t seeing how someone else does something and working out ways to use that same technique yourself is a combination of inspiration and learning, as far as I can see.
I know you do this and I admire it, though I was so chronically uncomfortable with it for so long personally. I'm definitely adopting a new attitude! Thank you for the encouragement.

As for Feb vidding challenge, mine is a little different from daybreak777's. Basically each of us is choosing a different target or goal for the period that we're vidding (early Feb). Mine is to learn effects and I'll be producing vidlets just of those effects. So my plan is to use my WIPs--hoping that eventually these things can come together and something can grow out of the learning frenzy. ;)