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Copycat_Revolver · Post by **Copycat_Revolver** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:03 am

All I've got left to do is tweak the masks that have become an issue of much frustration, but I'll be ready to send a nice, pretty final Friday morning.
...Gord willing.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:22 pm

Copycat_Revolver wrote:...Gord willing.

you mean this gord?

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:42 pm

Alright. My final track is up on the ftp. "Bauzi-Final v09 4_3.mp4"
It´s just 4:3 for the preview. 3:2 screwed some fun watching it, but yeah the final encode is in 720x480, square pixels (´cause it will be changed in the end for 4:3 playback), 3:2, 29.97 fps, Lagarith (RGB)...

In the end I can say that I´m pleased with my track.
-I´m fine with only using one episode
-I placed in the story I wanted to be in it
-The colour corrections went fine
-Tons of new experiences and improvment in working (organisation etc.)
-The glass keys didn´t turned out as good as I hoped, but it wasn´t the right place for them. I´m sure that I´ll try them out in another project.
-The compression is fine too! 5.98MB with zarxGUI at constant quality 20 and 128kb AAC audio is fine for this track. All in all there is a lot of information that has to be saved from the project.

/me is happy and goes back to work... Screw it =/

Chiikaboom · Post by **Chiikaboom** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:13 am

Kay guys, i uploaded another beta. Because i got mostly positive feedback i didn't really add anything new (though i did lower the opacity on some of the waveforms though, for Greg's sake o3o), but i messed around with transitions for the beginning and ending. I'm really not sure about how the transitions look so i neeeeeed some tips/ideas and stuff. The transition from guy's track i think the effect moves a little fast so i'll probably have to adjust the speed. For Chrono's transition, i kept the bubbles but there definitely needs to be more of them for a smooth transition (it'll require making another 30 layers but i can do it xD). The question is, should i keep the bubbles going until the end of the face rape or should leave it as it is?

Anyways here's my final comments on the tracks i haven't commented on yet.

@Bauzi
Well.. like i said before, i liked your older beta. It was uplifting and spaztic, and very pleasant to watch. While your final is generally synched up and the flow is smooth throughout, it is not a fun track, which is the whole point of gateway. There shouldn't be somewhat emotional hospital scenes in an uplifting project. I don't like being a hoe, but i can't say i like it too much >>;; Sorries.

@Crack
Very sleek editing. But like WC said, the flashing dots are a little static, because theres no motion. That's all i can find thats negative about the track though, its very nicely edited... and i suppose nekkid chicks are uplifting, though i still disapprove because of no nekkid hawt dewds >=|
Its still a cool track though, its just my personal tastes get in the way of my enjoyment xD

@CodeChrono
I think the letters are neat, actually. My only gripe would be on the face-rape scene (xD), while its synched up, for that kind of music it still comes across as a little bit static. Maybe you can add a shaky camera motion to it or something. I don't know, its just a suggestion ^^ anyways i do like it, even though im not a fan of the source being used.

I would have uploaded this earlier but i've been swamped with homework recently because i was sick from school last week x.O I promise ill have a final by friday.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:41 am

@Chiii:
No one is supposed to like my stuff. No problem on that, but I want change it for reasons I already mentioned somewhere.

Your beta... Eh. I should watch it.

Copycat_Revolver · Post by **Copycat_Revolver** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:52 am

Final sent, Crack. Hopefully you approve.

meleechampion · Post by **meleechampion** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:23 am

Damnit Adam, quit posting spoilers.

Tonight is "open up the theme park and let all the college kids run around drunk" night, so I'll be a day late... and even then you'll probably have stuff you'll want me to fix. So... yeah. I'm the OMG bunny that tripped and fell and got left behind and is scurrying to catch up. Sorry. =D

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:29 pm

*promises to upload final beta tonight*

Greggus1 · Post by **Greggus1** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:23 pm

Ok, beta on FTP. I now have to fix all my shitty masks, but you get the idea. The theme for my track was teleportation, which hopefully you'll get watching it. I wanted to show rotoscoping and how it would actually affect the characters in the foreground and background if they realized it was happening to them. Originally, I was going to use FLCL as a main source, but it didn't work out, so I switched to E7. Because of the lack of footage, I couldn't make this as awesome as I wanted to, but I'm still pretty happy with it.

The transition from Kaxi to me will be sick, by the way, and from me to Bauzi, well, my idea didn't work out, but the way my track ends right now, I think a cut to black and then to his beginning should work well.

Looking forward to feedback of any kind! I can still change anything, so let loose. And sorry if this post seems rushed, but I am in a rush. Bye!

Oh, and I left the stuff behind my track because it was hilariously well synched and a nice making of for the track. Have fun with that.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:42 pm

Do you acutally know that Melee already took E7?

I don´t get it. Your track ENDs at 2:09 and you edited additional 12 seconds into my track. *chough*
Also it starts at 1:49... omg I´m really confused. Did you take the small little tracks from the .zip archive or did... did you "whatever". I mean there is a reason why Ben gave us a pack full of LQ mp3 tracks =/

I like it so far, but the rotoscope story content isn´t really obvious for me.
00:01-00:03
I like the black borders! Keep them^^ This scene is nice.

00:03 The background could be more messed up and crazy
00:07 Oh please fix the square at my char´s mouth. I mean some of the mistakes give the part a nice touch, but this doesn´t

00:09 Please no crap quality
00:11 Please no such really cheap ´n nasty effects.
00:13 + I don´t feel that I have to comment it, because this scenes might be dropped anyway, because you´re comeing too wide in my part. I think you might better invest the rotoscoping chars in your track. They doesn´t fit to the part anyway

Ok let me think about a transition. Mhm...

btw.: Uhm yeah the beta should be a finished track today...