Here we are - 23 hours away from turn-in, and it's DONE!!!
Can I hear a Hallelujah!?!
Yes, it's exactly 10 minutes, 59 seconds and 29 frames long - 1 frame (1/30th of a second) under the limit.
For those of you not used to nonlinear video editing, the final step is to "render" the video file that will actually be played. We turn the machine loose and it takes each frame of video from its native format and creates a new frame in the file format that we specify. 168 wants QuickTime, which is something Windows computers have a little trouble doing. At least mine does. If it's been running a long time, it runs out of memory as soon as it starts rendering, then it crashes!
Fortunately it works if I restart the program before I start to render. We're going to be rendering several different flavors of HD QuickTime, plus a Standard Definition version so they'll have plenty to choose from. We also have a thick stack of paperwork to send in with all the releases of everyone and everything we've used.
We have a very long credit roll, thanks to all the hard-working people who put in dozens of hours to make this project a success, so it's time to ladle out the thanks!
So tomorrow, I'll burn the final DVDs and prepare the FedEx box. We'll be taping the delivery so it'll be in the BTS video that Sarah's doing.
Right now, I'm going to start the long render and go to bed!