So that took a while to get out
I probably shouldn't be hard on myself over it. A combination of:
Taking a small break
PC deciding to go out on me
Needing to redownload some mods/plugins to make them work
Redownloading screen recording stuff like OBS for audio
Needing to get a new Vegas Pro so that I could create the videos (because getting a new PC made me lose the license for what I had before... ugh)
(Seriously those last 3 points took SO MUCH TIME)
And on top of that all I decided to basically extend this animation by an entire minute because I wanted to make something free that felt like the full thing
...Yeah. That list honestly misses a few things too, trying to set everything back up has been a daily task with new problems each day. So here I am two weeks later with the animation. But I know plenty of other artists of all types of art do things monthly, or every 2 months, or more. Still, this is all the more reason to me to make sure I do shorter stuff more often.
THAT SAID, on the positive side, exporting and rendering in of itself was SOOOOOOOOO much faster. I'd estimate with both the screenshot taking part and generating video part of the videoexporter plugin, this long of a animation before would've taken anywhere from 3-3.5 hours to export. Somewhere around there. This time? Each one took more like 55-60 minutes. Half the time for the lower quality social media versions. And the longer the export, the more chance of me doing something in the background that could slow down the process. I probably saved 3x or 4x of the time with this new PC. THANK FUCK. This also extended to the video making part in Vegas Pro. Super duper fast.
So yeah I'm very happy with that part. Many things like loading assets or whatever also are noticeably quicker too. I'll still need to see how much multiple girls chugs the app down, but for now this is a very satisfying result.
I think in the future however, I want to stop doing alternate versions of the clothing specifically if I'm already doing alternate boob sizes. It almost doubles the amount of exporting and rendering, so I'd like to avoid doing both at once. Less of a headache as well to juggle it all around. So I'm thinking of cutting the clothes part if that's the case, but maybe you guys would rather I cut out the boob size part instead? Idk.
Anyway, enjoy the free shtuff. I'll get to the Koyori and Fubuki animations eventually, but for now let me focus on some shorter stuff for a little bit. Not to say those two animations will be long, just more of a complete package if that makes sense. 👍