Letter from Michael
Hi Todd,
I was just looking at the Quicktime movie posted in your photos section.
Nice, with the exception as you noted in your news item, the pixelating.
I’m currently involved in doing frame by frame animation, and have found that to get the best results, to try with different setting, data rate, quality etc.
I have also found that depending on which video codec you use, can also affect the quality of the final video.
I’ve only recently found your site, and wanted to thank you for the panels you were on at Dragon*Con 2003.
I enjoyed very listening to your talks.
Although I didn’t introduce myself to you afterwards, I was the voice in the audience, of the space flight panel who corrected you about the location of the people who were attempting put a man in space.
I hope I’ve remembered that right, sorry if I haven’t.
I enjoyed Dragon’s Kin, and look forward to Dragon’s Blood when it’s finished.
May the Farce Be With You
Michael Smith aka Sokar
Hi Michael!
Yeah, I didn’t want to put anything up that was too large to download. Also, I hadn’t run across the pixelating effect before, so it was a bit of a surprise. The whole show was really me just playing with stuff and I decided that I’d share.
I had a lot of fun at Dragon*con last year and hope to have the same again this year.
I’m glad that you liked Dragon’s Kin. I just got my editor’s notes in for Dragonsblood (I think that’s how we’re spelling it, rather than “Dragon’s Blood” — but titles change) and so am gearing up for revisions.
Cheers,
Todd