Shackled

[silver_moon]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I'm glad you guys are liking it. ^_^

One of my favorite aspect of the video was, despite being nearly six minutes long, the flow and story development kept it smooth and interesting.

That was exactly one of the things I tried to do in this video... I tried to make sure I wasn't just repeating the same kind of thing over and over. I'm glad I was able to pull it off.

I dont know if it was just me or not, but the audio seemed to crack and pop towards the middle of the video

Really? The song was a CD rip...

I had a friend sitting here who later said "There were effects?"

Awesome, I hope that means my effects looked natural.

One minor thing I didnt like was the blurs around sasukes body when you cut him out. I mean I know half of it is beyond your control somewhat but I figured it was worth mentioning.

I feathered the edges around the cutouts in Photoshop mainly because of the black background the cutouts were going to be on. The black made any pixels that were still around the edges show up a lot more, so feathering the outline was a quick solution to that problem. Also, in most cases it helped the picture blend into the background a lot more, and it also created a certain mood that I wanted. The very last scene of the forehead protector was a also a cutout on a black background, but I didn't feather the edges of that one mainly because I didn't want the same mood for that scene as I did for the ones in the beginning.

Only problem I had was if you used Raws why did you make the video in 512 x 384 resolution? Wouldnt it have been better if it was in 640 x 480...Im sure some people would have liked it that way.

512x384 is the same ratio as 640x480, so it's still fullscreen. I made it slightly smaller to give the video a smaller filesize. I did try to make it 640x480, but to get the video to be under 100 MB I had to decrease the bitrate quite a bit (since the video is so long), so while the bigger resolution made the lines sharper, there were pixels everywhere.

[TeclmmlEd]

Only problem I had was if you used Raws why did you make the video in 512 x 384 resolution? Wouldnt it have been better if it was in 640 x 480...Im sure some people would have liked it that way.

512x384 is the same ratio as 640x480, so it's still fullscreen. I made it slightly smaller to give the video a smaller filesize. I did try to make it 640x480, but to get the video to be under 100 MB I had to decrease the bitrate quite a bit (since the video is so long), so while the bigger resolution made the lines sharper, there were pixels everywhere.

I get that its same ratio oviously. But I see what you mean. You did awesome job compressing it as well ^_^. 84 MB for 6 minutes is awesome!

Nice job buddy - Tec

[Arigatomina]

That was a totally awesome video. ^_^ It did hurt my eyes with the blurs and flashes mixed like that, but I have that problem with a lot of vids. It's worth a little pain to see the footage and timing...and the song's not bad, either. ;p

[Bakadeshi]

I get that its same ratio oviously. But I see what you mean. You did awesome job compressing it as well ^_^. 84 MB for 6 minutes is awesome!

Nice job buddy - Tec

hehehe... I still hold the record, 62 megs for 6:37 ;p Ofcourse, AR2 has alot of blurry and dark scenes, so its cheating a bit ;p

Anyway, video came out great silvermoon, I liked the changes from the beta. Though Naruto's fight at the end still kinda seems out of place to me. But a minor nitpick. Great editing and story telling (which I've come to expect from you anyway ;p) As I said when I first watch the beta, This is the best sasuke profile I've seen yet.

[donte_frazier]

Wow, now that was one hell of a Sasuke profile. Great job!

[SuperFusion]

Wow, now that was one hell of a Sasuke profile. Great job!

x2

[[Mike of the Desert]]

Taking it as soon as possible

[dcdeveloperx]

One minor thing I didnt like was the blurs around sasukes body when you cut him out. I mean I know half of it is beyond your control somewhat but I figured it was worth mentioning.

I feathered the edges around the cutouts in Photoshop mainly because of the black background the cutouts were going to be on. The black made any pixels that were still around the edges show up a lot more, so feathering the outline was a quick solution to that problem. Also, in most cases it helped the picture blend into the background a lot more, and it also created a certain mood that I wanted. The very last scene of the forehead protector was a also a cutout on a black background, but I didn't feather the edges of that one mainly because I didn't want the same mood for that scene as I did for the ones in the beginning.

Oh trust me, I would of done the same thing, its just the only thing I could notice that I did not like somewhat were the possible cut outs around 45-55. It was the only MINOR thing I noticed. I dont want it to seem like I dont love this video because of it. I love a lot of your videos and this one is one of my all time favorites from you. So again, nice work and I hope people actually watch naruto now because of this

[C_Leckie]

the link doesn't seem to want to work for me looks like a database error, it says the video does not exist and there are some mysql lines above it.

[DaCoolGohan]

That's awesome.