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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Rider4Z » Sun May 13, 2012 3:57 pm

you need to bring your portfolio to the meet & greet again :awesome:
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby 1moongoddess7 » Sun May 13, 2012 4:07 pm

Will do :mrgreen:
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby TrufflePigStudios » Sun May 13, 2012 4:12 pm

xstylus wrote:
The first block of judging has already been completed. The second block is next weekend, and I will try to announce finalists roughly the weekend thereafter. Good luck, everyone!


O_O wow thats fast! *gulp* Now I'm extra nervous! Thanks for all the hard work you've been putting in!
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Cyrix » Sun May 13, 2012 6:05 pm

Hi, I had a question - I was unaware of this thread until today and following the official rules PDF from the AX website, which doesn't have this part:

640x480 (Square pixel, 4:3 aspect ratio)
720x480 (DV non-square pixel [0.9])
960x720 (Square pixel, 4:3 aspect ratio)
(etc)

The PDF does state "NTSC standard" but only lists the vertical resolutions; I didn't read into that enough I guess, so I ended up submitting a video that was 1072x720, one that was 936x720, and I think one that was 852x480 (all square pixels) >_< . Does this mean my entries will be disqualified? I live in Orange County and am willing to mail, digitally submit, or hand deliver the videos in the exact specified resolutions/aspect ratios to Anaheim, Ventura, LA, or anywhere if that would become necessary at some point (alternatively feel free to crop/add black/adjust aspect).
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Mon May 14, 2012 4:02 am

Cyrix wrote:The PDF does state "NTSC standard" but only lists the vertical resolutions; I didn't read into that enough I guess, so I ended up submitting a video that was 1072x720, one that was 936x720, and I think one that was 852x480 (all square pixels) >_< .


I broadened the submission guidelines for this year, so don't worry too much about it. Those first two are certainly are some oddball resolutions though, but those in and of themselves will not disqualify you. However, using such odd resolutions generally causes some impact to video quality and that will work against you in the judge's scoring.

Next year the codec submission guidelines will be tightened again, now that I know what works best and what causes lost sleep.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Cyrix » Mon May 14, 2012 10:57 am

Ok, thank you, that's a relief :) . I had two midterms and a seven page essay the last week of submission so I didn't get some of them rendered until May 5th after not sleeping the previous night, and didn't think to crop/uncrop black on the sides for the first two (which would correctly be 960*720).
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Ryvannis » Thu May 17, 2012 1:34 am

*tumbleweed* :nose:
Spoiler :
I'm curious if my videos have already been judged already. And also any specifics on who actually judged?
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Castor Troy » Thu May 17, 2012 3:36 pm

Ryvannis wrote:*tumbleweed* :nose:
Spoiler :
I'm curious if my videos have already been judged already. And also any specifics on who actually judged?


I got your answers right here..

Spoiler :
drama |:>


For your convenience, I've dug up all the past AX threads for your reading pleasure. Come re-live the good, bad, and drama times. :ying:

Wow, the AX2003 thread was nearly drama free. THAT'S HOW GOOD THAT CONTEST WAS! :shock:
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Thu May 17, 2012 5:20 pm

Castor Troy wrote:Wow, the AX2003 thread was nearly drama free. THAT'S HOW GOOD THAT CONTEST WAS! :shock:


That's also the year I made the presentation DVDs. W00t! [pats self on back]

[rewatches them]

DEAR GOD, my encode of these looks like festering ASS. [hangs head in shame]
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Tearx » Fri May 18, 2012 1:28 am

woo im excited for this years contest :O
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Ryvannis » Fri May 18, 2012 2:09 pm

I would really like to know what you meant when you said that
Especially with the festering ass part. :|
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Fri May 18, 2012 2:16 pm

Ryvannis wrote:I would really like to know what you meant when you said that


I meant that, in my opinion, the AX2003 DVDs I made aren't that great, especially when compared to Lagarith encodes and 720p encodes that are commonly seen nowadays. Everyone else tells me those DVDs look fine and I'm being nitpicky, but one is always more critical of their own work. :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Castor Troy » Fri May 18, 2012 3:25 pm

AX2003 was one of those contests equivalent to the wars you hear in greek mythology.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Rider4Z » Fri May 18, 2012 5:43 pm

s'all greek to me :uhoh:
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby milkmandan » Sun May 20, 2012 11:03 pm

xstylus wrote:I meant that, in my opinion, the AX2003 DVDs I made aren't that great, especially when compared to Lagarith encodes and 720p encodes that are commonly seen nowadays. Everyone else tells me those DVDs look fine and I'm being nitpicky, but one is always more critical of their own work. :P

which reminds me xstylus, seeing that HD quality of videos was accepted this year (mad props btw, I am really happy this turned into a submission format), how are the videos going to be presented this year?

If you can't divulge into the venue, don't worry about it. I am just wondering if the videos are gna re-processed back into MPEG-2 with 480 resolution.

also, props for adding the difference in square pixel and non-square pixel resolutions.
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