Good evening folks,
So with Arma Bullshittery part 7 finally out of the way I've been going through the available footage on my hard drives and I've realised that there's quite a lot of older recordings waiting to go through processing. One of those games is Far Cry 3, which I played through to about half-way a few months ago. It mostly consisted of me harassing the natives and running over a menageri...
2017-02-02 23:33:51 +0000 UTC
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All finished. Blooming heck that episode took much longer than anticipated. Thank you for being patient with me.
So rather uniquely for this bullshitery, I had something of an abundance of footage at my disposal. I have a project of cut clips that I was able to use with plenty more to spare. Saving those to one side for later.
Verdict on Adobe Premiere? Similar to Sony Vegas, but in many ways not as precise. And it also has the most bizzare keybind choic...
2017-01-31 00:49:15 +0000 UTC
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Nearly done! Good lord this video is swallowing time like a black hole :) I worked on it this weekend as part of its QA. Two developments:
- I didn't like the middle structure of the video. As traditionally I try to altnerate between quick comedic moments and longer gags. But the middle was just several long gags. So I edited in 5 extra scenes to improve the flow.
- Adobe Premiere is noticably less precise when it comes to the placement of the title cards I'm ...
2017-01-30 09:23:35 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the later then expected update. I've made another video one, but to summarise: 9 minutes and 20 seconds finished out of 10 (though there are some extra scenes I'd like to add if possible.)
Lessons learnt last week:
- I'm getting much better at figuring out where motion tracking works and where it doesn't. Saving me time by jumping right into doing it manually when needed.
- Using After Effects animation pre-sets for the text to make it look bet...
2017-01-23 19:51:18 +0000 UTC
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Good evening folks. It's the end of week two for the next bullshittery. Made a video update instead for those who fancy listening instead of reading.
But the summary is 5 minutes out of 10 finished. I'm quite behind schedule. I'll be aiming for next weekend.
This week has been a learning experience. Lots of little challenges faced, requiring lots of googling and trouble shooting. Meaning it's been an editing experience characterised by constantly stopping and start...
2017-01-13 19:49:31 +0000 UTC
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The work on Random Arma Bullshittery (part 7) continues.
This one being the first one I've done in Adobe Premiere instead of Sony Vegas. As I'd like to experiment with Adobe After Effect's motion tracking (commonly seen in /r/HighQualityGifs ) to see if they can speed up editing)
I'm learning as I go. Mostly the hotkeys. The cutting ...
2017-01-02 19:55:20 +0000 UTC
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So with Random The Culling Bullshittery (part 2) finished, I've decided to take my little After Effects experiment to the next level and take a stab at doing all of the next bullshittery in Adobe Premiere.
And since I've been sorting through Arma footage, I think I need to get another episode done. There's a good 3-4 episodes of content here and its taking up an entire hard drive :S
Why Adode Premiere though instead of Veg...
2016-12-30 20:07:24 +0000 UTC
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Aaaand done :)
So this one took me just over two weeks to finish. Though there were the Christmas festivities and a bit of a sickness in the middle where breaks were taken.
I had lots of smaller clips to arrange this time. Fewer bigger set-pieces like we normally have in Arma. The Clive moments were originally more numerous, but I decided to tone it down as the joke was wearing a tad thin.
Originally I had edited in My Heart Will Go On as I looked over the...
2016-12-27 16:24:52 +0000 UTC
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Yo. Super quick update.
I've finished the next video and have been rendering it yesterday and overnight. I think this one is the good one, but I'll only be certain once it's up and processed on Youtube. I can't upload it right this moment though, as it'll throttle me before the scheduled morning stream.
So hopefully expect the next video this afternoon. After which I'll jump right onto the next one. As always, kindly don't share it. It'll go public in a couple of days. For no...
2016-12-27 10:46:27 +0000 UTC
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So it's the second week of work on Random The Culling Bullshittery (part 2), and the video is nearing completion. But there's a big problem.
Having uploaded some low quality test renders to Youtube to begin QA'ing for errors, this thing reared it's ugly head.
The final sequence of the video is edited in slow-motion to ...
2016-12-22 19:23:08 +0000 UTC
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The new password is "Reaper", which replaces "Silver".
For the unfamiliar, during Twitch streams I sometimes like to name in-game things after people watching. Kerbals, X-Com soldier, Warhammer characters, Rimworld colonists, that sort of thing. Makes each playthrough much more interesting. Particularly when 2016-12-19 10:54:21 +0000 UTC
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I'm afraid I've been a bit poorly this week, so I lost some time on Thursday and Friday. So I've put in some hours this weekend to try to catch up.
This video is about 11 minutes long. The first 2 minutes have been properly animated and the text added up to 9 minutes. But I must admit, I'm having trouble with the final 2 minutes. This is the sequence where my brother and I face off against one another in The Culling. And I'm bounci...
2016-12-18 20:45:58 +0000 UTC
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Hey there folks. As promised, this week I've jumped back onto Random Bullshittery and have made a start on the next episode Random The Culling Bullshittery (part 2)
Actually these last 3 days have been super productive. Mainly because almost the entire cutting effort has already been done as part of the original video a few months ago. I was able to take the remaining clips that didn't make it into the episode and begin arranging them into a fresh video more or less much immed...
2016-12-15 00:09:27 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand my time's up :)
My three weeks on the side project are now finished. And they were nice and productive. The 01 Intro video seems like it has hit it's mark (thanks for the feedback). And I was able to complete all the voice recording for part 6/10 - PVE threats ready for next time.
It's unpolished, but here's a preview of the middl...
2016-12-09 20:06:55 +0000 UTC
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So it's week 3 of 'Operation: Squirrel away three weeks to work on that DayZ Critque side project before coming back to random bullshittery', and things are going smoothly.
I've started working on part 6/10 on the series, hoping to produce a first draft for your feedback and thoughts as soon as I can. This chapter is one of the larger analysis chapters, and looks at some of the mechanics of survival sandbox games with many examples.
I'm about two thirds of...
2016-12-07 20:15:00 +0000 UTC
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*whew* Finally done with that segment. Here is the re-done 01 - Intro section for the soapbox critique of the DayZ franchise.
As always, please don't share it yet. It needs all the other parts.
Any and all feedback is very welcome. It helps me know what works and what doesn't :)
I've basically reworked the intro and added a whole extra ending babbling about early access. I wanted to clarify my stance on it sooner rather than later in the video (this segmented...
2016-12-03 14:39:29 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the delay on this update folks. I was meaning to send it out on Friday, but then the weekend happened :)
So as mentioned in the last update, I'm trying to squirrel away 3 weeks on that DayZ side project. And so, last week and a bit of this week, I've gone back to the Intro chapter hoping to produce a final version for you.
The feedback I ...
2016-11-28 19:51:05 +0000 UTC
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(I'm going to split this update into two posts. This broad one for those who want an update on the whole project. And another one (TO DO) for anyone who wanting specifics on the chapter I'm working on this week)
Hey there sexy people. So with the completion of Random Viscera Cleanup Detail bullshittery, I'm going to squirrel away 3-4 weeks to work on that big side-project of mine. The analysis of the DayZ standalone ...
2016-11-24 19:38:39 +0000 UTC
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Whew. Finally finished the latest bullshittery. It's Random Viscera Cleanup Detail Bullshittery.
For the unfamiliar, the objective of the game is to play as part of the cleanup crew assigned to clear the level once the traditional first-person shooter hero or monster-mcguffin has gone through and done it's thing. Which means clearing up bodies, bullet casings, gore and stuff. Considering it requires careful attention to detail and teamwork, the ZF clan are woefully...
2016-11-19 23:46:53 +0000 UTC
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So it's been one week since the last update, at which point the cutting phase has been properly completed and the timeline has gone from this to this.
I was able to condense the multiple different Viscera streams into a 15 minute bullshittery. There's at least two instances where two streams (on the same map) have been made to look like the same...
2016-11-07 22:27:23 +0000 UTC
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Super quick update from me.
It's day 4 of editing and I've finished viewing all of the footage to find the relevant funny moments. They've been cut from the originals and now I can start arranging them on the timeline to make a coherent video from beginning to end.
Will let you know when that's done so I can start adding the text :)
2016-10-31 19:43:32 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for the feedback on this poll. I hadn't expected Viscera Cleanup Detail to be so popular. Thanks for casting your vote.
As a result, I've started the cutting phase for the next bullshittery video in the form of Random Viscera Cleanup Detail (part 1).
And thanks for the feedback in comments and Twitch emails. I went through them all and they were very helpful. There were some words of wisdom...
2016-10-27 19:02:16 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the long post. I've been going through the footage on my hard drives to determine which videos look like they're ready for editing. And I wanted to get your opinions to figure out where demand currently is. There's a poll at the end of this post. Also feel free to give comments here, I'll be sure to read everything :)
There are many nascent videos which really need more footage first. But the following (I think) should be viable to start right now. Or at least, start cutting to...
2016-10-25 15:43:52 +0000 UTC
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New video is finally done :)
Part 6 of Random Arma Bullshittery for you all. The QA phase took a couple of days I'm afraid. Sorry for the delay. And there's plenty more footage where this came from for other Arma bullshitteries.
Going to dive into bed now. Will post tomorrow to get your opinions on what you'd like the next video to be. As ever, thanks for the continued support.
Love, Womblebum
2016-10-23 22:36:24 +0000 UTC
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The video is nearly done. The Audio QA phase is now complete and it's going through it's Visual QA phase before release.
This is where I render the video a few times looking for animation mistakes that are much easier to spot post render. Will keep working on it this weekend and have it ready as soon as I'm able.
Until then, another teaser for you all :)
2016-10-21 18:38:19 +0000 UTC
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A quick teaser scene for you all. More to follow.
Progress: 7 minutes edited and animated, with about 3 minutes remaining.
The work continues. Should be ready this weekend.
2016-10-18 23:00:18 +0000 UTC
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So it's the start of week 3 on the latest bullshittery and everything is going swimmingly so far. Quite a lot of frame by frame animation as before, but that's mainly because it just looks nicer so I'm tempted to do it more often.
There's also a bit of a montage in the middle with about 25 fast cuts, so that's proving a bit of a time sink. I keep wanting to go back and swap things around.
So the full vid...
2016-10-17 22:28:27 +0000 UTC
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Bloody hell!
So this week, I've made a start on the next bullshittery in the form of Random Arma bullshittery (part 6). And having spent the last four days scrubbing the footage, it appears that I have 3-4 videos worth of content here. I can't possibly cram it all into one episode.
I've started cutting together a 10 minute segment to act as part 6, whilst putting the rest to one side for later. I'm trying to get a rough idea of what should go where. This does however mean I'm a co...
2016-10-06 18:58:22 +0000 UTC
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Latest video is finished. The super-delayed exploration of Space Engineer's planet update 01.108 from November last year. In which Cyanide and I dropped into creative mode and tried to land on a planet for the first time.
This one's not a bullshittery in the traditional sense. It's more like a heavily edited Let's Play from a single 2 hour stream. More of a first impressions video really. We didn't explore the planets in great detail, the first hurdle was simply getting to one. And ...
2016-10-02 21:38:53 +0000 UTC
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End of the second week. And the latest video is almost done. Should be available this weekend :)
- Text and animations should be mostly done. There's a couple of smaller scenes I've left, but they won't take long.
- Audio corrections are in progress. This is basically quality control that I can do pre-rendering. I'm adjusting the levels manually to make sure there are no parts that are too quiet or too loud. Or adding sound effects in post. That sort of thing
2016-09-30 23:09:25 +0000 UTC
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