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[muscrat]

I've noticed that many SU demos have the same tabletop in their videos. It looks like a woodgrain tabletop. Is this just a table covering of some kind that is for su demos only?

[cnsteele]

I think many of them buy photography backdrops from Amazon (and other places probably) and the woodgrain tabletop is a popular one.

[crazysuziestamper]

SU and Paper Pumpkin were using that same one in their videos but recently changed to another.

[muscrat]

I thought maybe it was an SU thing because Dawn Griffiths and Connie Stewart each have one and they are SU demos.

[dini]

This came up as an Ask the Artist question, so I checked with Wendy Cranford who used the same backdrop in her recent watercolor tutorial - this is the link she sent me:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZN4KLW/


That's a big roll and a great price, compared to some I saw on Etsy.

[muscrat]

I read Ask the Artist. Did I miss that? Thanks Dina! It looks like a real tabletop and doesn't move around, so at first I thought it was just a cool table. Then I saw another cool table and another...and finally figured out it had to be a backdrop of some kind. But thought maybe it was something SU offered their demos.

[dini]

I haven't published it yet. It's a really great idea!

[sprtchick]

I just ordered that same backdrop from Amazon to use for photographing clothes for my new business. There are a lot of different ones to choose from but the price on this one was attractive.

[Hoboken Paper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dini

This came up as an Ask the Artist question, so I checked with Wendy Cranford who used the same backdrop in her recent watercolor tutorial - this is the link she sent me:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZN4KLW/


That's a big roll and a great price, compared to some I saw on Etsy.

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[grateful2bsaved]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sprtchick

I just ordered that same backdrop from Amazon to use for photographing clothes for my new business.

I wish you luck and success with your new business, but please don't stop selling your card jackets!!!! :-P

[harvestmoon]

I've seen that wood in several How-To videos and it was very distracting. It appears they are crafting on a rough, wood-plank table...Completely Impractical. I would rather see their actual craft surface.

[Minders]

By the way, I think you see a lot of SU demos with it because it was mentioned in a video making class at convention last year maybe?

[mrsclark2001]

Quote:

Originally Posted by harvestmoon

I've seen that wood in several How-To videos and it was very distracting. It appears they are crafting on a rough, wood-plank table...Completely Impractical. I would rather see their actual craft surface.

Haha! I thought the same thing when watching a how-to video. I couldn't understand how she was able to get such a crisp image when stamping on the rough surface!

[muscrat]

I really like it! I didn't think it looked like rough wood at all. Is it paper? Vinyl? It doesn't buckle up when they work on it, which makes it appear like a real wood tabletop to me.

[lynnewithane]

You made me look. I guess I don't watch a lot of videos. Even knowing its paper, it scared me that she would get a splinter.

[bjeans]

I've found it just a little distracting, though if the video is good, I forget about it. I'd rather see a non-patterned background.

It's the same with music playing when the person is speaking. No, that's wrong. Music is much worse. I've stopped watching mid-way through really lovely videos when music and talking compete. Sometimes the music is louder than the voice.

People have such different tastes in music, but aside from that, if it's music I like, my ears go to that. If it's music I don't like, the same. : ) But I'm pretty bad at filtering out some distractions. Others, yes. The construction going on outside is white noise.