It is a Monday. Mondays usually suck due not only to the very well known 'monday factor' by itself, but also due to the fact that work has piled up over the weekend and the entire day is spent by playing catch-up. Today, however, was far from the norm. Over the past few weeks, I have been bugging Net for a computer to do video rendering work on in order to not completely bog down the speed - and most notably, usability - of my regular work computer.
Christmas comes early to those who are persistant, as it would seem. As many of you may have noticed, a lot of my visible work at Curse has lately been in the form of videos of various sorts.
Introducing the iMac - my new friend! Obviously, NOT with Mac OS, but rather my good and trusty Windows!
Having more resources available to get more work done, you may expect a whole lote more on the video front from Curse in the coming weeks and months. Video -- or rather, rich media as is the 'official' marketing term, is something I am pushing heavily for. Not only to encourage our users and communities to use and share their own video content, but also because it is in my opinion the superior form of content by today's web2.0 standards.
That is for most editorial content of course -- and only if it's done right. My video editing abilities are still in their infancy stages, and I have much learning to do for my videos to be as desirable and visibly pleasing as I want them to be. I am hoping that you guys can comment on and feedback to me as I go along releasing newer Curse videos, interviews and developer content. Hopefully, there will be a visible improvement along the way.
To give an example of the improvements I will link the following two videos:
Pre US Regionals Interview with Team Pandemic
Post US Regionals Interview with Flow Gaming
As you can see, the quality of the interview, camera positioning, background and editing effects used have improved by a lot over the week I've spent learning Sony Vegas. This trend shall continue, and anyone who wishes to share tips and tricks about Sony Vegas Studio are welcome to do so.
That's all for this time.
Ciao~
