What was it??? The links to those vids are dead.

What was everyone raving about ?

Not sure, but I saw a youtube of a kid who build a decent dolly for like $30 from Home Depot. Worked pretty well, used PVC piping, a 4x4 sheet of plywood, and bungee cords to hold the tripod down. I can't seem to find the one I saw right now, but there's a few of them on there.

Will someone PLEASE tell me what this brilliant, amazing idea WAS???

I gues it was the trick where you shorten one leg of your tripod and use the other two legs as a pivot point to move the camera back and forth while holding the pan handle. That way you create a kind of gliding shot towards your subject. It works good but the one thing to keep in mind is that the camera doesn't stay level that way but makes a curve (down-up-down).

I've seen one before and thought it was brilliant as an idea.

Something like this one.

Andrew

I'm guessing the "one short leg" tripod trick is this one?

YouTube - Video Camera Super Trick!

It's the two leg trick. You have to tilt though and be sure and hang on to the dang thing. Great way to drop a cam.

I missed it.

That looks cool Andrew