Hope you like the new video posted in my profile. Just me in a tub getting messy... times three! Sometimes limited camera time, budget, and technology can lead to happy accidents.
Those who've been following my test postings (which will be removed sometime soon) know that I've been frustrated in my attempts to upload a vertically oriented video (480x640, 3:4 format). The free software I had to enable "Letterboxing" took away from the quality, so I figured why not fill those side bars with more video. Found a way to do that from this tutorial http://youtu.be/pvdcY_U2_TM illustrating a "Visual Overlay" function in Microsoft Expression Encoder 4. Took several hours due to an older computer and trial & error learning (if I see "Corrupt file 0xC00D002F" one more time, think I'll take a bath with my computer, lol). Had to trim a bit more than I wanted to fix those "corruptions" and to avoid splitting any key parts in two (like pies in the face). But I'm pretty happy with the results.
Just me in a tub with shaving cream, chocolate cake mix, chocolate and vanilla pudding, and some tempera paint (washable kid's paint). Below is a GIF of a part that got squeezed out. Enjoy!
Thanks guys and thanks to all who "loved" the vid! It had been so long since I last got messy that just spooning that pudding on to the plates of colored shaving cream got me way excited. Would like to do something ickier next time like peanut butter, Elmer's glue, feathers and chocolate syrup. But gunging funds and opportunities are scarce so it might be quite a while before I get the chance. Hopefully by then I'll have a better camera!
There's a short vid awaiting approval which will hopefully appear soon. Just the bit at the end that was trimmed to make the Triple Mess vid sync up. Have a goooooed one!
Love you, too
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