Question about the first Video -- and the Effects

Sabor_W · Post by **Sabor_W** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:55 am

hey guys, GREAT job on that video i remember seeing it quite a while back, and even had some of you help me and a few other guys on the Virtual Snowbirds then i kind of dissappeared heh

but I had a question ... where might I find and download or buy the effects that were used in the video? the Blurr in and Blurr out, and the screen-shake effects? They would work well with my racing game vids

Thanks

-Saborkitty

TBT_Piper · Post by **TBT_Piper** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:14 pm

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/shoppi ... 314&disp=1

Good Luck saving up the cash.

Sabor_W · Post by **Sabor_W** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:38 pm

PFFFFFFT thats pocket change!!!

for bill gates

*sigh*

thanks for the help lol .. any freebies for movie maker bounce around let me know, i cant find any for life of me!

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:55 pm

Windows Movie Maker (included with Windows) does a decent job of making movies and adding sound tracks. Add some extras from here. You'll need to capture the game footage with Fraps first though...

LD

Sabor_W · Post by **Sabor_W** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:28 am

yea thats what i use, fraps ... i dont like it tho, it takes my game, which will run 60 FPS, and as soon as i start recording, take the frames to about 15 ish, or worse, maybe 20 if im lucky and my sys specs arent bad

AMD Athlon 2800+
1024 RAM
GF Fx5600 w/ 256

but eh, fraps doesnt cost 200 bucks so its not going to be perfect

thanks for the help

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:17 pm

Adjust the capture settings to allow for better frames. Less fps, no sound and disabling graphics options that will not benefit the final render, like force mip mapping, texture quality etc (in your ATI or nVidia settings). Finally, in LOMAC especially, frapping with 1/4 game (two clicks of Alt-A) speed works excellent and then use the video editor to speed up the footage 4 times again afterwards. This way you essentially quadruple your frame rate for the movie and can afford frapping in "slide-show" mode with high settings.

LD

Sabor_W · Post by **Sabor_W** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:59 pm

never thought of slowing the speed down for recording, and back up again the editor ... that is a GREAT idea!!

thanks =D

Sabor_W · Post by **Sabor_W** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:26 pm

*brings back old post* BUMP!!

do those effects have a name? maybe ill find some similar.. still looking to make neat racing vids but just cant find any decent effects to put that extra OOMPF into it =D

Sinister · Post by **Sinister** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:29 pm

well the jitter cam is in Lomac... but the SUN BLURR effect is in SOny Vegas

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:31 pm

Okay, I have no experience with LOMAC whatsoever and I do all my virtual flying with MSFS, so this brings me to two questions:
1.) What is a "jitter" cam (I know its a type of view, but elaborate - lol)
2.) Would you reccomend LOMAC for this type of PC:
Windows XP
AMD Athlon Processor
1.20 GHz
768MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE

Thanks, you guys are awesome!

Chris "Scooter" Hanvy

TBT_Piper · Post by **TBT_Piper** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:12 pm

1). Jitter cam makes the view move around and shake slightly to simulate vibrations in the real world.

2). If lomac works on my geforce 2 then you should be able to play it.

A way to test this is to download 3dmark 03 from Guru3d.com and run that. I got an 85 LOL.

Darrin · Post by **Darrin** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:32 pm

Hi Virtual Thunderbirds!

I downloaded the video a couple of days ago, and I've noticed the screen shaking and other distortions.

Is there any way to view the video and have it playback as the 2006 preview video does? I know there are special effects in the video (to give the sense of movement, etc.) but I'd love to be able to simply watch the video without the shimmering, shaking and other special effects.

I simply loved the preview video and I was really lookng forward to 40 more minutes of your flying perfection without the 'Blair Witch' effects.

Thanks guys!

Post by **Lawndart** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:15 pm

Unfortunately there is no way to get rid of the "shaky cam", but whenever we get around to editing and producing our next full feature movie, it will have the quailty (if not better) than our trailer currently has.

LD

Darrin · Post by **Darrin** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:40 pm

That's great, LD!

I can't wait until your next movie. That trailer was entirely awesome!

By the way, back in the 1990's, I attended quite a few airshows and the Thunderbirds had an awesome soundtrack to their show. One of the more popular songs was Barry White's "Love's Theme" toward the end of the show (the bomb burst, I believe), if that jogs some memories.

Do you all have that soundtrack? If so, is it for sale? If not, do you know how I can get a copy?

Thanks,

Darrin

Question about the first Video -- and the Effects

Question about the first Video -- and the Effects

Shimmering video on my screen...

Cool!