NightWish: Dark Desires (Encoded and Shipping)

thistledown · Post by **thistledown** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:09 pm

I can make the changes to wishmaster, no problem. I'll load it in tonight.

Unfortunetly, I don't have access to the Noir dvd's anymore. If somebody does, and can send me the .vob's for disks 1, 4, 6, &7; I have the premiere files and scripts still, so it should be easy enough to recombile then.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:03 pm

OtakuForLife wrote:Anymore suggestions cuase I want everybody to be happy with the final product?

Another thing I forgot to mention: the Subtitling credit almost collides with the subtitles themselves. There's only a couple of pixels between the two. Maybe that and the encoding credit should go on a new page.

Let's see if I can concisely word that monster of a post I made up there:

1) Download the plugin package I made available on Rapidshare
2) Unpack it in the AviSynth plugins directory (usually C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins)
3) Use the scripts I posted to correct the individual huffies. If either the scripts don't work or AviSynth throws you an error at this point, let me know.
4) Switch the fixed huffies out with the originals and start Premiere
5) Check the anti-aliasing of the titles/credits, try to use the White Alpha Matte transparency, and if that fails use a radial or zoom blur on those title cards.
6) Refer to the list of credits proofing in the other post, the note Kalium made about only using Banner Of The Stars II, and the suggestion I made further up this post about putting those two credit lines on a new page so they don't collide with the subtitles.
7) Reexport from Premiere at 23.98fps, making sure that the 'Always recompress' option is checked.
8) Use the script I gave for the audio-less Lagarith file on page 25 (I think it was page 25) on the new final export.
9) Get it onto the FTP or whatever so I can download it and do the XviD and whatever else encodes, since it looks like it might be high enough quality to warrant it, should all these other steps go well.
10) This would be the step where I make the XviD encode, hardsubbing the subtitles and putting in the time-corrected audio.
11) I'll upload the final XviD to the FTP so you can then upload it to the Donut or whatever else; that's the first priority. Since I'll still have the lossless final master, audio, and ssa script, if I do any other encodes they'll come afterward, probably after the XviD is already available for download.

I think that's about it.

thistledown · Post by **thistledown** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:05 pm

Yeah, I can still see some subtitles at 3:34 during Laputa. You might be able to get away with a still-pic overlay on the first camera angle, but I don't think it'd work on the second one. Otherwise, some of the audio transitions were a little strange... minor tempo shifts can be more unsettling than major ones.

Only two real editing issues were on the begining of Last Exile and the transition into Saikano. For Exile, maybe making the book a bit more centered, or having something going on in the other corner (pen writting, something simple, etc.)(Love the way it leaves the book though).
For Saikano, it almost sounds like two different song merges... once at 9:39, and another at 9:42. No clue what to do about it really. The footage is fine, but the audio just bugs me.

-Just played both songs, it's actually Everdream untill 9:42. Any chance the Ai Yori Aoshi footage can cover till then or have a longer transition?

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:19 pm

Fast suggestion: Wouldn't it be a lot nicer on the eyes to fade one track into the next rather than going for hard cuts?

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:36 pm

thistledown wrote:Yeah, I can still see some subtitles at 3:34 during Laputa. You might be able to get away with a still-pic overlay on the first camera angle, but I don't think it'd work on the second one.

The script I gave for it takes care of that. It crops away that area and all of the black and replaces it with equal-sized letterboxing.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:02 am

I keep getting the error message "deen needs YV12 input"
for the opening beta. If I remove the deen from the script
it works just fine.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:09 am

OtakuForLife wrote:I keep getting the error message "deen needs YV12 input"
for the opening beta. If I remove the deen from the script
it works just fine.

Then add ConvertToYV12() right before deen. That'll take care of it.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:50 pm

::saw how awsome the final product looks:: *almost cried

Ok Q heres the run-down..
I fixed everything fixable with your scripts, replaced the huffies in primere
and adjusted the credits accordingly.. I'm exporting the final huffy now, soon you'll have your final lag copy and it'll be ready for it's main showing.. I just wanted to thank all the people who stayed with this project and took on extra tracks when they didn't have to. It's with your help that this project survived. Hopefully everyone will be happy with this project and come to understand as it well as those who put it together... So, time to party!!!

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:03 pm

So... should we write individual blurbs for the video description?

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:57 pm

Sure, feel free to leave comments..
I'll post them in the video description for the donut.
By-The-Way uploading the lag file as we speak... Q it will be ready to
download in couple of hours.. Sorry to thisledown who
tried to submit his new track. But, I was already in progress
with the finishing stuff..

Thats about it, btw the big torch has been lit...