Wahoo ...done

Wahoo, the podcast that could - finally went.

Man, I thought it would never get off the ground.

With Overtime, a bad work day and a trip to San Antonio, I was about to give up.

Instead I think it is one of the funnier ones. Though a bit long.
-Jason

Podcasting - 1 road bump down, Thousands to go...

I picked up Crazytalk yesterday. And started to experiment as soon as I got home. 

   My first trick was that the program wouldn't show the model in it's normal mode. It would let me edit, but then the screen would go white.  I remember this problem when I did the trail version, but I couldn't remember how it was done. 

   So that leads me to an hour of searching the Internet and reading forums. But the effort paid off, found the right .ini file and did the transfer. 

   After that it was pretty smooth sailing. I made a rough draft of the model, threw in a mp3 file and watched the fun for a bit. I tested the save mp4 format ( wasn't available on the trail) and it all works fine. 

    After that it was working on the green screen. The first step was to color the background down to the pixel   .  This separates the model from the background.

 While it is easy to understand and even watch, it is a pain in the wrist. Literally, I am still hurting today.

   After that, it gets even mire fun.  Neither crazytalk or iClone will do the Chroma Key ( ie green screen ).  Even though they say iClone can do it. If anyone knows how, please let me know. Please.... 

   This lead me to surf for awhile longer to find 123MagicVideo. They have a free trail, then pay to play. 

  Now onto my first mistake. When I was creating the green screen of the model, I really didn't want green. I choose blue. This is an industry standard also, so I saw no harm in it. When I go to upload my model to 123magicvideo, it only takes green. I figure no problem. I open up crazytalk, change the color from blue to green, and make another movie. But 123 keeps seeing the blue version. So I delete the blue movies. 123 still sees them.  
 
   I get so frustrated that I log onto eve for some ice mining.  

  This morning I uninstall then reinstall 123 magicvideo. Upload the green version and in works great. The model gave his speech in front of clouds then triangles. I then went to the next step and added the Dominion trailer for the background screen. I left the house while it said 4 hours to go. 

    I am leaning towards either doing still frame backgrounds, or figuring ( ie asking) what software STOked uses for their greenscreen. 

   Either way it's an adventure.  And that is what it's all about. 

-Jason 

Podcasting idenity crisis

Blah. 

 That is about the best way I can describe the podcast. 

   Maybe, Grrrrrrrr. Is more accurate. 

   Or better yet - John Casey's sigh from the show Chuck. 

    Either way I am getting annoyed with the mike problems on the podcast.  Erin comes in fine, but mine bounces up and down. I use a headset, and the mike doesn't move. But during the editing portion my voice goes all over the place. 

     Still all I can do is adjust and try again. Yeah I know, and I will do some samples first. But man it is annoying. 

     Think I'm going to stick to the Notalotanews Newshour name. Wonder how much the EVOGANDA guy charges for some banners. 

    Figured I would stick to the format of :
Intro
Kiriths Korner - for as long as he can take this thing
Podcast weekly update - I'm always wanting to know if there is a new podcast. 
Mission from eve survival - this is an off shoot from the mission collide pattern. 
Eve Tribune
Dev Blog - these are just staples. Maybe add ten ton hammer and kugtsumem to it. 
Sport pages ( Dotlan maps )
And finish it up with outro/final thoughts. 

But as you can tell it's just a work in progress. ( hehe maybe that should be my title ) 
-Jason

Cheetos Podcast

Well, it ended up being a complete failure, and a great show.

I was worried that my friends lack of play time would show through, and it did. This meant that it left me doing most of the talking.

But the best thing, was that Erin helps me relax and laugh. So the podcasts becomes more vocal and less scripted.

Kirith was a bonus. And he gave me a second shot before I put it up. So that rocked.

Overall, I am happy with it. Though Podded reruns have nothing to fear from me ;)

-Jason

Podcast : Nervous about Tuesday

PI note: Eve University has some great info on planetary interaction. 

Well this coming podcast will the best ever or Epic fail. Not sure if there is an in-between. 

   A guest speaker gave me a 5 minute plug.  That is a point in best ever. 

   My friend has conceded to doing cohosting duties. And we go off topic alot. 3 points to fail. 

   Kind of nervous about doing it.  But rain or shine, what's the worst that could happen.  It's not like I make my livelyhood off the podcast. ( boy that is a scary thought). 

   I submittted my name to the capsuleer people for a video blog. No word back but since it's memorial weekend, I wouldn't expect any. 

   Still wouldn't it be nice to get that hook up. Maybe not, cause then I might have to actually work at the podcast and not play. 

    I'm halfway to getting the video software I wanted. Maybe in another month. 

-Jason  

Podcast note

So for those of you wanting me to stop my podcasts. - bad news, it will still happen. 

For those of you who want me to keep my podcast. - bad news, it will be a month or so. 

  I did ask 3 people to do a little personal segment. My thought was similar to the way Chad did the last Fly Reckless. Except this would be them saying whatever came across their mind. With maybe a small interview (5 to 15 minutes) about any noob question I could throw in. 

 My responses were great! 
 No. 1 said it was a great idea, but got my podcast confused with someone who is actually good. When I gave them the link to mine. They were never heard from again. 

 No. 2 said it was a great idea, but had lots of commitments and was not sure if they could get away to do a little segment. But try back in a month or so. And was never heard from again. 

  No. 3 said it was an intresting idea, and "I will think about it". And was never heard from again. 

   All 3 were cold calls, I dropped in on them out of the blue. So it is not a supprise.  

   Then I got to thinking about opening up the floor. I am still partial to this, but from what I have seen from other podcasts offers - not many will do this. 

   So that lead my to beg and plead, and brow beat a friend of mine into agreeing to try co-hosting. That way I sound a little less Zombiefied while reading. And maybe an intresting dialogue will pop out. 

Trying to get my CEO friend also to hop on so we can have the entire Corp on and chat for 30 minutes. 

  His schedule is jammed, and he was never heard from again. 

-Jason

My attempt at reporting

Well I signed up for NOIR. forums. I am trying to get an interview, preferbly on Skype ,for the podcast.  I have 2 reads to do : one from Eve tribune, another from a blog written by A. Karrde.  And to finish it off an interview. I think that would be a good idea. I might even ask Podded if they want the final product. 

   I don't really need the head boss.  I am more than willing to just talk to a PR guy. 

Some ideas are :
What is the citizen corp going to be called?

Will there be a dedicated forum?

Why 4 systems vice 2?  

Karrde said that if the system gets hit while they are gone - they will finish the contract and then come back with unholy vengence. But that does not include small gang raid right?  I am assuming that all the 0.0 holders want people to fight. They just dont want Sov contested. So if I am mining and the neighbor next door hanks me - shut up and get over it. I assume that is the basic rule. 

   Even though I stated it here, I really want to stay away from "will you protect me" style questions. Cause the answer is clear - no. You want safety go back to empire ( that is where I live ).  I want more infrastructure questions.  Contact info - stuff like that. 

If anyone does read this blog I would REALLY appreciate any input to questions I need. 

I am sure I will atleast attempt this. If I fall flat on my face and make a horrible farce of my attempt at journalism.  I will report here first.

-Jason