The ORB skin contest

[ripe]

Originally posted by dbleja
he got his friend's dog (named Forrest) and strapped a camera to its back. He then let Forrest run around the streets and do what he wanted. When he came back, John Safran patched it together to a fairly ordinary techno song

that sounds great! i'd like to see that

there has been an exhibition of photographs touring my area this year. some artist had done a similar thing, strapping a camera to a dog's head - lots of images of lamposts, peoples feet and pavements stretching off in to the horizon.... oh, and a few pics of other dog's arses.

they made for quite an interesting collection, it's weird to see the world from that perspective.

[Nini]

Originally posted by dbleja
Regarding music videos:

So, to test his theory, he got his friend's dog (named Forrest) and strapped a camera to its back. He then let Forrest run around the streets and do what he wanted.

lmao!! what a cute idea! I like it
who sasy that music videos can't be weird?

[simon snowflake]

actually i think that it is a great idea.
Add some weird filters slomo effects and stuff and I bet its kewl







<-- 3000

[Atmo]

I'd like to see that.

Btw, I dont think RAGE is at all like mtv, its not commercial, it plays good music and best of all...Its not video hits (aussies will know what i mean).

Congrats on hitting 3000 simon.

[simon snowflake]

I don't know what you maen,

tnx

Congrats on hitting 3000 Atmo.

[Atmo]

3000?

[e-raser]

i'm so in on this. i love working with skining, film and music. HOT DIGGITY DAME!!!!!!
whoooo......
anyhoo what about wa3. i'm right now lossing a skining contest b/c a wa3 skin bulldosed the competition.
if wa3's are alowed then i'm going with wa3.
so are they???

[StillWater]

Hmm, I never thought about WA3. But why not? I think it's a great idea! So yes, e-raser, you may make a WA3 skin if you like

Don't worry, WA2 skinners. I'll think of something to make the voting fair for both WA2 and WA3 skins. If there end up being several more WA3 skins made for the competition, I might even make two separate prizes - one for WA2, one for WA3.

[simon snowflake]

If you said that a bit sooner.....
But hey I can still change it

Atmo, batter late then never right?

[e-raser]

well then i've got the visuals down but now i've gotta find a talented coder.
If anyone is interested in teaming up for the skining competition
e-mail me
also here is a link to my latest skin if your interested in just what i'm capable of doing on the visual side of things
http://www.yaxay.com/yack/showthread...5&pagenumber=1
wy skin is eraser_82

[StillWater]

Originally posted by e-raser
well then i've got the visuals down but now i've gotta find a talented coder.
If anyone is interested in teaming up for the skining competition
e-mail me
also here is a link to my latest skin if your interested in just what i'm capable of doing on the visual side of things
http://www.yaxay.com/yack/showthread...5&pagenumber=1
wy skin is eraser_82

Perhaps you should post that in the WA3 thread as well.

[StillWater]

This is the front cover of ORB's latest album, Cydonia. This picture wasn't in the link I provided at the top of this thread.

This is a screenshot. Click here to get the full-size version (hope the link works).

[e-raser]

well this is the direction i'm i'm going in for the possible wa3 skin
still i will need a coder to make it happen

[StillWater]

Fantastic. I was hoping someone would make a skin out of those bits. Did you look for a willing coder in the WA3 forum?

[e-raser]

and here is the main window when your not using the interface
[can it be done, a backround change when you click

[e-raser]

i'm still lookin for a coder in the wa3 fourm

[e-raser]

so your in the music video bizz. i've been racking my brain on how to gets into the industry in the first place. i'd be doing music video's right now except theres a big problem with getting the education. production and art direction arn't mixed together in any school programs i know.
The basted's always say that the two industries are seperate

[StillWater]

Originally posted by e-raser
so your in the music video bizz. i've been racking my brain on how to gets into the industry in the first place. i'd be doing music video's right now except theres a big problem with getting the education. production and art direction arn't mixed together in any school programs i know.
The basted's always say that the two industries are seperate

Learn as much as possible abouts all facets of filmmaking, or at least of all the ones that interest you. Go to seminars, do short film-courses if you can afford them, go to film school or study cinema/media etc. at University (that's what I did). Save up and buy a decent (not a home-video style if possible) DV camera - at least a small, handy 3-CCD camera. Shoot, edit, shoot, edit, shoot, edit....just keep making films. Any filmmaker will tell you that, technically, there is a real limit to what you can learn in film-school. As with everything else in life, the best way to learn is through your own mistakes and successes. With your own camera and editing station (ie. a good PC with a few affordable additions) the power (at least some power) is in your hands. Just work upwards from there...

[not in santiago]

e-raser: My advice to you is to take a film or video production course (you can do some intense night school courses and be done in 6 months, or do the full certified two year bit). You can't really learn how to be creative, but learning about the tools is important. (Plus, it will inspire you further, knowing how much you can do, and will give you industry contact and experience so you can survive financially while pursuing your own personal paths.)

I'd recommend a video production course, because most film is edited digitally these days. Surely there's several places that offer this course in Montreal. If not, there's good schools in T.O. and Vancouver.

(Getting dangerously off topic) Dbleja, how many films have you made? What editing system do you have?

[J_Bloggs]

dbleja, what do you think of the eq sliders? Is it alright to not have that little bar thing working?

[StillWater]

Originally posted by dbleja
THE RULES
Make a skin based on the band The Orb, who have some great album cover art. Some helpful links below.
-The skin must have a properly functioning EQ. The rest is up to you.

Or did you mean the EQ - vis area? that rectangular box with the wavy line graph that changes as you move the sliders up and down? If so: no, you don't need to include that (ie. yes, you may crop it)

not in santiago: I use DV-->Firewire-->PC, using Adobe Premiere 6 for editing, and I'm getting After Effects soon. For a 4 minute film, I usually shoot about an hour and a half of footage (sounds ridiculous, I know), and then editing is where the real stuff begins for me. It usually takes me around 60-100 hours of editing for a film. I've completed about 5 films so far, from 4mins to 15mins long , and I've got about 4 or 5 in various stages of development.

[J_Bloggs]

Yup that is what I ment. Thats an even better reason to start on the EQ. I've made a pretty good Oxbow Lakes AVS Presets, just gotta tweak it a bit.

Is firewire faster than USB, I forget these things. I which I had more money so I could buy these kinds of interesting things. (who doesn't?)

[simon snowflake]

firewire is WAAAAYYYY faster

[StillWater]

Originally posted by J_Bloggs
Is firewire faster than USB

No idea. I don't think it matters for video transfer, since it is usually done in real-time (25 or 30 frames per sec) regardless. The speed of the HDD is actually the most important thing here. only 7200rpm or higher can keep up with the camera.

////oh well, looks like firewire is faster. I've heard that some cameras do use USB, though.

[simon snowflake]

maybe this is of help:


link to article

[Jellby]

USB2 is slightly faster than fireware, or so I've heard. But USB2 is host-master, while firewire is peer-to-peer.

[StillWater]

*ahem*. can we veer a little closer to the topic?

[simon snowflake]

so, is there a bit more Orb related art to find? cause there is not very much to choose from actually.

[StillWater]

Originally posted by simon snowflake
so, is there a bit more Orb related art to find? cause there is not very much to choose from actually.

What? In the links and the attachments I provided there are about 70 images to choose from! 70 is not much to choose from? For fuck's sake! Allright, I'll try and find some more...

[simon snowflake]

i know, but most of the images are of very poor quality.

[StillWater]

Better Quality CD Covers

To get very large, very decent quality CD cover images, do a search here (make sure you select "audio CD covers" when you search). Sorry, but the pictures are usually very large, so I can't post them here, and links don't work because of the site layout. Search for one of these:

-Orbus Terrarum (or Orbvs Terrarvm)
-Orblivion
-UFORB
-UFOFF
-aubrey
-Pomme Fritz
-Cydonia
-Ultraworld




Here are some more miscellaneous pictures (apologies to dial-up folks):

[simon snowflake]

tnx

[J_Bloggs]

Anyone want to see a AVS I made?

[edit]It didn't upload, I'll put it on my website and post a link later[/edit]

[edit2]here it is [/edit2]

[edit3]that wasn't it, now it should work[/edit3]

[simon snowflake]

i get this message:


and if i do it without DAP, it just opens en new window with this page.

[J_Bloggs]

Try: http://freewebz.com/joe_bloggs/oxbow%20avs.zip.

Other wise I'd say freewebz isn't allowing external linking again, despite the fact it works for me.

[simon snowflake]

strange, i still get directed to this thread in a new window

[J_Bloggs]

Stupid freewebz, I'll sort it out later, at the moment my eyes sore and I'm tired and I can't think of any more reasons to be lazy.

[ripe]

arrghh! please remind me not to view this thread via a 56k modem when i get home. someone posted a 1MB bitmap ffs!

could a mod possibly switch the img tags to links ?

[StillWater]

Originally posted by ripe
arrghh! please remind me not to view this thread via a 56k modem when i get home. someone posted a 1MB bitmap ffs!

Sorry. I have 56k myself, and the wait wasn't so bad for me, so I figured it'll be ok to post them. The thread should be on a new page soon anyway.

[chiquita chad]

since everyone else is showing their skins, ill follow:::

tell me what ya think of it so far. and fyi, im gonna customize the background picture a little more so it isnt just a "resize, copy, and paste into background" job