Second video by MXM (LFS - Season 6)

MXM · January 21st, 2008, 11:15 PM

As my slightly megalomaniacal title says, I finally finished this video after over a month of very lazy editing images/smilies/smile.gif

And here it is: http://mxm.name/lfs/FG.Season.6.(MXM).avi (220mb)

Alternative links:
http://misc.techzonline.net/lfs/FG.Season.6.(MXM).avi
Torrent: http://misc.techzonline.net/lfs/FG.S...M).avi.torrent
FlyUpload: http://flyupload.com/get?fid=5921619

Blatantly stole few ideas from Mischief's videos, and with my slow progress they also served as a guide to find interesting moments as well images/smilies/wink.gif

My initial plan was not to include any crashes at all, but then some of them were too spectacular not to, so I added a few. Then I started running out of ideas to make it not look boring, so there's a healthy dose of crashes after all.

It's not small at 220mb, but then it's 6.5 minutes of 1024x576 @ 30fps, so I couldn't compress it more without making it look like crap. And with lower resolution it just wasn't the same. Maybe x264 would be an answer, but I don't know how to use it well enough.
I'll upload it later to google video maybe, but I suggest you watch this one instead, google video wont do it justice images/smilies/wink.gif

Oh, and criticism is always welcome. But before you mention it - I know, intro is way too long, but it was dictated by the soundtrack, and I'm just not good enough to remix the audio images/smilies/smile.gif

jayhawk · January 21st, 2008, 11:49 PM

I hate do this gigantic word, but I have to, to describe my reaction:

WOW. images/smilies/blink.gif

That was most excellent, Maxim! The timing of the action with music, the little touches you do, it all went together great. With exception of his color timing, you are up there with DoN, editing wise. I am floored, I really am.

What programs did you use?

pdanev · January 21st, 2008, 11:55 PM

This was awesome! images/smilies/smile.gif

Quality, crisp and clean, better than what I play on. Intro was cool, plane flying in, cars rotating, slow down to finish line, fasten belts, boom! Really nice! I didn't find it long actually.

I also love the attention to detail at synchronizing! At every bigger beat in the song there's a remarkable car movement/flip/collision etc, e.g. your flip and land at kyoto. Also like the occasional slow down to highlight some interesting fact in the movie. I also think that the number of crashes was perfectly fine, wouldn't call it a crashfest at all. Some nice additional touches were nice too like shaky camera movement on fern bay.

Plenty of camera perspectives, but I miss bumper cams. Those can give a great sense of speed and close racing. I also would have loved to see one or two battles, I mean 2-3 consecutive scenes from the same 2 (or more) people fighting in a race. Insted of the generic lot of cars passing by type of shots, I think those had a too dominant part in the movie.

Overall I think its a very nice movie, documenting the season well, and respect for time and effort that went into it!

Contentwise, two striking scenes, ESPN's lightning start on fern bay, and my very late braking for the pit entry. Those were pretty cool! Honourable also your flip @ kyoto. images/smilies/smile.gif

edit: Jay afaik, sony vegas.

burnsy · January 22nd, 2008, 12:16 AM

well, pete stole all my ideas to comment about this awesome video that you've done. so i guess take his and double it. fantastic work MXM.

MXM · January 22nd, 2008, 12:16 AM

Jayhawk: All captured with Fraps and edited in Premiere CS3. Thanks for comparing me to DoN images/smilies/wink.gif

pdanev: About lack of longer battles, yeah, it's a shame, but I had to squeese 14 races into 5.5 minutes, that's roughly 20s/race. Of course not all races are equally exciting, so it could be balanced somehow. But I did some attempts and it really broke the flow of the video with is quite fast, so I kinda gave up and took the easy way.

Thanks for comments images/smilies/smile.gif

Mischief007 · January 22nd, 2008, 03:32 AM

Wow is right. I don't know why my graphics aren't that smooth as yours.

I just lost the will to do races 13 and 14. Your video was just amazing.

MadCow809 · January 22nd, 2008, 04:24 AM

that looks fantastic, great work there mxm.

lnldrvr · January 22nd, 2008, 02:53 PM

Awesome work there. Music, editing, camera angles... images/smilies/thumbup.gif

FireFox · January 22nd, 2008, 05:36 PM

Everything has been said already. Awesome work images/smilies/happy.gif

, and lot of time went into it.
Great job images/smilies/thumbup.gif

Kip_6666 · January 22nd, 2008, 06:55 PM

Very nice MXM.

Specially loved the intro and great music to match the action.

eltoro507 · January 22nd, 2008, 08:08 PM

Nice one

s3r4x · January 23rd, 2008, 10:29 AM

Thank u MXM... this video inspired me to download the newest version of lfs and start to practice again images/smilies/tongue.gif

And of course great job on editing

matt2000 · February 2nd, 2008, 02:44 PM

That was epic!

And so smooth, I am very jealous of your hardware images/smilies/smile.gif

Keep up the good work, I've never wanted to race with you guys as much as I do now, and only an hour before I do!

Thanks for including me btw, even though I only raced once the whole season images/smilies/lol.gif

I'm very proud of that skin images/smilies/biggrin.gif

January 21st, 2008, 11:15 PM	#1
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: 07:06 AM Location: Finland Age: 25 Posts: 2,541 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 27	Second video by MXM (LFS - Season 6) As my slightly megalomaniacal title says, I finally finished this video after over a month of very lazy editing And here it is: http://mxm.name/lfs/FG.Season.6.(MXM).avi (220mb) Alternative links: http://misc.techzonline.net/lfs/FG.Season.6.(MXM).avi Torrent: http://misc.techzonline.net/lfs/FG.S...M).avi.torrent FlyUpload: http://flyupload.com/get?fid=5921619 Blatantly stole few ideas from Mischief's videos, and with my slow progress they also served as a guide to find interesting moments as well My initial plan was not to include any crashes at all, but then some of them were too spectacular not to, so I added a few. Then I started running out of ideas to make it not look boring, so there's a healthy dose of crashes after all. It's not small at 220mb, but then it's 6.5 minutes of 1024x576 @ 30fps, so I couldn't compress it more without making it look like crap. And with lower resolution it just wasn't the same. Maybe x264 would be an answer, but I don't know how to use it well enough. I'll upload it later to google video maybe, but I suggest you watch this one instead, google video wont do it justice Oh, and criticism is always welcome. But before you mention it - I know, intro is way too long, but it was dictated by the soundtrack, and I'm just not good enough to remix the audio Last edited by MXM; January 22nd, 2008 at 06:06 PM. Reason: Added alternative links provided by TechZ

January 21st, 2008, 11:49 PM	#2
jayhawk Cigar Smoking Man Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 12:50 AM Location: Listening to stories from the Brân Lwyd. Age: 32 Posts: 4,798 Car: MY07 G11 WRX-TR WRB. Rep Power: 77	I hate do this gigantic word, but I have to, to describe my reaction: WOW. That was most excellent, Maxim! The timing of the action with music, the little touches you do, it all went together great. With exception of his color timing, you are up there with DoN, editing wise. I am floored, I really am. What programs did you use? __________________ It is nice to have friends like you on this forum. In the wee hours I'll meet you, down by Dun Ringill. Wife is re-employed....maybe I will show up unexpectantly at the next Nürburgring meet...

January 21st, 2008, 11:55 PM	#3
pdanev Joined: Oct 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 5,642 LFS Status: Rep Power: 23	This was awesome! Quality, crisp and clean, better than what I play on. Intro was cool, plane flying in, cars rotating, slow down to finish line, fasten belts, boom! Really nice! I didn't find it long actually. I also love the attention to detail at synchronizing! At every bigger beat in the song there's a remarkable car movement/flip/collision etc, e.g. your flip and land at kyoto. Also like the occasional slow down to highlight some interesting fact in the movie. I also think that the number of crashes was perfectly fine, wouldn't call it a crashfest at all. Some nice additional touches were nice too like shaky camera movement on fern bay. Plenty of camera perspectives, but I miss bumper cams. Those can give a great sense of speed and close racing. I also would have loved to see one or two battles, I mean 2-3 consecutive scenes from the same 2 (or more) people fighting in a race. Insted of the generic lot of cars passing by type of shots, I think those had a too dominant part in the movie. Overall I think its a very nice movie, documenting the season well, and respect for time and effort that went into it! Contentwise, two striking scenes, ESPN's lightning start on fern bay, and my very late braking for the pit entry. Those were pretty cool! Honourable also your flip @ kyoto. edit: Jay afaik, sony vegas.

January 22nd, 2008, 12:16 AM	#4
burnsy Joined: Mar 25th, 2005 Last Online: 04:27 AM Location: Indiana, USA Age: 26 Posts: 635 Car: 2006 Ford Ranger FX4 LFS Status: Rep Power: 14	well, pete stole all my ideas to comment about this awesome video that you've done. so i guess take his and double it. fantastic work MXM. __________________ Top Gear Episode Guide & More \| Top Gear DVDs \| Team FinalGear.com \| Photo Gallery LOTA Grand Touring Cup Squad Champions: FinalGear Racing

January 22nd, 2008, 12:16 AM	#5
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: 07:06 AM Location: Finland Age: 25 Posts: 2,541 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 27	Jayhawk: All captured with Fraps and edited in Premiere CS3. Thanks for comparing me to DoN pdanev: About lack of longer battles, yeah, it's a shame, but I had to squeese 14 races into 5.5 minutes, that's roughly 20s/race. Of course not all races are equally exciting, so it could be balanced somehow. But I did some attempts and it really broke the flow of the video with is quite fast, so I kinda gave up and took the easy way. Thanks for comments

January 22nd, 2008, 03:32 AM	#6
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: August 22nd, 2008 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,333 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG Rep Power: 23	Wow is right. I don't know why my graphics aren't that smooth as yours. I just lost the will to do races 13 and 14. Your video was just amazing. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG - 3800 Gen 3 Supercharged V6 55,965 km - 34,775 miles

January 22nd, 2008, 04:24 AM	#7
MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 2,719 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i Rep Power: 24	that looks fantastic, great work there mxm. __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08 Currently looking for a car.... 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 160Gb + 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb \| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

January 22nd, 2008, 02:53 PM	#8
lnldrvr Previously Known As Lonely_Driver Joined: Nov 13th, 2004 Last Online: 02:21 AM Location: Finland Age: 23 Posts: 127 LFS Status: Rep Power: 0	Awesome work there. Music, editing, camera angles...

January 22nd, 2008, 05:36 PM	#9
FireFox Not the Browser Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Dutchieland Age: 22 Posts: 1,201 Car: Sold Toyota Carina II. AC Cobra 427 dream LFS Status: Rep Power: 17	Everything has been said already. Awesome work, and lot of time went into it. Great job __________________ LFS - Team Finalgear

January 22nd, 2008, 06:55 PM	#10
Kip_6666 I Bought This Title :o Joined: May 17th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: The Netherlands Age: 22 Posts: 2,943 Car: Saab 93 2.0t @ stage 1 Rep Power: 29	Very nice MXM. Specially loved the intro and great music to match the action. __________________ http://www.internet-memes.com My Flickr

January 22nd, 2008, 08:08 PM	#11
eltoro507 Joined: Jun 3rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Antwerp, Belgium Age: 25 Posts: 80 Car: Citroen Berlingo Candyvan, Peugeot 309 RIP :'( Rep Power: 19	Nice one

January 23rd, 2008, 10:29 AM	#12
s3r4x Joined: Sep 7th, 2005 Last Online: August 20th, 2008 Location: Rauma, Finland Age: 20 Posts: 203 Car: Mazda 626 GE -96 and Evo3 Rep Power: 13	Thank u MXM... this video inspired me to download the newest version of lfs and start to practice again And of course great job on editing __________________ some automotive pictures here: http://s3r4x.mynkton.org/

February 2nd, 2008, 02:44 PM	#13
matt2000 Squirrel Mincer Joined: Feb 17th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Market Harborough, UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,597 Car: Legs and East Midand Trains for a while again LFS Status: Rep Power: 37	That was epic! And so smooth, I am very jealous of your hardware Keep up the good work, I've never wanted to race with you guys as much as I do now, and only an hour before I do! Thanks for including me btw, even though I only raced once the whole season I'm very proud of that skin __________________ Lolpandas are taking over the world! Very slowly

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