Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest Thread - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!

[XStylus]

Thanks for the AWESOME hard work xstylus!~

Thanks, but don't thank me until after the competition. My average of 3hrs sleep per night isn't quite over yet...

[1moongoddess7]

Got my confirmation~
I'm glad my writing was legible. I was rushing and had been awake for about 24 hours straight when I filled out that entry form...

Still kinda kicking myself for having to send a somewhat unfinished/sloppy version of one of my videos.... though I guess it's better than not sending it at all. Way too impatient to wait till next year. >-<;;;

Anyway... Good luck everyone!

[Rider4Z]

lark, you drew your own avatar, didn't you...

[Ryvannis]

lark, you drew your own avatar, didn't you...

You know you like it.

Anyways, thanks for the awesome work so far Troy. You've been really pushing yourself with the contest, but again thanks for the hard work.

[1moongoddess7]

lark, you drew your own avatar, didn't you...

Yes. Yes I did.

[Rider4Z]

you need to bring your portfolio to the meet & greet again

[1moongoddess7]

Will do

[TrufflePigStudios]

The first block of judging has already been completed. The second block is next weekend, and I will try to announce finalists roughly the weekend thereafter. Good luck, everyone!

O_O wow thats fast! *gulp* Now I'm extra nervous! Thanks for all the hard work you've been putting in!

[Cyrix]

Hi, I had a question - I was unaware of this thread until today and following the official rules PDF from the AX website, which doesn't have this part:

640x480 (Square pixel, 4:3 aspect ratio)
720x480 (DV non-square pixel [0.9])
960x720 (Square pixel, 4:3 aspect ratio)
(etc)

The PDF does state "NTSC standard" but only lists the vertical resolutions; I didn't read into that enough I guess, so I ended up submitting a video that was 1072x720, one that was 936x720, and I think one that was 852x480 (all square pixels) >_< . Does this mean my entries will be disqualified? I live in Orange County and am willing to mail, digitally submit, or hand deliver the videos in the exact specified resolutions/aspect ratios to Anaheim, Ventura, LA, or anywhere if that would become necessary at some point (alternatively feel free to crop/add black/adjust aspect).

[XStylus]

The PDF does state "NTSC standard" but only lists the vertical resolutions; I didn't read into that enough I guess, so I ended up submitting a video that was 1072x720, one that was 936x720, and I think one that was 852x480 (all square pixels) >_< .

I broadened the submission guidelines for this year, so don't worry too much about it. Those first two are certainly are some oddball resolutions though, but those in and of themselves will not disqualify you. However, using such odd resolutions generally causes some impact to video quality and that will work against you in the judge's scoring.

Next year the codec submission guidelines will be tightened again, now that I know what works best and what causes lost sleep.