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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 3119 Location: Tigard, OR
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Right now,
The Prologue Documentaries have been upgraded to x264 mp4 format.
http://rel.to/prologue _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 3119 Location: Tigard, OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Right now,
I’ll explain a little more about what I am working on.
In February, I converted my old Uru music videos to MP4. I converted the existing WMV files into MP4, and they didn’t look any worse than before, but I knew they could look better.
So a few weeks ago, I installed Adobe Premiere Pro after having not had it installed since 2013.
Since then I have re-exported everything for which I still have the original project files into high quality MP4. That includes my later music videos, and all of the completed Prologue Documentaries.
But there is a downside; with the now-retired WMV and MOV versions, the video compression levels I had used were pretty aggressive and made the videos a little blurry. The muddy video hid some of the less-than-stellar editing I had done. In the crisp new MP4 versions, the shortcomings are much more obvious.
Where I could previously get away with painting Phil’s Relto book blue (to match his jeans) in scenes where he should not have a book, it’s now really noticeable that I’ve done a hack photoshop job.
Aside from that though, the new MP4 videos are beautiful and clean and much nicer to watch than the old ones.
So that leads me to my current project; I am reworking the sub-par edits so that the fixes are much more subtle and less likely to be noticed.
I am also working on fixing additional continuity errors (Sharper has a book on his hip in Episode 1, and the wrong subtitle colors are sometimes used). Where possible, I’m also reducing the effects of avatar lag rubber-banding that occurred when filming on Until Uru or Alcugs shards.
Finally, I’m tweaking the timing of some scenes so that reading speed is a little more consistent throughout the series.
All of these changes collectively should be be subtle; these are surgical edits, and I’m not creating a George Lucas “Special Edition.” Unless you’re looking for the changes, you shouldn’t really notice them, you’ll just think “wow this is even better than I remembered.” _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Szark Prolific Explorer

Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 150 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Right now it's late at night remembering my recently lost wife's love of Myst I thought I would do the rounds.
I will have to go and check the new versions Marten, I often get them out and have a nostalgic moment. Good work on all the updates you guys are doing. Haven't been in game for a while. |
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brian Fearless Leader


Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1372 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Right now, Saxy is back. _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Moiety Jean First Lady of the Great Tree


Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 1852 Location: Seaaaaaattle
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Right now, I'm sad to hear Szark has suffered a loss.
Right now, it's good to see who comes back to say hello once in a while. _________________ ~Moiety Jean
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brian Fearless Leader


Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1372 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Right now I got a new KI number! 😎 _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 3119 Location: Tigard, OR
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Right now,
Welcome back, Brian.
Also, right now, how do I change my username on this thing? I've undergone a long overdue rebrand. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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brian Fearless Leader


Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1372 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Just let me know what you want it to be and I'll change it for you.  _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Lord Chaos Great Tree Member

Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 208
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Right now...
I'm astonished to find out that the Great Tree Forum is still running. When everything else shut down I figured the same would happen here, even if only due to the age of the forum software that caught so many.
I did an Internet search for "Shorah b'shemtee translation" and found the forum still here.
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brian Fearless Leader


Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1372 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Right now, it's all duct tape and paperclips but it's holding together! Kinda! _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 3119 Location: Tigard, OR
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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brian wrote: | Just let me know what you want it to be and I'll change it for you.  |
New name: Durin Mephit
Thanks  _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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brian Fearless Leader


Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1372 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Done! _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 3119 Location: Tigard, OR
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Right now, a haiku
Brian Fioca, Admin
Quickly Changes Names
On Request, No Fee, No Worries _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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brian Fearless Leader


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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Right now I'm pretty impressed by that haiku. _________________ #Brian Fioca
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Szark Prolific Explorer

Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 150 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Right now I am glad to see this forum back
Right now I am grateful for Moiety Jean's words
Just before right now I finished listening to TCT's latest podcast. Very emotional and nostalgic. |
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