Tuesday, February 26, 2013

What has been the most challenging aspect of getting work done on this project so far? How are you addressing this challenge?
Technology in general is presenting a challenge for me. I have been really, really, really unlucky with my technical devices as of late, so at the start of this I was prepared to face challenges in that area should they arise, and well, they've arisen. Right now my main problem is that toon boom crashes every time I open it on my computer, for some reason, and I have no idea how to fix it. I've tried deleting it and reinstalling it, but that hasn't been working. I've tried downloading some temporary programs to use until I can fix this issue, but those aren't giving me much help either, and my video files are full of watermarks and in general are not very good, hence why I don't have anything new up right now...yet. 

I've been working on still frames in the meantime, but for now it's looking like I ought to just use the toon boom program at school so I can get the rough animation out of the way first. Also, for some reason my wireless card(or something) just won't connect to any of the school's wifi anymore. I got a wire to plug into the phone jack in my dorm, so I finally have internet there again, but I am still limited to that and very specific locations of the school for wifi, and it makes it a pain to do work in class if I can't connect to the internet. That issue isn't really that big of a deal, though, because it's not too hard for me to work around it, so I'm doing what I can. I at least took the precaution of backing up my computer on an external driveway in case my computer explodes, which would not surprise me.

2 comments:

  1. Erica,

    Yes, I think working in ToonBoom at school is a smart move, as is backing up your work - you should do this as a reflex, or at least do it regularly at specific times (like in class, for example).

    Let me see if I can get you a school license for Toon Boom - remind me today.

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  2. I backed it up onto a driveway

    Driveway

    What is wrong with me

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