I thought I was on a roll with the project, and then my
computer crashed. It took me most of the week to get it mostly operational. I
managed to make a little progress on “The Barrier”.
Computer Issues
Monday, my computer had a freak-out. I spent all day Tuesday
trying to fix it. In the end, I had to do a factory reset. That formatted the
hard drive and reinstalled Vista . Fortunately
I back up our data every week, so I didn't lose much there.
In the course of reinstalling vista, I had to do all the
updates. I had trouble with service pack 1. I found out how to fix it on line,
but it appears that it wasn't installed on the computer before. That meant I
didn’t have service pack 2 either. That might explain the some of theproblems
I’ve had with the computer.
I found it difficult to reinstall Xtranormal, the program i
use for my movie. After a little help from the support people at Xtranormal,
and a few little tricks of my own, I have it up and working. I hadn't expected
much in the way of support, because they are shutting down at the end of the
month. I was pleasantly surprised.
I don’t think the problem has really been solved. I may
still need to get a new computer.
“The Barrier”
I finally got back to "The Barrier" by the end of
the week. I did a few minor fixes to a few scenes, but mostly i have output new
video for the movie. The default resolution is 720, and I switched to 1080. It
uses up more space and takes a long time to render. I think the better quality
is worth it.
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