Well, this is done (short film)

[psi onix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49d8C3C-2gk

it kind of sucks.. lol. but it was fun to make! and most importantly, i learned a lot.

Trying to decide if i should attempt to whip something up quick for the Saxxy's now that i'm free'd up.

[Postal Dude of Cykaland]

I already liked this man! It was awesome camera work.

[psi onix]

thanks.

[76561197967862282]

Psi, not sure if it's my video drivers, but when I try to watch this in 720p on YouTube, it's all pixulated. Like I say, I don't know if it is my end or not.

(Pte Jack)

[psi onix]

no, it's not just you. actually im asking the knowledgable people of facepunch about that right now... not sure what the deal is. I followed MaxofS2D's exporting/compiling method to a T. The actual video files on my computer don't look like that at all... only on youtube for some reason.

Though when i switch it to 720 it gets a little better... for me it's mostly the lower resolutions where it looks terrible.

[Pte Jack]

what format did you upload in? Might private the first and try a reup to see if it was a YouTube glitch

[psi onix]

the finalized format once encoded ended up being something called "Matroska" with MPEG4 AVC / H.264 codec. Though on my PC it says it's a .mkv file.

TBH i don't even really know what any of that is, i was just following his tutorial for how to properly compress the .AVI file before uploading.

EDIT: btw this is the guide i'm talking about that i followed:
http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1200056

[Joey Killigan]

thats a great movie you really did well

[psi onix]

Thanks, doctor_Jack!

PTe Jack... one question... are you trying to watch it on youtube through Steam's browser? I often have a lot of trouble with their browser.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=49d8C3C-2gk

Can you try it in internet explorer or something else and tell me if it's still just as pixelated in 720?

[76561197967862282]

Not sure if youtube supports HD conversion from mkv format. Is why I stick to mp4 and go.

[76561197967862282]

Strike last... yup, I was... Went to youtube through IE and I had to refresh the HD a couple of times, but it seems to have worked...

Great job.

[The Resonte!]

If you say it sucks then it sucks.

[psi onix]

well im just disappointed with how the project ended. It's not fully what i envisioned.

SFM started acting really crazy on me... new particles i'd create would be disappeared whenever i re-load my save file, and SFM even stopped saving my work all together at one point which was really bizzarre. Somehow two days in a row i magically lost hours of work i'd done, even though i was saving properly the whole time. Then i had wanted to edit the map in Hammer, but apparently this map is locked by Valve from being decompiled so i couldn't.

Just had a lot of problems with this project. I guess i'm lucky to have anything to show for it at all.

[raptornx01]

DUDE!!

****ing loved it.

The communications thing on Optimus' arm was an awesome touch. how did you do it?

[psi onix]

When Kup says to finish him off? Bunch of different Light Gobo textures animated together.

[raptornx01]

Really? so like one for each frame? nice.