produce a lot of really interesting visual effects in this vid just using crossfades. Of course, at least half of that is thanks to the source. The Fast and the Furious is a beautiful movie in terms of color and movement. The actors are very attractive as well, and while the voice acting in this movie may be mediocre, the physical acting is excellent. Of course, in a vid, all you see is the physical acting. Facial expressions and body mannerisms are everything. Crossfading probably wouldn't look nearly as impressive if the source weren't what it was.

*happy sigh*

It's good to be vidding again.