Hey there Bill, Its good to hear from you again. Sorry I never got a chance to reply to your last offline e-mail - I've just gotten so busy with the Dragon project - not only in creating the Dragon - but, as you can guess - putting the Video together and all the editing took TONS of time to do as well! I'm going to reply to your other e-mail today...
Thanks for your feedback about the Dragon Video. And, yes, the Dragon project has been overwhelming. When I began - I never thought I would be 2 months - and its still not completed. Even on weekends - family responsibilities take away from my time to work on the Dragon. Much less my day job - if only I didn't have to bother with it - I could get the Dragon finished and be doing many MORE Cool projects. But, then again - I couldn't afford to do the projects if I didn't have my stinky day job. But, I hope to try and rectify that situation as soon as I can... Yes - in regards to the Video - I did attempt to do it in an almost documentary style. I wanted to give people insights into not only How I created the Dragon - but also Why I did it. And - nope - never planned this to be any kind of a programming tutorial. But, I wanted to show how I used multiple different tools & 3D SW to get the project completed. As for Selling aspects. I mentioned in the end of the Video that I may sell this Dragon on EBay. But, that's still up for Debate. Mostly, I wanted to educate people about the process of creating the Dragon - as well as the usage of rapid prototyping. I'm also hoping to create a little stir around this project - because it has been such a BIG project. If I got thousands of people around the Net to see the Video - it may create interest for the selling of the Dragon - should I eventually end up doing that. I've definitely been considering people's feedback here - like your's, Nick's and Stephen's. I've been contemplating making 2 versions of the video. Maybe making the current one a little longer - to add back in some of the stuff I edited out. But, the Other version of the Video would be a really short one - less talking, many more short clips - mostly background music with Text in between. And, then Text at the end - that will refer people to the Full version of the Video! Also - just so that you know. I am on another mailing list (similar to ProFox) - but, its run via Google Gmail and its for owners/operators of MakerBots. So - as I was telling people about my Dragon, on that last - when I was working on it - or when I was having problems and looking for advice - I had many of the people on there very interested in my project. So - this Video is also for them - to really give them insights into my Dragon project. Thanks again for your Input! -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Arnold Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Dragon - a HUGE Rapid Prototyping Project & a Video for Review... Hi Kurt, Really good job. As anyone who has taken a project from concept to completion knows, it's always harder and takes more time and effort then one wants to admit. It's presented in a documentary format, which is fine as such. For other purposes you may want to break up the video into pieces. I like Nick's suggestion to show time-lapse sequence of the dragon's progression. Other pieces would depend on where you want to go with your project. If it's for a programming tutorial, some topics on each of the software products used and their roles, with sample code. If it's for selling dragons or selling bot makers, other topics relevant to these perspectives. Bill [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140e260...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
