Cowboy Bebop - Shadows

Chaos Angel · Post by **Chaos Angel** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:06 pm

I absolutely loved the use of silhouettes. Great job.

Synthangel · Post by **Synthangel** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:29 pm

One more question: if it's like a trade secret or something, you don't need to tell...but how the heck'd you do those silhouettes? I've been trying for a while now to be able to cut out a single part of a frame and have yet to have a single success. Any tips would be helpful, thanks!

silver_moon · Post by **silver_moon** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:14 pm

Well, I exported the individual frames from Premiere then saved them as bitmaps that I opened in Adobe Photoshop. I deleted the background or parts I didn't want using the eraser and made the background bright green. I then put the edited frame back in Premiere and applied a green screen to it so that the background became transparent. And... voila!

Synthangel · Post by **Synthangel** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:39 pm

Synthangel · Post by **Synthangel** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 8:41 pm

I wish I had that kind of patience.

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:36 pm

silver_moon wrote:
Knowname wrote:Y you name your file numbers, y'know it would help if everybody just called it xx(anime) - xx(song) I think that's the norm not numbers. And ziped vids really bug me too... it's not like zipping saves more than 1%...
I don't do the file numbers on purpose, it's a drawback of the host I use. I don't have a choice in what I call the file. It drives me nuts too...
And I never zipped the file... I'm pretty sure...

lol no you didn't zip it but I figured while I was on the subject while I was on the subject of teeney things that bugged me lolo

Anime Jedi · Post by **Anime Jedi** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:38 pm

I see I'm having the same problem as a few other members here. I'm getting the same blocky look. Makes movements ruin the picture. But on the bright side, the sound is great.

Jebadia, how did you fix your problem?

Yes, I have downloaded the most recent codec of Xvid, but it doesn't change anything...

silver_moon · Post by **silver_moon** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:44 pm

Anime Jedi - If you have the original version of the video, maybe you could try getting the DivX-compatible XviD version, which is currently up for download. The original video was 40.8 MB and the new one is 39.9 MB, if you're not sure which version you have. Maybe having a DivX-compatible version will fix this problem... I'm not sure. But you could try that and see what happens.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:55 pm

I watched it, very nice video.

I especially likes the sillouettes.

I'll watch it again and then review it tomorrow.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 8:49 pm

best CB vid I have ever seen