Rainy Day

Today I got all excited for the Oregon State baseball game on the radio (they were set to play Florida Atlantic University in the Gainesville Regional-- the first round of NCAA playoffs). The radio broadcast was going to give me a great opportunity and motivation to get some serious progress in on my Lego Lord of the Rings Animation project. Basically I am trying to recreate several of the movie scenes using stop motion animation with Legos.

Despite some excellent progress (I completed a miniature model of The Black Gate, used in two scenes), I had two major setbacks. First, the OSU game was delayed over three hours due to rain and thunderstorm. That was not a huge problem since I did get to listen to the game. The second problem is that I could not get my video software to work. The software itself is fine, but an accessory between my camera and the software did not work, meaning I cannot use my greenscreen until I resolve the issue.

Grrrrrrr.

I left a question with Stop Motion Pro (the company who makes my program), but I think I may have to buy the Stop Motion Pro Video Adapter Kit-- the same thing I have, but made by the same company, so less likely to have compatibility issues.