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• Member: Nostromo_vx
• Title: Auriga
• Premiered: 2008-07-06
• Categories:
  • Other
  • Dance
• Songs:
  • DJ Spoke Watch Them Fall Down (Montano Dub)
  • DJ Spoke Watch Them Fall Down (Original Mix)
• Anime:
  • Ah! My Goddess (Movie)
  • Air (TV)
  • Akai Ito (PS2)
  • Appleseed: Ex Machina (movie)
  • ARIA The ANIMATION (TV)
  • Ashita no Kimi to Au Tame ni (~Till I Reach Your Tomorrow~) (Game)
  • Carnelian (Game)
  • Chaos Wars (PS2)
  • Chrono Crusade (TV)
  • Clannad (TV)
  • Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV)
  • Ef - a tale of memories (TV)
  • Ef - The Latter Tale (Game)
  • Ergo Proxy (TV)
  • GANTZ
  • Gatekeepers
  • Ghost in the Shell: GIG2
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • Global Astroliner Gou (OVA)
  • Godannar
  • Gun X Sword
  • Gunbuster 2 (Aim for the Top! 2)
  • Haru no Ashioto (game)
  • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (TV)
  • Kiddy Grade (2nd Season promo)
  • Macross Frontier (TV)
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
  • Melody of Oblivion
  • Night Wizard (TV)
  • Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (Beyond the Clouds)
  • Pokémon: (Movie 09) Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
  • Ray (TV)
  • Real Drive (TV)
  • REC (TV)
  • Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (TV)
  • Shakugan no Shana (TV)
  • Shakugan no Shana Second (TV)
  • Shining Force EXA (PS2)
  • Sky Girls (TV)
  • Starship Operators
  • Third, The (TV)
  • Tide-Line Blue
  • To Heart 2 (PS2)
  • Tokyo Underground
  • W-Wish (Double Wish)
  • Wild Arms 4 (Game)
  • Xross Scramble (game)
  • Ys I & II: Eternal Story (PS2)
  • Zegapain (TV)
• Participation:
  • Japan Expo 9ème Impact, Japan Expo International AMV Contest 2008 (2008-07-06)
  • Anime Evolution 2008, Anime Evolution 2008 AMV Contest (2008-08-22)
  • Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest, Kumoricon 2008 AMV Contest (2008-09-01)
  • Animethon 15, Animethon 15's AMV Contest (2008-09-08)
  • Nan Desu Kan, NDK Anime Music Video Contest (2008-09-12)
  • Connichi 2008, Connichi 2008 AMV Contest (2008-09-13)
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 14, AWA 14 Exposition Contest (2008-09-19)
• Comments: Alright, let's go.
  
  4 months of work : 1 to get and select the footage, 1 to cut and clean the footage, 1 for the editing and 1 to add some effects and transitions. Not the big project I had in mind for the past 2 years yet.
  As usual, the result is quite different from what I imagined when I started.
  Blablablablabla...
  
  Footage :
  Once again, multi-anime.
  I selected scenes from a lot of sources linked by the same kind of atmosphere.
  Everything has been cleaned using Neat Video, a virtualdub plugin.
  
  Music :
  
  DJ Spoke - Watch Them Fall Down, progressive trance.
  I mixed the Original version and the Montano Dub.
  
  Now some technical stuff :
  soft : Premiere 2.0 & Paintshop Pro 8
  Auriga is simply the name of my computer and the arrow is it's logo.
  
  60 fps :
  I always had a problem when watching an AMV. Getting the feeling that something wasn't optimal in the video no matter how good the animation of the footage was, it was kinda slow or lagging.
  Then I discovered Twixtor, a plugin for Adobe Premiere which is able to interpolate extra frames to improve and smooth down the animation.
  It's a bit hard to use since there are no general settings that work in all circumstances. Indeed, depending on the velocity and variety of motions, the real fps (in general 7 or 15 in anime), luma, transition, etc... the settings have to be adjusted.
  The extra frames aren't always very accurate especially in cases of fast motions but it works pretty well in general. The 30 fps version was made from the 60 removing 1 frame over 2. So when it isn't synchronized with the real frames (not the extra ones) you should see some deformed scenes.
  The render takes a LOT of time. About 1 frame each 3 seconds considering the resolution of the project (720p) and my hardware config (Q6600 quad core, win XP).
  
  It required a lot of effort and time but comparing the 60 fps version and the 30, it was worth it.
  
  Divx : cause I like it !
  Alright here's how I computed my encoding :
  I took Magic Pad as reference : 100MB (divx 640*360 - 5:03 min@30 fps)
  
  Auriga = MP * Kd * Kr * Kf * Ki
  
  Kd : duration
  Kr : resolution
  Kf : framerate
  Ki : i don't care about filesize
  
  Kd = 316/303 = 1.05
  Kr = root [(1280*720) / (640*360)] = 2
  Kf = root (60/30) = 1.414
  Ki = 1
  
  Auriga = 100 * 1.05 * 2 * 1.414 * 1
  Auriga = 297 MB
  
  And we're good !
  
  
  
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  Check out the 'Making Of' video for more information on the editing and footage.
  
  
  Due to the unusual frame rate and high definition, the video might not work on old computers.
  I tried to play the 432p@60 on a P4@3.4Ghz Alienware laptop and I noticed a lag of the video on the the audio (3 seconds when reaching the end).
  
  
  Please get the 60 fps version only if you have a recent powerful computer... or PS3
  You can also try it with VLC which is able to drop some frames in order to keep the audio/video synchronisation.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  1st at Japan Expo 2008
  1st at Amonchakai 2008
  Best Technical award at AWA 14
  Best of Show Editor's Choice award at NDK 2008
  Best Upbeat/Fun award at Anime Evolution 2008
  Best Editing award at Anime Evolution 2008
  Best Dance & Best Visual & Overall Winner at Connichi 2008
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  Local Download is 432p@60 h264 encoded by Mirkosp & Osnar.