Well, as you can tell, today is Friday, and the video is NOT done, haha. Well hey, it will be done by next week. I figured out a new way to put in the special effects.
Today was pretty good I'd say. I hung out with friends, and swimming was pretty fun because we did some wacky strokes that were pretty much funny. Other than me being sick for one of the days, the week wasn't terrible; I'd say that most things went pretty smoothly overall.
Oh hey that reminds me, I have to turn in a homework assignment online now. Hahahaha crap.
Well today when I got home I made the uber fancy title for the video. I think it looks pretty damn fancy, if I do say so myself. A fade in, a lens flare, and BLUE WRITING. Pretty cool.
I figured out how to use the Adobe Dynamic Link for the editing. It should go by pretty fast now. It shall be done by next Friday, for sure.
Short post, but really, I had nothing much to say. My life overall is pretty monotonous, especially school. Everything is done roughly on routine: I go here today, there tomorrow, and etc. Nothing really happens unless I plan something, which I don't usually. It's okay, I got other things to think about than life variety. S'all good.
Tomorrow I have a piano theory test. I really hate theory I'd say, but it's sometimes useful. Because of it, I know why some chords are named this and why others are named that, and how some of those ornaments are played. But honestly, I think I could have done without it. I was able to play them before, doesn't mean I have to know what I'm playing.
I'm still a bit sick. My throat is pretty sore, I had a mild headache throughout the day, and now one of my ears is plugged up. The ear thing really baffles me. I took off my headphones during TF2 and it was plugged up. I was WTFing in my mind, because I knew that this would annoy me to kingdom come till it goes away. I want it to go away now. I've had it for about 2 hours and it's still annoying. I think it might be because I had some pool water in my ear. The reason doesn't really interest me; I just want it GONE.
Woot, Sunday is the first day of March! I like March for some reason. Anyone wanna guess why? :D
Lol, jk.
Well I'm off to edit while drinking my honey-lemon tea. Sweet dreams peoplezzzzzz.
2/27/09
2/25/09
UNDERFIRE 2 Update and Why I Haven't Posted in a While
Okay, I haven't been posting in a while, but I have good reason for it.
Monday I got home from school expecting a nice while at home editing or piano or something productive. 15 minutes after I get home, we leave for karate. I was like "WHAT THE HELL!!" but my mom made me go anyway.
I waited for an hour, then I trained with my friend (the one that reminds me of Matt Damon). It was an okay class, and it reminded me how wimpy I am (my friend was able to do pushups twice as fastas the rest of the class). It was fun I guess, but I didn't get home till 9, and at that point, I didn't feel like posting.
Tuesday: I got home feeling really shitty. I had a headache and a sore throat, and I was in a really pissy mood. Thus, I went to bed early after doing homework.
This is where the fail happens:
I woke up this morning with a 100 degree fever and a headache that made me want to fall sideways everytime I step. I wanted to go to school to take the quizzes (but mostly to see my friends), but I ended up staying home. I spent about 3 hours watching TV, then I edited for about 1 hour, and then I took a 3 and a half hour nap. And thus, I am here. It's been a pretty boring day I suppose.
By the way, I dreamt that I was Jenny the Teenage Robot and my parts were regenetitive. It was interesting to say the least...
Anyway, the main point to this post is to update you on how I'm doing in UNDERFIRE 2. I'm actually almost done, and I'm hoping to get it finished by Friday. I'll go into some detail of what major things I've been doing.
I composed all the tracks in order as I wanted them. That took about 45 minutes I guess. Then I went into COLOR CORRECTING MODE, which took me a surprising hour to finish.
This is what the color correcting did:
With the color correcting in place, the whole video looks more overcast, dreary and wet, thus creating the atmosphere that was our goal. Without the color correcting, it just looks wet on the ground. The slight tint of blue helped make it more realistic I guess.
I edited the audio for some of the clips because there were sounds in the background that were distracting/not supposed to be there. Didn't take too long. Then I added all the sound effects. I used sound effects from Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half Life 2 and Team Fortress 2. Most of them sound pretty good with their respective guns. Then the music. Most music is from HL2, and there is one TF2 song at the beginning.
And now, I'm adding muzzle flashes. There aren't many different clips I need them from, but a lot of it is of Ryan spraying his gun. It looks okay, but damn, annoying.
Also, at the request of Henry, I've made a new decal for the gun flashes. I guess it does actually look better, much thanks to After Effects!
But I've got a bit of a bug with it right now, so I can't show a pic. Sorry.
Well I'll update later. Peace out.
Monday I got home from school expecting a nice while at home editing or piano or something productive. 15 minutes after I get home, we leave for karate. I was like "WHAT THE HELL!!" but my mom made me go anyway.
I waited for an hour, then I trained with my friend (the one that reminds me of Matt Damon). It was an okay class, and it reminded me how wimpy I am (my friend was able to do pushups twice as fastas the rest of the class). It was fun I guess, but I didn't get home till 9, and at that point, I didn't feel like posting.
Tuesday: I got home feeling really shitty. I had a headache and a sore throat, and I was in a really pissy mood. Thus, I went to bed early after doing homework.
This is where the fail happens:
I woke up this morning with a 100 degree fever and a headache that made me want to fall sideways everytime I step. I wanted to go to school to take the quizzes (but mostly to see my friends), but I ended up staying home. I spent about 3 hours watching TV, then I edited for about 1 hour, and then I took a 3 and a half hour nap. And thus, I am here. It's been a pretty boring day I suppose.
By the way, I dreamt that I was Jenny the Teenage Robot and my parts were regenetitive. It was interesting to say the least...
Anyway, the main point to this post is to update you on how I'm doing in UNDERFIRE 2. I'm actually almost done, and I'm hoping to get it finished by Friday. I'll go into some detail of what major things I've been doing.
I composed all the tracks in order as I wanted them. That took about 45 minutes I guess. Then I went into COLOR CORRECTING MODE, which took me a surprising hour to finish.
This is what the color correcting did:
With the color correcting in place, the whole video looks more overcast, dreary and wet, thus creating the atmosphere that was our goal. Without the color correcting, it just looks wet on the ground. The slight tint of blue helped make it more realistic I guess.
I edited the audio for some of the clips because there were sounds in the background that were distracting/not supposed to be there. Didn't take too long. Then I added all the sound effects. I used sound effects from Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half Life 2 and Team Fortress 2. Most of them sound pretty good with their respective guns. Then the music. Most music is from HL2, and there is one TF2 song at the beginning.
And now, I'm adding muzzle flashes. There aren't many different clips I need them from, but a lot of it is of Ryan spraying his gun. It looks okay, but damn, annoying.
Also, at the request of Henry, I've made a new decal for the gun flashes. I guess it does actually look better, much thanks to After Effects!
But I've got a bit of a bug with it right now, so I can't show a pic. Sorry.
Well I'll update later. Peace out.
2/22/09
Long Day?
Today was sorta a long day. I went to the main karate tournament at 8:30 a.m. and I got back at around 8:30 p.m.? Yeahh, it's been a long, long long long day.
I went there, competed in one event that lasted about an hour, I volunteered for another hour, and the rest I just hung out. I had a few friends to run around with. My friend Jared and I probably trespassed in part of the school, but it was okay because there was a gate in front of us and we needed to get around. And I walked around the school with my friends Abigail and Angelica. Nice girls, but I swear, they used to be taller....
I saw some pretty nasty fights today. They were ring matches, but damn.... just damn.... these guys, I swear, could be world champions. They would just be right there, then BANG! Hook kick to the back of the head. Their punches were so fast it's almost unimaginable how quick they were. I'm glad I didn't fight today! I woulda got raped.
Oh yeah, my division, I also got pretty raped. The first guy up just blew everyone away, and my friend Alex and I were like "Well, there goes Gold..." Eh, I was there to represent.
It was a ton better than yesterday I must admit. I had a lot of fun actually. Good day actually, enjoyed it a lot better than last year. I even met a new friend! And, don't take this the wrong way or anything, but he reminds me so much of Matt Damon.... SO much....
Well, sweet dreams kiddies.
I went there, competed in one event that lasted about an hour, I volunteered for another hour, and the rest I just hung out. I had a few friends to run around with. My friend Jared and I probably trespassed in part of the school, but it was okay because there was a gate in front of us and we needed to get around. And I walked around the school with my friends Abigail and Angelica. Nice girls, but I swear, they used to be taller....
I saw some pretty nasty fights today. They were ring matches, but damn.... just damn.... these guys, I swear, could be world champions. They would just be right there, then BANG! Hook kick to the back of the head. Their punches were so fast it's almost unimaginable how quick they were. I'm glad I didn't fight today! I woulda got raped.
Oh yeah, my division, I also got pretty raped. The first guy up just blew everyone away, and my friend Alex and I were like "Well, there goes Gold..." Eh, I was there to represent.
It was a ton better than yesterday I must admit. I had a lot of fun actually. Good day actually, enjoyed it a lot better than last year. I even met a new friend! And, don't take this the wrong way or anything, but he reminds me so much of Matt Damon.... SO much....
Well, sweet dreams kiddies.
2/21/09
Sorta Long Day
Today was sorta a long day. I woke up at 9 and I popped on my computer and started editing a bit. I got the gun sounds in and now I'm adding music. At 11:30 I left for what became something that dragged on longer than it should have.
Every year, we have a huge karate tournament where people from around the world come meet at this high school gym to compete in karate. Today was just weapons and stuff, and tomorrow is the main competition. I went today for a seminar and a Batto-do competition.
The seminar was okay. It was a bunch of sparing drills (which by the way means fighting drills). It was pretty good, and I met a new friend from Canada! Oh the irony!
Then the Batto-do tournament started. Batto-do is basically the art of cutting with a Japanese katana (sword). Like in the movies, the swords the samurai always carry around. That sword. Yeah I do that. I'll give you a picture when I can.
Well the competition for me didn't start right away, so I sat against a wall with my long dress-thing on and my sword. I got sleepy. Then I got sleepier. Finally I got so sleepy that I leaned back against the wall more and fell asleep. This was in an area where basically everyone walked by. I was pretty much unconscious for a good 15 minutes or so. I woke myself up when my head started leaning forward. From what I hear, there were a few people taking pictures of me. I don't care, I got to sleep, I still win.
The competition finally came. On my second go for the elimination round I got eliminated. I was pretty upset. I had done better the second time than the first, but I lost. I was pretty confused and pretty angry, but I didn't show it and held it off till later.
Turns out I did 2 minor things wrong (one of which I was never ever taught) and they deducted me for that. They also added that, other than those few details, I looked really good. I'm thinking, "Wow, these karate masters remembered me out of everyone else here, and they remembered what I did wrong." I was feeling okay then, but then I remembered that they eliminated me for it. Then I thought "What the fuck. I should have won that...."
I realized today that I'm pretty damn competitive. I try not to show it because I'm embarrassed by it, but I am actually very very competitive. I don't usually do anything well unless I have some sort of competition running next to me. I do better with competition/people to OWN. I hate competing at these karate tournaments, but when I do, I MUST WIN.
Not like I will win tomorrow, but who knows? Miracles are real.
So overall today wasn't that bad, but I coulda gone a few years without it. I'd rather be at home editing or doing something not productive. I just have to keep thinking to myself: "It's just one weekend.... Not a big deal.... Chill...." So far it hasn't worked.
Well I think now after a good 9 hours out, I'm ready for a shower and a bit of editing. Tomorrow is gonna be a long, long, long day....
Every year, we have a huge karate tournament where people from around the world come meet at this high school gym to compete in karate. Today was just weapons and stuff, and tomorrow is the main competition. I went today for a seminar and a Batto-do competition.
The seminar was okay. It was a bunch of sparing drills (which by the way means fighting drills). It was pretty good, and I met a new friend from Canada! Oh the irony!
Then the Batto-do tournament started. Batto-do is basically the art of cutting with a Japanese katana (sword). Like in the movies, the swords the samurai always carry around. That sword. Yeah I do that. I'll give you a picture when I can.
Well the competition for me didn't start right away, so I sat against a wall with my long dress-thing on and my sword. I got sleepy. Then I got sleepier. Finally I got so sleepy that I leaned back against the wall more and fell asleep. This was in an area where basically everyone walked by. I was pretty much unconscious for a good 15 minutes or so. I woke myself up when my head started leaning forward. From what I hear, there were a few people taking pictures of me. I don't care, I got to sleep, I still win.
The competition finally came. On my second go for the elimination round I got eliminated. I was pretty upset. I had done better the second time than the first, but I lost. I was pretty confused and pretty angry, but I didn't show it and held it off till later.
Turns out I did 2 minor things wrong (one of which I was never ever taught) and they deducted me for that. They also added that, other than those few details, I looked really good. I'm thinking, "Wow, these karate masters remembered me out of everyone else here, and they remembered what I did wrong." I was feeling okay then, but then I remembered that they eliminated me for it. Then I thought "What the fuck. I should have won that...."
I realized today that I'm pretty damn competitive. I try not to show it because I'm embarrassed by it, but I am actually very very competitive. I don't usually do anything well unless I have some sort of competition running next to me. I do better with competition/people to OWN. I hate competing at these karate tournaments, but when I do, I MUST WIN.
Not like I will win tomorrow, but who knows? Miracles are real.
So overall today wasn't that bad, but I coulda gone a few years without it. I'd rather be at home editing or doing something not productive. I just have to keep thinking to myself: "It's just one weekend.... Not a big deal.... Chill...." So far it hasn't worked.
Well I think now after a good 9 hours out, I'm ready for a shower and a bit of editing. Tomorrow is gonna be a long, long, long day....
2/19/09
Update
Been busy lately doing stuff and such, not as much time to post. This weekend I'll hardly be able to, but I'll update y'all when I can.
I compiled all the footage to about what I want it to be. It seems to flow okay, but it's a lot shorter than i expected. Oh well, it's a good 7+ minutes long though.
I spent about 45 minutes color correcting each individual clip. I made the whole thing seem more blue now, making it sorta look overcast and dreary. That's about all I did yesterday.
So far the editing process is going pretty quickly. I'll say that it looks pretty plain with no music or effects, but it'll look better EVENTUALLY.
Now, to other stuff:
Swimming so far has been pretty damn easy. I'm one of the fastest in my group, along with Ryan and some other swimmers. Though it's not terribly hard, I'm getting more and more sleepy after practices. It might be because I stay up till 11 talking to friends on Google Talk, but that's just a hunch. Otherwise, school's going pretty boringly.
For those of you who play Team Fortress 2, ALL I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LATELY IS THE SCOUT UPDATE. I WANT THOSE NEW WEAPONS NOW!!!!!! AND I WANNA SEE THE NEW VIDEO BADLY!!!!!!! GO SCOUT! :D
And thanks to my friend Kristin, I have begun to love Arena mode and the Medic. Thanks again Kristin! :D
So yeah just an update there. Thanks for listening and good-day to you all. Seriously. You ALL.
I compiled all the footage to about what I want it to be. It seems to flow okay, but it's a lot shorter than i expected. Oh well, it's a good 7+ minutes long though.
I spent about 45 minutes color correcting each individual clip. I made the whole thing seem more blue now, making it sorta look overcast and dreary. That's about all I did yesterday.
So far the editing process is going pretty quickly. I'll say that it looks pretty plain with no music or effects, but it'll look better EVENTUALLY.
Now, to other stuff:
Swimming so far has been pretty damn easy. I'm one of the fastest in my group, along with Ryan and some other swimmers. Though it's not terribly hard, I'm getting more and more sleepy after practices. It might be because I stay up till 11 talking to friends on Google Talk, but that's just a hunch. Otherwise, school's going pretty boringly.
For those of you who play Team Fortress 2, ALL I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LATELY IS THE SCOUT UPDATE. I WANT THOSE NEW WEAPONS NOW!!!!!! AND I WANNA SEE THE NEW VIDEO BADLY!!!!!!! GO SCOUT! :D
And thanks to my friend Kristin, I have begun to love Arena mode and the Medic. Thanks again Kristin! :D
So yeah just an update there. Thanks for listening and good-day to you all. Seriously. You ALL.
2/17/09
Importing Footage
All good videographers will know that when you film a video, the best quality will be on actual rolls of film.
Not all videographers have it though, because it's expensive as hell. So, they turn to the next good thing: DV (digital video) tapes. You can see a VHS tape as a DV tape. I use a miniature version of these tapes, called a miniDV tape.
Now, these things are basically just tape right? How do you get this crap into an editing program on your computer? If you have a camcorder like a Sony Handycam, then all you need is a computer, your camera and a good-ol' Firewire cable. With the right software (Windows has it in Vista), you can take that footage off that weird roll of black tape and put it on your computer, great quality and totally digital! Very simple, very easy.
This is the first step in editing a video. Quite possibly the easiest part about editing. The only real thing you must focus on is the scenes you want to import.
I started importing today, and I was pretty excited to see the footage on my computer. But my camera isn't top of the line. Over 2 years old and only $300. The Firewire port in it is all effed up now, thanks possibly to my bad plugging skills. I got a few scenes in before I realized that the camera wouldn't connect to the computer. I was pretty damn pissed. The last thing I needed was for my camera to fail me at this point. Oh well, thanks to my bestest friend, Kristin, I'll be able to import the footage tomorrow with her awesome not-broken camera. Special thanks to KRISTIN.
I'll finish my importing tomorrow. Later friends and all.
Not all videographers have it though, because it's expensive as hell. So, they turn to the next good thing: DV (digital video) tapes. You can see a VHS tape as a DV tape. I use a miniature version of these tapes, called a miniDV tape.
Now, these things are basically just tape right? How do you get this crap into an editing program on your computer? If you have a camcorder like a Sony Handycam, then all you need is a computer, your camera and a good-ol' Firewire cable. With the right software (Windows has it in Vista), you can take that footage off that weird roll of black tape and put it on your computer, great quality and totally digital! Very simple, very easy.
This is the first step in editing a video. Quite possibly the easiest part about editing. The only real thing you must focus on is the scenes you want to import.
I started importing today, and I was pretty excited to see the footage on my computer. But my camera isn't top of the line. Over 2 years old and only $300. The Firewire port in it is all effed up now, thanks possibly to my bad plugging skills. I got a few scenes in before I realized that the camera wouldn't connect to the computer. I was pretty damn pissed. The last thing I needed was for my camera to fail me at this point. Oh well, thanks to my bestest friend, Kristin, I'll be able to import the footage tomorrow with her awesome not-broken camera. Special thanks to KRISTIN.
I'll finish my importing tomorrow. Later friends and all.
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