and never watch the VVC DVD when you're making your vid. That can make anyone flee and start running.

I find the biggest barrier to vidding is my own internal voice. I love telling this story: at one convention, I learned that my first computer vid was going to be shown after Luminosity's vids. "Oh no, I thought, no one will remember mine." Afterwards, I chatted with Lum and told her this. She laughed and said: "and what do you think I was thinking after we watched yours?"