[Ben LaCount]

Our team had a great time developing the animation for 2009 and I am curious to see what everyone comes up with this year. Team 1716 will not be defending our National Championship because of several logistical difficulties. We wish everyone the best of luck and I wish the stars could have aligned better to allow us to come together with a team that could compete again, but that doesn't change the fact that I am still excited to see some new and excited ideas from this years group of entries.

Just a note about the previous post: Video Co-Pilot does develop and publish some terrific tutorials for After Effects. Compositing your animations is the key to getting really spectacular finished products, but our team spent dozens of hours reading and building files from those tutorials. A procedural tutorial requires you to construct something from the ground up which is what learning is all about. This is what our team has done and will continue to do in the future. I would recommend this to anyone who wishes to learn something new. We did not place everyone and everything in our credits for file size considerations, because if we went down that road where does it end? Should I thank Ford for bringing me to work, or Goodyear for keeping that Ford rolling down the road? A tutorial is a tool, nothing more, nothing less and used properly they are very effective tools. The tutorial usage statements on Video Copilot's site are fairly clear, please read them next time before making any outrageous insinuations.

Thanks and good luck to all.