The new Timeline update is a game changer (Patreon)

A lot of people are unaware that VaM has a .json file size limit. It's just over 500 MB per file. This isn't really a problem for anyone EXCEPT mocap creators. When recording 45 frames per second with 9-13 body nodes, plus finger mocaps and facial mocaps... that limit approaches VERY quickly. Because of that, we limit our mocaps to be under 8 minutes, usually stopping around the 6 minute mark. Going past that has made it very difficult or impossible to use the Timeline plugin. But this is NO LONGER the case. Timeline 282 has significantly reduced the file size of Timeline animations. To give an example, my previous edit for the Timbo collab scene was 417 MB. With the new Timeline it is now only 99 MB!  :O

Why am I telling you this? Because this changes how we approach scene creation. What kinds of scenes would I make if I knew that we could record for 20-30 minutes straight with no problems? Would I even bother splitting up scenes into parts 1, 2, 3? Or just make one big long scene? How many scenes should we release per month if we are making longer run times? Right now we are even discussing going back to remaster some of our old scenes, like combining Date Night parts 1-3 into a single scene that flows from one into the next. This is really going to impact the kinds of scenes we make, and I want you guys to know what's going on. For starters, I'm feeling pretty confident about combining Sex at the Beach into one long scene. I think it will run for 14 minutes. However, because the scene is twice as long, it will take twice as much editing. I would need a full 2 weeks to make it.

What are some of your thoughts? Do you guys like the idea of scenes that last 10-20 minutes? Or do you like having the variety of shorter, more frequent releases? We've got lots to discuss about this, and would love to hear your feedback!