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Postby Chaos Angel » Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:06 pm

I absolutely loved the use of silhouettes. Great job.
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Postby Synthangel » Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:29 pm

One more question: if it's like a trade secret or something, you don't need to tell...but how the heck'd you do those silhouettes? I've been trying for a while now to be able to cut out a single part of a frame and have yet to have a single success. Any tips would be helpful, thanks!
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Postby silver_moon » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:14 pm

Well, I exported the individual frames from Premiere then saved them as bitmaps that I opened in Adobe Photoshop. I deleted the background or parts I didn't want using the eraser and made the background bright green. I then put the edited frame back in Premiere and applied a green screen to it so that the background became transparent. And... voila! :)
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Postby Synthangel » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:39 pm

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Postby Synthangel » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:41 pm

I wish I had that kind of patience.
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Postby Knowname » Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:36 pm

silver_moon wrote:
Knowname wrote:Y you name your file numbers, y'know it would help if everybody just called it xx(anime) - xx(song) I think that's the norm not numbers. And ziped vids really bug me too... it's not like zipping saves more than 1%...


I don't do the file numbers on purpose, it's a drawback of the host I use. I don't have a choice in what I call the file. It drives me nuts too...
And I never zipped the file... I'm pretty sure... :?


lol no you didn't zip it but I figured while I was on the subject while I was on the subject of teeney things that bugged me lolo
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Postby Anime Jedi » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:38 pm

I see I'm having the same problem as a few other members here. I'm getting the same blocky look. Makes movements ruin the picture. But on the bright side, the sound is great. :D

Jebadia, how did you fix your problem?

Yes, I have downloaded the most recent codec of Xvid, but it doesn't change anything...
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Postby silver_moon » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:44 pm

Anime Jedi - If you have the original version of the video, maybe you could try getting the DivX-compatible XviD version, which is currently up for download. The original video was 40.8 MB and the new one is 39.9 MB, if you're not sure which version you have. Maybe having a DivX-compatible version will fix this problem... I'm not sure. But you could try that and see what happens.
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:55 pm

I watched it, very nice video.

I especially likes the sillouettes.

I'll watch it again and then review it tomorrow.
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Thu Jan 09, 2003 8:49 pm

best CB vid I have ever seen
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Postby Anime Jedi » Thu Jan 09, 2003 11:40 pm

silver_moon wrote:Anime Jedi - If you have the original version of the video, maybe you could try getting the DivX-compatible XviD version, which is currently up for download. The original video was 40.8 MB and the new one is 39.9 MB, if you're not sure which version you have. Maybe having a DivX-compatible version will fix this problem... I'm not sure. But you could try that and see what happens.

Thank you very much. This new version works out much better! The vid is very nice! That was a cool way to show the silhouettes and reveal them at the end. But it felt kinda weird to have so many of them at the beginning then gone for most of the vid. So I finda forgot about them, and the having them reveal seemed like a surprise. Just gave me an odd impression, but other than that feeling it was really awesome.

Like the font used for the vid name, anime and song at the end. :D
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Postby CaTaClYsM » Fri Jan 10, 2003 1:52 am

There are a lot of good AMV's out there, and a lot of good creators. but there are only a few (Eric Kobers, Kevin Caldwel, NHMK.) that are SO good they actually intimidate me. And you Silver Moon, you scare the hell out of me. :shock:
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Sat Jan 11, 2003 6:42 pm

Review given. Have a nice day. :)
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Postby silver_moon » Sat Jan 11, 2003 8:19 pm

NicholasDWolfwood - Thanks, review acknowledged and replied. :wink:

And also thanks to everyone else who's replied to this thread and reviewed my video so far. ^_^
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:13 pm

I can't see the reply, you have to make my opinion Public in order for me to see it.
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