It’s Getting Close!

More work was completed the past few days on Volume 4: Biu-Tze than I expected, and we are getting very close to the final release. What I have found is a bit slow-going with the video renders. As most of you know, we made the transition from standard def to hi-def a few months ago and while the composition is much better, it takes a great deal more time to render AVCHD files than it does from digital tape.

With over 50 videos to finish up, admittedly that was something I did not count on so that is where the delay is. The text itself is finished. All sections completed their final editing this past weekend, so that in itself is big accomplishment! With only a handful of photos left to “fill in the gaps”, that leaves the video renders to be finalized.

I have no clue how long that will be because it varies from video to video. Since most are generally 30 seconds or so, they average about 4 to 5 minutes each for rendering. Depending on the slow-motion inclusion and accompanied narration, sometimes the same length of video can take longer to render. Go figure.

However, I am working on all of the renders and will keep trucking along until the very last one is finished. I am still expecting about another 2 weeks given life and work schedules, etc., so bare with me. Things are still moving along and I am very excited to be nearing completion on this 2-year project.

Additional Videos and Photos

We had another brief photo shoot yesterday to work through some angles that did not come out properly. With that being finished up, we ran out of time so the videos did not get filmed. Saturday, September 4 is our next scheduled media shoot so hopefully we can get it all finalized and finished up.

Once done, I will be living in my office working on editing and finishing up the final packaging to release the workbook. It has been a long road but we are nearing the finish line. Thanks for your patience! I know that many of you have been anxiously awaiting the release. Hopefully we will not let you down.