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Subject: My very first Halo video!!!
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Ok, so last night, I downloaded Game Cam (thought hard about it, and decided to get it), and it works extremely well, even though the framerates still go berserk 'cause of it, it records non-stop. Bitterbanana himself helped me out with the Game Cam setup, and hwo to properly use it, and he even told me how to erase the big annoying recording box in-game. To all you Game Cam'ers who doesn't know how to, just hold down your interface key (default: \ ), then press default: F4. And bam, the box is gone, but still intact and recording.

Anyways, I recorded last night, and this morning, I woke up extra early to work on my edittings. It took me a while to get used to Windows Movie Maker, but I worked really hard to make this video, after all, it is my first one. xD

Here's the link: My very first Halo video Enjoy!

Anyways, after watching the video, can you guys tell me how good/bad it was? Yes, I know the quality isn't that great, I'll fix that later on. How do you guys like the editting? And the music humming along with the video? etc.?

[Edited on 8/29/2006]

  • 08.29.2006 7:02 AM PDT
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delete the space in vehicles on your link

  • 08.29.2006 7:05 AM PDT
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Yup, I did that now, I just realized it when I clicked on the link myself. xD Thanks for reminding me though.

Oh, and Nessy, you're back! Sorry, you were blacklisted, it was probably all because of me. And for that I apologize for any rude things I said to you in that banshee dispute. Hope we're still friends?

  • 08.29.2006 7:08 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

It was OK for a beginner. Better than I could do, I havn't even tried to make my own movies. And you spell Scorpion tank wrong.

  • 08.29.2006 7:11 AM PDT
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Eh....good job, but here's a critique of your video.

I'm sick of the Halo music......FRAPS is better but seeing your FPS it's better yuo used Gamecam so that's the better choice for you.......this could be pretty good for beginners though.

  • 08.29.2006 7:11 AM PDT
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It was a bit basic lol, no information at all really, and nothing that would help you at all. Make a montage tbh, they are the most interesting halo vids to watch.

BTW do you always have your settings that high? Makes the vid unsmooth bcos your comp cant handle it lol

  • 08.29.2006 7:13 AM PDT

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Posted by: dalmedya
Bungie doesn't see gamers any more. They see walking credit cards.

That high?! What? Those are like low-mid level graphics. Not high. I have all my settings as high as Halo will let me. And I beg for more.

  • 08.29.2006 7:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: nilator
That high?! What? Those are like low-mid level graphics. Not high. I have all my settings as high as Halo will let me. And I beg for more.


He means his textures are set to high.

So Ipjuun(?) turn all your settings to low (even in sound i.e quality and variety) and turn you pixel to 640x480.

  • 08.29.2006 7:20 AM PDT
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Lol, sorry for the putting in the Halo musics, QUIKQOLD. I would've put in another music, but all my other music won't go too well with my vehicle tutorial video. And well, to be honest, my framerates are decent (25-35 FPS) while I'm playing Halo, but in the video, my framerates are jumpy because of Game Cam. While I was recording, my FPS was as low as 10, with rare spikes of up to 20.

And yes, I did spell Scorpion wrong...eh, not such a major problem, I'm not going to delete, then reupload the video again, just to fix that one word. xD

Thanks for your reviews guys, keep them coming. =D

EDIT: Wow, you guys post fast...xD. Well tbh, my resolution IS on 640x480, but yeah, my textures are set on mid-high for some eye candy. But luckily, I don't have decals on, which will definitely screw up my framerate to hell if it's turned on, lol.

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  • 08.29.2006 7:22 AM PDT
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oooo I'm jealous, bitterbannana helped you? kewl.
The movie was made well, kind of a boring subject but it was good. Lets see some more!

  • 08.29.2006 7:32 AM PDT
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Not too bad, for a trial run. As Nessy said, I would suggest you should start making montages, as they are much moree interesting to watch. Also, GameCam pretty much shoots your framerate to hell. If you want to get serious about movie-making, I would suggest you upgrade your vid card and RAM.

  • 08.29.2006 7:32 AM PDT
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specular is most demanding.

  • 08.29.2006 7:35 AM PDT
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Dude, what was the point of this video?

Eh, whatever, it's your first video. Obviously, just like a bunch of other people who just made their first video, have a ton of room for improvement, so keep fooling around Movie Maker and make some better videos.

The editing was below mediocre, the music choice poor (nothing wrong with the music score, it just doesn't sound appropriate for your video), etc., but hey, it's your first video.

Also, I gotta try out GameCam.

  • 08.29.2006 8:36 AM PDT
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try using vegas, vegas is better in every single way.

measuring goodness!:

vegas=infinite^infiniteWMM

  • 08.29.2006 9:18 AM PDT
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2/10
Graphics could be better and the edting could be tons better too.

  • 08.29.2006 12:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Armageddon91
2/10
Graphics could be better and the edting could be tons better too.


Editting- This was my first video, okay? I'm still getting the hang of the video effects and text uses. Geez.

Graphics- How can I make my graphics better? I mean this is the highest Halo graphics I can manage to work with, you can't just keep increasing graphics...

And to Nessy, I would love to use Sony Vegas, but that program is just way too expensive...xD

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  • 08.29.2006 12:21 PM PDT