[LGM] LGM 2016 videos - Worth the wait?

[C R]

>
> Same as Patrick and Liam. I feared that my answer could be perceived
> as a complaint on your work. There is absolutely none. I was only
> proposing an alternative for the next years after my very good
> experience at GUADEC, but the simple fact that you stepped up when
> none of us did is already enough to say thank you!
>
> Please don't take my comments (and others) personally. I don't want to
> be the cause of frustration. :-)
>
>
No, It's fine. Actually, I'm interested to know how they pulled off the
real time editing stuff you mentioned.
I may get in contact with them to see if they will share their experiences,
and software/hardware recommendations.

No offence taken. It's good to know there are options for a more
professional camera crew as well. :)

-C

> I'm happy to help mask and render with you if you want to provide a .blend
> > file for me to see what you're up to.
> > On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 1:55 PM C R <cajhne at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am using Blender as my video editor because its masking system is far
> >> superior to other open source video editors out there. While I can
> provide a
> >> template, Blender has a high learning curve.
> >>
> >> Please, by all means have someone else do this next year.
> >> The only reason I volunteered is because no one else did, and we'd not
> >> have any videos at all if I hadn't taken it up.
> >>
> >> If there are people who can get there and edit in real time, more power
> to
> >> them. I worked with what I was given, and had no control over the setup,
> >> despite showing up a month early in order to help prepare. It was simply
> >> refactored and then taken away at the last minute.
> >>
> >> We only have videos of Sunday at all because I was running a backup
> camera
> >> (student "assistant" destroyed the data, as I feared he would). I
> refuse to
> >> be involved in a situation like that again, and I pity anyone who
> volunteers
> >> for it. It would be far better to bring cameras/mics owned by people in
> the
> >> project.
> >>
> >> At any rate, I don't have the time or money to help this year, so please
> >> do sort something else out before the next one.
> >> I doubt I'll be able to attend, even though I enjoy the talks. My time
> >> would probably be better spent preparing a talk for the year after next,
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >> The general consensus is most people don't seem to care about the
> >> darkness, or not being able to read things on the projector properly,
> so...
> >> guess I don't either. :) I'll just slap on the intro and outro to what
> we
> >> have, and upload as-is.
>
> As Liam puts it, I think it's only a matter of priority. I don't think
> anyone wants terrible videos. I don't know the state of the raw image
> (you make it sound like absolutely unreadable, which is obviously not
> good), so I only assumed "average video quality". Maybe that was not
> the case.
> Average video quality (with just an additional LGM jingle at the
> beginning and the name of the presenters and project) is usually
> good-enough for spreading this kind of media, IMO. :-)
>
> Anyway I hope our comments didn't frustrate you too much, that was
> absolutely not the point.
> And thank you for all the hard work!
>
> Jehan
>
> >> Thanks for the feedback.
> >> -C
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Liam R. E. Quin <liam at holoweb.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, 2016-10-02 at 19:40 +0200, Jehan Pagès wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> [...]
> >>> > > See the result here:
> >>> > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvz6qie4c6iq2y3/worth_it.mp4?dl=0
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Note how clear the font forge logo is on the projector, for
> >>> > > example.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Obviously, this change entails more work on my part.
> >>> > > My question to everyone else, is: Is it worth waiting for the new
> >>> > > edits?
> >>>
> >>> It depends if it's a matter of a few hours or a few weeks.
> >>>
> >>> Jehan is right that we can imagine instant streamed videos -- the
> >>> bootleg videos Dave Crossland posted in Toronto were popular precisely
> >>> because they were available right away. But they were not a substitute
> >>> for higher quality videos produce later.
> >>>
> >>> Best to get something up now if it isn't already, but perfectly OK to
> >>> update the videos later.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Liam
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Liam R. E. Quin <liam at holoweb.net>
> >>> The barefoot typographer
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