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GnomeSlice

23:00

Some of them are alright, a few of them are pretty bad.

StrixVaria

Whoa Newgrounds looks different.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Well you could start with on-screen action, dialogue and sound effects.

GnomeSlice

I don't really count those as my work though, since all I've done is pull loops out of a massive library and fit them together.

@RonanForman You want me to record dialogue?

x_x

I can't even get Newgrounds to load. @StrixVaria What's different?

Ronan Forman

No, the music will be based around the existing dialogue.

GnomeSlice

Whoa, it looks different.

StrixVaria

23:01

@GnomeSlice Well I don't know how recently it changed since I haven't gone there in a few years, but everything.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Very recently.

Ronan Forman

You said you didn't know where to start.

GnomeSlice

Within the last week.

@RonanForman I mean when it comes to music production, I never know where to begin, either musically or in terms of the software/hardware I'm using.

What the hell? I have a little person on my profile now?

I even had someone message me wanting to use one of those tracks in a University presentation once.

He showed me the finished product and it was pretty terrible.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome I've never directed before, most of us have never acted, and most of us have never writen, I think you've got a head start.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I've done all of those things.

So you'd think so, wouldn't you.

Raven Dreamer

23:05

@GnomeSlice all i know is that I followed a link from one of your tracks to a lady gaga a capella remix.

Ronan Forman

Well can you help then. We need help.

Raven Dreamer

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GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer =[

@RonanForman With?

Do you have a storyboard?

Ronan Forman

I'm making it now, it's getting boring.

GnomeSlice

Deal with it.

What information are you including?

In said storyboard.

@RavenDreamer Check out some of my other tracks though.

"The Return" is the one I did using FL Studio.

The mastering is absolutely terrible, but my piece was far better than anyone else's in my class.

Ronan Forman

23:08

I don't know what I should be including, at the moment, just onscreen action and dialogue.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Camera movements/framing, notes about depth of field (May not apply to MC)

Sterno

I just got an extra Path of Exile beta key if someone wants one

GnomeSlice

'Castaway' and 'Mindscape' are pretty good. And yes, I know. I'm terrible at naming my tracks.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome I can add a depth of field mod, but I don't think I should.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman That would be awesome!

Ronan Forman

23:10

You saw that hat films thing I linked, they used it.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Yeah!

I went and tried to look up how to do that in AE afterwards. It was a mod?

Do it!

Ronan Forman

Okay then,

GnomeSlice

Having a good depth of field really improves almost any video.

Ronan Forman

Do we really need a storyboard.

GnomeSlice

Yes.

Unless you want it to be half as good as it could have been.

Ronan Forman

23:13

Maybe I'm just using too much detail.

GnomeSlice

Hold on, there's collaborative storyboarding software you can get.

@RonanForman Scan?

Ronan Forman

Scan? No I mean I'm drawing almost every action.

GnomeSlice

celtx.com

@RonanForman I mean scan it and show it to me?

Celtx isn't free, but it's probably the best. I'm sure you can find some free software.

Also... I just realized that one of my musical tracks has dialogue clips from Star Trek in it.

Never knew what those were from, but I suddenly realize that it's Kirk and Spock.

"The Inventor"

Ronan Forman

@Gnome I can't right now.

I see a free version.

GnomeSlice

It doesn't need a lot of detail.

@RonanForman Is it a demo or something? I don't see one.

Hm, this linux site says it's free...

But I can't get it to load.

Ronan Forman

23:19

Oh, that's the mac version.

GnomeSlice

No, I see that now too.

I see, you can buy 'Celtx Plus'

@RonanForman I'm going to see if I can find a certain web service I came across a while ago, basically for having collaborative 'white boards' where you can place files, images, or whatever you want.

Sounds like you could put it to good use with this project.

Ronan Forman

@Gnome Sounds like just what we need.

GnomeSlice

23:36

@RonanForman My internet isn't working, so I can't recall the differences between these three, but you should check them out.

I think 'conceptboard' is probably the one I was thinking of.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice Most sites I can find recommend Celtx for that purpose actually.

GnomeSlice

Yes, it's good for that, but I'm thinking that not everyone will want to download it.

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Tristan

Dispelling wards in Kingdoms of Amalur is the worst mechanic in the game.

agent86

23:52

@Tristan this. I hate it

Lockpicking is so freaking basic by comparison. I have no points in it and I've beaten "very hard" locks

once I didn't even have to move the pick on a very hard lock. I was like... seriously?

Tristan

@agent86 What kills me is that (in my game at least) dispelling is horribly broken.

If I click when the rune is ON the ward, nothing happens. If I click when the rune is on the opposite side of the circle from the ward, it triggers the dispel.

I'm wondering if reducing my video settings in the game will get rid of the display lag during dispels...

GnomeSlice

Well, I figured out how to make my cursor visible in fullscreen games again.

I disabled the pointer trails.

Because those two things are so obviously related.