Machinima Draft 2

Ok, so this second version is an entirely reworked piece. I didn't like how the colours were coming out in the original. In the original I used Windows Movie Maker, which has basic functions and doesn't allow for a lot of editing or adding of effects. I decided to try Adobe After Effects to see if I could make the colours more vibrant. I downloaded a 30 day free trial. It's nice to be able to adjust the colour and contrast etc. However, I've found that my laptop is too sluggish to process huge files in After Effects. As a result, I'm having to rely on a makeshift method. I'm probably losing some video resolution, but there isn't a way around it. I wish I had a high powered computer so I could do all the editing and rendoring on one machine. I've gotten a few error messages where there wasn't enough memory to render. So I've had to improvise.

I've worked out a system where I edit in After Effects and combine 3-5 original clips the way I want them to be. This way I can alter the color and contrast etc. Then I render that collection to produce a smaller clip with more vibrant colours. Then I've been putting these pieces back into Windows Movie Maker to fuse them all together. I know it all sounds very time-consuming and inefficient, but it is the best way I've found around my lack of power in the computer processing department. So far I'm satisfied with the result. Here's draft 2.