i think he will shout at you about the startup times of dslrs.

ok then. show me.

you do know that implementing your idea would take loads of time motion tracking right?

ty to all. i thought it was kinda shitty.

I replaced the billboards with a video of muse playing at one of their live concerts... It isn't the best video that i could've done but it took very little work... 2 days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLgo3LUMtQ4

The performance was off the Hullaballoo DVD.
Hopefully this doesn't get moved.

so then i wait for an admin to move it.

voted. like every other sheep in the paddock.

I don't think there's a thread for vfx so i decided to make one... and share 2 things that you can do.
These can't be used with Windows Movie Maker so don't go asking.

Film Burns

http://www.digitalcinemafoundr ... m-burns-exclusively-here/

Scroll down and download the film burns from the links.
After you finish downloading, place them in a video track above your video sequence and set the blending mode to "Screen"

Realistic Film Grain
*This tutorial is aimed specifically for After Effects users*

http://www.pixelnrg.com/big_d/film_grain.png

1. Download the picture of film grain above or search a picture of one yourself.
2. Import the picture into After Effects.
3. Drag the picture over your composition.
4. Go to Transform>Position
5. Alt+Click the stopwatch and type in "wiggle(4,50)" (without the " " obviously)
6. Change the blending mode to "Soft Light" (right click on the image, choose Blending Mode and then Soft Light)
7. You're done. If you want harsher grain then go to the Curves tool (Color correction>Curves) and set it to a slight S curve.

shouldn't the fps be 23.976 at the lowest?

District 9. I would've wondered how they did all of the 3D rendering. The texturing for the aliens are so incredibly grungy and it's a thrill to see people who aren't exactly famous to star in this. It somehow flows very well.

I was distracted by the porn on the advertisments... that i modded myself... -____-

try to motion blur the rain to make it more smooth, make it blend into the footage instead of looking like an overlay and also, i found your tracking wasn't that smooth so you should try and correct that. You could try tracking your footage and moving the rain as you move the camera although that is a bit hard. Lastly. We need engine noise.

Did you use after effects?

this is just like waiting for black mesa source (half-life remake) they take a long time but the extra time that they take creates a better game. (hopefully. otherwise it's time to panic about this simulator going into history)

just a screenie from a video i'm doing.

ooh. a fellow 12 year old. turn on shadowing next time and also try syncing the video to the audio. it might make your video shorter but it will make it much more pleasing to watch. also. it's not an excuse to be a 12 year old. (unless you are sure you haven't watched a lot of films here.) yeah. your vingetting effect is on overdrive. make it subtle so that it's barely noticeable.

I probably won't be winning anything much but i guess it's better than nothing. Finalising FZR and going to do FO8 soon.

Last edited by ethan520, Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:55.

there's something wrong with some of the videos in this forum.
1. they are a bit cliche and are not original
2. they are boring.
i know there are a lot of film makers in this forum who broke ground and were creative.
Don, Mp3Astra, unokeva, trackah123 (that was wierd...), squidhead ect.
it doesn't nessarily have to have insane effects like greenscreened people inside the cars or rendered environments.
Kraniwani for example... he did a music video with only 2 effects. Black and White and Film scratches. He has about the 3rd most views on youtube for a Live For Speed Film. Look to those videos and find the action and the sense of the cars flying by the camera.

Now about your video.
It wasn't really that bad.
I mean.. I've seen worse and i've also made worse. I think what the foremost thing you need to do is get yourself a proper video editing program. I'd start with either Sony Vegas Movie Studio or Adobe Premiere Pro.
Secondly Practice, Practice, Practice. Use LFS Tweak to make your drifting crazy if you want. Learn to use the FZ50 whatever. Just try to make sure you make a lot of replays and go through each one to see which one is the best for that corner and which one are you going fast and so on.
Thirdly, don't be discouraged by me. I'm only 12. I remember when i made my first video. Everyone rated me 6/10 or worse. Stick at it and you might be like the people above.

Yes i'm sorry this is so long.

Quote from adagio4lv :

Veryy nice
waitin` for more from you

Don't expect that much.. i'm only 12.

Actually, i started on another video... it might be a slow motion one... it might not... just wait and see...
There will be more post production work too so it will probably be better.

Last edited by ethan520, Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:15.

i tried that. Seriously... you can't get any air out of that jump using the XRG. Unless you use a ridiculously wierd suspension setup.

still think i could do better. oh well. if you want to see the difference between this and the other ones...

http://video.google.com/videop ... Video&hl=en&emb=1

I don't think you'd want to see it. XD

well... better fire up photoshop and start running laps around blackwood.

Oh Yes. So we have the same design over all of the cars we skin?

Last edited by ethan520, Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:38.

Just another video i made of Blackwood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5w00dQJOE

Last edited by ethan520, Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:11.

All because i'm 12 years old doesn't mean i'm an annoying brat who likes to make cars pregnant.

It's probably only me but...
It was a bit boring having 11 minutes of crashing over and over again.
It kinda lacked originality.. i mean... we've seen car crashes all the time... Is there anything different these days?
Just a few other things... Try to have sort of a film look and sort of make it look exciting. It looks a bit slow to me... You could try to change the look a bit... like give it a vignetting effect and sort of make the colors a bit more intense and warm. It just adds to the feel of the movie.
Also, try to have more of a story. It may be a bit hard but it might actually help make it more interesting.
Anyway. You tried hard. Nice movie.