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SaberScorpion favorited a video
(2 hours ago)
For Magnus.
All the info about everything right here in the description.
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Presenting Strive Like Applejack, the final installment in the Mane Cast T...
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For Magnus.
All the info about everything right here in the description.
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Presenting Strive Like Applejack, the final installment in the Mane Cast Trailer series.
I started this series as a means of becoming a better videomaker, getting to know the programs I was familiar with and learning new tricks along the way.
This journey has taken me from lesson to lesson, program to program and along the way I met some of the most fantastic and helpful people ever.
Strive may be the last installment, but it represents a lot of firsts, being a transitional piece in many aspects.
It's my first proper foray into the magical land of After Effects, though I've only scratched the surface of its potential. It's now a permanent part of my workflow.
It's my first time creating custom assets reminiscent of the show: trees, fore and background elements and animating them.
The first time directing these short, custom segments.
The first time using lossless AVI for editing purposes, which makes the video look fantastic and turning the footage into motion graphics a lot easier.
It's the first time I've used two different songs in a video.
And there's probably even more. It's I feel the biggest leap I've made so far, certainly the most experimental and I've learned much about the technicalities of video editing, file formats and codecs, the workflows of many programs and the rules of filmmaking itself.
Overall Strive is a departure from the other videos in this series. This is partially thanks to the music, which has a much less electronic feel and pace to it, but also due to the fact that the visual identity of this was in development until very late in the project, as I experimented throughout.
Ultimately I would describe this video as "Sergio Leone scratched", "a Spaghetti western remixed", "AJ the modern cowgirl".
I'm not sure what's next, it could be Pink or Rainbows or Classical or something I haven't thought of yet, what I do know that it's going to be great.
This is the end of an era and the start of a new one :)
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Special thanks to
Dr Dinosaur, for all the Virtual Dub help and getting me in touch with fantastic people.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTYHMG
Macchinainterna, for making me scream with laughter.
http://www.youtube.com/user/macchinaCS
Mandarinorange, for doing things differently.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mmmandari...
fenster, for the great conversations and helping me decide on the title.
adecoy95, for the After Effects insanity.
http://www.youtube.com/user/adecoy95
Party Grunt, for the future animation help ;)
http://www.youtube.com/user/partygrunt
Ozone, for the imaginative work and the Ponygoons logo
http://www.youtube.com/user/omegaozone
Aramek, for the cigar I'm smoking right now.
The Artrix, omdat je Nederlands bent
http://www.youtube.com/user/theartrix
DJ Diss Order, omdat je óók Nederlands bent
http://www.youtube.com/user/DissOrder...
The people from the Ponygoons forum, you're a fantastic bunch of people
http://mlponies.com/forums
John Freeman Synchtube, you were my first pony hangout and as crazy as ever
http://www.synchtube.com/r/johnfreeman
All the people who came to watch my Livestream sessions.
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Music
Ennio Morricone - Night in the Desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1lfLX...
Kid Koala - Slew Test 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlPqWM...
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This video makes use of the following vectors
http://midnite99.deviantart.com/art/A...
http://pirill-poveniy.deviantart.com/...
http://qsteel.deviantart.com/art/A-tr...
http://maximillianveers.deviantart.co...
http://grendopony.deviantart.com/art/...
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Programs used
Adobe After Effects CS5
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Media Encoder CS5
Sony Vegas Pro 10
Virtual Dub in combination with AVISynth.
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Video Nerdisms
Source Footage:
720p Matroska Video, 5.1 audio, converted into Lagarith Lossless .avi with uncompressed audio.
Render:
Uncompressed AVI, PCM Uncompressed Audio (had trouble rendering in Lagarith)
Final Encoding:
MP4, h264
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is created by Lauren Faust, produced by DHX Media and owned by Hasbro.
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SaberScorpion liked a video
(2 hours ago)
For Magnus.
All the info about everything right here in the description.
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Presenting Strive Like Applejack, the final installment in the Mane Cast T...
more
For Magnus.
All the info about everything right here in the description.
--
Presenting Strive Like Applejack, the final installment in the Mane Cast Trailer series.
I started this series as a means of becoming a better videomaker, getting to know the programs I was familiar with and learning new tricks along the way.
This journey has taken me from lesson to lesson, program to program and along the way I met some of the most fantastic and helpful people ever.
Strive may be the last installment, but it represents a lot of firsts, being a transitional piece in many aspects.
It's my first proper foray into the magical land of After Effects, though I've only scratched the surface of its potential. It's now a permanent part of my workflow.
It's my first time creating custom assets reminiscent of the show: trees, fore and background elements and animating them.
The first time directing these short, custom segments.
The first time using lossless AVI for editing purposes, which makes the video look fantastic and turning the footage into motion graphics a lot easier.
It's the first time I've used two different songs in a video.
And there's probably even more. It's I feel the biggest leap I've made so far, certainly the most experimental and I've learned much about the technicalities of video editing, file formats and codecs, the workflows of many programs and the rules of filmmaking itself.
Overall Strive is a departure from the other videos in this series. This is partially thanks to the music, which has a much less electronic feel and pace to it, but also due to the fact that the visual identity of this was in development until very late in the project, as I experimented throughout.
Ultimately I would describe this video as "Sergio Leone scratched", "a Spaghetti western remixed", "AJ the modern cowgirl".
I'm not sure what's next, it could be Pink or Rainbows or Classical or something I haven't thought of yet, what I do know that it's going to be great.
This is the end of an era and the start of a new one :)
--
Special thanks to
Dr Dinosaur, for all the Virtual Dub help and getting me in touch with fantastic people.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTYHMG
Macchinainterna, for making me scream with laughter.
http://www.youtube.com/user/macchinaCS
Mandarinorange, for doing things differently.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mmmandari...
fenster, for the great conversations and helping me decide on the title.
adecoy95, for the After Effects insanity.
http://www.youtube.com/user/adecoy95
Party Grunt, for the future animation help ;)
http://www.youtube.com/user/partygrunt
Ozone, for the imaginative work and the Ponygoons logo
http://www.youtube.com/user/omegaozone
Aramek, for the cigar I'm smoking right now.
The Artrix, omdat je Nederlands bent
http://www.youtube.com/user/theartrix
DJ Diss Order, omdat je óók Nederlands bent
http://www.youtube.com/user/DissOrder...
The people from the Ponygoons forum, you're a fantastic bunch of people
http://mlponies.com/forums
John Freeman Synchtube, you were my first pony hangout and as crazy as ever
http://www.synchtube.com/r/johnfreeman
All the people who came to watch my Livestream sessions.
--
Music
Ennio Morricone - Night in the Desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1lfLX...
Kid Koala - Slew Test 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlPqWM...
--
This video makes use of the following vectors
http://midnite99.deviantart.com/art/A...
http://pirill-poveniy.deviantart.com/...
http://qsteel.deviantart.com/art/A-tr...
http://maximillianveers.deviantart.co...
http://grendopony.deviantart.com/art/...
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Programs used
Adobe After Effects CS5
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Media Encoder CS5
Sony Vegas Pro 10
Virtual Dub in combination with AVISynth.
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Video Nerdisms
Source Footage:
720p Matroska Video, 5.1 audio, converted into Lagarith Lossless .avi with uncompressed audio.
Render:
Uncompressed AVI, PCM Uncompressed Audio (had trouble rendering in Lagarith)
Final Encoding:
MP4, h264
--
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is created by Lauren Faust, produced by DHX Media and owned by Hasbro.
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SaberScorpion liked a video
(3 days ago)
I... I don't even know what to say! 15,000 views!
Really, I had no idea this would become as popular as it has. Crazy, I tell ya. Crazy.
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Wow! I d...
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I... I don't even know what to say! 15,000 views!
Really, I had no idea this would become as popular as it has. Crazy, I tell ya. Crazy.
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Wow! I didn't even ask! Thanks EqD!
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02...
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Boy, was this a pain! I intended more, but certain ideas would be too damn hard to implement given what I worked with. That said, I loved working on this and love what came of it. Forgive my sloppy animation.
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Sung by: Rebecca Shoichet, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Shannon Chan-Kent & Kazumi Evans
Download: http://db.tt/Fo6Tk7eK
Download (All Songs fro...
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Sung by: Rebecca Shoichet, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Shannon Chan-Kent & Kazumi Evans
Download: http://db.tt/Fo6Tk7eK
Download (All Songs from Season 1): http://db.tt/hIzfyLpc
Lyrics:
My Little Pony, My Little Pony
Ahh ahh ahh ahhh...
[Twilight Sparkle]
(My Little Pony)
I used to wonder what friendship could be
(My Little Pony)
Until you all shared its magic with me
[Rainbow Dash]
Big adventure
[Pinkie Pie]
Tons of fun
[Rarity]
A beautiful heart
[Applejack]
Faithful and strong
[Fluttershy]
Sharing kindness,
[Twilight Sparkle]
It's an easy feat
And magic makes it all complete
You have my little ponies
Do you know you're all my very best friends?
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They'll probably assume I'm an impostor.
- Joker
Thanks to everyone who has made videos of my LEGO's with a link back to my site! You guys rock!
And when make money by adding audio book reads on Christmas :D (Hope you tell us to bring cookie and milk, snuggling up in bed beside the fireplace ;D) and stop motions, animated movies, TV series, Nova Refuge, Wulfgard/Wylfgard etc. etc. etc. ;D