From what I gather, Musicvid has left this forum for an undetermined period and I can find no way to contact him elsewhere -- except waiting for a comment at the below tutorial which may not produce a response (he's got a life). As many know, this tutorial is one of the best around and seems to apply to more than just platforms like YouTube.
I may put a version of my soon-to-be finished 5-6 min. video at YouTube at some point, but I wish to have as much control over it as possible, so I'm going to create a page for it at my own website using a JW/LongTail player. Since I can't ask him directly about my particular situation, perhaps someone familiar with it can respond.
Here are some...
Project Facts:
-- 1920x960 (I like more "theater" width than regular 1920x1080), progressive, square 1:1 pixel ratio.
-- Most of it is created from still images "faked" to look like video (pan-crops, etc.) so no original footage issues.
-- Those who have seen some of my stuff know I have an artsy-fartsy, almost Disney-ethereal visual style (I like bright colors). I use Particleillusion rather extensively -- sparkles, glows, etc. so I wish for their subtleties to not get lost in translation.
Output resolution:
-- Have not decided yet. Used to do 512x288 but wish it to be larger. Could do half project (960x480) but file may be too heavy too buffer on a shared hosting platform if I wish preserve image and music quality (my own music, so wish it to sound right too).*
(* Johnmeyer once told me here that one should always choose a resolution that is divisible by 8 (or better yet 16?) due to the under-the-hood mathematics of rendering; so whatever I choose between 512x288 and 960x480, I'll try to honor that ratio.)
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Musicvid's tutorial is great, and it seems to me that one could apply at least some if not all of its recommendations to a JW/LongTail player situation.
Thanks for you help.
~ Philip
I may put a version of my soon-to-be finished 5-6 min. video at YouTube at some point, but I wish to have as much control over it as possible, so I'm going to create a page for it at my own website using a JW/LongTail player. Since I can't ask him directly about my particular situation, perhaps someone familiar with it can respond.
Here are some...
Project Facts:
-- 1920x960 (I like more "theater" width than regular 1920x1080), progressive, square 1:1 pixel ratio.
-- Most of it is created from still images "faked" to look like video (pan-crops, etc.) so no original footage issues.
-- Those who have seen some of my stuff know I have an artsy-fartsy, almost Disney-ethereal visual style (I like bright colors). I use Particleillusion rather extensively -- sparkles, glows, etc. so I wish for their subtleties to not get lost in translation.
Output resolution:
-- Have not decided yet. Used to do 512x288 but wish it to be larger. Could do half project (960x480) but file may be too heavy too buffer on a shared hosting platform if I wish preserve image and music quality (my own music, so wish it to sound right too).*
(* Johnmeyer once told me here that one should always choose a resolution that is divisible by 8 (or better yet 16?) due to the under-the-hood mathematics of rendering; so whatever I choose between 512x288 and 960x480, I'll try to honor that ratio.)
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Musicvid's tutorial is great, and it seems to me that one could apply at least some if not all of its recommendations to a JW/LongTail player situation.
Thanks for you help.
~ Philip