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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 4 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby AimoAio » Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:34 pm

pan_dbgt01 wrote:I think the editing is good. It needs more despair. I thought that was the theme?


I thought it was about life in general? :? And ok Jade, I'll tweak the scenes about a bit but could you tell me the time frame where you thought the scenes were lame? Because I don't quite get what you mean.

@TC: I like it so far. I think the movement at the start is OK but at "My Dream, My World" I felt like My Dream went by too quickly and My World felt quite long. "But I" & "Was Blind" felt a bit static too, maybe a small zoom out?
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 4 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby AllyKatAVR » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:12 pm

AimoAio wrote:@TC: I like it so far. I think the movement at the start is OK but at "My Dream, My World" I felt like My Dream went by too quickly and My World felt quite long. "But I" & "Was Blind" felt a bit static too, maybe a small zoom out?

This, rather than having the "My Dream" part fade out, maybe you could have it dissolve into the "My World" clip? You could also try adding something to when "My World" echoes so that we're not looking at that same shot for the duration of that line.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 4 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby TwilightChrono » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:05 pm

AimoAio wrote:
pan_dbgt01 wrote:I think the editing is good. It needs more despair. I thought that was the theme?


I thought it was about life in general? :? And ok Jade, I'll tweak the scenes about a bit but could you tell me the time frame where you thought the scenes were lame? Because I don't quite get what you mean.

@TC: I like it so far. I think the movement at the start is OK but at "My Dream, My World" I felt like My Dream went by too quickly and My World felt quite long. "But I" & "Was Blind" felt a bit static too, maybe a small zoom out?


I can do something about my "My Dream" "My World" but as far as "But I" "Was Blind" It already does zoom out. It's a real slow zoom, but perhaps I could add some underlays to the Chroma Key there so that something pulses in the background to go with the slow zoom-out.

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AimoAio wrote:@TC: I like it so far. I think the movement at the start is OK but at "My Dream, My World" I felt like My Dream went by too quickly and My World felt quite long. "But I" & "Was Blind" felt a bit static too, maybe a small zoom out?

This, rather than having the "My Dream" part fade out, maybe you could have it dissolve into the "My World" clip? You could also try adding something to when "My World" echoes so that we're not looking at that same shot for the duration of that line.


I was thinking about switching that fade out your talking about with a small and slow zoom in to Dita's Face as it fades out. Or perhaps IO could do that slow zoom in as it fades into the other segment. Just thinking in the dark here is all. That way, instead of looking at a still frame with Hibiki eating, you get a zoom in to Dita to make her seem important, as it fades into the next clip.

Just a thought. What do you think?
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby Inan » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:12 pm

allykat i love ur track
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby TwilightChrono » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:48 am

Inan wrote:allykat i love ur track


Yeah. As for AlleyKat's track. I'm about ready to say it's good enough to be a final. Because I really don't see anything wrong with it.

If he wants to save it as a huffy or lagarith and upload it and send me the link, i would be way more than happy to accept it as a final because that track is bangin.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby JadeCharm » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:12 am

@AimoAio: from ~00:15 on. Some scenes are good. But you often show the faces of the boy and the girl. I think you should bring in more funny movements or situations or something like that (difficult to explain :? ). Would be also cool if you could do a faster synch to the end (but thats just a suggestion)

@TC: I like the beginning! And I agree with pan. Try zooms on static scenes.

@allykat: Cool track! But theres a black fade at about 00:05-00:06 that looks weird. I think that one scene faded out but the following didn't fade in?
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby AllyKatAVR » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:05 pm

Inan wrote:allykat i love ur track

Thanks :D

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Inan wrote:allykat i love ur track


Yeah. As for AlleyKat's track. I'm about ready to say it's good enough to be a final. Because I really don't see anything wrong with it.

If he wants to save it as a huffy or lagarith and upload it and send me the link, i would be way more than happy to accept it as a final because that track is bangin.

I still have a couple things I want to do to my track before I can call it done. I don't think it'll take too long, I could probably have a final by next week. Glad you like it!

JadeCharm wrote:@allykat: Cool track! But theres a black fade at about 00:05-00:06 that looks weird. I think that one scene faded out but the following didn't fade in?

lol yeah, I know what you're talking about. Fixed it as soon as I noticed it in that beta.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby AimoAio » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:25 pm

JadeCharm wrote:@AimoAio: from ~00:15 on. Some scenes are good. But you often show the faces of the boy and the girl. I think you should bring in more funny movements or situations or something like that (difficult to explain :? ). Would be also cool if you could do a faster synch to the end (but thats just a suggestion)


OHH! You meant less scenes of their faces and more action and movement? I get it now. XD I'll get working on it but it might be about March before I get an updated beta because I'm away on vacation for 2 weeks this Sunday.

@Allykat: I love your beta. To be honest I don't see anything big you can change but I will mention that some crossfades seem a little strange. In particular the one at 0:02, its like there's an extra scene there that shouldn't be there. And I think the ones after 0:39 can be shorter crossfades. ^^

@TC: That sounds good but I haven't seen the anime you are using so I don't know whos who. I'll tell you my thoughts when I've seen your new beta. :)
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby Hagaren Viper » Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:57 pm

Blaaargh I downloaded both betas and forgot to watch them >>

@AimoAio - The sync seems all over the place after 0:08, I can't tell what you're syncing to and it really kills the flow of the track for me. Also agree that the scenes should be changed a bit at the 0:15 mark, it feels weird that the editing s'ows down ad the music picks up. I think there could definitely be slow scenes in there, but it was a little too much imo.

@TC - Oh gosh the beginning of your track scared the crap out of me because I had my speaks up high. Like this though, song seems very suited to the anime. Agree on what Ally said about 'My dream, my world'. There seems to be chroma blending all over the place though, and a bit of interlacing at 0:07 which is weird since you havent had that problem with this anime before. Maybe it's just how you rendered, but might wanna look at that.

@Hagaren - You should drop out of school so you can edit your track.

TwilightChrono wrote:Yeah. As for AllyKat's track. I'm about ready to say it's good enough to be a final. Because I really don't see anything wrong with it.

If she wants to save it as a huffy or lagarith and upload it and send me the link, i would be way more than happy to accept it as a final because that track is bangin.

Fix'd XD
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby TwilightChrono » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:57 pm

Hagaren Viper wrote:Blaaargh I downloaded both betas and forgot to watch them >>

@AimoAio - The sync seems all over the place after 0:08, I can't tell what you're syncing to and it really kills the flow of the track for me. Also agree that the scenes should be changed a bit at the 0:15 mark, it feels weird that the editing s'ows down ad the music picks up. I think there could definitely be slow scenes in there, but it was a little too much imo.

@TC - Oh gosh the beginning of your track scared the crap out of me because I had my speaks up high. Like this though, song seems very suited to the anime. Agree on what Ally said about 'My dream, my world'. There seems to be chroma blending all over the place though, and a bit of interlacing at 0:07 which is weird since you havent had that problem with this anime before. Maybe it's just how you rendered, but might wanna look at that.

@Hagaren - You should drop out of school so you can edit your track.

TwilightChrono wrote:Yeah. As for AllyKat's track. I'm about ready to say it's good enough to be a final. Because I really don't see anything wrong with it.

If she wants to save it as a huffy or lagarith and upload it and send me the link, i would be way more than happy to accept it as a final because that track is bangin.

Fix'd XD


The Chroma Keying that you see it towards where the video ends in the beta. It's a rather lengthy Chrmoa key but that's because I plan on adding some additional stuff that pulses in the background at the Chroma'd part. Plus, I also chroma'd it because that scene was way to bright and needed to dim it and so was done more for effect as to be less straining on the eyes. If you were to see the original scene, you'd be like, HOLY CRAP THAT'S BRIGHT!! I already tried dimming the brightness of that scene down in the script but nothign really worked and really only agitated the scene.

But all in all, those are my plans for that part of the track. But other than that, how does the flow of the track feel to you Hagaren? Does it flow alright? The track isn't too overwhelming is it?

Also, Hagaren.....you should drop out of school so you can edit your track :\

Seriously though, I WANTS TO SEE MORE OF YOUR TRACK!!
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby Hagaren Viper » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:37 pm

Nono, not the chroma key, because that looks ok, but there's actual chroma blending going on.

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But yeah, the overall flow is good so far.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby TwilightChrono » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:10 pm

Hagaren Viper wrote:Nono, not the chroma key, because that looks ok, but there's actual chroma blending going on.

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But yeah, the overall flow is good so far.


Can you give me some advice as to how to fix that? It's just started doing that recently and I can't figure out what to put in the script to fix it.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby TwilightChrono » Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:43 am

Heya ALL.

PROGRESS REPORTS!! THIS MEANS ALL OF YOU. SAKURA, INAN, HAGAREN, PAN *Points*


Also, Allykat sent me his newest beta and I must say I am truly blown away. Easily going to be one of the best tracks in the MEP. So impressed.
I honestly think it's ready to be a final, as I see nothing wrong with it. Though it could just be my knack for noticing things has gotten rusty.

Regardless, I PMed him and told him to PM everyone involved in the MEP the link so that you guys could check it out for yourselves. I would like to hear all of your opinions before giving the greenlight for him to send me that lagarith or huffy Final.

Also, time to lay down my iron fist. For those of you who haven't turned anything in for at least one of your tracks, your spots are in peril.

I speak of course of Sakuraslight. Sak, man. If you don't give me anything by Sunday, I'm going to have to kick you. Sorry buddy.

Also, Pan. Sunday Marks the 2 week mark for your beta. Don't worry about turning in a full one right away. I just need to see that you have been working on it. Be sure to send it to me as well as everyone else involved in the MEP.

Also, Inan and Hagaren. How is that Collab going for the first track. I'm anxious to see a combined beta. How goes your part Inan, as well as you Hagaren?

Inan and Hagaren. You guys don't need to worry. I've received a beta from both of you showing you are indeed working so the above post regarding Sak does not concern you, although, I would like to see a little more progress. I'm not trying to rush, I just think I've been giving too much leeway.

So, I will be imposing a new BETA DUE DATE I should have the exact date tomorrow. I don't want this project rushed like the first one was. I want it to go smoother and perfectly. But I don't want it to take as long as the first MEP either.

Don't worry. I won't force out the MEP. I'll wait until evreyone is happy with their tracks before we give greenlight for MEP Assembly.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby Hagaren Viper » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:22 am

TwilightChrono wrote:Can you give me some advice as to how to fix that? It's just started doing that recently and I can't figure out what to put in the script to fix it.

I get something simular with AviSynth every so often, the only way I can fix it is to re-install the stupid thing and re convert the clips >>

Also, there is a PokeBestWishes special that is coming out in a couple of weeks that looks like it should fit wonderfully, so Im going to wait to continue until then. After that, I think ill be able to at least fill in all the blanks.
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Re: CascadaThon 2 [1 SLOT OPEN!!] 5 BETA'S & 1 FINAL RECEIVE

Postby Inan » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:52 pm

i didnt know i was collabing with hagaren? but ill try to render something and send it out soon
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