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Ditto.

 

You know I found this thread through the most recent tab. Can’t wait to see this thread get to page 22 in 5 years

 

Whoa, blast from the past. Haven’t posted here in many moons.

 

Hello there, folks. It's been about a decade since my last serious engagement here... the fanfilms times have changed a lot, there is so much more out there nowadays. I think Youtube helped a lot with that. Remember when we had to download QT files from TFN to watch some fanfilms, ha ha? Yeah... those were the dark ages.

Has it been brought to this forum's attention that the actor of Calaval in A Question Of Faith sadly passed away due to cancer about 4-5 years ago?

 

@TCF-1138 Yeah, it's rather sad. I also only knew because I read it in Youtube comments, it's too sad all around. I would have much liked a sequel to that film, because I thought the tale of two brothers philosophizing about the nature of the Force was very intruiging.

The fanfilm scene is very exciting nowadays indeed! There's some serious production value behind most releases nowadays, and of course a much higher technical level. I vividly remember the days when it was exciting and a feeling of pioneering to come up with new vfx tricks and tutorials and whatnot. I was kinda successful with my tutorials back then, but I feel like semi-professional YT channels have long overtaken that level of teaching. People who do this sort of thing for a living are sharing their knowledge, so hobbyists like me feel pretty outdated compared to that, ha ha.

Also, I'm lowkey shocked to see the Lightsaber Effects Thread not pinned on top anymore. It used to be my feel-good-place sort of, if I craved some comfort, I would go and look at some pretty lightsabers, ha ha.

 

Haiiiii

 

Why is anyone still posting here?!

 

Well, any response to that feels superfluous at this point, lol.

 

It was a heckuva ride. Learned a lot on this forum. From the basics of roto'ing on a filmstrip in PS to the basics of AE thanks to Ryan's tutorials.

Good times.

SB

 

"Do not go gentle into that good night."

 

How dare you. lol

Ah man, we will never stop posting here. As long as there's breath coming in and out of my lungs, I'll be checking in here at least once every three years. Each check in will easily be worth the four or five new posts to read.

No, but seriously I wish people would post here more often about what they're up to. I still have the np2k.com forums running for anyone that remembers (and I think it gets more posts than here, but I could be wrong). Teague still has the friends in your head forums up, too. Are there any other places we've all disappeared to? I mean, besides the mindless droning of facebook, work, twitter and new-tv-content overload?

 

We actually have a somewhat thriving little Discord for SaberComp, which is what became of LCC. Somehow run by freakin' Vapes now.

https://discord.gg/AyEkWXj

As for what folks are up to... not sure I've given an update recently. I did a stint around LA doing comp work, hitting places like Digital Domain and The Mill, and various little shops around Santa Monica that I loathed working at (seriously, being one of like 3 Nuke compers sitting right there in the Flame bay sucks)... but ultimately landed in Teague's old stomping grounds, Zoic. It was a great fit and I stuck with them for awhile, Covid hit, I moved back to Nebraska and kept working remotely for them, and as of January of this year, I'm on staff with health insurance, paid vacation, and all! So like, achievement unlocked or something.

 

oh hey what up guys

 

Funk lives by a separate set of rules...I have proof.