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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue May 17, 2011 10:56 pm

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Rider4Z wrote:that and my tv is continuously glued to food network, and yet i still have no desire to learn how to cook :book:


Tell ya what: If you learn to bake a cake using saccharin, I'll give it away as a prize. :jester:

HA HA. ha. just so you know, my hub is a cook AND a word nerd so MEHHHH :P i'll make you mac'n'cheese.


If I win, I want some mac n cheese to cover dinner for that night. |:>
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Radical_Yue » Wed May 18, 2011 9:21 pm

I typed stuff...


*crawls under a blanket to go die nao*
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Wed May 18, 2011 9:25 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:I typed stuff...

*crawls under a blanket to go die nao*


Thanks for your PM. Much appreciated. Just be sure to resurrect in time for AX. :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:41 pm

Come to the AX Iron Chef and I'll have a SUPER AWESOME SECRET SURPRISE regardless whether I win or lose.

Will it be me busting out my dance moves? A revolutionary new after effects-blender-bryce3d video? My declaration of a separate AMV colony free from the MPAA? Or my long awaited movie deal with Universal Studios to adapt Naruto on the big screen? :shock:

You won't know until you see it! 8-) :awesome:
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:55 am

So here's a question regarding codecs.

For the source material, it's my intention to provide the footage to the editors in DV AVI format for the sake of speed and stability. I know DV isn't the best quality, but it's "good enough" and in a situation like this speed and stability are more important. I will also be providing editors the raw VOBs along with tools to use them (VirtualDub, AVISynth, etc) if they desire.

Having said that, I would like to hear arguments in favor of offering the editors a copy of the footage in an additional codec.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:01 pm

xstylus wrote:So here's a question regarding codecs.

For the source material, it's my intention to provide the footage to the editors in DV AVI format for the sake of speed and stability. I know DV isn't the best quality, but it's "good enough" and in a situation like this speed and stability are more important. I will also be providing editors the raw VOBs along with tools to use them (VirtualDub, AVISynth, etc) if they desire.

Having said that, I would like to hear arguments in favor of offering the editors a copy of the footage in an additional codec.


I prefer lagarith avis, but if DV works as good and saves more space, it's fine with me.

I'd almost say I'd like to work with avs scripts, but they aren't that stable in CS5 yet.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Pwolf » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:46 pm

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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Rider4Z » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:26 pm

i think DV is fine. scripts would just slow down the render. :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Ryvannis » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:06 pm

So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open. :?
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:09 pm

Ryvannis wrote:So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open.


I'm slow as hell. It would be the most lopsided battle in the history of any AMV Chef or Iron Editor. :lol:

I should clarify that rule. It's a panel of chef judges (those who have won past AMV Chef events or have won an award in the main AMV competition in the past). Not to be confused with AX AMV competition judges!

Hmm... you won an AX award in the past, hadn't you? Wanna be a judge and take the risk of getting picked? Who knows, Castor might very well pick you...:lol:
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Radical_Yue » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:13 pm

Pwolf wrote:UTVideo


This

or (personal experience from Kisanzi) Lagarith works best with his copy of CS4 and he's getting CS5 this weekend so he'll have an opinion on that soon-ish.

He says "While you can use huffy it has rainbowing and freezing issues. DV works terrible, it may work fine for Macs but it's the most basic and...bleh...It's what I edited my first video with. It came out with weird borders and distortion. Don't use DV, it's the default you use when you have no other resources."

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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:22 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:
Pwolf wrote:UTVideo


This

or (personal experience from Kisanzi) Lagarith works best with his copy of CS4 and he's getting CS5 this weekend so he'll have an opinion on that soon-ish.

He says "While you can use huffy it has rainbowing and freezing issues. DV works terrible, it may work fine for Macs but it's the most basic and...bleh...It's what I edited my first video with. It came out with weird borders and distortion. Don't use DV, it's the default you use when you have no other resources."


Er... why have I never heard of UTVideo? PM me about it please.

I'm in total agreement with you about DV's imperfections. It's not perfect, but it's "good enough", and it's stable. However, I'll gladly take suggestions on a better codec to use that offers speed, stability, and quality. Quality takes a backseat to the other two. As for HuffYUV... ...that's just NOT gonna happen. The mere idea makes me want to go weep in a corner.

[ramble]
One cool thing about Final Cut is that I can edit a project using low resolution files quickly, and then when I'm finished with my project I can use "Reconnect Media" to swap out the low res files for high res files and then just hit render. So long as the files are the same duration/frame length and aspect ratio, it works perfect. Does Premiere offer anything similar? That'd give the editors the option to edit with DV, and then when they're finished they can just reconnect to the higher res footage for maximum quality.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:23 pm

Ryvannis wrote:So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open. :?


Are you a bad enough dude, Dean?
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:36 pm

xstylus wrote:
[ramble]
One cool thing about Final Cut is that I can edit a project using low resolution files quickly, and then when I'm finished with my project I can use "Reconnect Media" to swap out the low res files for high res files and then just hit render. So long as the files are the same duration/frame length and aspect ratio, it works perfect. Does Premiere offer anything similar? That'd give the editors the option to edit with DV, and then when they're finished they can just reconnect to the higher res footage for maximum quality.
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Yeah, the Premiere CS series also has a replace/reconnect media option under the same guidelines.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Pwolf » Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:01 pm

Having used CS5 since it's release, Lagarith and UTVideo work perfectly fine. UTVideo is faster but uses more space.
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