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Post by SerialStorm » Wed May 28, 2008 3:01 am

DigitalPanther wrote:
haruhist91 wrote:um..ok just as a clarification..

there's gonna be an amv panel sometime somewhere before the contest where you guys are gonna hand out tickets to the finalists to meet a couple hours prior to the contest. is that it?
not just to the finalists. To the entrants that weren't dq'd before judging.
-DP
Just to clarify everyone who entered an AMV & was not DQ'd gets 2 tickets?
And they can pick them up at the AMV Panel?
And if so did anyone get DQ'd?

Is there a way to verify if one's video made it and they qualify for said tickets?
Sorry if this is alot of questioning but I worry about some things too much.

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Post by Ryvannis » Wed May 28, 2008 3:18 am

serial_storm_pro wrote:
DigitalPanther wrote:
haruhist91 wrote:um..ok just as a clarification..

there's gonna be an amv panel sometime somewhere before the contest where you guys are gonna hand out tickets to the finalists to meet a couple hours prior to the contest. is that it?
not just to the finalists. To the entrants that weren't dq'd before judging.
-DP
Just to clarify everyone who entered an AMV & was not DQ'd gets 2 tickets?
And they can pick them up at the AMV Panel?
And if so did anyone get DQ'd?

Is there a way to verify if one's video made it and they qualify for said tickets?
Sorry if this is alot of questioning but I worry about some things too much.
I'm positive as long you got a entry in without disqualification you get 2 creator tickets.

Bump, can I get a response to my post on page 7 please? :?

Edit: No page number.
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Post by DigitalPanther » Wed May 28, 2008 3:39 am

Ryvannis wrote:
Bump, can I get a response to my post on page please? :?
You mean the one asking my opinion of your "Heart of an Angel" video?
Sorry it got lost in the shuffle. Work is pretty busy atm I will attempt to review it again this evening and give you my review. As for the judges opinions. I don't really know since I didn't ask them. I deliberately tried to not ask such things. I wanted them to be free to vote how they felt honestly with no pressure. I also didn't wish to risk skewing the vote or results positively or negatively.

I will be happy to give my feelings on it. Thinking of it off the top of my head now I remembered enjoying it. It was nice to see Esca used again. As for the rest of it I will need to re-watch the video as there are 143 of them entered there is quite a bit of bluring.
-DP

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Post by outlawed » Wed May 28, 2008 7:42 am

Scintilla wrote:No, that is NOT normalization, that is <i>dynamic range compression.</i>

Normalization scales everything evenly to fit a given peak sample value -- it either makes everything louder or makes everything softer. It is not for evening out levels between parts of a track.

My post was also probably equally confusing to some as well so I shoudl clarify. I also mentioned dynamic range in one of my posts but once again to re-iterate Scintilla...

Normalization does not affect dynamic range. In layman's terms probably the easiest way to explain it is you are setting a new maximum loudness level for your audio file and based on the loudest signal in your audio everything it either brought up to the new max or lowered.

Example: You set new loudness max = -3 dB. Your current audio loudness max is -0.3 dB. Now your entire audio clip is lowered -2.7 dB. The differentials in loudness between parts of the same clip have not been altered. The only difference is the ceiling for loudest possible signal has changed.

Why do this? So that you don't have jarring maximum loudness differences between tracks (which is what happens with AMV submissions). I have had entries with peak of like -0.1 dB and then another we want to run right after it with a peak of -14.0 dB. And both are loud rock music. You can obviously see the problem.

Why did I incorrectly allude that dynamic range can still be lost when adjusting the audio? Because typically if there is clipping you are also applying DRC or some other filter to compensate for things if you are an amateur like myself who is just running some basic sound plugin.

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Post by DriftRoot » Wed May 28, 2008 9:12 am

Hrmmm, ok so first - Woooo!! I didn't totally expect to make it to the finals, but it's pretty neat to be there. ^_^

Second - I apologize if there's something wrong with my audio. I've noticed - at one contest anyways - it was markedly different from the audio of all the other AMVs, but I'm not sure what I might have done wrong. There's problems with my video anyways, but I don't know if it actually affected the audio or not.
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Post by outlawed » Wed May 28, 2008 9:57 am

DriftRoot wrote:Second - I apologize if there's something wrong with my audio. I've noticed - at one contest anyways - it was markedly different from the audio of all the other AMVs, but I'm not sure what I might have done wrong. There's problems with my video anyways, but I don't know if it actually affected the audio or not.
The main thing AMV creators should have to worry about is that their audio does not clip. Each contest is run differently and a lot depends on their staff. I can't comment for AX or others but as far as Acen I will always control what is considered max dB if I master a DVD for playback. We also may play your files directly (depending on the environment) without adjusting levels then it's up to our staff to pay attention to the audio mixer and adjust appropriately on the fly.

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Post by The Wired Knight » Wed May 28, 2008 10:55 am

MisterFurious wrote:
haruhist91 wrote:what's dq?
dq=disqualified
DQ = Dairy Queen

If you work for dairy queen you are not eligible for your tickets; sorry, but that's how things work.

Can't have Blizzard's competing with the Cake
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Post by Ryvannis » Wed May 28, 2008 7:01 pm

DigitalPanther wrote:
Ryvannis wrote:
Bump, can I get a response to my post on page please? :?
You mean the one asking my opinion of your "Heart of an Angel" video?
Sorry it got lost in the shuffle. Work is pretty busy atm I will attempt to review it again this evening and give you my review. As for the judges opinions. I don't really know since I didn't ask them. I deliberately tried to not ask such things. I wanted them to be free to vote how they felt honestly with no pressure. I also didn't wish to risk skewing the vote or results positively or negatively.

I will be happy to give my feelings on it. Thinking of it off the top of my head now I remembered enjoying it. It was nice to see Esca used again. As for the rest of it I will need to re-watch the video as there are 143 of them entered there is quite a bit of bluring.
-DP
No problem Michael, take your time actually. I'm thankful that we have you as the coordinator this year, I bet if the finalist choices were up to you the list would be a million times better. :P
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MisterFurious wrote:
haruhist91 wrote:what's dq?
dq=disqualified
DQ = Dairy Queen

If you work for dairy queen you are not eligible for your tickets; sorry, but that's how things work.

Can't have Blizzard's competing with the Cake
The cake is a lie.

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Post by Sephiroth » Thu May 29, 2008 4:47 am

Ryvannis wrote:
The cake is a lie.
This year sure next year there will be cake because next year will be 10 years of trying to get into the AX finals for me.

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Post by Kazemon15 » Thu May 29, 2008 8:46 pm

Ryvannis wrote:
Bump, can I get a response to my post on page 7 please? :?
I was wondering if I could get a small feedback on my video as well. (Beneath the Rose)

I wondered what I did wrong. Was it the scans (I hope not, since my dear friend took a great deal of time to make them anime-like) or was it the editing? .... =/

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