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I'm glad you're looking forward to it!

My cousin is dropping Mask of the Phantasm by today, so I'll be able to use the logo. After that, I just need to finalize the credits and export it! I do need one last thing, though. Killbot, you said you're learning AfterEffects? I've heard it's fairly simple to paint out titles using that. Could you do that for the Two-Face title card and get it to me by tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon? Just a frame would be fine, although if you can do that for the whole title card playtime, that would be awesome. I'm trying to do that with Ultimate Paint, and it's...not looking good. If you can't, then if anyone who has any AfterEffects experience could do that, I could really use it big time. If it can't be done, then we may end up with titles over a black screen this time around.

EDIT: My Dad said he might be able to get it to work with Publisher Pro, but if you're still interested in doing the title card even if it might not get used, it's worth a shot.

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Okay, I finished my edit last night (w00t!). Now I just need to author the DVD and check it out. Then I'll be ready to start sending this out. It might take a couple of days, but the edit is complete. It's not perfect (as far as I can tell on the computer--I can't wait to see it on a TV!), but it's definitely got some cool stuff. Just giving a heads up.
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I wish you luck on the final touches, sir. This will do Batman TAS justice.

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Thanks!

It'll be a few days before I can burn it, I think. My Dad said we can get it to his work computer where he has some decent authoring software and make the DVD. Then I'll be able to start sending copies. I'm thinking PIF, but we'll see how it goes.
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Musicman, sorry I didn't get back to you about the title card thing, been a bit busy with school.

Photoshop would probably be best for the title cards since they're essentially still images

With After Effects you can just drop in a still, fade the credits in and out however you want, and export it as an avi of whatever length you want.

Man you have got to get ahold of these programs!!

Anyway I've got the cover art I mentioned just about done, if you want to PM me your Email adress I can send it to you via yousendit dot com

Of course you will need Winrar or some such thing to unzip the file.





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Hey, man. Don't worry about it! My Dad did it for me. It's not perfect, and I'd love to get the software, but it's pretty good (much better than what I could do in Ultimate Paint ). I'm finished with this particular edit for right now. I do need to get some stuff like After Effects, as well as actually purchasing editing software. The concept will definitely be there. What I'd like is if you guys can view it, see what I'm trying to do, and let me know if there are any specific programs or methods to making these things turn out better. As it is, it's a bit rough in some ways. I don't think I'll do Two-Face again right away--I'd probably do "Feat of Clay" next when I get my resources together, and revisit Two-Face later. But I'll definitely be doing them, and any input for future reference would be greatly appreciated!

And, I'm really looking forward to seeing your cover art! But, are your PMs on? I don't see the icon for them.

Thanks for all of your interest, guys! Hopefully the DVD will be ready by the weekend.
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If it's just a still and fading text, it's possibly doable, with avisynth to make a blank video, then vdub to add the background, and the textsub filter (if you know what you're doing) to add the titles. No money required.

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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Here's a preview size of the cover

http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=twofacepreviewrvw3.jpg
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Originally posted by: Killbot
Here's a preview size of the cover



Love the cover

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Well, in hopes that the DVD would be done by now, I was postponing a reply without having any real updates, but I'll chime in now. I do hope to have it done within the next two weeks. My Dad's off day is Monday, so I'm hoping to be able to make the DVD then. That should work out.

Thanks for the tip, Molly! I'll keep that in mind.

The cover art looks great, Killbot! Thanks a million! Were you planning to make disc art also? And where did you get that picture of Two-Face? It's cool.

I really appreciate everyone's patience and interest. Since this is my first fan-edit, I'm learning a lot of stuff the hard way. In the future, the process should be quicker and smoother. Again, I do definitely plan to do all the Batman: TAS two-parters.

Another thought I just had was the possibility of making an edit for Mr. Freeze, stringing "Heart of Ice," "Deep Freeze," and the movie "Sub-Zero" together. The biggest issues I can see is 1: the way they made the episodes as mini-movies, so there would be essentially three climaxes. However, this could be dealt with by the understanding of the viewers, as well as the thought of a kind of "life-story/quest" kind of movie, so the movie would have the three acts, each with their own climax. The other thing involves the difference in the animation quality (plus the CG) in Sub-Zero, as well as the opening credits. It's possible I could cut around them, though, if I or someone else can't erase the titles. What does everyone think of that idea? I may or may not pursue it, but even so, maybe someone else would want to take it up. If someone does take it up, I must make a serious recommendation for the title: "The Iceman Cometh." That was a working title for "Sub-Zero," and I think it would be a nice nod to that, as well as avoiding the issues of having to pick one of the episode titles, or redundantly calling it "Mr. Freeze."

Thanks again, everybody!

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Hey, guys. Sorry I've taken so long. Bad news: I checked out the DVD, and there are some major issues. The picture has horizontal gaps when fast motion occurs, and the overlook is kind of patchy. I used MPEG the whole time, so that might have something to do with it. My Dad said it wasn't doing that when he was making the DVD and watching the edit. Also, somehow, the music drops out for a few seconds at the transition from Part 1 to Part 2. I don't know why it did that. Beyond that, at one edit point, for some reason, the music was pushed over at one point, so it plays over the start of the following scene. I could've sworn it didn't do that right after I exported it. It's really weird. But I can't check the file right now, because the external hard drive isn't here. I'll check it as soon as I can, but this is likely to put the project on hold for a good little while. If anyone still wants to see this very rough and flawed version, let me know, but it is rough.

I'm really sorry. If anyone has any tips or thoughts on what may have gone wrong, I'd appreciate them for future reference. I appreciate everyone's interest, input, and work. Thanks.
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Any updates?

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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Well, at present I have no software to edit with. I was using the demo of Womble, and I was hoping to be able to successfully test it out with this project, but, as elaborate on above, things went bad. The best thing I have to work with now is Pinnacle, and I don't know how well that will work out, and I really can't explore it right now. I'd rather just purchase some kind of higher-end editing materials. However, if anyone else wants to take this project up, I'd be glad to correspond and outline what I was doing with my edit. It shouldn't take long, it's more just making sure you've got the technical things secure, which I apparently didn't, and if anyone already has experience and the desire to do this project, I'm willing to go ahead and help with the planning. But right now I won't be able to work on it any further.
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I wonder if avidemux2 is enough for the job...

"Right now the coffees are doing their final work." (Airi, Masked Rider Den-o episode 1)

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Nother bump.

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Well, I tried again on Premiere Elements a little while back, and I thought it would work, but when I burned the DVD, the picture quality was still not good. It wasn't as choppy as before, but it was definitely not the best.

I used DVD Decrypter to get the video, on demux (I use SmartRipper for audio). I then took that file, opened it in VirtualDubMod, and saved it as an AVI to get it to open in Premiere Elements. From there I just edited the thing, and then used Premiere Elements' DVD function to burn it. Could the problem be my method in getting the video to Premiere Elemnents, making too large a file, and requiring it to compress it more than it should have to? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, because it's 45-50 minutes total. It shouldn't be a huge deal. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it, because if I can't get a 50 minute project to work, there's no way I'll be able to tackle a full-length film.
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