(01-15-2013 05:46 PM)penfold83 Resident Wrote: i think with the new breeders, would be to help them improve upon the little kitty's they are making, they produced a 3t hiding a 7th, not do it for them but show how they can get the traits out, instead of the said cat going out on market very cheep and still no one buys, and gets them frustrated.
So in essence clearing the confusion around kittys 
trying too get them too attend the breeders classes if they still happen... Ohhh that another point for the peeps that can not get too said classes, why not record them and stick them on you tube ? so they can keep going back too it ?
Hi Pen
Kitty breeding classes still happen and are advertised in the educational section of the forum. Some happen weekly, others from time to time.
I agree that recording them for those that can't attend or want to go back to them is a positive idea. We've started posting the main points of Liriel's in the Kitty Kottage blog.
Regarding youTube and video recording: I've experimented with it for other reasons, and find Fraps very efficient. Jing (unless it's changed) will only record 5 minutes at a time. Camtasia is very good but on the expensive side and probably more complex than is needed for machinima. One suggestion I have is to try different font sizes as chat doesn't always come up large enough/very clearly (in my recordings at least)and sometimes without access to typed comments the spoken class won't be taken full advantage of. There are also some HUDs ( the exact name escapes me now) that help with camera managing and other things and I've found them useful used in combination with Fraps (or potentially any other motion screen capturing software).
One more thing I'd like to add regarding the topic of helping new breeders: I've noticed quite a number of them ask for help in group chat inworld, but few of them receive breeding help (at least publicly), even when many experienced breeders are online with chat open according to the side bar. Sometimes other things happen in the middle (like someone posting kitty stats) and it's hard to follow, I understand. But some other times there's just silence, especially if it's a specific question. We are a sharing community and I believe we all want new breeders to feel welcome and supported, and a wider use group chat, I think, is one more tool we have to achieve that goal.
Fair Trade
