Replicant Screencast...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
Sometimes, things are just harder than they need to be, plain and simple. Such was the case with this. After fighting with Vimeo for a fair portion of the day (apparently, the above tutorial is actually a commercial) I gave up and uploaded it to straight Google Video. However, the Google version was horribly pixelated; the convertors they use when going that direction are just plain bad. So I thought “well, I’ll just make an Audio Damage account at YouTube. Easy enough.” That turned out to be a not-insignificant amount of trouble too, as YouTube couldn’t manage to mail me a confirmation mail to our server.
Long story short, I got it done, uploaded, and discovered some sort of odd pixel ratio problem, which is interesting as I rendered the video in NTSC DV format. Well, live and learn, I guess. Every time I do anything with video, I’m amazed at how complicated the various forces concerned have managed to make it. Anyhow, this link forces YouTube’s “high quality” mode, in which you can almost sort of make out the words on the displays. It’s still a little oblong, but that’s life.
So, as this is the first one, I’m open to any and all suggestions as to format, content, and my ability (or lack thereof) to not say “ummmmm…”
EDIT: As you can plainly see, I was able to do the Vimeo dealy-bob after all. Still have the pixel ratio issue, so I guess that’s somehow my fault. Anyhow, more better there. In stereo, and defaults to the same res that YouTube’s “high resolution” is.
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I was disappointed by the lack of swearing.
While better quality is always nice, even with the pixel ratio issues, you can very easily tell what is going on. Perhaps that is cause I have Replicant and therefore already know what the text is suppose to say and what the basic sections are.
I actually appreciate the fact that the video come across more conversational rather than something ultra scripted and polished. It makes it more human and therefore offers a more realistic experience.
I grew up watching Sesame Street. I need short digestible entertainments. I confess a did I lot of jumping forward while watching. That said, it gives a good overview of Replicant. The uhhhs and ummms do make it seem a little college radio at times, which is okay in the end.
I also discovered through this that Youtube seems to mono the audio, which I'd not really paid attention to in the past. The panned left hihat repeat was dead centre while listening.
"Tastes great!" "And just look at that shine!"
Nice logo animation. Well done.
Oh yeah, the opening logo is perfect.
This really made me understand the plugin, from a hobbyist perspective. It actually made it infinitely more appealing to me, and I'm not just saying that as a fan. I would suggest maybe shortening it a little for future works, but otherwise it's awesome.
In order to address all comments simultaneously, I'll mention that (a) I never was even remotely interested in radio broadcasting, (b) I've never, ever given a presentation at a trade show, and (c) there is no way I can see to take less than 10 minutes to describe Replicant. (This is like the fifth take, too. The first four were clocking at 15-20 minutes.)
That said, I was entertaining the thought of actually doing 90-second-pieces and using Flickr instead. I'm wondering how much can be said in 90 seconds. For 914 or Phase Two? Sure. For Dr. Device or Automaton?
-CR
Yeah, I don't see 90 seconds doing justice to the complex plugins. But several two minute videos, like chapters, one for each major function, makes sense to me. I was just teasing about the college radio-ness.
Now that you mention Flickr, though, I wonder if slideshow tutorials for this kind of thing could work?
so your video isn't allowed on vimeo, but this one is?
http://vimeo.com/1400790
_AND_ that video has copyrighted audio material that definitely isn't fair use. Argh.
Okay, I'm gonna tackle that again, as I definitely don't want to use YouTube if I can avoid it.
-CR
hey- this is great. actually SEEING a plugin at work is much better than reading about it... if i didn't already own this one, i'd buy it after the tutorial.
want to make a quick buck? make one of these for Dr. Device, Ricochet, and Kombinat! (well, not a QUICK buck... but a guaranteed buck!)
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