Advanced Special Effects: How do they do them?

Onideus_Mad_Hatter · Post by **Onideus_Mad_Hatter** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:26 pm

A.H. wrote:I was aware that this was a Premiere-biased community, but now I feel as that it's so biased that there are no alternatives.

That's probably the biggest problem I'm having with finding answers around here: every solution is based on Premiere. I find it pretty mind-boggling that almost every last person here spent over $500 ($699.99 according to Adobe.com) for a movie-making program, $500 for an image editing program, and $500 for a special effects program.

I'm the Mad Hatter, that means I've spent $0 for my software. `, )

Many of us, admitted or not, are pirates. Hows yer sense of morality, matey? ARRRR!

So now there's an even bigger question:

Should I take up BeoWulf's offer to get Premiere and After Effects for free?

Yeah I would. My attitude is that if you're going to be using the software to MAKE money, you should probably pay for it (if you think it's worth what they're charging). But if you're just using it for one or two lil hobby projects, nah.

P.S.:

Onideus_Mad_Hatter: What's this Animation Shop you speak of and how can I get it?

It comes with Paint Shop Pro 7, which you can download from KaZaA or from the Jasc homepage...depending on how yer sense of ethics. *shrugs*

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:32 pm

Using Premiere, you can get "Euphoria" like effects by using multiple-track mattes. I just learned how to do it myself, over the weekend. Once you figure out how to do the technical side, the next obstacle is getting it to LOOK good, the timing and stuff. Any idiot with some time to spare can make a video filled with keying effects, matted layers and areas of transparency, but but they can't necessarily make it look good.

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:35 pm

Spin: arrrr, pirates of the south west
Spin: thar be large pipes o'bandwith near ye'ol univarsety.
Pirate: yearg, ye may be an ta somethan thar.
Spin: what say ye we pull yonder USB hard disk longside yonder NMSU puter and begin tha lutin and plunderin.
Pirate: yearg. The master done gaved me a testin machine with a grand ol CDR.
Pirate: Avast!
Pirate: MP3s off the starboard bow!
Spin: stere clear of ye porn pop ups rollin in from tha east.
Pirate: I have mah trusty Opera browsa to help me fend em off.
Spin: encrypt the data holds, batton down thar security patches, argh thar be spyware abound.

Sorry to hear you can't make your "keying effects, matted layers and areas of transparency" look good SMB

A.H. · Post by **A.H.** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:36 pm

Many of us, admitted or not, are pirates. Hows yer sense of morality, matey? ARRRR!

All but gone now.

Thanks for re-assuring me that I won't be a lone criminal by doing this. Hell, MediaStudio has copyright laws, right? I guess my friend who owns it did something illegal when he made me a copy of the program.

Winning money? I'm not that thick-headed. Nobody ever started making their first AMV thinking it would win Otakon.

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:37 pm

I don't know what they're really called, thats just what I know them as. A reference for my mind, as it were. But yeah, I can't make them look good, yet.

StarRaiders]cV[ · Post by **StarRaiders]cV[** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:40 pm

Pirates were like the common day hobo. Many of them even were homosexuals. If you want to be one, please leave this screen. Whenever you leave it, you become one. Haha. Have a good day.

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:47 pm

StarRaiders]cV[ wrote: Pirates were like the common day hobo. Many of them even were homosexuals. If you want to be one, please leave this screen. Whenever you leave it, you become one. Haha. Have a good day.

*stab*

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:52 pm

StarRaiders]cV[ wrote:Pirates were like the common day hobo. Many of them even were homosexuals. If you want to be one, please leave this screen. Whenever you leave it, you become one. Haha. Have a good day.

What the blue fuck are you on about??

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:55 pm

That Was white not the background color

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:58 pm

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:Using Premiere, you can get "Euphoria" like effects by using multiple-track mattes. I just learned how to do it myself, over the weekend. Once you figure out how to do the technical side, the next obstacle is getting it to LOOK good, the timing and stuff. Any idiot with some time to spare can make a video filled with keying effects, matted layers and areas of transparency, but but they can't necessarily make it look good.

Yeah, but too bad Koop didn't use Premiere and used Magix and MS paint instead.

BTW all this talk of piracy is a direct breaking of the forum rules. I suggest you read them, but realize that you already did since you clicked "I agree."

*sigh*