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Old 11-11-2002, 04:24 PM
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Smile something i would like to share with you all

tonight i have a video for you guys to check out. this video is a test briefing for hells motel part 2....basically its the very first video ive ever created period. i know its not perfect, i know the screens are in color, this is just a basic concept that i put alot of work into. dont expect to see something as good as laz can do like i said this is just a test. i would like to know what you all think. i screwed up the beginning text its too dark and its hard to read it all before it goes on to the next part. so read it fast haha. the music you hear is from MD.45 which was a side project of a few guys... anyway thats the music that will definatly be in the briefing. more screens will be in there, and the beginning will be fixed. hope it amuses you and let me hear what you guys think of what i did and if its "thiefy" enough or not...


www.angelfire.com/freak2/freak37/test.avi


edit: it appears they wont let me give you that link...hmm ill think of something...

second edit: right click/save as should work

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Old 11-11-2002, 05:16 PM
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Hey dude! It works. It looks good. Keep going with it. I got your email, we know your busy. But, like all good Dromediers, it's in your blood, you get back to it eventually. Ha.

Laz unfortunitely isn't doing this stuff anymore, so time for some other taffers to pick up where he left off.

Keep going, you know where to find me when your ready for testing.

Hey the fact that it actually has the words Hells Motel into, well hell man, thats cool as hell. OK have said that word enough.

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Old 11-11-2002, 06:51 PM
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Looking great amievil!
Keep it up!
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Old 11-12-2002, 05:26 AM
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That's terrific, amievil!
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Old 11-12-2002, 03:59 PM
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thanks all for the kind words. i have more respect now for anyone who ever tried to make a briefing. theres almost as much work that goes into the briefing as the level itself haha. this vid obviously is a test and i hope to make it way better soon. but not tonight....my third floor hallways await me. the textures im using and the way i want it to look make it very difficult becuase i have to align each texture perfectly or else it looks weird. the ceiling of the hallways is what i mean.


ricknmel- the wheel owns you! seriously are you gonna complete it? i havent had the chance to play rescue yet but its coming up soon on my list im playing them from z to a and and im almost into the "s".
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Old 11-12-2002, 04:27 PM
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Looks great...whos that singing and playing?
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Old 11-12-2002, 04:50 PM
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Amievil,
I watched it. Nice stuff! Look forward to seeing it all wrapped up!

I had no trouble reading the words at the beginning. They went by kinda fast but were very clear for me.
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Old 11-12-2002, 05:17 PM
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Just wanted to let you know I'm in process of downloading your .avi and getting it with DAP, LOL Still is taking a few...but no problem Will get back and let you know how it plays for me Ta and Good Hunting!
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Old 11-12-2002, 05:59 PM
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apache, the band is/was a side project of megadeth's dave mustaine and fear's lee ving. the singer is lee ving and dave is playing guitar. they only did this one album. the title for my fm came from this song, but the the idea came from a couple other factors.


huntress, before i added sound the file size was only a megabyte its 4.5 now...i assume youre on dialup like me i also use dap for everything


sneak- the first words were originally white, but i actually thought red would be cooler and you could see it better. personally i thought after making it that it was hard to read the words and it goes by too quick. i think ill keep the color of the text, and maybe brighten it a little and make it stay on a sec longer.
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Old 11-12-2002, 07:18 PM
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I like some of the effects. Good job.

I got only 17 seconds out of 4.5 MB. It stopped abruptly at the 17 second point. Is this to be expected, or is there some video compression that might be used?
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Old 11-12-2002, 08:11 PM
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That looks great amievil...with the exception the motel looked a little washed out...at least on my puter but the opening text showed up real nice and yea I think a sec. longer would be just right. I really liked the way you did the Hell's Motel sign...!!!!

Peter, I think that's all there was as it had the same time on my viewer. Sounds about right for the amount of file with everything in it...music makes it bigger too

Good Job amievil? Ta and Good Hunting!
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Old 11-13-2002, 04:17 PM
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the motel screens look washed out becuase of the video quality. it was either have good quality and bigger file size, or lower quality and lower file size. yes its only 17 secs long. i used paint shop pro's animator to do the video part of it. when i used another program to merge the video and audio together, i think thats when the file size increased. perhaps after i get to know this program a little more i can shrink the file size. i hope so becuase i want to make it a little longer. actually the second screen wasnt really gonna be in there, i just took that one to experiment. i was thinking more of the outdoor area and two indoor. the first one is of the "opera" which during that screen shot has no actors on stage. its not finished ai wise. but i think im going to leave that screen as the opening shot.
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