OK, so GotVapes has been releasing new product after new product lately and while I made this video a while back, I think it's appropriate to repost it now! 
Sneak Peek at what's coming!
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Mastiff - that is just plain MEAN! Now, ask yourself: will your dog approve this sort of thing, eh???
Mean? Why yes, Chris & Danno ARE mean to keep us in the dark!
And yes, the pooch approves of the video!
And yes, the pooch approves of the video!
LOL! You KNOW I've got to give you a hard time! So many great new products in such a short time! My CFO HATES you!
Good to see you too GL!
lol...that was hilarious...only cause we get it!! I also find myself wondering, "Man, what are they going to be coming out with next?" Should I have like a monthly direct deposit with them?
You mean you don't already have direct deposit? Get with the times! I find it's just easier to have my employer send my checks to Gotvapes and then Chris & Danno send me anything that's left over (which normally is $0!)
WTG!
We almost have direct deposit with Dwolla and give you 5% back to boot!
Mike I am impressed just not with your video editing capabilities but with your personaity and sense of communication and presentation. I've done video production and editing with the USPS in years past using a Panasonic WJMX-50 and svhs decks. When Adobe Premiere came out I loved it but didn't have the time to delve into it deeply. When we started doing videos for products we were one of a kind in the vaping world but I was just using Windows Movie Maker to do quick and 'dirties'. I know how much time goes into what you do with that stuff and it is mucho appreciado!
By the way I think my favorite part of the dog's video review of the ViVi Nova was in the bloopers section where your dog brought in all those multi-colored sticks to feature the colored metal tubes and you had to yell cut! LOLLLL
Mike I am impressed just not with your video editing capabilities but with your personaity and sense of communication and presentation. I've done video production and editing with the USPS in years past using a Panasonic WJMX-50 and svhs decks. When Adobe Premiere came out I loved it but didn't have the time to delve into it deeply. When we started doing videos for products we were one of a kind in the vaping world but I was just using Windows Movie Maker to do quick and 'dirties'. I know how much time goes into what you do with that stuff and it is mucho appreciado!
By the way I think my favorite part of the dog's video review of the ViVi Nova was in the bloopers section where your dog brought in all those multi-colored sticks to feature the colored metal tubes and you had to yell cut! LOLLLL
You mean you don't already have direct deposit? Get with the times! I find it's just easier to have my employer send my checks to Gotvapes and then Chris & Danno send me anything that's left over (which normally is $0!)
WTG!
Thanks! I haven't played with Premier much and instead prefer After Effects. Premier is GREAT for strict video editing but AE is SO much better for animation and creation of elements (Premier puts things together but it's not so great at creating things like 3D elements, lighting, etc.)
Since I don't own a video camera Premier is hardly useful to me as AE is THE program to use for post production. Hollywood movie explosions? Done in AE! Green screen compositing? Done in AE! Motion tracking? Done in AE! It's basically really good at what I need, the only thing it's really lacking is advanced audio editting (lots of other programs though for that). I like to mix my audio in AE though because it allows me to synch sound with the motion events and make adjustments to both within the same program. Some people do either the video OR audio first and then do the other based off the first, I prefer to have the flexibilty to adjust both as needed, especially because I'm still learning both!
It's a fun hobby and I already have learned so much just experimenting and playing around. If anyone is considering trying it, I HIGHLY recommend it!
Since I don't own a video camera Premier is hardly useful to me as AE is THE program to use for post production. Hollywood movie explosions? Done in AE! Green screen compositing? Done in AE! Motion tracking? Done in AE! It's basically really good at what I need, the only thing it's really lacking is advanced audio editting (lots of other programs though for that). I like to mix my audio in AE though because it allows me to synch sound with the motion events and make adjustments to both within the same program. Some people do either the video OR audio first and then do the other based off the first, I prefer to have the flexibilty to adjust both as needed, especially because I'm still learning both!
It's a fun hobby and I already have learned so much just experimenting and playing around. If anyone is considering trying it, I HIGHLY recommend it!
I will definitely look into AE...thanks for that mini-review Mike. The lip sync in your video was amazing. The green screen on the girl was perfect as she was dancing. Did you do that against a green screen or was that stock or some such? It was very very clean on all your keys.
The lip synch was "good" but not up to the standards of the "Buddies" movies (Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies, Spooky Buddies, Treasure Buddies). I used an "expression" to automatically animate the mouth movement to the audio file. The mouth moves based on the audio amplitude (volume) and so not as accurate as actually forming different mouth shapes for different sounds. To do it correctly it has to be hand keyed with each sound (IIRC there's basically 7 different mouth shapes to cover the English language) and would be VERY time consuming. LOL, that's why Hollywood uses a whole team of people!
The dancing girl is just stock footage of a girl dancing in front of a green screen, and I keyed out the screen color. Easy peasy as long as the footage is done correctly and lit well (seriously, as long as the footage it good quality it takes <1 minute to key out the screen, no manual masking necessary!). I actually tried once to "green screen" (actually "purple screen" using one of my kids purple sheets) my dog a while back and it didn't turn out well at all! It's hard to get the lighting nice and even on a sheet in my living room not to mention he wouldn't stay in front of the sheet and like to stick his nose right up in the camera!
Now if Chris could do his videos in front of a solid color screen (color doesn't matter as long as it's used ONLY on the screen) I could put him inside the oval office (or sitting in a pile of manure!)
FWIW, here's the gist of what I did to make the video (in a very simplified set of steps but you get the idea):
1. Take pictures and using Photoshop make separate layers for the desired different parts (i.e. "eyes half closed", "eyes closed" and "lower jaw")
2. Record audio clips and tweak them (pretty darn poorly but it was my first try with pitch bending)
3. Import the Photoshop files into After Effects (where they maintain their layer structure) and arrange them
4. Import audio clips and arrange them
5. Using an expression (i.e. coding) linked the "lower jaw" to the appropriate audio track
6. Hand keyframed the eye blinks, scene transitions, text etc.
7. Mix and add background music
8. Render it all out to video (AE can render to pretty much any video format)
9. Upload to Youtube
10. Post on ECF and let the wouldbe video reviewers know what they're up against!
Thanks for the THOROUGH run-down. How long did AE take to render it (and what kind of system do you have, dependent on that of course). I bet a iCore 7 cuts through it like butta'
Yeah green screen requires a nice even light on that background with minimal amount of hotspots, it can be challenging for sure. I used to do it pretty successfully for newscasts at the USPS just using the green screen functionality of the Panasonic WJMX50...
Yeah green screen requires a nice even light on that background with minimal amount of hotspots, it can be challenging for sure. I used to do it pretty successfully for newscasts at the USPS just using the green screen functionality of the Panasonic WJMX50...
lol- maybe I can send you a green screen of me chatting and interrupting chris (with him of course not disturbed by it at all, cool customer that he is) during one of his vids...I might even dance :O
To render it out it took 2-1/2 hours using just my main pc (Quad Core 64-Bit). Back when I used to dabble in 3D renderings I set up a tiny render farm (3 PCs) and if I wasn't so lazy I'd set that up again and then it'd be REAL quick. I actually don't mind the render time though because I just time it so it can process while I'm away and most videos I've done (1-3 minute range) only take 15-20 minutes to render out so it's not too bad.
Green screen video of you and Chris? That'd be awesome! Heck, just a few decent photos of you guys and I can do some stuff! Off to Google image search sheep and other farm animals.....
Green screen video of you and Chris? That'd be awesome! Heck, just a few decent photos of you guys and I can do some stuff! Off to Google image search sheep and other farm animals.....
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