[smitty]

Actually, the URL is:

http://glorians.blogspot.com/

[smitty]

OK. I'm not too proud to admit it; Maya is way too high end
for a newbie like me.

So I'm going to give Poser a shot.

Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks again.

smitty

[smitty]

Thanks for the reply.

I'll continue to tinker. It's more like rummaging around in
a dark basement.

smitty

[smitty]

You're a woman on a board at which women are in small supply.
I get it.

But that doesn't give you the right to insult someone who's actually
produced material that's FMG-related. You don't like it. I get it.
Still doesn't give you the right to demean and degrade the guy.

He was giving his opinion as to what will work and what won't. He
was making suggestions to this Mistress Taylor person. What's the
big deal with that?

There aren't many of us who have actually put their money where
their mouths are when it comes to FMG material. I'm one of them.
I co-wrote "The Growth Experiment" for AweFilms, which, to me,
remains the only FMG project worth a damn. Of course, I'm biased.

I also did my own FMG video project that I posted free of charge at
my Yahoo group. That was my first stab at a video project of any kind,
and I recognize its shortcomings. I shot a second project that's still
being edited, one that cost me a helluva lot of money. But you know
what, economics were not my primary concern when I went about
shooting it. I wanted to produce something that was better than
anything that had/has been done before. Is it? We'll see, I suppose.

I think I have an idea of what people like and what they're looking
for when it comes to FMG.

Now I'm asking myself why I should even post on this topic when
someone shoots down even the slightest criticism of someone
(Mistress Taylor) who is only contemplating a foray into FMG.

Go ahead, do what you want. Hire whoever you want to be the
"after" model. Use whatever After Effects you want. I'll speak the
only way any consumer can speak — by buying or not buying your
product.

But the vituperative attacks on someone like The Collector are
unacceptable.

I'm not stupid. I know that women on this board are given a lot
of latitude, for a variety of reasons. And I'm sure I'll get a lot of
crap by saying I'm looking forward to the next month.

smitty

Oh, for the love of….

I'm going dissect this and then I'm leaving the board for a while….because guys like you, with their "I earned my stripes, so I have every right to be an asshole" attitude make me utterly sick to my fucking stomach.

First of all, no one gives a hot wet fuck about what you went through, so stop crying about it. Whatever piddly shit you went through is a drop in the bucket compared to what we girls put up with. Oh, you may have talked to people…but you haven't experienced it. You don't hear me talking about how many nasty drawing I get in my  inbox on a daily basis…nor do you hear me talking about how many morons IM me

And you wanna take the gloves off, that's fine. I've spent more than enough years playing with the boys, so I can dish it like one of the boys.

I've been on your group. I'm actually a member, believe it or not. And you honestly have no right whatsoever to be cocky. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. When I hear about FMG/GTS stuff, your name isn't brought up. Not once. I've talked to a lot of people who run other groups and boards….not once have you ever been brought up. I found your group by accident, and to be honest, I wasn't really impressed….at first…but then I realized that little .gifs like that take a while and I didn't see anyone else doing it, so I thought "Oh. This is cool. Not really my style, but I'm not gonna complain or say how he should do it, because that's not my place".

Throwing around your bullshit film business jargon is laughable, by the way. And the fact that you're trying to force her hand and deluding yourself into thinking that you're being helpful is even more laughable. I'm going to completely ignore all the irrelevant statistics you're throwing out, because it's just a red herring to distract readers from the fact that you're shoving what you think is right down her throat.  I'm a music major (graduated from Berklee in Boston, did grad work at UCLA and then post grad at Northwestern) and you don't see me telling Taylor about the music in any of her videos, do you? No, you don't. Why?  Because this isn't going any further than someone's computer. She's not out to make a billion dollars and bring FMG into the mainstream, so stop acting like it's going to happen.

You're coming off as an arrogant prick who is undermining what Taylor is capable of…and that makes you no better than any of the guys in the creep category.

You want to actually help?

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET HER DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO AND WHAT HER PAYING CLIENTS WANT HER TO DO.  Unless you're paying for it, you need to back the fuck off and simply say 'thank you for the great clip'. And quit assuming that the majority of us don't know what goes in these communities.

I'll see you all in a month or so.

[smitty]

I have to agree with The Collector on this one. And I speak from experience.

I shot a bare bones FMG project using female bodybuilder Sondra Faas. And
while it wasn't award-winning, I thought it was a step in the right direction. I
shot a second project that's still in post-production, and I have to say that no
FX computer program can simulate the muscle — not to the degree that this
community demands.

I strongly advise working with a real bodybuilder or abandoning the effort.

smitty

[smitty]

That would be my commission.

smitty

[smitty]

That's great stuff.

[smitty]

The plot?

Girl is dating guy.

Guy is a two-timing jerk.

Girl is attacked while jogging by a mysterious creature.

Girl becomes massive amazon under the full moon.

It's ripped from today's headlines.

smitty

[smitty]

The She Hulk TF piece to which you made reference was
done by Javier Lugo. He's got some other genre things
floating around the 'net.

smitty

[smitty]

Yep. I'm the one who commissioned the two-page Jekyll commission.

smitty

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