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Selling artwork

Postby Fallen Kijo » Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:12 pm

Ok, so next question. If I wanna sell some of my stuff via the auctions, what anme series/characters do you think would be a hot item? I was trying to think of what's popular right now...Chobits, maybe DBZ, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop. And perhaps what anime series *not* to draw from. Any suggestions?
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Postby isaacada1 » Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:54 pm

Which auctions are you referring too?
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Postby Fallen Kijo » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:28 am

I was told that last con there was an art auction where people could auctoin off their artwork. I don't really know any more details than that. The website still doesn't have much info up yet.
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Postby isaacada1 » Thu Oct 02, 2003 10:59 pm

There's an update on this in the Art Show forum on the convention website.
http://www.sakuracon.org/phpBB2

The art show rules will be posted in November at the latest. Members of the convention can submit art work for the art show. If there is over three bids during the first two days of the con, the item goes to auction on Sunday. The highest bidder wins.

Keep track of things on the con forum. I know it's a pain visiting multiple forums, but it's more appropriate talking about art show items on the convention forum, vs a forum devoted towards anime music videos.
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Postby isaacada1 » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:53 am

We've had a lot of news announcements since my last post. Check out the convention website which is linked in my sig for the latest information.
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Postby Pie Row Maniac » Sat Dec 27, 2003 12:44 am

You could sell oodles of Naruto material if you could get your hands on some.


If I can get my funds up (most likely; just got a new job) I'll be able to go. I also need to figure out just how much I need to get myself over there and back. Oh, and be able to sleep while there, that's always something to jot down... 8)

I still need to figure out who on this site will be attending. I know NME, YCSTR and DannyWilson are. Not sure about FurryCurry, Summ, Zerophite, and some Hypeo forum members who considered going.

One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?
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Postby Illia Sadri » Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:01 am

I am going to see about making it. I've heard it is a fun con and I might as well use the free plane ticket I have for them overbooking my flight back from Otakon.

Of course it is pretty close to ACEN and well... WI to Seattle is quite the long distance haul.
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Postby TaranT » Sat Dec 27, 2003 3:29 am

Pie Row Maniac wrote:...One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?

You guys are allowed to start new threads rather than digging up old ones. :)

If it's like last year, CArnesen will be compiling the entire contest set on a DV tape that will be played for the exhibition. It's not a case where each video is played separately by putting a tape/DVD/CDR into a player. Only the tape is played from start to finish. More up-front work for him, but things run a lot smoother that way.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:15 pm

TaranT wrote:
Pie Row Maniac wrote:...One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?

You guys are allowed to start new threads rather than digging up old ones. :)

If it's like last year, CArnesen will be compiling the entire contest set on a DV tape that will be played for the exhibition. It's not a case where each video is played separately by putting a tape/DVD/CDR into a player. Only the tape is played from start to finish. More up-front work for him, but things run a lot smoother that way.


Well, that is one way for sure... I myself use a computer and use a play list and all videos converted into mpeg2... I usually have two computers playing the list so if one goes I switch to the other in mid video...

I guss a long as there are backups both methods work great. I love DV and have a pro DV deak. The onlt downside of DV is it much more prone to drop outs, but other than that it's great...

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Postby TaranT » Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:56 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Well, that is one way for sure... I myself use a computer and use a play list and all videos converted into mpeg2....

Have you given any thought to playing hi-res AVI files (DV or HuffYUV) instead of MPEG2? Now that DVD writers and media are inexpensive - and getting cheaper - it is easier for creators to send high-quality files.

I know MCIPlay only does MPEG files, but maybe Zoom Player could substitute. I don't know if Zoom Player drives the Netstream card, though.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:19 am

TaranT wrote:
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Well, that is one way for sure... I myself use a computer and use a play list and all videos converted into mpeg2....

Have you given any thought to playing hi-res AVI files (DV or HuffYUV) instead of MPEG2? Now that DVD writers and media are inexpensive - and getting cheaper - it is easier for creators to send high-quality files.

I know MCIPlay only does MPEG files, but maybe Zoom Player could substitute. I don't know if Zoom Player drives the Netstream card, though.


The net stream is an mpeg decoder card. Pretty much there is no problem to encode DV or HuffYUV into Mpeg2. From the contests I've ran, all encoding from them looks real good on the big screen and you won’t see any difference if encoded right. Plus mpegs do not take a lot of computing power and drive demand to run since the encoder card does all the work pretty much and eliminates pretty much any chance of stops or "shuddering" of the playback... I think in the end a DVD that has been fully tested in the player that is used works as well for playback purposes.

Now for master archival, I keep my videos in the original DV format I edit in and have a few DV backups. Mpeg2
Is great for playback but I would never use it for archiving my masters… Anyway, this thread is starting to diverge for the topic at hand so I stop there :wink:

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Postby Scintilla » Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:28 am

Pie Row Maniac wrote:One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?

Wait, where does it say that in the rules? It says they'll accept AVIs with certain codecs and MPEGs, in addition to DVDs and SVCDs... how else are we going to send those if not on a CD-R?
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Postby TaranT » Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:43 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:The net stream is an mpeg decoder card....

That's right, I forgot about that. MPEG2 conversion is pretty simple, but I keep thinking that less work would be necessary if the exhibition codec was the same as the editing codec.

Scintilla wrote:Wait, where does it say that in the rules? It says they'll accept AVIs with certain codecs and MPEGs, in addition to DVDs and SVCDs... how else are we going to send those if not on a CD-R?

I assumed PRM meant "VCD" since you're right: the rules don't restrict the media for digital submission. But VCD's are not allowed (SVCD is ok, though).

Also note that the rules prefer high-rate codecs (HuffYUV, uncompressed (i.e. no codec), DV) for digital submission. If you're editing with one of these, then there's no need to recompress if you have the means to send a large file (e.g. DVD-ROM or spanned CDs).
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Postby Pie Row Maniac » Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:52 am

Scintilla wrote:
Pie Row Maniac wrote:One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?

Wait, where does it say that in the rules? It says they'll accept AVIs with certain codecs and MPEGs, in addition to DVDs and SVCDs... how else are we going to send those if not on a CD-R?

All I know is that in the rules it says this:

Acceptable Authored Media Formats: DVD±R/RW, S-VCD

So I would assume CD-Rs and CD-RWs are not accepted.
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Postby Scintilla » Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:00 pm

Pie Row Maniac wrote:
Scintilla wrote:
Pie Row Maniac wrote:One thing I'll mention about the music video contest: Why can't we send in entries on CD-Rs? Is it that much difficulty to hook up a computer to the projector?

Wait, where does it say that in the rules? It says they'll accept AVIs with certain codecs and MPEGs, in addition to DVDs and SVCDs... how else are we going to send those if not on a CD-R?

All I know is that in the rules it says this:

Acceptable Authored Media Formats: DVD±R/RW, S-VCD

So I would assume CD-Rs and CD-RWs are not accepted.

Ah, but it also says this:

Acceptable Digital Media Formats: Video Codecs (in order of preference): HuffYUV, Uncompressed, DV, MPEG-4 (Xvid/DivX), MPEG-2, MPEG-1; Audio Codecs (in order of preference): PCM, Fixed Bitrate MP3 or MP2; For other codecs, please email your request to amv@sakuracon.org.

So how would one submit a video using, for instance, HuffYUV, besides on a CD-R?
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