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May Update

Hi everyone,

I've been writing and prepping a video, an extensive followup to something from a past episode. But I encountered a problem with the research. A couple of experts that I need to ...

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Orangutan Card Trick - Director's Commentary Stream!

UPDATE: The stream is starting now!

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Tune in this Sunday at 11AM ET (-|:'_-.:-=||_- Alpha Centauri Time) for a fun livestream about the latest video.

I'll go th...

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EARLY ACCESS: Orangutan Card Trick DEBUNK

It's here! An actual, real, proper new video!

It's been exciting and challenging to work on a classic "debunk" again. I hope it holds up to the traditional standard.

Please enjoy and le...

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VFX Work Stream

Hi everyone!

Let's do a work-along VFX stream tomorrow (Wed at 1:30pm ET) as I make my way through some of the more complex shots of the next video.

I'll mostly be usin...

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2023 Update 1-a (i) 1.0 Alpha

Greetings everybody,

Hope your year is going ok so far. I've been working on various things, with not much to show yet, inconveniently. Just finished an overly-ambitious personalized intro vi...

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Early Access YT Short: "Why No Debunks?"

Hey friends,

I've been maneuvering life's spaceship through an asteroid field lately, and am almost out of it. Apologies for the major slow-down in content.

Currently catching up on Pat...

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"CD / Alpha Channel" Updated Version (early access)

So,

I came pretty close to completely scrapping this episode and not releasing it outside Patreon. A knowledgeable patron had some technical notes, which made me realize that the already hard...

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EARLY ACCESS: "CD / Alpha Channel"

Hello everyone!

Here's a new video for your exclusive early-access consumption!

I wasn't sure if it would be possible to make this topic remotely interesting and... am still not sure. B...

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Upcoming Video Status

Hey everyone,

I've been back in the studio since mid-Sep, continuing work on the next video, which will be a "CD/" episode. Closing in on finishing the VFX, as you can see in this slightly sp...

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Update

Hi everyone,

I've made unusually quick progress on the next video (by recent standards). It's fully shot, edited and the VFX work is started!

But I'm afraid this progress is going to ge...

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Commentary/Q&A Livestream Is Starting Soon

Hope to see you there!

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CDxAG Commentary/Q&A Stream Tomorrow

Now that the video has crossed 1M views (thanks!) and I had a few days to recover, let's do a commentary stream!

I'll chat with the interns and go through the episode, recalling whatever triv...

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CDxAG Outtakes

Even though post-production took long, the actual shoot with ATARASHII GAKKO was done in a single 10-hour day. We had to move fast and not goof around too much.

But AG were so calm, up-beat a...

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EARLY ACCESS: "Music Video VFX Magic With ATARASHII GAKKO!"

**NOTE: There's something wrong with the Patreon/Vimeo integration at the moment and I'm very sorry. If the embed is not working for you, please re-check in a bit. I am trying to fix it con...

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Pre-Video-Posting Update_final_FINAL_03

Hello, patient, benevolent friends,

I'm so close to finishing the big video, I can taste the optimized thumbnail. But there's just a bit more VFX/comping work to do before I can get to the fi...

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Sneak Peek Images & Update

I have finally turned a corner from super slow-process stuff to more conventional editing! It's frustrating not to be able to bring you the video sooner.

The best I can come up with for now i...

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Upcoming Video Update

Hello, friends!

It's been... quite the post-production process. And continuing to, quite, be. I wish I could share some work-in-progress material, but it's tough to do that in this case witho...

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Commentary Livestream - The Great British Fake Off

To close out the year, let's do a stream deconstructing the latest video tomorrow!

Dec 30, 2PM ET- https://yo...

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EARLY ACCESS - Quick D: The Great British Fake Off

Hello!

It's a Christmas miracle!

I actually finished an episode by the time that I estimated I would!

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Remote Update

Hi everyone,

I find myself in a hotel room in Riga, Latvia. It's snowing outside. I'm visiting here on some family business, but in the evenings continuing the VFX on the next video!

I ...

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Captain Disillusion REACTS

Hey friends,

Well, you’ve done it. Your coordinated campaign of asking me daily whether I’ll ever be on Corridor’s VFX artists react has finally resulted in an intern appearing on the s...

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A Tale of Two Updates

Hi everyone!

For some reason a little while ago I felt that the best way to deal with the challenge of making Quality Content® in a timely fashion is to work on 2 different videos at the sam...

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Tutorial: 3D-modeling the 'Flight of the Navigator' Ship

Hi friends,

Due to my slow-motion output, I'm temporarily making this accessible to some lower tiers.

It's a brand new, detailed video tutorial on how to build your own screen-accurate ...

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Director's Commentary - Playing With 'Playing With Time'

Hey everybody,

Thanks so much for the kind feedback on the latest video!

Now let's do a livestream deconstructing my deconstructions. Join me (and Joey & Sammy) tomorrow, 7 Sep, 2:0...

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EARLY ACCESS: Playing With 'Playing With Time' | Quick D

Hello!

Thank you for waiting!

Here's a brand new video!

Hope you enjoy it!

I'm gonna take a nap to recover!

Zzzzzzzz!

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Sound Mixing Stream Tomorrow!

Hey everyone,

I'm done with the visuals of the next video and am now working on sound. As per recent tradition, I'll stream some of the process tomorrow (08/22) starting at 2PM ET, at the lin...

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"CD's Video Call Tips" | NECSS 2021

Ever amaze yourself with how disorganized you can be?

I wanted to contribute a short video to the Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism (organized by the same folks who make the Sk...

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TikTok Experiments

Hello friends,

The next video is in stage 4 of 5 (VFX), and that 4th stage is 42.7% complete.

...

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Upcoming Video

Hey friends,

I've been getting into the swing of things and making the next video. Hope you'll forgive me that it's not another 40-minute epic! I'm taking it down a notch with a 'Quick D' epi...

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Commentary Stream - VFXcool: FotN Starting Soon

> Reminder - the stream starts in 30 minutes. Hope to see you there!

Hey everyone,

Thursday, May 27 at 3PM ET, I'll do a live watch of the Flight of the Navigator vi...

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