Editing Tutorial

I made a "3D screencast" about how to edit a wiki webpage. This new version replaces the old version that is still available at the Internet Archive. I have been comparing the Internet Archive's Embed Video Format of the new video to the YouTube Embed Video Format.

The YouTube version is not bad. The 640 x 480 pixel OGG video format version at Wikiversity is better.

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Test of the Internet Archive embed flash video player:

3D Screencasting

The 1.7 version of DAZ|Studio came out and I have been learning how the use the new features such as D-Formers. I also made a short tutorial for lighting.

I've started experimenting with ways to insert animated 3D characters into screencasts. The goal is to make screencasts that are used for Wikiversity tutorials more interesting, essentially replacing a simple mouse cursor with an animated human figure.

Embryo Culture

I replaced the earlier "In the Lab" video with "Embryo Culture". Somehow I had messed up the "In the Lab" video file.

In the Laboratory

I uploaded to YouTube a new version of the teaser for "The Nanoepitaxy of Susanne Marie". The new version includes a scene in the Laboratory of Archology Base when the new embryos from Earth arrive.

I'm still having trouble with what YouTube does to the uploaded file when there has been some digital processing done prior to upload. I tried to use iMovie to slightly darken the earlier "greeting" scene that was over-exposed. I my have made it worse by adjusting the contrast. Also, in the new scene, my digitally-synthesized voices came out even worse than last time.

DAZ Studio tutorials

I have started to assemble a group of tutorials for how to create computer-generated animations.

Rendering models of living organisms - using DAZ Studio for rendering and animation of human figures and other similar 3D models.

Props and models for DAZ Studio - how to download and use polygon mesh models with DAZ Studio.

Animation with DAZ Studio - how to make computer-generated animations using DAZ Studio.

A nice DAZ Studio video:

YouTube status blog

I just found the YouTube status blog. This is a good place to check before reporting bugs.

Funny YouTube help video:

Embryos from Earth

I extended my "video teaser" for "The Nanoepitaxy of Susanne Marie". The version called "Embryos from Earth" includes some animated characters. YouTube now allows you to select among the three automatically-generated thumbnail images to pick the one that is used for each video.

I'm not happy with the way YouTube processed either the video or the audio for the part of "Embryos from Earth" that includes the animated characters.