The music during the drift train didn't do the action much good, but that's my opinion. On the other hand - you've outdone yourself this time. Pretty darn great movie. 9/10 from me 
2.5 gb.... unless you're trying to make a movie on a calculator I suggest you man up. Those are the sizes you have to work with (just like everyone else).
I only use it to compress the finalized product. Meaning I first always export uncompressed avi from Premiere, and then compress it with vDub. It never let me down to be honest (apart from pesky green stripes in some shots on the right side of the screen in my last movie for some reason)
Im guessing the problem being in using compressed files in Vegas, and in second version - not exporting the raw avi file and then compressing it in vDub... that's the first things that pop to mind
yeah... and what software are these compressions / exports / imports are done in?
"...I've been through the desert in a car with no name
it felt good to be out of the rain..."
/reloads his colt 1911, lies down on the floor not to get hit in return fire, points the gun at the door...
Who's there
Who's there
whoops I missed that one... mwuahahahaha...
Anyway, even though it's your first ever video, it's completely....... ...good. Seriously, can't say a single bad thing about it, there were a few points that I was about to point and scream "BAD" but each time I was wrong, because of those were the interesting transitions used. Creative I must say.
I seriously don't know what happened, but probably you saw too many "READ THE TUTORIAL" replies to other people's videos, and read it before making your first
Here's a little tip however. When recording in MPR, make sure that before you hit rec button, and unpause the replay, all the cars you will film are already in the shot. If they're not, the cars that are driving INTO the shot will pop up from thin air due to lag.
Anyway - best first movie I've ever seen (better than Lynce's first, so you could actually do very good at LFS movie making :P )
Anyway, even though it's your first ever video, it's completely....... ...good. Seriously, can't say a single bad thing about it, there were a few points that I was about to point and scream "BAD" but each time I was wrong, because of those were the interesting transitions used. Creative I must say.
I seriously don't know what happened, but probably you saw too many "READ THE TUTORIAL" replies to other people's videos, and read it before making your first
Here's a little tip however. When recording in MPR, make sure that before you hit rec button, and unpause the replay, all the cars you will film are already in the shot. If they're not, the cars that are driving INTO the shot will pop up from thin air due to lag.
Anyway - best first movie I've ever seen (better than Lynce's first, so you could actually do very good at LFS movie making :P )
I've been setting up a greenscreen in home-made conditions for a project for my friend (She's a Vlogger and needed holiday themes in the background for some reason I couldn't care about cause she has great boobs), so I'll just tell you what I've learned (not much)
My only advice - keep the green (blue) well lit, and make sure it it tightly stretched not to produce any shadows on itself. That will make for the best chroma keying due to less color and tone changes.
My video editing experience with apple is quite poor, and dated, if Im honest. I could make a simplistic movie in Finalcut, but not going into more advanced stuff (not without a week of acclimatisation and reading tutorials that is). Maybe thats the technique that was used here, I don't know, but if actually works like you've said it does, Im very impressed by Apple's software at this point.
Very good for a second video...VERY VERY good. I'd say for somebody inexperienced at movie making this is almost flawless.
I could make a list of technical and editing mistakes and stuff like that, but Id say you know what they are already from the comments left here before me. The camerawork should be improved but already there are shots that are nothing short of brilliant, and yes I am talking about the last two, which Vegas already pointed out.
Also - when sync'ing the video to music, try to find different camera positions on transitions, and keep the whole video to the rhytm, because it feels like you've decided not to sync the ending, which spoils it a bit.
Hope this helps.
2 things made me consider LFS movie making, one was Traction Zero's video that blew my mind with effects used (top notch for the time) and second - Micha's editing style. Music always dominates the movie, not the video... nice to see nothing has changed.
I think I got carried away a bit there, so normal service will resume shortly...
Ive enjoyed this movie quite a bit, but I feel I should suggest smoother camerawork, the positioning is quite good, and some of the shots are exceptional, but it feels quite a bit too rough in the tacking shots, which is multiplied by increased speed of the playback...
Other than that, it's almost textbook perfect, it's all you expect from a LFS racing video, plus a hyperactive field of UF1000 battling. Worth a watch definetly.
I think I got carried away a bit there, so normal service will resume shortly...
Ive enjoyed this movie quite a bit, but I feel I should suggest smoother camerawork, the positioning is quite good, and some of the shots are exceptional, but it feels quite a bit too rough in the tacking shots, which is multiplied by increased speed of the playback...
Other than that, it's almost textbook perfect, it's all you expect from a LFS racing video, plus a hyperactive field of UF1000 battling. Worth a watch definetly.
heh, now... thats a very interesting concept (its not new, a lot of people thought of it, but yours is the first one I see actually realised.
Now, Im actually wondering as to how you did that. I know green screening, but that would require you to drive in front of a green screen blocking the monitor. So that's the trick Im still trying to guess. Good job on the work anyway.
Now, Im actually wondering as to how you did that. I know green screening, but that would require you to drive in front of a green screen blocking the monitor. So that's the trick Im still trying to guess.
Good job on the work anyway.You DO know that threads like that usually provide more entertainment than the movie itself, so they still are worth to check out
Anyway... akhem...
Xtremeracer makes Squid ANGRY, you won't like me, when Im ANGRY! BAAARGH, SQUID BASH! BASH MORE MOVIES! well not really, this reply didn't even scratch the surface of things that can make me angry, or upset or anything. I'll just give it a regular treatment though.
(the amount of "scumbag" references made me read it in cliche mafioso voice)
Well why didn't you say you were making this movie for lobotomized monkeys in the first place. It's a 12/10 job then!
Allright, I will take it to the threads that ask for criticism and constructive comments... LIKE THIS ONE FOR INSTANCE... I've expected some sort of a logical "battle of thoughts", where we could be proving each other wrong, and all that... you know, something that usually makes for an interesting read in a few months/years... but all I got is an emo reply that manages to prove it's poster wrong. Bad show, bad show.
What a coincidence. I couldn't care less about the quality of your movies as well. So please go shove those up YOURS, and keep them there. We don't need crap like this made by people who fully admit knowing that it's crap, and not caring.
I guess you're right... I should have breakfast before replying to this thread... I'll be back...
Edit : Much better, than you for good advice
If you'd care about the quality of your movies - you'd actually thank me.
If you don't care about the quality of your movies - you shouldn't care about the nature of the comments posted about it.
Please stay and lose all the remaining dignity you still have, I really enjoy watching people digging their own holes
The difference between you and me, I ALWAYS speak my mind, and you just wait for somebody to bash on you (even when it's honest opinion on the matter), which you will take as an offense, using it, to free that little damaged ego of yours and try and put somebody down, not to feel so insecure. If you need a reason to speak your mind, then you're a tool, a little cage monkey that's restrained by a series of it's own complexes, waiting for a reason to be the underdog to start flinging your feces around, so everyone would actually see you as a hero of the day making your shit not to stink. Pathetic (did I notice an elephant in the room?)
anyway
Best damn advice ever! I think I'll go snowboarding today instead of to the pub! CHEERS!
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so there should be a 5 in it... like this
On the first day of Christmas Scavier gave to me, no demo-users in the XRT
On the second day of Christmas Scavier gave to me, two noobs a-wrecking and no demo-users in the XRT
On the third day of Christmas, Scavier gave to me, three barriers buggin, two noobs a-wrecking and no demo-users in the XRT
On the fourth day of Christmas Scavier gave to me, five reworked interiors, four new test patches, three barriers buggin, two noobs a-wrecking and no demo-users in the XRT
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He should have thought about it earlier, like before posting it and after reading the tutorial on how to make movies avoiding all the mistakes he did, but allright, I'll be very gentle
1. Why do you have to put a high pitch sound right in the beginning of the movie? So our ears would hurt? THANKS, I needed that.
2. Nothing like low FPS to start the day, makes me happy.
3. I REALLY love reading the server messages, you should have really made the whole movie about them, not about cars.
4. My favourite part if the fraps watermark overlay. LOVE IT.
5. Deliberate crashing? But that's pure genious, this is awesome! Makes everything so not random, and it's so cool to watch unrealistic crashes. Non realism is why we love this game!
6. I also enjoyed watching the empty track once the car flew away. it's much better than watching that junkyard skin that's for sure.
Phew, that's 30 seconds out of the way. Let's watch some more
And wow we got more deliberate crashing, well this improves it drastically!
7. Especially the parts where you change cameras to the ones we could use while watching raw SPR/MPR!
8. And it's good that you don't edit that out, cause we really want to see it
And how cool is that , the FZ5 skin is actually Akagi's private skin! And knowing he's a drifter, not a pointless crasher I'd say it's stolen! This improves the video by MILES!
That leaves us at a conclusion of 2/10. I've seen noobs executing much better movies, so no, this isn't "pretty good for a noob", this is "quite a bit less than average for a noob"
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Top down shot of the FBM in the first made me drool. SO DAMN NICE
Second movie - really good syncronisation, not only in transition cuts, but also in content of each scene
If I was driving that car, and see a deer flying off skywards, I wouldn't stop, I'd slow down and drive to the drug and alcohol testing to see if I was high.
Seems almost unreal, but meh, anything could happen
Seems almost unreal, but meh, anything could happen
Yeah, it's when I do, nobody notices. Funny how that works, aint it?
I was struggling between a donut and a shovel, but looks like I made the right choice. Anyway:
Drive in LFS, Fraps it, Dub it to music in video editing software. That would leave some place to improvisation and originality. If you want to dub it to a piece from a game intro or a movie, make sure it hasn't been done before.
Analyzed and fixed. Inspiring little speech still.
Nothing new, original, or stylish about doing the same bit from NFS Pro Street that everyone and their grandma have done before. Not only this is not original, this also has been done better before. This bit is just like seeing all the remakes of Fast and Furious parking lot Eclipse scene. It's overused, it's old.
Furthermore, you actually managed to fail it by having a crash sound synced to a glow effect and a shaking screen (good job) when the crash didn't occure.
Seriously, I don't see why would we need yet another one of these.
On a scale 1 to 10 I give this movie a donut.
Furthermore, you actually managed to fail it by having a crash sound synced to a glow effect and a shaking screen (good job) when the crash didn't occure.
Seriously, I don't see why would we need yet another one of these.
On a scale 1 to 10 I give this movie a donut.
Cookiemonster IS funny. A car that has a Cookiemonster drawn on it is not. Don't know what to laugh about.
If you're showing off a skin, a screenshot would suffice
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