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New CD Livestream This Saturday
Hello everybody,So yeah. The next video is proving a colossal post-production challenge. I'm hacking away at it, but time waits for no man... So let's do another livestream! Saturday, Jan 18th, 3PM EST.Here's a [non-broken by a parenthesis this time] link:https://youtu.be/Ix5y3bN7Qg0You ...
2020 Vision
Hello friends!Hope you're having an agreeable first day of the year.When we last spoke, I was co-brainstorming the next episode's script on a livestream with our new pal Sammy. We have since finished that script, then I filmed & edited the video over the course of a week and a half.Now all t...
Reminder: Livestream in 30 mins!
That is all. Thank you.Sorry.(https://youtu.be/Blt6ln-YoMY)
New 'Edit Bay Delirium Stream' This Sunday!
Hi everybody,Last we spoke, I was distraught about delivering my TEDx talk on the other side of the world. All your kind words of encouragement were much appreciated. Now I have done the talk and returned to my side of the world. It went fine!I was hoping to prove this to you with 18 minutes of actu...
Thank You, I Try
Hi everybody,I have travelled to Riga, Latvia, the city where I was born, to speak at a TEDx conference. When I was invited, I felt out of my depth, but agreed to do it anyway. I've worked hard to put together a strange little talk during the past few weeks and the whole time, I've teetered ...
NEW VIDEOS BATCH
Hello!I've completed a bunch of things!I'm sorry none of it could be posted early (due to their collaborative nature), but here's everything in one place:First, the Ghostbusters episode of Vsauce3's Could You Survive the Movies? in which I'm featured: https://youtu.be/hA0tOcNE4IY...
Amsterdam Meetup Tomorrow?
BlenderCon is over! I heard from a couple of you (as well as some non-patrons) that you’re interested in meeting me while I’m still in town.I’ve never done that before... but why not? Tomorrow from 10AM, for about an hour, I’ll be at one of my favorite places: a Starbucks. Specifically, this...
Coming Up Next...
1) I’m off to the Blender Conference! Although not speaking this year, I will make a brief, sneaky video cameo in another speaker’s presentation. If it doesn’t end up on YouTube, I’ll share it with you later on. I might also participate in some workshops/Q&As while there.2) While I’m away,...
Gyro Drop - Music & Sound FX Track
Here's a mix of the video with all the dialogue removed, so you can crack open and enjoy that sweet, sweet sound design.
'Gyro Drop' Shoot Timelapse
Here's the complete timelapse I showed at the start of the last livestream. It covers a day and a half of prep & filming.
REMINDER - Captain D BTS Livestream in 3 hours
Hey,No I'm not hanging out with the South Korean band BTS. But close.I'm going to do a Behind-The-Scenes stream to tell you the complicated story of producing the new video I just released, with lots of fun behind-the-scenes materials.Hope you can all join me at 3PM EST!
Edit Bay Delirium Stream 3: A New Hope
Hey everybody,Let's do another video livestream! TOMORROW (SUNDAY) at 3PM EST.This time, I'd like to give you a shot-by-shot commentary/discussion of the episode I just released. We can talk about: The VFX :) The math :( Working with remote guests Sound design/music Various other production ...
NEW VIDEO EARLY ACCESS: Quick D: Gyro Drop
Welp, that was.. pretty difficult to make. But turned out okay!I'm gonna go lie down.Please enjoy and let me know what ya think!
Math Casualties (an update)
Hi Friends,I've been working on the next (legitimately cursed) video every single day, since our last livestream. Yesterday it was in its final stages - the sound mix. I thought I was home free.And that's when I noticed a tiny mathematical error in the "physics" of what I'm expla...
Edit Bay Delirium LIVESTREAM 2: Hurricane Party
I've been working on a thing the whole month, but for, uh, legally binding reasons I can't show it for a while longer.However, I can try to describe it in sufficiently ~vague~ terms!But also, I'm working on a different thing to make up for the delayed thing, but THAT thing, like ALL thin...
Static Helicopter - Music & Sound Effects Track Isolated
Another one of these things, for your aural pleasure.
EARLY ACCESS - 'Quick D: Static Helicopter Blades'
Howdy!Here is the inexplicably excruciating-to-finish episode, finally done. Thanks for your patience! Let me know what you think.(The card to Matt's video at the end is not up yet, but will be there by the time this episode is public.)
Edit Bay Delirium 01 - REPLAY
Here's the recording of the live broadcast from yesterday for anyone who missed it!(The live chat also plays back, if you watch on the YouTube page.)A very interesting experience. I learned a lot, both technically and aesthetically. But overall, it sounds like viewers had as good a time as I did...
REMINDER: My Livestream starts in 30 mins!
Hope to see you there: https://youtu.be/ysMbAs6rwb0(But again, if you miss it, the recording will be made available!)
Edit Bay Delirium LIVESTREAM
Hi everybody!I come to you with a fun alternative to me posting a video on time: a livestream of me struggling to complete said video!If you play the above link on August 1st, starting at 4PM EST, you can watch me edit the upcoming episode in realtime, at my desk. I'll try to keep you entertaine...
'Tripod-Off' Twitter Video
My distracting tendency to chime in about things on Twitter is admittedly something I should work on, but occasionally it results in fun, creative mini-projects.I made a short video to demonstrate the "smarter" way to extend camera tripods, which makes life easier during a long shoot day.Thi...
Bonus Tutorial: US Flag Illustration (After Effects)
Hello,I didn't quite manage to finish it in time for Independence Day, but here's a.. 'merica-themed followup tutorial on shape layers, with a few more workflow tips.If you are not signed up for the tutorials pledge level, don't worry, this is not a mistake. I just felt that since it...
TUTORIAL: After Effects Shape Layers Explained
I've been working in After Effects for years without ever really using shape layers. But they are powerful tool, especially for the flat motion graphics style so popular these days (and in the '60s). So I've been gradually incorporating them into my work. The visuals in CD/ videos are ma...
Early Access: Interlacing Addendum
Hello,I started making this correction video as just a bonus joke piece, but AS USUAL I got carried away, made it needlessly elaborate and took a long time.Now I'm kind of undecided... I feel weird about passing this off as an episode for the month, but it's also very late in the month to ge...
CD / Interlacing - Music & Sound Effects Track
There are many of detailed sounds in this episode that might be fun to hear isolated. Also, 4 of the music cues are original, by me!
New Video Early Access: CD / Interlacing
Hello there!Another installment. Working on this video made me think of the days when non-interlaced video simply wasn't an option and all the hoops I used to have to jump through to remove, then RE-ADD interlace after VFX.Now that I'm looking at the thumbnail, those colors on the right are ...
Early Access - "CD / Resolution"
We're only on the 4th CD / episode and already I'm veering dangerously close to breaking the one rule I set for this series - to keep it simple. The video is almost 6 minutes long and uses a ton of animation.Came out nice though, I think. Please enjoy!
Acceptance
The Shorties event was very nice and I ended up winning a whale tail! Here is a clip of me disparaging my competition after about a dozen other winners had gone up and gave earnest, emotional thank-yous. A great choice that is sure to age well.But now I'm back home! And back to work! And my next...
The Shorty Awards & I
Hi friends,The new video is NEARLY done, but I have to pause for a quick trip to the Big Apple and frankly, it's all your fault.If you recall, a while back the Shorty Awards (which celebrate... internet?) autonomously nominated me for Best in Weird of 2019. I was informed of this after the fact ...
Hot Dog Boy Outtakes
The only thing I learned from this process is that Lindsay must have nerves of steel. It’s really hard not to flinch when your eyes are closed and stuff suddenly hits your face.
