Vexercise 2 Check In (2021)

[lola]

Hello all! Happy Saturday! How are your Vexercise 2s going? Are folks trying for match on action? Light building? Both? 
I was messing around with something and then it got out of control and became a vid not a vexercise, so back to square one for me :D 
If you've started already, are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?
If you're stuck and not quite sure how to start, maybe share your thinking, your idea, your approach, and we can all help brainstorm! 

Comments

[jinkyo]

I am mired, ugh! I have a 1 minute audio that's all about light! A source that's nothing but (doomed ships and) light and yet I cannot seem to make this work.

I'm also using the Vexercises as an excuse to broaden my skills on the DaVinci Fusion tab. I've made no progress on this vidlet in 3 days, despite hours of fiddling with clips. My big learn right now might be that my brain can't handle learning and creating at the same time. Like, seriously, I'd anticipated having the basic timeline built by now and the last few days spent in the stuff I really like - shifting stuff 2 frames to the left/swapping out this clip for that clip/rewatching my timeline endlessly - but I don't even have a timeline at this point.

Ugh.

Anyway. I have a workday starting soon so the plan for this evening is to grab a new song, ditch the light building and try the motion match version - and pause my Fusion training until next weekend.

[bonibaru]

I am so glad to learn I am not the only person who cannot learn while creating - I have to separate the two - I can do, like, a sample exercise while learning, but if I try to blend both sides of my brain at the same time and create something while in the process it takes so long, I just go too slow and get too frustrated! Solidarity fist bump.

[lola]

Ohhh so I have to admit that when I tried to learn fusion, I was utterly flummoxed. It seems very high powered but with a super steep learning curve. I used resolve for my vexercises last year, but not with fusion... when I wanted to do fancy effects, especially with colors and light, I headed back over to premiere... it’s still a goal of mine to figure out, um, eventually?