InspZenigata wrote:Though I couldn't tell if it was the speakers or the video, but the sound levels seemed a bit hot... could have lowered the source sound a notch so as not to overpower the speakers. >_>
That was probably my fault. I cranked the volume because I thought the speakers were going to be weak like in every other instance I encountered that weekend. By the time I realized we had good speakers in our room, the video was rolling and I couldn't see to lower the volume. In terms of the video itself, I did everything I could to iron out the uneven places with the sound. It's not perfect but it's my first MEP so I learned quite a lot.
STATUS REPORT:
Video length so far: 8m19s without closing credits
Waiting to add: incoming clips from five producers
Breakdown of clips on timeline so far:
Maru-sha (10)
Erokodomo (10)
RanMouri (2)
Dezbo21 (3 - in addition to one recurring and one to lead into closing credits)
skyedream75 (3)
ZZMaxX (1)
=DarKNesS= (4)
deuceloosely (9)
...and if you haven't sent me a production tag, please do so ASAP!
For being in shorter supply of producers than last year, it looks like we're doing okay. Just a few technical notes...
Erokodomo
If you want to join us for round three (starting in August) for our themed Salad, I must ask that you please not render to DivX format. The video cleaner I had to use to convert most of your clips left a small watermark in the lower left corner. It was small enough that it didn't get in the way, but I took the liberty of replacing that watermark with one I created. To represent Hourglass Productions, I used what looks like a black widow spider (black circle with red hourglass shape). I hope that's okay..? I also managed to get two clips out of your "True Strength" AMV, which I didn't need to convert so those were watermark-free.
Maru-sha
The clip you sent with the Kenan & Kel audio wouldn't load into my video converter. I'm still trying to figure out why Vegas 7 has trouble determining the video stream attributes for some AVI files, but anyway...my converter gave me some message about the clip being formatted DV1 and failed to convert to DV2. Would you mind going back to that clip and seeing what you may have done differently since all of your other AVI files converted as they should have? If you can find the glitch and fix it, please resend as mpeg2 if possible? Thanks muchly.
Dezbo21
Your "Smoke" blip is the recurring one I mentioned above. I filtered it into black and white for every appearance and messed with some special effects with each one after the third. They're not unrecognizable from the original, though. I think you'll approve.
skyedream75
The third clip (maybe also a fourth?) will come from your Ouran AMV. It's just a matter of converting it to mpeg2 and cutting it up. I wanted you to know it was being put to good use is all. BTW, my wife is an Ouran fangirl and she really enjoyed it.
InspZenigata
I just found your submission(s) in my gmail. I haven't viewed yet but I thought I'd let you know I has them.
Finally, there's a song called "Existential Blues" which I only caught wind of about a week ago and won't have time to create anything with on account of having to put this Salad together. If anyone is looking for a creative prompt, I recommend this song and maintain there's no way you won't find something there.
...and I think that's all for now. Only five days left!
retired: 2021 
The footage I'm using for the tag is "widescreen"-ish, and I can't for the life of me crop/resize it correctly from 704x396 to 640x480 or add those black bars on top or bottom (I'm still picking up the lingo, sry).