I Did It Again, And Still I Suck.

I have now won ScriptFrenzy.

I shouldn't brag because it shouldn't have taken me a full 30 days to write the thing I wrote, but hey. 100 pages while I was busy with five other things and semi-dead was not bad. Really.

I discovered a neat little free program called celtx, that specializes in creating scripts and storyboards and honestly I only used it for a script format, and I figured it out within two days, so I would call it easy. There are sections for character profiles, and even video clips, like back when I was a kid and totally had a Star Wars/Xanadu crossover, I could have used my VideoReDo to make that totally happen, complete with the Benny Hill musical numbers. OMG.

It's for Windows, Mac, and Linux, so everyone can get in on it and start creating stuff that is probably better than most #1 movies these days.

Not that I'm saying mine is better than, say, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanimo Bay, but I have finally managed to shape a portion of the thing I occupied myself with during my childhood into a story that I can read back and not be thoroughly confused by. Of course I left the karaoke and paranormal elements of it, so that's why there's only 100 pages. *ahem*

There is puke, there is head-kicking, and there's even edgy hotness. I think I'm figuring this writing from my soul thing out.

I Did It Again, And Still I Suck.

VideoReDo is My Secret Lover.

It's been a while since I wrote a review of anything neat for the computer, and that's because I've been so busy using the stuff that I don't have time to rave about it. But VideoReDo...I have to just make everyone go use it. Even if you don't edit videos, just go look at it and know that it is amazing.

Yes, VirtualDub is fabulous, I love me that thing, but...there's an issue with that. Up to VirtualDub 1.4, I could drag the slider and see the frame I was on. (I've lost you, haven't I?) But newer videos, especially the MPEG variety, need VirtualDubMod in order to keep the audio synched (no, really, I'll stop with the lingo in a second). The latest version of VirtualDubMod won't show me a preview of what frame I'm on, and I know I'm hardcore, but I'm not that good.

VideoReDo takes the MPEGS, right? Cuts down to the frame, and it can take stuff out of VOB files, like, DVDs. Then? Joins them. So like, my great epic Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Palpatine actually perked up its ears and thought about maybe existing outside of my head for the first time in three years.

Imagine me telling you all this with my runny-nosed face pressed up against the video camera, only a tiny flashlight to illumiate my crazed eyes. That's now much I love this frikkin' program.

Also, this past Monday, there was a special episode of Deal Or No Deal that involved Star Wars. Cheese to the max, I know, but I had to test VideoReDo's Ad Detective before the trial period was over. I don't know how it knows, but it marked out the commercials. The only mistake it made was when the tv went out from the bad weather, and come on, even I can't figure that out.

So if you have videos, and you want to edit them, but you can't with VirtualDub, I point you to VideoReDo. I will share my special friend, there's plenty to go around. Depending on the version, it can work with everything from Win98 on up. Score.

VideoReDo is My Secret Lover.