“Those cats were fast as lightning …”
That there is a day in the life of Skennedy – click and zoom to get a glance at one of the video projects I work in. For those who know what they’re looking at, we have a green screen through After Effects, multiple nested sequences and title transitions timed to the frame.
Today’s show could have been more complicated. Some layers have been deeply trimmed after the show was complete because they are largely hidden, and the show can be saved much faster without them. Every so often, after a frantic day of catch-up, I look back on the project and marvel that on a per-finished-minute basis, we usually finish a project in a third of standard time.
This morning, before the project came to being, I also handled a half-dozen emails from either those who had trouble watching the show, or staffers with questions about our transition to a new hosting platform.
I also helped our sister publication set some things up, prepped the studio, transferred files, and moved forward the office politics and procurement issues we have to resolve before our second show goes live in two weeks.
Unrelatedly, I sent out final confirmation emails for the DIY track for Penguicon, created a half-page ad for Construct, and submitted an application for Penguicon to run a Liquid Nitrogen ice cream booth at the Maker Faire in Dearborn this summer after getting approval from the required parties.
I need a chilito and a nap. But, since they only seem to sell them in Ohio these days, a nap will have to do.
Not something I think I’d have the patience to do for a day job. Impressive work, sir!