THE KRYTA BOMBER - Fun Video

Goats17

Goats17

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House Zu Heltzer, laughing at them.

The [GEAR] Trick

N/Me

bump

Bump the video everyone

JackMcDaniel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blade Rez
THIS IS THE MOST ADDICTIVE MOVIE EVER.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE LOL.

Progs used?
I used Adobe After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop

ifuwerepbandj

ifuwerepbandj

Frost Gate Guardian

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Memphis

Embers of Glory [EoG]

R/E

WOW great job

Blade Rez

Blade Rez

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Fairfax, VA

Shadows Of Nightmares (KoN)

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by JackMcDaniel
I used Adobe After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop Another question. I kind of know how you made the video. Your char walking is on a different layer than the background which you filmed first person walking backwards right? My question is how did you film and cut out the background of video.

Good job again.

I'm guessing that was with AE. Also mouth animations always get me. I always thought they were done with Flash, I'm guessing AE. Could you either PM me or Post up to answer my questions.

Lol i love watching this movie.

Also, Recorder?

Billy The Fish

Ascalonian Squire

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E/Me

hehe nice video mate

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

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Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

That was great!!

Nice job dude.

yamyam of swad

yamyam of swad

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south derbyshire england

Coffin Dodgers Unite [RiP]

W/Mo

very well done mate.

maathyas

Ascalonian Squire

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TRE

Mo/

JackMcDaniel - Great work on your Kryta Bomber vid. /two-thumbs-up!

Alot of work and planning went into the vid and it certainly shows! The transitions were smooth, the effects top-notch (I am guessing you used and the music fit the style you wanted! It gripped the viewer right from the start and wasn't dull, was well paced and fluid.

And like Blade Rez, I am also wondering how you did the lip-sync effects. Do let us know, either through the forum or PM. Thanks... and hope to see more of your work Jack!

Fungus Amongus

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

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Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

Damn hilarious. Too much time on your hands. I don't care for rap, but the flick was nicely done.

Selerious

Selerious

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Sunshine Coast, Australia

Veneratio Tutela

R/Me

very nice, keep up the good work and bring us another in the future, we need a quantity of quality.

Lawnmower

Lawnmower

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W/R

Loved it mate Please make more.

tomcruisejr

tomcruisejr

Banned

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great one.

release more videos!

Haggard

Haggard

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Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

that was awesome ^^

KM5347

KM5347

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Houston, Texas

R/Mo

That is incredibly good. Must have taken a long time.

boxterduke

boxterduke

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DVDF

Me/

Yeah this is one of the best videos, I love to watch it over and over.

veryl mikagoh

veryl mikagoh

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The Netherlands

The Moon Wailers

R/

i cant see a thing

htb723

htb723

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Holy Patriots

Mo/W

Very Very nice! The grawls were my favorite part.

Leddy

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Hell's Circus

E/Mo

Holy crap, this video's good.

zoozoc

zoozoc

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Beaverton/OR

Disciples of Birkler [BIR]

more, we want more.

Lord Of Thee Monks

Lord Of Thee Monks

Academy Page

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Death By [Emo]

That is SOOO DAM FUNNY i was on the ground crying i was laughing so hard and what song is that, that is one good song? does any 1 know it?

R. Mindwalker

R. Mindwalker

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Mo/Me

BUMP,

BTW i lost my ass laughing any one found it??

Killin_Frenzy

Killin_Frenzy

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E/

LOL

It took me 3hrs to download (56k speed cap ) but gawd was it worth it.

Wish the grawl looked like that in game.

Goats17

Goats17

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House Zu Heltzer, laughing at them.

The [GEAR] Trick

N/Me

great job, again. hope that there is more in the future

Goats17

Goats17

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House Zu Heltzer, laughing at them.

The [GEAR] Trick

N/Me

(obvious bump)

Dragonborn

Academy Page

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fantastic!

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

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CT

NITE

R/

brilliant. absolutely brilliant. you should make one with "Party Starter"/Will Smith and you can guess what you'd have to film then... *thinks of a giant plaza filled with dancing elementalist chicks* lol jk.

Queen

Queen

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Europe - Italy

W/N

Fantastic!! /clap

Shoitaan

Shoitaan

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Australia

Tuskforce Supremacy [Tusk]

Me/N

Easily the most.. "proffessional" game vid I've seen if nothing else. Great vid man, great vid

How did you do the person walking in the foreground thing?

1) Filmed yourself walking while slowed, looped the animation after cutting yourself out of many excessive amounts of frames?
2) Have something which lets you crack the GW's dat file and view the models
3) some other method? :/


I'd really like to know :/

Kazmax

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

Halls of Heroes

Guild of Combat [GOC]

Mo/Me

Wow...I like it :-D Make more!
Hehe good edits! U use camtasia?

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

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Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

/clap x10

Man, that is an excellent video clip.

4runner

4runner

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Cali!!!

cdxx/the420th.com

Mo/N

LOL Cooool!! DUDE!

Ninetail Trickster

Ninetail Trickster

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A pleasant place that needs more rain. T_T

The Rose Society

Excellent execution, excellent editting...
I'm going to go watch it again, now. And like ten more times. Today.

Hoyt

Hoyt

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VA,USA...for now.

Laughed so much I wet a little.

Anet needs to seriously consider hiring you do do a cut-scene or two.
Then nobody would mind when a newb wants to watch 'em.

Hervorragende Arbeitsleistung!

The Mighty Toe

The Mighty Toe

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Dolus Of Amicitia

E/R

Now THAT is funny

Moa Bird Cultist

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

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Hastings (UK) / Latham (USA)

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

That is one sweet video man! Can't thank you enough for making what is undoubtedly the best Guild Wars vid I've ever seen

6/5, 12/10, 200% BOOOOOOOOOM!

thor hammerbane

thor hammerbane

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Dark Side of the Moon

Fat Kids Are Hard To Kid[nap]

Great video...not a fan of the song though :P

Kazmax

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

Halls of Heroes

Guild of Combat [GOC]

Mo/Me

How did u record this? I try to record with camtasia, and it can't get enough FPS even when I set it to 500.

JackMcDaniel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Blade Rez
Another question. I kind of know how you made the video. Your char walking is on a different layer than the background which you filmed first person walking backwards right? My question is how did you film and cut out the background of video. Good job again. I'm guessing that was with AE. Also mouth animations always get me. I always thought they were done with Flash, I'm guessing AE. Could you either PM me or Post up to answer my questions.Lol i love watching this movie. Also, Recorder?
Hi to all and thank you for all the comments about my video
Ok, I'll try to explain how I created this movie. Please excuse me for my bad english, I'll try my best and I hope you'll understand most parts

At first I changed my E/Mo to E/W so it was possible to use the Dolyak Signet for slow walking. I recorded a short walking sequence infront of a bright plain hill in the desert:



For capturing I use FRAPS with a resolution of 1024x768 at 25 fps.
Now I imported the videofile with the walking sequence into Adobe After Effects and exported one loop cycle (21 pictures) as a photoshop-picture-sequence.
Now I cut out the background by using the mask tool in Photoshop for each of the 21 frames (Most frustrating part of all );



I re-imported all the pictures as psd-sequence into my After Effects Project and looped the sequence several times to receive a walk-animation.
But how to make Luke "singing" ?
I created a few face-expressions for luke in Photoshop:



I opened the "face-pictures" together with the song ("Boom! Shake the Room!") in Adobe Premiere and matched the face frame-by-frame to the vocals. After that I exported the timeline to an uncompressed avi-file. So I had some kind of "singing-mouth-movie".



Now I changed back to After Effects and imported the mouth-animation. Next step was to put the moving-mouth over the original face. But there was a little problem: If you take a look at the walk-animation you can see Luke's head moving left and right while walking. So I used After Effects Motion-Tracker to make the new head follow the old one:

Motion-Tracker controls in After Effects:


Mapping the new face over the old one by using a mask and motion-tracker-data:


Luke is walking and singing now:


Ok, and of course I added some backgrounds from the game, some effects and emotes to complete the movie.



If you have any question regarding the video, feel free to send me a pm or an email.
Thanks and good night (it's late in Germany )
Jack

Kazmax

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

Halls of Heroes

Guild of Combat [GOC]

Mo/Me

wow....thanks very much.

Lucian

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Awesome! Don't know what else to say. A friend told me to look for this because it was "good." Heh... understatement. Far exceeded my expectations. The best game video I've seen.

And thanks for sharing the "making of."