Taniith’s Relto

Before I start my rant, I just want to ask readers to give suggestions if you have any… PLEASE!

So, I was trying to make a portfolio DVD of my work using Adobe Encore DVD 1.5. Yesterday, I finally finished the music for the movie I made in my class this summer. But, as with this summer, the movie has problems with playback on DVD. There are sequences of text that are just still images from photoshop… generally 3 seconds long each. The movie plays fine on computers as a file, but when played on DVDs the text is shown for one frame, and then the first frame of the next animation is shown for the rest of the 3 seconds. As you can imagine, this makes it imposible to make a portfolio DVD.

I think the problem is from a choice when exproting from Adobe Premiere called “optimize stills.” Apparently, using the example of my video, this option takes the 90 frames of the same still image and converts them into one 3 second long frame. My guess is that the computer can handle this, but the DVD player cannot. The only two options I see are:

A: Find all of the files, recreate the project in Premiere, and export it anew

B: Cut out all of the areas that have text, put in new text and export it anew anyway

Then again…. I think I figured out how to do it. I had to mask some stuff in two text areas, and when I exported they were saved as normal animations and work fine on the DVD. So I just need to export all the text areas in Adobe After Effects and export it all again. That sounds too easy, but what the hell right? ;)

I’ll post this anyway, even though I figured it out. Anyone know a better way to do this?

edit: Well, it worked in the end. Of course, the DVD software was happy enough to make a CD instead, but it wont play on DVD players…. it says its playing but makes strange grinding noises instead. Oh well, at least my portfolio is ready for my meeting on friday.

-Taniith

:P

Oh, and if you havn’t already, say hi to Esher below :)

He Enjoys the bread from the “more” button.

-Taniith

Hey everyone, say hi to Esher! :)

Ain’t he cute!

Remember, this is what happens when you piss off the Bah’ro.

-Taniith

I feel that this is a momentous occasion:

A few seconds ago, I actually turned on the heat. If you know me, you know that this sort of thing doesn’t happen very often ;P.

In other news, please do not show the post “solitude” to any psychiatrists…. they might say I’m depressed and try to stuff me with pills….

The things one says after eating pecan pie, huh?
Or maybe it has something to do with what I hinted at in the post bellow…. I keep dropping the hints, and the person still has no clue…… ah, the crazy indirect way my mind works.

Anyway, I’m off to… erm….. I don’t know; I’m off to figure out what I feel like doing, how’s that? :p

-Taniith

Hey. I’m testing out the Photobucket.com blog feature….. Hopefuly this will let me put up pictures of stuff (my 3D work, theater stuff, etc).

The picture here is a render of a ZPM I made for a conputer arts class last school-year. This one, as you can see, is untextured.

edit: well, it still made it so big that the sidebar get messed up…. back to the drawing board :(

So I just learned from Attack of the Show that the US has been in possession of ownership of the organization that regulates who can access or make use of the internet. Interesting, huh?

Well, apparently the rest of the world wasn’t to happy about that (big surprise…). So there was some sort of meeting about it, and guess what……. The US still owns the organization.

Ergo, the US owns the internet. It’s such a….. wonderful thought (sure).

Oh, and I finally went to the doctor about this stupid cold/cough/death thing. He thinks I might have a virus, but he put it in his computer as bronchitis, and prescribed some antibiotics.

Funny story though: So I was working on cleaning up the scene shop after removing all remnants of the Holes set from the Black Box (which I had literally demolished with a hammer and crowbar the day before). A bunch of other people were working in there, and Marty was in the middle of showing people how to cut through a platform with a circular saw while it is still legged (long story). I asked him a question about something, and was halfway out the door headed for the Black Box when the following conversation happens:

Marty: Elliot!
Me (turns around): Yeah
Marty: Go home, you look like hell
Me: What?
Marty: Grab your bag and get outta here!
Me: Why
Marty: You look like hell

He also said something about me looking pale, which my mother also confirmed.

I just thought it was funny…. He’s usually trying to get me to stay a bit longer, but this time he was telling me to leave 1.5hrs early!

Oh, and the “!’s” in the dialogue above weren’t yelling or angry, just emphasis.

Well, I’m off to my shadowed air now (see header of blog or Myst 5)

-Taniith

So, everyone knows the Numa Numa dance (and you all love it right?!?!). Well, it seems that there is now an israeli version of the song (not the fan mande dance, but the real song/video)…. I’m not quite sure what to think of it at the moment, but you should definately go watch it.

Go, now!

Back to the Beloved paper….

-Taniith