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Here are some snippets of advise that I have used for getting the best from Google and YouTube. Youtube -
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Some other advise -
Google Video’s suggestions -
I created droplets with these setting using Final Cut Studio bundle’s compressor. These worked rather well. Its still a longish process. Encode, upload and in the case of google wait to be processed. Then fill in detials. There is more processing before its ready to be linked to. The Google uploader is cool though. doing the flv is more difficult and I have tried it using Visual Hub .
Here’s YouTube with an uploaded flv converted via Visual hub with the high quality settings. And to me this looks the best quality i’ve maneaged to get. .flvs will not upload to Google Video.
Add comment June 10, 2007
now cleared by google heres the comparison
This video was emcoded using a droplet set for the recommended settings. How does it compar with the others?
Well I’d say that theres very little in it. Youtube is quicker, google might be eaier if you are adding video often. It also has the advantage of being inside the Gmail suite – although I find the navigation around the suite to be clunky. The new google notebook seems quite useful working within the firefox window.
Add comment May 22, 2007
more tests with video on the web
I have created a compressor droplet in FCp and in order to compare googlevideo and YouTube here are the same flash development movies compressed as suggested and then up loaded. Youtube 1using the google settings
It made a 7MB file for uploading.
Youtube 2using the YouTube settings
It made a 15MB file! watched locally it looked worse than the file compressed using the Googlevideo settings. I imagine this is down to the use of H264 by google. Maybe.
Youtube uploading is simple and easy to use – Google video has a good trick with the uploading application. But there is a delay as the video is processed and once processed additioanl infromation is required before it goes live. So its a longer process. Watching both videos via the blog – they are about the same in terms of quality.
Add comment May 19, 2007
emails for the storyworld group project
Rena,
Its time that you embraced the new millennium – myspce is just so cool. Its a great way to meet people, it could be the start of a new direction fro you. You need to get yourself a much more positive and dynamic group of friends. Then you could get out more – it would be a weight off mum and my minds. Sorry to hear about your laptop, I think Jonathan has an old one he doesn’t use. Would you like me to ask for it for you? I have the latest Macbook – in bridal white! Its so cool. I really look the part at client meetings now. I don’t know why you’ve got such a downer on Graham. he’s really very nice, once you get to know him. Alot of his behavior hides a sensitive side. You are so superficial sometimes! I know he has a big car but he told me the other day that all his output was carbon neutral.
jj is on the states at the moment – there was some big showdown he just had to attend. You know ‘butt kicking’ as they say in the States. It has been abit difficult, with all the arrangements for the wedding and jj not around. Mum’s been great and his step mother has offered to help too – when they come back from Mustique.
Yes thats Justine, I’m not sure how jj knows her. He did tell me but its slipped my mind. I think she might be from the Office, she phones sometimes. I don’t like her much, she’s quite loud and a bit trashy in a sort of modern way. I asked her if she plays squash the other day and she looked quite confused!
Don’t worry about the wedding list – I’d rather you looked abit smarter at the wedding. You are going to at least try to fit in? It IS my big day Rena…
For god’s sake what’s a wormery? I asked JJ and he said he already works in one!
phone mum soon,
love Su
Add comment May 18, 2007
test flash movie
I have rehearsed the script, editing it slightly. Shoot direct into Mac and QuickTime Pro with my old Dv camera. I used the wse wide angle extender to distort the close up. There are problems with frame rate and have to expert from QuickTime to get to play in FCP. Use the opportunity to add further sharpening to help rotoscoping.
Try to add further wide angle distortion. Too much so drop the idea. The take is quite long already. Not the 10 seconds I was hoping for! In spite of doing the script in one take I have tightened it up in FCP and added a still frame at one point.
Now to export for flash. From FCP as image sequence with 8 frames a second as JPEGs with medium quality with no colour (greyscale). Repeated at 10 fps since QuickTime doesn’t work to 8 fps! Checked and looks fine will import to Flash.
I have imported al the jpegs and am adding each to a keyframe. Perhaps it might be simpler to import the mov to the stage? Trying that. Nope not with Flash 8. So loaded each still – over drew each 20th. Used shape tween between them. Added the audio. Difficulties exporting from Flash. Used google video droplet to prep for upload. Uploaded to Google video – you then have to wait a few hours for a while before it gets processed. It then requires additional infromationa about the video before it goes live.
I like the way that the lines flow and move but the animation is too fractured. Chosing regular frame intervals might noit have been a good idea. The flow is too regular. There need to be some other injected images to break up the faces.
Add comment May 13, 2007
more experiments in uploading video
This time I’m trying google video
finally I got it working. Reviewing how I did it – I have created a google video account – since I already have a gmial account. I have downloaded the GoogleVideoUploader. So it was quite easy to – the uploder especially worked easily. However Google video is quite picky about the format and frame size of the video. They suggest these for maximum quality
When I get a moment I might make a compressor droplet to streamline this requirement beofre using the uploader.
Add comment May 12, 2007
Avatar interface continued
I really like the comic effects that the application comiclife cancreat and so I tried to get the angle of the head and the speak bubble to break up the symmetry of the layout.
I added the drop shadows and roough edges around the circles and speech bubble tio try and things up. Perfect circles didn’t look cartoon enough.
The F-F-F Final cut is a throw backl to Max Headroom . (I remember the 80’s the first time around!)
Add comment May 11, 2007
developing the FCP help avatar
I have decided to use the shape tweening to animated the photos – but will insert an number of stills at various points in the timeline to slow down the movement, inserting the explainations and illustrations at the relevent points.
I have animated at 0ne frame a second but by inserting more un tweened frames and making the cartoon more detailed I think the flow will be improved. In the making of scanner darkly the rotoscoping artists discussed the need for a style sheet for all the teams to work by. I wil therefore break down the still into important elements and ensure that those are consistently mapped.
Add comment May 10, 2007
Video of test
Add comment May 7, 2007
success at shape tweening
More thoughts over night about streamlining the animation process. I have to get the animation to work without the use of symbols. I have managed to get it working now by tweening the drawings as shapes.
I am thinking of shooting the sequences as 10 second rants at 25 fps. Editing them in FCP. Then exporting as image sequences. I will then select particular frames and bring them into flash. I will then re sync them in flash and shape tween the intermediate frames. It might work…
I need to borrow a Wacom tablet I think!
Add comment May 7, 2007
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