Spent way too much time last night (until 1:30a) and this morning trying to fix the last only remaining shot in part 1. This was a shot that derailed my progress months ago, because I just couldn't figure out how to get it done without looking like total garbage, and I ended up losing enthusiasm for the project. Its by far the most labor intensive shot I've done yet, and was absolutely necessary for the release. It's a little frustrating to put this much effort into a shot, that if done right, won't be noticed as an FX shot at all.

Last night I had a bright idea, and it seemed to work when previewing it, but whenever I actually rendered it to file, everything was screwed up. I was pulling my hair out, easily wasting 3 hours on it, and it was all fixed this morning by one check box (preserve framerate in rendering). And now it looks great. Not perfect, but good enough for the Divx release. All audio mixing is done on part 1, and now that I have inserted that last shot, it's complete (except for the titles, which I'm putting off until the DVD release).

So, now I'm going to work on the audio mix of Part 2, and a few FX shots, and I should be done. I expect/hope to finish today, as planned.

-T