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The long or the short of it (2 video demos)

 
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FinMac
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:47 am    Post subject: The long or the short of it (2 video demos) Reply with quote

Greetings from a cool place, Finland!

Working on a new video demo and have 2 versions, a shorter and a longer version.

Would love any feedback you are willing to pass along.

Which one do you prefer ?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgldwt0h6gbutgv/Scott%20McDonald_Video%20Demo%20Jan%202015%20-%20Small-3.mov?dl=0

or…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oq00qzxj96eo3ib/Scott%20McDonald%201%20min%20video%20demo%20-%20Small.mov?dl=0
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd prefer the first one but I'd put the "stone bridge" and Polar clips first. It would also be nice to have crisper (less degraded) video on those.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:26 am    Post subject: Thanks Bruce Reply with quote

Thanks for the feedback Bruce. Will give the order some thought.

These were all downloads from Bluetube. Will check to see if there is a way to get better quality audio.

Appreciate your thoughts!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gotta agree with Bruce on changing the order: sad truth is that since it is a video reel people are going to be influenced by the visuals, and the hand-drawn animation style is so overdone of late that you may want to bury it deeper even though the part that matters (the read) is grand!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:54 pm    Post subject: Thanks Reply with quote

Thanks Andrew!

Appreciate the feedback. Which piece to lead with has always been a mystery to me. Will come up with a new one.

The iMac on which it was mixed will not boot up suddenly ! Don't cha just love technology Rolls Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:18 am    Post subject: Is this any better ? Reply with quote

Moved some pieces around and made a few more changes.

Is this any better as far as order ?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdyy8g95gn2yqhn/Scott%20McDonald%20Video%20Demo%202015%20-%20Small-2.mov?dl=0

Thanks for any and all feedback !

The visual quality is not very impressive. Does that happen all the time with PlopBox ?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:30 am    Post subject: Re: Is this any better ? Reply with quote

FinMac wrote:
Moved some pieces around and made a few more changes.

// C H O P //

The visual quality is not very impressive. Does that happen all the time with PlopBox ?


I played it back from Dropbox, and yes, a lot of strange pixelation.

Then I downloaded it, pulled it into Adobe Premiere to examine it and play with it. Your original is only 428 x 240 which wants to be played back small if you want any visual integrity. I let Premiere RENDER it out as an AVI at 720 x 480 and it was improved considerably.

The problem may or may not be in the "Plopbox" methodology.... but the small footprint of the original resolution may be the significant limitation.

I don't work with video often enough to remember what works and what doesn't and how to get the best final product.
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