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Post by ngsilver » Sat May 15, 2021 11:41 am

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is a video I originally started as my entry to 2015's Anime Weekend Atlanta Professional contest. I was starved for an idea and wanting to submit SOMETHING the night of the deadline and I came up with this on my way home from work. So a 4 hour editing stint later the initial version of this video was complete and off to be judged rather harshly by everyone as per normal. While watching the entries on my new 4K TV I had forgotten I had frame interpolation on for the source I was using and I really liked how it made the video look. It was at that point I decided that the final version HAD to be a 4K version and needed to be 60fps for that smoothness. After working on that for a bit I didn't like the way the interpolation scripts were working so I kinda mothballed the video.

Jump ahead to this year I obtained a copy of The Wings of Honneamise in 4K and I knew I needed to dust the cobwebs off this project and actually finish it. I found much more clean interpolation scripts and having a newer PC meant faster editing. So after much more tuning, re-ordering of clips, and replacing certain scenes here we have the final version.

I hope you will enjoy this look into what drives us all to push on and achieve what we set our minds to.

Also, for the full 'directors vision' effect I recommend watching the 4k60 version on Youtube.





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Re: Drive

Post by Zarxrax » Sun May 16, 2021 1:33 pm

I don't really enjoy slow-paced videos like this, but I was mesmerized by the animation quality. I definitely didn't remember the movie looking that good. Some of the interpolation turned out pretty nice too.
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Re: Drive

Post by Megamom » Wed May 26, 2021 10:53 am

OK I will have to watch this anime.

I really liked the atmosphere of this, my favorite part is when the rocket launches, or rather takes off. Great job master!! 😎
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Re: Drive

Post by seasons » Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:11 pm

I appreciated the relatively slow pace of this and how you allowed the visuals to breathe without too much rapid-fire cutting, it all felt pretty natural given how the music really takes its time to build. I know this was six minutes long but I've watched plenty of four minute-long AMVs that felt much longer than this, if that makes any sense.
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