Another Imperial Invasion vid - check this out

[Dammit!]

This is the opening sequence to the DVD I'm working on for the Imperial Invasion that happened this past January. :naughty:

Let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM01ykTR25Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM01ykTR25Q

[HondaHarry]

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
A W E S O M E ! ! !
:w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:

Love it! HH

[harryredtrike]

another awsome vid Dammit.the force is strong in that one.your clear for take off red leader.see if you can boost power R2.

[Autophysn]

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Only thing I would change is the name of Mint Skywalker to Mint Sandwalker, Other than that, it is a peice of art dude, congrats! Makes me sad I missed it :(

[clutchcargo]

Well done......makes me want to ride!

[Bryan Raffa]

Oh wow!!!!!!:w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:

[fire1]

i think you should head for hollywood great job always enjoy you vids

[mtsnieg]

Another great vid. Should be a killer intro to the dvd. The schwartz is indeed strong in that one.

[MonroeMike]

Great job.

[inv3ctiv3]

Great video man, I love how creative you get with mounting those cameras! One thing you wanna watch for is interlacing, if you notice when the guy appears from behind the sand hill in the beginning you can see the fields separated creating lines through him. Try and de-interlace it when you export it or in the editing program you are using.

[Dammit!]

That clip was sent to me like that. Movie Maker has no way of fixing it unfortunately. Or if it does, I haven't found it yet.

[atc350xer]

Awesome... LOVED the under the trike camera view

[zagames]

Thought the flag-mount was a wicked idea. Keep it up

[RodKnockRacing]

awesome vid

[tecat-z]

I love it!!!

[Jason Hall]

Great work Doug! I like the beginning like It Is, kinda looks like a mirage as sprock walks over the dune. Who flicks the bike sideways then drops In at 3:37 ??? It's kinda hard to see, It's In the backround at the top of the screen. Awesome video action of Billy flying with the R, that was Friggin SWEET!!!

I wish the video would give a better perspective of how steep the sand really Is. Maybe mount a camera to the front axle next year??? The transition's are soo much fun on a 3 wheeler.

[Dammit!]

Who flicks the bike sideways then drops In at 3:37 ??? It's kinda hard to see, It's In the backround at the top of the screen.



That would be me. :D

Me and Billy talked about a mount that attaches to the front brake caliper. It didn't work out on this trip but I'm sure we'll have a couple new things worked out by the next Invasion. I assume you're coming back right? Next time I need to do a better job of getting at least SOME footage of everybody. Kinda hard with that many people. I definitely need to have the camera looking backwards when I'm out front as well. The view from up front makes for a boring video.

I *should* have all new, high definition equipment by the next ride... :drool:


Edit: I'll throw this out there for all you fabricating smart people.

The only way I can think of that a video MIGHT give viewers an idea what the dunes are really like would be to use some kind of counter-weighted mount that will swing and keep the camera on a level plane as the bike is twisting and turning. The real problem would be making something like that while coming up with a way to keep it from swinging wildly all the time.

Wrap your brains around that and let me know if you come up with anything. :lol:

[KASEY]

great video man, i love how creative you get with mounting those cameras! One thing you wanna watch for is interlacing, if you notice when the guy appears from behind the sand hill in the beginning you can see the fields separated creating lines through him. Try and de-interlace it when you export it or in the editing program you are using.

i didn't know if he did that on purpose,,, but i actually like the effect!!!!

[Kintore]

that is friggin sweet! i love it doug!

[83ATC185S]

epic. I like the wavy lines while hes walking through the sand

[200XMichigan]

That video made my day. The camera angles are amazing. I'd say from someone who's never been there it give ya the feeling that you have. Maybe for everyone thats been they are thinking, "You can't see how steep it really is" But it looks steep and incredible. Makes me want a 2 stroke and some huge dunes to tear it up on.

[Jason Hall]

[QUOTE=Dammit!
That would be me. :D

That my friend looked Awesome!!!

As long as Sprock will have us back, we will be there. I would'nt miss a ride with you guys for the world. Oh yes, even If SO Cal has major earth quake's, I think we could ride Em out :p

[RoscoW]

i didn't know if he did that on purpose,,, but i actually like the effect!!!!

I thought it was supposed to be there.... In the Star Wars movies when they look thru the rangefinders at distant objects it has tat same effect.

Way cool intro. I want a DVD and I wasn't even there.

Ross..

[BIGREDGUY]

Another sweet video!

[Dammit!]

The lines aren't supposed to be there but thanks for thinking it was intentional. :lol:

The camera it was shot on was probably a 1080i camera. When you play an interlaced video on a computer (computers use progressive scan displays, not interlaced like some tube TV's and some older rear projections HDTV's are) you get those horizontal lines. A de-interlacing filter would fix it but I only know how to do that in Photoshop to a still image.

[3wheelmecca]

Dang Dammit, you are one heck of a film maker. It would be cool to mount a camera right under the headlight on a stock R, it would give a good view, panoramic capability maybe???

[Dammit!]

Dang Dammit, you are one heck of a film maker. It would be cool to mount a camera right under the headlight on a stock R, it would give a good view, panoramic capability maybe???

I've mounted it directly to the headlight of my 350x several times. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9dQgAaW5g

[inv3ctiv3]

You can de-interlace if you have quicktime pro, final cut pro, premiere, etc.

[Dammit!]

Premiere is giving me problems still. I didn't know Quicktime Pro could do it and I just finally got Pro recently. Oh well. I'm not going back and fixing it at this point. The way cheap arse Windows Movie Maker works would make me re-cut the whole thing just to fix that one clip. There's no multi-track (audio term, sorry I don't know the video equivelant) so I can't just pull that out, fix it and re-compile.

I'm slowly building a new PC so I can ditch WMM and concentrate on figuring out what the deal is with Premiere. I know part of the problem I'm having with it is simply not enough processing power/memory in my current PC.

I need a nice shiny new Mac... :(

[yfz4me]

sweet vid makes me want to go back to cali and tear it up good work

[Billy Golightly]

I just watched it, holy crap Doug. Seriously dude, you need to start doing this for a living. If you had the equipment I have NO DOUBT you'd be cranking out some Wes Miller quality stuff. Awesome. Just awesome.

[Dammit!]

Thanks!





Who is Wes Miller?

[wonderboy]

Warren Miller, maybe? He does those awesome skiing movies.

[Tecate 50]

March 2011....Doom will make his appearance in Cali, come hell or high water!!!!!!! Awesome video

[Billy Golightly]

Wes Miller, does the Huevos quad videos, National born killers, carpe diem, etc. Sorta like a crusty demons of dirt but based more on quads.


www.hbombfilms.com

[jays375]

Awesome video!!!!!Love the different camera locations.The flag one is great!!!Of course Iv'e seen alot of your videos on Youtube before I joined the forum.Have you sold DVDs before?What is the price and how long is it going to be?Probally the closest I will ever get to a sand dune.

[Dammit!]

The DVD won't be for sale really. It's intended for the people that were at that ride and came here from all over the country to attend. The cost for them will be only enough to cover expenses. I can't really sell it due to copyright issues with the music.

[Vootie]

Awesome editing skills and I love the unique camera angles. If you were to sell it, I'd certainly buy a copy. Is your helmet cam a Hero gopro? I'm thinking of purchasing a gopro hd, the helmet cam I have now kinda sucks, and 9 times out of 10, my footage is either of the ground going by, or pointing at the sky. Does the go pro have a laser pointer, or some other means of knowing what your shooting?

[Dammit!]

The helmet cams used in the vid you saw are all standard definition GoPro Hero WIDE models. Their new HD camera OWNS these things in image quality but be warned, it comes at a steep price. The camera itself is not expensive but HD video requires a good amount of computer horsepower to edit in the same way as the ones I make. On top of that, Windows Movie Maker (the free movie editor that comes with windows and what I use to edit vids) DOES NOT WORK with the GoPro HD files. You'd have to convert them and you lose image quality in the process which kinda defeats the purpose of HD in the first place. To edit HD properly, you will need to invest in some real editing software. Also, be careful of what class of SD card you buy with the HD model. They recommend class 4 but a lot of people have said you need at least a class 6.

I'm not saying stay away from the HD model. I'm just saying be aware of what you're getting into before making the purchase. I know more than one person that has bought the HD model and said afterwards they should have bought a standard one. If you plan on making just simple vids with no editing, the HD model is awesome. If you remember to keep your vids under ten mintes in length as you're recording, you can upload them straight to youtube with no processing at all and they look incredible. Here's an example of a completely raw file from a GoPro HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQqj2hnUCW0 (change the resolution to 1080p in the bottom right corner of the video. If you can't play that smoothly, you should probably consider the SD model)

On to your other question about aiming. No. There is no laser to assist you with either the SD or HD model. With the standard it's not really an issue. With the 170 degree wide angle lens you just need to point it in the general direction you want and it will see pretty much everything. With the HD in one of the widescreen modes it becomes a little more important to aim it precisely. A laser would have been nice for the 1080p mode for sure (1080p mode reduces the wide angle to 127 degrees) but it's still not THAT big a deal. They alledgedly have plans for some add ons for the HD model that will make it a non issue anyway. Supposedly they have a wrist worn remote/lcd screen in the works so you can see what the camera is seeing and start/stop it via the wireless device. That'll be SWEET if it really comes to fruition. I've heard there's plans for a wireless mic also which would be cool because the built in sound kinda sucks.

[Vootie]

Thanks, that's some great info right there, I never really considered computer hardware and software. I used to use Sony Vegas for video editing a few years back, but I don't have a copy of it anymore. Any recomendations on a realtively inexpensive editing software that's capable of HD editing? I liked Vegas, but I haven't used any other editing software other than movie maker. As for my computer, I'll need another hard drive, but other than that, I run 2 gigs of ram and a Geforce 8800 gts, which was a pretty good card just a couple years back. I can view HD video pretty good, so I'll assume I'll be alright on that front? I'm willing to spend some money for HD quality, but I don't want to go over my head either and end up building a new pc just for that purpose.

That's too bad about the laser, but I wasn't thinking about the wide angle lens, so I guess that won't really be a problem. It's odd, I have a cheapie tony hawk helmet cam, and that thing had a laser, albiet it didn't really help much. Well, it looks like I have some more research to do before any purchasing happens lol. Thanks again for the info.

[Russell 350X]

That was way to cool. I need to go next year....

[Dirtcrasher]

Awesome awesome awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW i HAVE A PC THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR IT IN ONE SHOT!!!!

[Dammit!]

Thanks, that's some great info right there, I never really considered computer hardware and software. I used to use Sony Vegas for video editing a few years back, but I don't have a copy of it anymore. Any recomendations on a realtively inexpensive editing software that's capable of HD editing? I liked Vegas, but I haven't used any other editing software other than movie maker. As for my computer, I'll need another hard drive, but other than that, I run 2 gigs of ram and a Geforce 8800 gts, which was a pretty good card just a couple years back. I can view HD video pretty good, so I'll assume I'll be alright on that front? I'm willing to spend some money for HD quality, but I don't want to go over my head either and end up building a new pc just for that purpose.

That's too bad about the laser, but I wasn't thinking about the wide angle lens, so I guess that won't really be a problem. It's odd, I have a cheapie tony hawk helmet cam, and that thing had a laser, albiet it didn't really help much. Well, it looks like I have some more research to do before any purchasing happens lol. Thanks again for the info.

I'm still experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro. My old 2.4Ghz P4 system can't handle any of the HD stuff though. I'm in the process of trying to piece together a new quad core system. So far my experimenting with Premiere has been really disappointing. I'm sure there's got to be some settings I can tweak to make it look good but EVERY single test I've done with it has yielded very degraded image quality with both SD and HD footage. The program really doesn't get along with the gopro files so you need to convert them to something else. Using quicktime to convert to MOV seems to help and there's no apparent loss in image quality doing just the conversion. Once I export a move file though it looks like crap. I'll figure it out once I have a new PC built. I'm sure it's capable of doing the job.

From everything I've seen on youtube, the best looking HD vids are being done on Macs with Final Cut Pro. That's not an option for me right now though.



Awesome awesome awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW i HAVE A PC THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR IT IN ONE SHOT!!!!

:lol: I have a lot of vids on youtube you might not have ever seen yet. :lol:

[tecat-z]

WOW! I'm sure glad you understand all that goes into the video making/editing process. Cause i'm lost just reading throught this thread.:rolleyes: But as i've said before, you do awesome work! So keep the good stuff coming!:D

[dcreel]

Definitely another awesome vid.. We've got the calendar marked down for next year for the invasion.

[BIGREDGUY]

Definitely one of the best ive seen!

[Billy Golightly]

Just watched it again Doug, SICK!

[Dammit!]

I got some ideas for that camera mount we talked about Billy. I think it can actually work and do exactly what we want it to.

[Mosh]

I think it is coming along great.
Awesome work so far.

[1BFC]

Slick video brother... The whip cam and skid plate cam were the best IMO...

When is the next ride planned for? I thought it was Jan2011....but someone mentioned March 2011?