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lloyd9988
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Re: Bittersweet

Post by lloyd9988 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:13 am

This amv was edited very well Taite, you should be very proud. Now, to critique cause I need too.
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0:00 - 0:09: Text was very fitting with the transition cause of the cherry blossoms and with the radial blur.

0:18 - 0:19 I can guess how you did that fade. . . but that was really good! How did you do that?

0:37 Felt like something could be added there to up the beat more. Plus, I think a circle with some feathering during the cross-fade could've helped. A medium zoom-in on the eye then a sharp zoom-out on the card. Riccardocasu did it in his quickening vid so I think it would be useful too know if you try it again.

0:45 - 0:46: Good transition with the radial blur before the zoom out of the eye, but felt a bit to bright and I think a feathered mask could help.

1:31: ...You love that scene... don't you??

1:51: A circle transition with some feathering during the crossfade can work here too. Also, your blur during the crossfade is pretty good.

1:59 - 2:02: No zoom-ins, no fancy effects, just a little color correction, a little outside blur and the internal synching will do the rest. Good choice

2:28 - 2:29: I feel like you should've kept the brightness & contrast going down until the end of the scene.

2:46: Linear wipe plus brightness & contrast on the bottom was good. Definitely note-worthy.

2:54 - 2:56: I see what your doing and I like it, but I guess my eyes felt like that you could've done something to kinda tone down the abruptness not too much but enough to make the transitions just a little bit smoother. Or maybe adding something to make the transitions harsher? I don't know. Something, though, feels like something could be done there.

2:58: Don't stop! xD Keep the brightness & contrast going down until the cross-fade ends.

3:05: good choice.

3:06: Is that transition normal or did you mask that? Either way, good choice.

3:14: Those flowers felt like they came in too abrupt, if there was a slower transition like a linear wipe or circle with feathering, I think it'd make it look a tad better. Unless its part of the scene, then, in which case... F*** the animators

3:15: Can use a little brightness & contrast plus a little radial blur there. I sense it. If not, whatevs.

3:24. Question: How did you do that? The thing with the cards not showing up in the scene but slightly showing up bit by bit?

v.v Only saying this once and I'll never say this again unless you make an even more awesome AMV. . . . This AMV was cooba wooba Malik and me inside my head: "GAYYYYYYYYYY"
The strongest point of this AMV and I like it, is the scenes that you were choosing. Because they always fit where they needed to be, and, honestly, made this AMV pretty good. Keep it up and looking forward to your next IC AMV

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Re: Bittersweet

Post by aesling » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:04 am

I really enjoyed this. You did a great job of creating a mood, and you also got me to start watching Chihayafuru (which I am also enjoying). ^_^
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S.A. Robert
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Re: Bittersweet

Post by S.A. Robert » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:22 pm

Nice video :3
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Re: Bittersweet

Post by Taite » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:23 pm

This amv is dead, what are you doing! O:<
Thanks Brad (: To address some of your stuff:
lloyd9988 wrote:
Spoiler :
0:18 - 0:19 I can guess how you did that fade. . . but that was really good! How did you do that? Masked the cherry blossoms

0:37 Felt like something could be added there to up the beat more. Plus, I think a circle with some feathering during the cross-fade could've helped. A medium zoom-in on the eye then a sharp zoom-out on the card. Riccardocasu did it in his quickening vid so I think it would be useful too know if you try it again. Not really sure what you mean by a circle with feathering, but I'm not a big fan of cookie cutter type transitions if that's what you mean.

1:51: A circle transition with some feathering during the crossfade can work here too. Also, your blur during the crossfade is pretty good. Really don't know what you mean still

2:28 - 2:29: I feel like you should've kept the brightness & contrast going down until the end of the scene. Yes, I did this in the red Arata scenes but forgot to implement it with other scenes. Good thing to keep it going down, but not all the way to black imo.

2:46: Linear wipe plus brightness & contrast on the bottom was good. Definitely note-worthy. Masking actually ;p

2:54 - 2:56: I see what your doing and I like it, but I guess my eyes felt like that you could've done something to kinda tone down the abruptness not too much but enough to make the transitions just a little bit smoother. Or maybe adding something to make the transitions harsher? I don't know. Something, though, feels like something could be done there. I think the entrance to the flashback scenes is a bit iffy, as it is a very stale scene, but for the rest I don't see an issue.

3:06: Is that transition normal or did you mask that? Either way, good choice. It's in the anime

3:14: Those flowers felt like they came in too abrupt, if there was a slower transition like a linear wipe or circle with feathering, I think it'd make it look a tad better. Unless its part of the scene, then, in which case... F*** the animators Yup, was the animation. I think because I'm used to seeing the scene it doesn't bother me.

3:15: Can use a little brightness & contrast plus a little radial blur there. I sense it. If not, whatevs. Don't know where I'd do that, but I prefer the raw impact of the scenes.

3:24. Question: How did you do that? The thing with the cards not showing up in the scene but slightly showing up bit by bit? It's in the anime

v.v Only saying this once and I'll never say this again unless you make an even more awesome AMV. . . . This AMV was cooba wooba Malik and me inside my head: "GAYYYYYYYYYY" HAHAHAHAHA
aesling wrote:I really enjoyed this. You did a great job of creating a mood, and you also got me to start watching Chihayafuru (which I am also enjoying). ^_^
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying the anime.
S.A. Robert wrote:Nice video :3
Thanks :p
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Re: Bittersweet

Post by Mastamind » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:44 pm

This also made me want to watch the anime.
Enjoyed it a lot, nice viddie :up:
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