My random TF2 videos

2010-07-04 22:06:23

#1

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

This forum needs more life.

Anyways, I've been trying to get into video editing, so that I can pollute YouTube with more random short gaming clips.

Some are bad, some are decent, some are in between. Either way...if there are any uber-leet video editors out there, shoot me some pointers.

Last edited by DefCon-17 (2010-07-04 22:06:52)

2010-07-04 22:27:58

#2

dill13: Member; +67|6408

Those pickup games or actual matches cause the scout one the other team was clueless.
Edit: funny thing is I play demo alot like that but I actully hit the guys directly half the time I cant use the sticky launcher at all.

Last edited by dill13 (2010-07-04 22:32:21)

2010-07-04 23:37:10

#3

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

They're all Lobbies.

2010-07-05 00:30:32

#4

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|6955

are you using magic bullet for editing. if you arent, get magic bullet.

2010-07-05 01:35:12

#5

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

Err, I use Adobe Premiere.

(And After Effects occasionally.)

2010-07-05 01:38:50

#6

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|6955

magic bullet is a plugin. get magic bullets

2010-07-05 04:03:06

#7

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6868

Disregarding everything else for a moment

Why do people feel the need to add parts of the BGM's lyrics into the video as text

2010-07-05 07:22:00

#8

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

So this Magic Bullet thing is like....a bunch of presets, basically?

2010-07-05 07:43:50

#9

Jestar: Shifty's Home Number: 02 9662 8432; +373|6955

DefCon-17 wrote:
So this Magic Bullet thing is like....a bunch of presets, basically?

Yes, they give typical cinematic effects

2010-07-05 08:38:05

#10

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

oooh dear

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2010-07-05 09:29:07

#11

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

Jestar wrote:
DefCon-17 wrote:
So this Magic Bullet thing is like....a bunch of presets, basically?
Yes, they give typical cinematic effects

Hmm, I'll have to check it out.

I don't want too much done for me....although I suppose I could just mix and match presets with my own post-processing.

2010-07-05 09:34:08

#12

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

everyone wants to be a movie star, eh.

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2010-07-27 20:56:53

#13

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

Two more wheeee.

Miniclips are fun.

'Though I'm not sure why the text is always so...jagged.

2010-07-27 21:47:34

#14

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6956|FUCK UBISOFT

weirdest thing ever. I have torrents running, and those videos were taking ages to load, I wanted to rewind since it was stuck buffering so I clicked left, since that used to rewind. Instead of rewinding the spinning circle of dots became a game of snake. yes. snake. that game where you're a snake and you pick up fruit and it makes you longer. that's the one. Anyways, I googled it and it looks like that was implemented this week.

Weird shit.

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2010-07-28 03:26:16

#15

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6003|Catherine Black

Yeah, someone said that on Facebook.

Also that first airshot looked so easy I think I coulda done it.

2010-07-28 04:04:05

#16

Brasso: member; +1,549|6845

Miggle wrote:
weirdest thing ever. I have torrents running, and those videos were taking ages to load, I wanted to rewind since it was stuck buffering so I clicked left, since that used to rewind. Instead of rewinding the spinning circle of dots became a game of snake. yes. snake. that game where you're a snake and you pick up fruit and it makes you longer. that's the one. Anyways, I googled it and it looks like that was implemented this week.

Weird shit.

you eat rats in snake. what kind of snake eats fruits?

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-07-28 05:12:19

#17

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

imo just stop playing soldier

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2010-07-28 11:02:31

#18

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

Finray wrote:
Yeah, someone said that on Facebook.

Also that first airshot looked so easy I think I coulda done it.

Yeah, that's why it's called "EZ-Airshot"..

Anyone who spends 10 minutes on tr_rocket_shooting could do it.

Maybe I'll jack some demos from Jaeger so I can actually get some critique on my editing.

2010-07-28 11:12:26

#19

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6003|Catherine Black

DefCon-17 wrote:
Finray wrote:
Yeah, someone said that on Facebook.

Also that first airshot looked so easy I think I coulda done it.
Yeah, that's why it's called "EZ-Airshot"..

Anyone who spends 10 minutes on tr_rocket_shooting could do it.

Maybe I'll jack some demos from Jaeger so I can actually get some critique on my editing.

I think you misinterpreted my comment, I didn't mean for it to sound degrading or as if I'm on a high horse, it was still a pretty cool kill.

As far as editing goes, you've got the basics down, subtle, but still interesting, good choice of music too, goes with the pace of the videos. Just gotta work on quality and OCD touches (resolution, aspect ratio, ingame UI and such).

Do you use Startmovie avi or Fraps while it's live?

2010-07-28 11:15:55

#20

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

no he fucking does not have editing down.

'editing' skills does not mean 'MUST THROW AT LEAST ONE EDITED EFFECT OR TRANSITION INTO EVERY 10 SECOND KILL CLIP'

it's fucking obnoxious, annoying, and way over-done. editing is supposed to be, as you said, "subtle". that is not. feels like im on a rollercoaster even trying to watch his shitty kills. don't over-dress. put an expensive ball-gown on an ugly woman and she'll still be an ugly bettie. spend 10 minutes putting effects, transitions, annoying 'HERE ARE AWESOME PROFOUND SONG LYRICS JUST IN CASE YOU ARE DEAF BUT NOT BLIND' on an essentially shit clip, and you are not going to get any more 'thumbs up' than if you didn't.

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2010-07-28 11:16:39

#21

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6003|Catherine Black

I said basics.

2010-07-28 11:19:41

#22

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

i'd say a basic lesson of editing is:

less is more.

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2010-07-28 11:52:14

#23

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

So just put a bunch of clips after each other, throw on some music with absolutely no effort in syncing, and some basically color correction?

Yeah, I can totally see that becoming the next big thing.

Finray: I just use the PLDX recording tool contraption to start up TF2 (1280x720 on my 1280x1024 monitor), and record with Fraps. Then put the clips in Premiere, export as TGA frames (any movie format usually seems to like skipping a lot of frames), then put the TGA files and sound file together in VDub.

I think there's something wrong with my x264 settings though...'cause text always looks so jagged once I'm done in VDub.

2010-07-28 11:56:37

#24

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6685

defCon don't be ridiculous. of course there is an art in editing, but generally 'less is more', i.e. LESS OBSTRUSIVE, IN YOUR FACE SHIT.

your videos are the far extreme-end of the scale, to the point of being obnoxiously bad. over-edited is the best way to describe it.

for example, syncing music to suit the video content is a great technique. when, however, you feel the need to HIGHLIGHT this technique and DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO HOW AWESOME THE MUSIC TIES IN AAAAH HERE'S SOME LYRICS TOO TO AID YOUR APPRECIATION... it becomes overkill, tacky and annoyingly shite.

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2010-07-28 12:00:00

#25

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6371|Vancouver | Canada

Don't hate on my home-made motion "tracking".

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