About a day and a half for initial layout and several weeks of tweaking — I really wanted to make this one perfect. My third video.

This is a story about the comforting power of inanimate objects — electronics, toys, chemicals…

Download video: “Butterflies Instead” (29.1 MB, 3:37)

WARNING: Contains graphic violence.

About half a day for the entire composition and some very slight tweaking over the next couple of weeks. My second video.

Vegas is awesome. Its interface, speed and robustness are all far superior to Premiere’s… though that’s really not enough of a compliment. I like it a lot.

Download video: “Beautiful World” (25.9 MB, 3:33)

Music by Devo
Anime by Yukito Kishiro: “Battle Angel Alita” (known as “Battle Angel” on DVD)
Produced in Sonic Foundry Vegas Video

WARNING: Contains graphic violence.

2 days for a rough cut and much addition and reworking over the next month. My first video.

I won’t do any more work in Premiere. It’s slow, buggy, crashes too often, and worst of all, A/V sync doesn’t match up between the timeline and the final render. How can this program be so bad after ten years of refinement?

Download video: “Kick to Kill” (26.5 MB, 3:25)
Music by Pop Will Eat Itself
Anime by Yasuomi Umetsu: “Kite”
Produced in Adobe Premiere