Headache in a Box

I was trying to make something with radio waves. That's all. Just a common screen name I use and 2011. Nothing fancy. Of course, I fought with this program for three hours (not counting render time) to make something as simple as this was. The prepping of the words wasn't too difficult, and creating the solids was easy, but then, when I used the settings that were on the assignment description? Things broke. Words disappeared, radio waves refused to form, rendering failed miserably, and frustration ensued. I ended up starting over. Of course, when I started over things magically worked and I had no idea what I was doing differently. By that time, however, I was running out of time to render anything fancy. I threw this together, slapped some royalty free classical music on it in Premier Pro, and was finally done. I have decided that After Effects is annoying. Especially since I don't have it at home to play with and get familiar with.