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Part 1 of 8 now back online!

Part 1 of what I project will be eight parts has been posted at YouTube! Since I revised the appearance of the planet killer somewhat for its debut in Act II, I have to re-render the viewscreen inserts from the end of Act I before I can post part 2 of 8… hopefully that will be completed in the next week or so.

And yes, I plastered a permanent “watermark” copyright on all of the live action footage from 1967. My intent here (indeed, my intent all along) is not to steal from Paramount/CBS Video or deprive them of a DVD sale. The original footage is posted merely to present my revised effects in the context of the original episode–nothing more. Hopefully, the constant watermark won’t be too annoying, but I feel that it’s necessary. ‘Nuff said.

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Just checking in…

Hi everyone… I know it’s been a little quiet around here since my last post so I thought I’d check in. Work continues on Act II, although a consulting engagement in real life — software consulting pays the electric bill for my render farm :)  — has pushed back the debut date to mid-September.

As for the delivery mechanism, I’ve decided I’m going to post the full video here, but at reduced resolution (probably 480×320). The F/X sequences will be posted at full 480p resolution. I think this is a reasonable compromise that will conserve my web server bandwidth and keep me off Paramount’s radar.

I always try to include a little eye candy when I post a blog entry… so here’s the original image used in the new website header:

Some Tuesday eye candy

Some Tuesday eye candy (click to embiggen)

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Vimeo deleted me!

I was afraid this might happen sooner or later. Up until a couple of days ago, Vimeo has been hosting the Flash version of my “special edition” videos. Well, it seems that TPTB have decided that what I posted goes over the line of “fair use” of the footage from "The Doomsday Machine"… on Tuesday afternoon I received an e-mail notice from Vimeo informing me that they have removed ALL of my movies that I’ve posted on their site. They even removed my 26 second “sneak preview” video that I published back in 2007. You can view that clip below courtesy of YouTube (unmolested since the day I posted it almost two years ago), after the jump:

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