2006-01-17

Trek: "Grey Geese" is up and 3 others

Of all my music videos, this remains my favorite. A VERY rare solo recording by Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary - only available in out-of-print vinyl. I call it "Grey Geese", the official name is "When I Need You Most of All." It has structure, it has story, and it breaks my heart. (30 MB; MP4) Kirk/Spock
http://www.iment.com/maida/keepthissecret/songvids/index.htm

The last 3 that went up unannounced were a mixed Next Gen - Picard/Wrentham Julia Ecklar song, "God Lives on Terra" (46 MB); a Yeoman Rand video to "The Rose" (yes, I know) (30 MB); and the first video that Paul ever did "You Belong to the City" for going to V'ger (50 MB). This one tore my hair out because I was forever telling Paul how you had to work at videos and not be lazy, so he threw this together out of 4 edits and, blast his eyes, it worked! So you know how well he listened to me after that!
Best, Mary

Question about masks (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere)

Hi,

I'm trying to come up with what I think of as a gradient mask. See an attempt here done in Photoshop. What I mostly want to get is a mask with an edge on one side or more that gradually dissolves from black to white (or vice-versa) following a precise and detailed form.

The gradient tool in Photoshop is good but only for preprogrammed shapes or, as I did in the example, by repeating the process on different layers and then multiplying them (3 layers in the example) but it's still not quite it unless I use many more layers and I don't know Photoshop well enough to know how else to proceed. I'm pretty sure there's a simpler way to get the gradient to mould itself to a particular shape.

After Effects can be a default solution by using the feather parameter on the mask but the gradient aspect isn't as good, it's more of a blur.

I haven't seen anything in Premiere's title tool that could do the trick.

Knowing that those are the programs at my disposal, if anyone has ideas and/or solutions, that'd be sweet of you to share. :)

New Vid - Stargate Atlantis - Just Like You Imagined - NIN

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Song/Artist: Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails
Spoilers: The Siege 1&2 only
Summary: A little drama and a little action. I'm working my way up to an actual full length season one vid. :)
Location: Since there's now more than one vid, Stargate has it's own page.

cross-posted to

atlantis_vids

Current Mood: accomplished

Doctor who (2005) Vid: Champagne Supernova

Fandom: Doctor who (2005)
Song: Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Pairings: Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose
Spoilers: Most of the first season and TCI episode
Description: The song is very pretty, when I first heard it I immediately thought it would make a great Doctor/Rose vid.
Vid Link: http://ringing-all-over.craisie.com/

Cross posted all over

Vid Announcement: SGA, Running Down A Dream

Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Song: Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty
Character: John Sheppard
Pairing: None, but feel free to bring your own
Format: DivX, 18 MB
Get it here: http://myrtleneunice.com/eunice/vids.html

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