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A short notice
2007-09-03 16:35:25
Less than one week, than I can release "Millennium Game" because the con is over. Meanwhile I have to work on my MX4 tutorial, to finish it right in time.
At September 1st ended a contract with an ISP that I didn't use since a while. I had forgot that I did use the free web space that was bundled with the Internet connection. So some links in forums to pictures are broken now, and my AMV.org sig was too. The sig I have fixed with text links, for the pictures in the forums I have to check how to fix it. -
2007-07-25 16:19:39
It is a weird situation - having an AMV finished that I can't release because I have entered it into a contest. It feels like having sex and being interrupted short before the climax.
I did start to write the Making of... Probably it will need more time than I expected. Writing alone will need some days, then taking the screen shots, making the website, translating to English, taking the English screen shots, making holidays and all that until 09/09. Maybe I cant' start project "Sisters" before I release "Millennium Game". But I'm not sure, I have 3 weeks for holidays, and only 1 1/2 are planned so far. I was thinking about continuing my pilgrimage to Paris after that - but if I ask my bank account it says: "NO!". So I have probably plenty of spare time to work on an AMV.
"A Fallen Angel" was the next AMV that crossed the magical 1000 hits. Right in time to celebrate this it got a new QC. If I look at the hit/download ratio it's much worse than "Episode #25". It looks like it's true for all my newer works - they get plenty hits and a low number of downloads. -
False Alert.
2007-07-18 16:21:38
No, not what you think. I have finished project "love", and right in the moment I'm uploading it to enter to the con. Deadline is in less than 2 hours. But I did change the name in the last moment. It's finally called "Millennium Game". The "Jack vs. Queen" thing I dropped. A name that needs much explanation isn't good (though the names I came up so far for project "sisters" need explanation too, but not as far fetched).
While watching the XviD compressed version I have found some bad synchs, but I'm believe the Lagarith version was fine. I have to investigate this. The XviD version didn't need too much CPU power to cause a desynch, maybe the Lagarith one does? Or it's a problem of the audio compression? Or maybe it are the 3 days distance from editing that make me recognize it. If it's the latter I should have asked for additional 14 days.
Making the credits did cost me much nervs. Nearly nothing worked like I imagined. I needed many trials to get the background satisfying. I wanted to use an alpha channel, but MovieXone can't make use of it. The credits have 8 lines of text. MX1 allows only 1 line. So I had to render for ever single line. Imagine what happens if you discover a mistake in the first line or wanna make changes in the background. And I made many mistakes. :( -
Ultimate Game
2007-07-15 15:47:09
- that's how I'll call project "Love". I'm not 100% decided yet if I leave it that short or call it "Ultimate Game (Jack vs. Queen)". The latter is a reference to German card games, which I will explain in the vid description if I chose this version.
So the gamma version is finished. After watching it I have found some parts which need minor tweaks, but all over all I'm satisfied. What I still have to do are the ending credits, what will cost me a lot of time with MovieXone. And after submitting it to the con I have to wait with the release until the con is over. That's so annoying, but it was my decision to enter it to the exclusive contest.
Starting with Thursday I'll start to write the "making of...", so that it is finished when I release the AMV. I'll write it in German and English. -
Who says alpha...
2007-07-11 16:03:54
... has to say beta. ET VOILA - the beta is finished. I could finally figure out how to make that overlay look good.
Encouraged by that success I have registered for that contest at the con. That means, there is now way back - I have to finish project "Love" over the weekend. And I have still no name... :(
But iirc, the last time as I entered an AMV to a contest I didn't have a name too until the deadline. That gives me hope.
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