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I am pleased to announce...
... that we have a beta version:
http://www.allabouthmpf.com/ab17.wmv
(Yes, that '17' does indeed mean that this is version no. 17 of my vid.)
Comments, especially from more experienced vidders, are very welcome. Doesn't matter if you know the show or not - what I'm most interested in are comments about technical issues like timing and the many oddities of Windows Movie Maker, anyway. (And yes, I *am* going to use a different program for the next vid. WMM is too much of a pain in the eema to make more than one vid with, unless you have an insanely high tolerance for frustration.)
Notes:
- There's still odd little image hiccups in it which I can't seem to remove in Windows Movie Maker. Will have to try another program for that, just don't know what yet.
- Windows Movie Maker screwed up the timing ever so subtly during rendering, I think. Or maybe I'm just tired. Will have to look at it again tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.
- A couple of clips still need replacing.
- At least half a dozen clips still need to be re-timed.
- There's silent speaking in a number of clips. In most cases this is due to there simply being *no* footage of the characters in question in a fitting situation that does *not* involve talking. (Considering that we only have something like five minutes of footage of Sam in 2006, and I had to find all my 'A' material in those five minutes, it's a miracle I found as many usable clips as I did.) In the cases where better clips can be found, the clips will be replaced.
- There's silent shouting, too. That is due to my needing shots of angry!Sam, and he does a lot of shouting when he's angry. Personally, I think those shots work pretty well, but if you think otherwise, do tell me. After all, this is still only a beta version.
- I still need to figure out how to save this in a format that will not appear squished. For now, please set your players to widescreen; that should fix the problem on your side, at least until I've found a way to fix it on my side.
- I misspelled myname nickname in the credits. How embarrassing. It's actually Hmpf MacSlow, with an 'a'.
- Yes, I am aware that some of the lyrics don't *really* fit. Still, the concept of the song was so nice for a Life On Mars vid that I couldn't resist.
***
Useless trivia: This vid contains 74 separate clips.
http://www.allabouthmpf.com/ab17.wmv
(Yes, that '17' does indeed mean that this is version no. 17 of my vid.)
Comments, especially from more experienced vidders, are very welcome. Doesn't matter if you know the show or not - what I'm most interested in are comments about technical issues like timing and the many oddities of Windows Movie Maker, anyway. (And yes, I *am* going to use a different program for the next vid. WMM is too much of a pain in the eema to make more than one vid with, unless you have an insanely high tolerance for frustration.)
Notes:
- There's still odd little image hiccups in it which I can't seem to remove in Windows Movie Maker. Will have to try another program for that, just don't know what yet.
- Windows Movie Maker screwed up the timing ever so subtly during rendering, I think. Or maybe I'm just tired. Will have to look at it again tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted.
- A couple of clips still need replacing.
- At least half a dozen clips still need to be re-timed.
- There's silent speaking in a number of clips. In most cases this is due to there simply being *no* footage of the characters in question in a fitting situation that does *not* involve talking. (Considering that we only have something like five minutes of footage of Sam in 2006, and I had to find all my 'A' material in those five minutes, it's a miracle I found as many usable clips as I did.) In the cases where better clips can be found, the clips will be replaced.
- There's silent shouting, too. That is due to my needing shots of angry!Sam, and he does a lot of shouting when he's angry. Personally, I think those shots work pretty well, but if you think otherwise, do tell me. After all, this is still only a beta version.
- I still need to figure out how to save this in a format that will not appear squished. For now, please set your players to widescreen; that should fix the problem on your side, at least until I've found a way to fix it on my side.
- I misspelled my
- Yes, I am aware that some of the lyrics don't *really* fit. Still, the concept of the song was so nice for a Life On Mars vid that I couldn't resist.
***
Useless trivia: This vid contains 74 separate clips.
Technical stuff
Nope, that's definitely not the case. As I said, it's an error that is even replicated if I replace the clip - exactly the same error again at exactly the same point. It only happens in those three clips, and only after rendering. My project version in WMM does not have it.
>and there's one ghost frame (irritating if you don't have enough clip to make do after cropping it and no real solution short of retiming or using another clip.)
Where's the ghost frame? That one I'm not aware of. I removed all that I could see, but maybe that one was too fast for my eyes.
>(currently half way through, 88 clips and counting, oy why am I doing lots of fast cuts?!)
Only one answer: you must be a masochist! *g*
>I'm extremely resistant to new fandoms.
Oh, you can still get into it later. Season two only starts in 2007, anyway, so the later you get into it the better: less of a frustrating waiting period! ;-)
>I'm already way behind on my writing - I don't need to exacerbate the problem!
Yes! Write! Write!!
>In other news, Kev has an infected cut on his hand and might have to go to hospital (hopefully not) and can't stand up for too long in case he collapses due to low blood pressure and is on craploads of antibiotics that the doctor says will probably make him throw up. Which sucks, cos it's his birthday tomorrow. Fun!
Eeeek. Didn't he have something with his ear recently already? Or am I having an odd déjà vu here? Anyway, best wishes to him; I hope he gets well soon! Poor guy... and on his birthday, no less. Bad timing indeed.
Re: Technical stuff
Actually, on rewatching the vid a couple of times, I can no longer see the ghost frame either so I think it might have been a stutter with my player not the vid.
I don't remember Kev having anything wrong with his ear, maybe you're remembering when his knee got screwed up? Kev doesn't really do being sick by halves, and he has the constitution of a newborn kitten, and has a tendency to be allergic to whatever the doctor prescribes him first time round, (including penicillin and ciprofloxasomething which is another really common antibiotic. Discovering *that* was *really* fun!)
Anyway, we're spending his birthday camped out on the futon watching really bad daytime TV, and having Adrian entertain us by singing the Emmerdale theme song using broccolli as a visual aide. Which...probably makes no sense to anyone not raised in britain, and to a lot of people that were, but trust me, it's funny when you're cooped in the house and stir-crazy...
TBRFKASK