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#192756
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Editing with After Effects?
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Originally posted by: DVD-BOY
What are people's throughts on editing films (HuffyAVIs) in After Effects - after all, it offers you plenty of image manipulation options if you are really trying to alter a film. Obviously the rendering times would be rather large, but I certainly find it more user friendly than Premiere.

If you just want to cut shots together and resync audio, I find Premiere to be a much easier tool to use. But After Effects is great for doing everything else. Even the video transitions are better quality. I usually do all my DVD menus in After Effects.
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#192432
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TheForce.net
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192432/action/topic#192432
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TFN, and the Jedi Council forum in particular was a much better place 7 years ago when it was the first message board I ever registered for. It was a lot more civil and not as overcrowded with arrogant pre-teens and their adult counterparts. I still pop in there from time to time, but it's just not the same anymore. I used to get into heavy debates in the TPM and PSA forums back in the day, but such discussions are almost non-existant anymore, and I've grown tired of participating in them anyway. I do still frequent my Denver Fan Force board there however. Some my friends in that group I've known since the TPM days.
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#192103
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DVD Labels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192103/action/topic#192103
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I found them in various places. Some I found on Google image search, while others have just been on my computer for so long I can't remember where I got them. The channel diagram I created myself with simple vector shapes. I'm thinking of adding DVD9/DVD5 logos as well as PAL/NTSC logos so I know which versions I have. (ADM & Citizen have released different versions of their DVDs, among others.)
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#192098
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DVD Labels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/192098/action/topic#192098
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Originally posted by: THX
Zion, I'm about to do the same - where are you getting your disc art from?

Well, I initially started out trying to track down all the "official" labels for each set. But I soon realized that not all sets had labels, and not all labels included the set name. The latter is crucial for someone like me who isn't going to be printing any covers. I'm keeping all my DVDs in a 300-disc zip wallet, and I need to be able to flip through, locate the set I'm looking for, and then locate the title. So I came up with my own labels:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1858/anhlabelzion9uv.jpghttp://img158.imageshack.us/img158/511/esblabelzion9jq.jpghttp://img529.imageshack.us/img529/759/rotjlabelzion3hu.jpg

With these templates, all I do is change the name and add the appropriate logos to the bottom (PCM, Letterbox, etc.). I don't have to guess which set is which, and I can quickly find what I'm looking for.
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#191924
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191924/action/topic#191924
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I hope everyone received their newsletter OK last night. If not, another one will go out this afternoon to those who didn't receive it.

Arnie, sorry for the delay in responding, but I think the newsletter answers most of your questions. Yes, there are multiple captures, and yes we are working on TooTed versions of all of them.
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#191865
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DVD Labels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/191865/action/topic#191865
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I too had problems in the past with stick on labels. Particularly with discs that I played very frequently. I never damaged a player, but my computer would have problems reading the discs after a while.

I recently purchased an Epson R200 printer ($65 on clearance) and a CIS ink kit. It was more money than I wanted to spend, for sure, but it beats stick on labels any day as well as the "sharpie" method. I'm in the process of printing labels for my entire SW DVD preservation & fan edits collection, as well as my 36-disc MST3K collection. I'm about 1/3 of the way done with printing them all, and I've barely even used 1/10 of the 4oz. ink bottles I got with my CIS kit. It was a lot of cash up front, but in the long run I'm saving a lot of money over using regular ink cartridges, or stick on labels for that matter.

I haven't tried using any coating spray though, as my dorm room isn't the most ideal place to be spraying chemicals everywhere. I've also heard that sprays can get onto the data side of the disc and damage it if you're not careful. How true is this?