Hello again!

Infinity wrote on 8/25/2003, 1:12 PM
Hello everyone!

It's been some time since I made this thread. What happened was that I got caught up in school and lots of different things and my mind just went off video producing.
Well, now I'm back and I'm here to stay! ;)

Where can I get the Spice Filters plug ins and "Pixelan Step Motion" and/or "Pixelan Step Time" ?

I went on with my vision and made my little trailer without reading your answers, and as you could expect, it sucked.
After that I haven't made any movies or video editing at all, so now when I'm going to start again I'm going to be fairly new to Vegas all over again.
I'll have to wait a couple of days now, hopefully within this week, so that I can get my new computer, then I'm going to start with design.
I was thinking about learning some basics in PhotoShop, the very basics in 3ds max and then go all the way with Vegas Video. I'm really intrested in producing movies, both realtime and gaming movies, and Vegas Video definatley seems to be the better choice to do that with.

For my first project I've already chosen a subject and a person. It's going to be a Counter-Strike movie where the player "tMa" gets to be the center of attention. Altough I realize that I probably have to train and play around with the program alot before I actually try to do a movie, since I really want it to be good.
Please, if you have time and will to help me out as much as possible here, please take the time to download this movie: http://www.csflicks.net/newsite/database/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=352

The creator of this movie has only made 3 Counter-Strike movies with Vegas ever. He has only been doing design for 2 years and Vegas Video for 1 year.
Is he a real talent or can I be as good as him/or even better?? :)
I don't have the same visions and thoughts as he does but you can see how advanced effects he's doing and go from there.
Also, if you have ANY tips for me now when starting out I'd love to hear it. Anything at all!

If you have taken the time to read all of this I truly thank you. If you've chosen to download the movie and help me out I'm forver grateful to you! I really appreciate it!

Have a nice one!

Comments

Jsnkc wrote on 8/25/2003, 1:33 PM
On a side note, I hope you don't plan to sell or re-distribute this movie because I am positive there will be copyright issues if you use parts of the game in a movie. Might want to check into what the royalties will cost before you get too deep into this.
Infinity wrote on 8/25/2003, 1:47 PM
I do not plan to sell any of my work.
But as the movie making community within Counter-Strike is bigger than any other game, I know for a fact that Valve and the creator of the mod don't mind. They even host some movies on the world tournament and gave them a big room with a huge screen to show it off on.

Now, isn't there somebody who can help me out here with my questions? :)
jetdv wrote on 8/25/2003, 1:52 PM
Pixelan = www.pixelan.com
Infinity wrote on 8/25/2003, 2:09 PM
Oh, so I have to pay for the filters?? :/
jetdv wrote on 8/25/2003, 3:08 PM
Yes.
Infinity wrote on 8/25/2003, 3:15 PM
Isn't there any good filters out there that are for free?
They were very expensive too. Seems weird paying for a filter/plug-in!
Don't know a single designer (of my firends) who've done that! :o
jetdv wrote on 8/25/2003, 3:19 PM
Seems weird paying for a filter/plug-in!

Why? You BUY Vegas, you BUY add-ons for Vegas. You BUY Premiere, you BUY add-ons for Premiere. What's so wierd about paying for things that people have spent a lot of time creating. Pixelan is available for MANY NLE's - and you must pay for it no matter which NLE you use.
BillyBoy wrote on 8/25/2003, 9:45 PM
It just seems "weird" I may pay MORE for a plug-in (Borris Red) then the cost of the application (Vegas) it works with.

Am I right in that the much awaited for Borris Red that will work with Vegas is simply a plug-in and not a free standing application?
Infinity wrote on 8/26/2003, 12:21 PM
I've used programs like 3ds max and PhotoShop before and there's lots of free and very good filters/plug-ins. It seems weird paying for something as a filter, atl east $99 and more. That's insane prices! :/

Anyway, doesn't anyone have any answers to all my other questions? :o
Got such a great response a half year ago (if not more)...