Those of you who were around during the ‘thon would no doubt have enjoyed giggling at the ever present webcam photos.
Indeed I think Dafyd, busted me early in the morning with one shot :-)
What you may not have realised is that I kept an archive of every shot - 1 per minute for almost the whole 24 hours. So I’ve got a load of still images, a love for quick and dirty stop motion and a couple of hours on my hands … hmm …
Presenting, for your viewing pleasure:
Update: as this has been kindly linked from the main Blogathon site I figured it was worth sticking on YouTube to ensure you use their bandwidth instead of mine.
Alternatively it’s available in three sizes (just like those cool trailers from the Apple site):
- Low quality - 2.9MB MP4 - Suitable for those on Dial Up (100KBPS)
- Medium Quality - 11.3MB Quicktime 7 - Good for those on slower broadband (400KBPS)
- High Quality - 29.4MB Quicktime 7 - Almost the original quality for those who can’t live with anything less (800 KBPS)
Enjoy guys and gals and remember to turn those speakers on and UP!
For those with an interest in this kind of thing see below the fold for production notes.
Total frames used - 1,233 @ native resolution of 320 x 240
Production Time (video) - 1.25 hours
Production Time (audio) - 0.25 hours
Production Time (composite) - 0.5 hours
Render Time (all three versions) 57 minutes
Total frames used - 1,233 @ native resolution of 320 x 240
Production Time (video) - 1.25 hours
Production Time (audio) - 0.25 hours
Production Time (composite) - 0.5 hours
Render Time (all three versions) 57 minutes











02/08/2006 at 6:28 pm Permalink
That was bloomin brilliant - well done you!
:-)
02/08/2006 at 8:14 pm Permalink
Oh, how I cackled!
02/08/2006 at 8:28 pm Permalink
Thanks guys. Good to see the Media Degree was worth it!
02/08/2006 at 10:07 pm Permalink
Amusing amusement! Thanks for sharing your ‘thon experience. :-)
02/08/2006 at 11:58 pm Permalink
That was GREAT!
03/08/2006 at 12:09 am Permalink
That was so funny! Thanks for sharing!
03/08/2006 at 1:39 am Permalink
Good times, good stuff.
Care to explain the picture of clouds or whatnot in one of the frames?
03/08/2006 at 3:40 am Permalink
That was great! Thanks for sharing. I’m glad there’s no record of my blogathon webcam anywhere!
03/08/2006 at 10:49 am Permalink
Novac, the clouds were added as I was messing around with the webcam overlay features. I wanted to see if I could put a black cloud over my head but couldn’t get the background right.
BB, Jaimie, Caryn and LaDonna - thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
03/08/2006 at 11:08 am Permalink
Great fun! A worthy successor to the building of the gazebo - keep ‘em coming!
03/08/2006 at 3:56 pm Permalink
that was freakin awesome! :-) thanks for making that and sharing it with all of us! :-)
04/08/2006 at 11:33 am Permalink
Xlnt job Rob. Loved the music mixing too.