Altered Carbon review

Here it is. Spoiler free Altered Carbon review. I wasn't feeling too well when I shot this and it shows.

Editing Altered Carbon review

I haven't felt that good since last Friday. So tomorrow's video will be like my old videos where I put less effort into. It is hard to put much effort when everything hurts and you can barely eat. So it is talking to one camera video. Couldn't find second tripod for second camera. Two cameras help in situations where you need to make jump cuts. You can crop if you shoot 4K and publish FullHD. I didn't do it this time. I tried other thing.

I made video look like VHS and transitions were VHS transitions which look like bad tape. It hides cuts little bit. I move so much cuts are quite obvious. But if I didn't it could have looked like one take. I don't have high end computer and Davinci Resolve isn't the most optimized editing software. I have done similar videos with Vegas Pro without problems. I had problems with Resolve all the time. GPU memory run out all the time. BlackMagic makes good products if you have high end computers and lot of storage space. If you don't you have problems.

I couldn't render video FullHD. For some reason Resolve couldn't handle GPU memory running low even when it didn't need to attempt anything like real time. I had to render video to 720p. It is not problem since VHS effect makes video look low res anyway. It could be problem with other videos when using intensive effects. I guess I should keep Vegas Pro installed for those cases.

This video will be first in months without new music. I could barely make the video. I didn't even attempt to make new music for it. I used music I have used most as background music. So the video is return to the old videos in that way too.

Lux Helsinki 2018 in Vimeo

Lux Helsinki 2018 is now on Vimeo if you want to see it there rather than in Youtube. I won't be uploading weekly to Vimeo. Free account has total limit. I need to thing what I upload there. I now have three videos there and I have hit first fifth of total space of free account.

Native Instruments Choral is chorus I have been looking for

Native Instruments released Modpack with three modulation effects. They gave one of those free as Christmas present. I liked Phasis a lot. It was easy to use but it could do much more than regular phaser. When I heard Phasis is part of package which included chorus I was really curious.

I have searched for chorus which feels right. This video doesn't give best picture of Choral. But it and good experiences with Phasis were enough to upgrade to whole package. Choral is much like Phasis. It is easy to use and can do much more than regular chorus. After testing it for little I feel I have found my go to chorus. You can expect to hear it in many of future videos and songs.

Third effect is flanger called Flair. Video didn't impress me and after short test I didn't get it. I don't want to diss it before I understand it. I like other two. Maybe I will like Flair as much after I learn how and where to use it.

Return of Fun with Minibrute

There are musical parts after the drone part at beginning. I didn't realize how long drone part was before I watched the rendered video.

We had winter for little over a week. It included only one weekend. The one when I made first fun with Minibrute movie. I would have shot winter video then if we has sunny day then. We didn't and I waited for next weekend but we didn't have winter then. We might still get winter enoung to shoot winter video. Last weekend wasn't that weekend.

Next time I use both Minibrute and Microbrute in same video I have to have then next to each others. Microbrute sounds quite static without tweaking in during the song.

Editing Return of Fun with Minibrute

Tomorrow's video is another Fun with MInibrute video right after first one. I wanted to make winter video but there wasn't winter to make video of. Maybe next week. This time Microbrute is there too. I might make one where Microbrute is extra voice to Minibrute and call it Son of Fun with Minibrute. That setup sounds amazing. I don't do any tweaking to Microbrute. After hearing the videon dozen times it felt maybe I should have it so close I can tweak it during performance if I do this again.

Video will be another live performance. This time there won't be automated effects. There is lfo controlling reverb but nothing more. Maybe automating Microbrute's effects would have been a good idea but it is what it is. Not that it doesn't work. Maybe I am making it too big thing here. Tomorrow you can judge it yourself.

I think I learned to use keyframes in Davinci Resolve. I still think it doesn't show things correctly in color page and it isn't best possible implementation. I liked keyframes of Vegas Pro more. In Davinci Resolve you have to plan more carefully because keyframes are for whole effect not for individual parameters of effect. Or I am understanding something wrong. Maybe this is better in some cases but not in creative effects like in tomorrow's video.