Beautiful pieces. The second one with blurr effect is mystifying ! PC specs :
OS Windows 10.0 Pro
MB - AS rock Z77 extreme 11
Intel 3770K @ 4.0 Ghz OC
Gskill 32 GB RAM 1800 Mhz
6 TB HDD, SSD bootable
nVidia ASUS GTX 660 Ti
BenQ 22" LCD monitor 1920x1080

Thanks guys,

Both of those were entered in competition, neither won anything.

The winning entries were superb. I enter some of these challenges knowing the kind of talent I'm going up against. There is a good interchange of comments from the competitors and it's very much like "free film school".

dvinfo.net has 2 challenge venues, one is more the "story telling" type and when I can get actors this one is the most fun to do. The other is more environmental in theme and these two short films were done for that venue.

The UWOL (Under Water Over Land) challenges are limited to 3 minutes with titles and credits not counting against time so long as they are not obnoxiously long.

The "story" venue challenges are usually limited to 3 minutes including titles/credits but occasionally a theme allows up to 5 minutes.

Watching each contest over the last year and half and seeing what folks accomplish it's very apparent that everybody who participates regularly grows in video making skill.

Anyway last night I uploaded another one that is not a polished finished product but uses a portion of the material from a project I'm working on as I can. It was edited in PowerDirector.

Quote: Beautiful pieces. The second one with blurr effect is mystifying !

Thanks for the kind words. The blur effect is a "radial blur" that came with one of the effects packs for Pinnacle Studio.

I haven't checked out the effects room much yet, but there is probably something similar there.

Hi Bruce,

I have yet to watch your latest video... I'm trying to find a few minutes between plane crashes and cider making to relax and watch another master piece (I'm sure).

I enjoy reading your posts - thank you.

Dafydd