Kisses 3: a multifandom F/F podfic fest
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audiofemmeVidding Woes
Jun. 16th, 2013 03:52 pmsettiai*buries head*
The next time I decide to rip blu ray source to use for a vid, someone remind me that my computer is almost five years old and cannot handle it. I swear, Adobe Premiere is purposely acting up at this point, simply to make my life difficult.
I'm currently resizing the source from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 (1.5 hours down, 3.5 hours to go) in the hope that it will at least semi-work in Premiere if it's a little smaller. I didn't have nearly this much trouble with my Steve Rogers vid, using higher quality source from The Avengers and Captain America, so I'm hoping it's just that 1080 is too much for my computer to hand editing but 720 is fine.
Here's hoping? :-/
... in more positive news, I was thinking that Vividcon premieres were due this Friday rather than next Friday, so at least I have another week to fight with Premiere and my computer. That counts for something.
The next time I decide to rip blu ray source to use for a vid, someone remind me that my computer is almost five years old and cannot handle it. I swear, Adobe Premiere is purposely acting up at this point, simply to make my life difficult.
I'm currently resizing the source from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 (1.5 hours down, 3.5 hours to go) in the hope that it will at least semi-work in Premiere if it's a little smaller. I didn't have nearly this much trouble with my Steve Rogers vid, using higher quality source from The Avengers and Captain America, so I'm hoping it's just that 1080 is too much for my computer to hand editing but 720 is fine.
Here's hoping? :-/
... in more positive news, I was thinking that Vividcon premieres were due this Friday rather than next Friday, so at least I have another week to fight with Premiere and my computer. That counts for something.
Happy Birthday!
Jun. 16th, 2013 03:40 pmsettiaiHappy belated birthday, ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aricadavidson, badninja, casspeach, lizbee, movies_michelle, neomeruru, paperclipbitch, paraka, scheherezhad, striped, such_heights, and yahtzee63!
And happy birthday,purple_bug!
aricadavidson, badninja, casspeach, lizbee, movies_michelle, neomeruru, paperclipbitch, paraka, scheherezhad, striped, such_heights, and yahtzee63!And happy birthday,
purple_bug!
*headdesk*
Jun. 15th, 2013 09:25 pmaithineOh, child, 10 Things I Hate About You, while a lot of fun, is not the original source material.
I weep for our education system, I really do.
I weep for our education system, I really do.
One big difference between the old job and the new job...
Jun. 13th, 2013 04:00 pmsettiaiConservative Company:
Non-Profit:
Three guesses which one I prefer.
Yes, we know that we're under a hurricane warning. Yes, we know that the government officials have told people stay at home and off the roads unless it's vital. Yes, we know that all buses, metro, and trains in the DC area have been shut down. Yes, we know that if you don't drive and/or live a few blocks away from the office it's impossible to get there.
What? Of course we're going to be open! And if you can't get to work because it's physically impossible to get there without public transit, then just stay home, but you better be prepared to either use your vacation time or take unpaid time off for whatever days you don't come in. Plus we're going to guilt you for not coming in, since other people managed to make it to work.
Non-Profit:
There's a bad storm that's supposed to hit sometime around 4pm. We're closing the office at 3pm to give everyone a chance to get home before it hits. Good luck!
Three guesses which one I prefer.
forgot to crosspost this here
Jun. 11th, 2013 04:36 pmuberniftacularMostly because nobody reads this journal, I think.
FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON!
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FREE-FOR-ALL META COMMENT-A-THON!
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Oops?
Jun. 10th, 2013 11:28 pmsettiaiI meant to accomplish things when I got home from work tonight. *pause* Okay, I meant to play Mass Effect, but still. That almost counts as accomplishing things.
Instead, I stopped to get groceries on the way home from work. And then it started pouring rain. For hours. With flash flood and tornado warnings. So I hid in a nearby bar/restaurant until the rain died down and had conversations with other people who were inside hiding from the storm. Until, um, 9:30pm or so.
... at least the rain eventually stopped?
Instead, I stopped to get groceries on the way home from work. And then it started pouring rain. For hours. With flash flood and tornado warnings. So I hid in a nearby bar/restaurant until the rain died down and had conversations with other people who were inside hiding from the storm. Until, um, 9:30pm or so.
... at least the rain eventually stopped?
Mass Effect
Jun. 8th, 2013 01:05 pmsettiaiSo, here's the thing about me and Mass Effect. I've watched all sorts of videos from the series on YouTube: playthroughs, cutscenes, and the like, with both male and female Shepards. I've read online walkthroughs, and I've made my way through quite a bit of the wiki. I've read fanfiction, watched fanvids, and read lots of meta and reaction posts stemming from the ending of ME3.
Basically, I'm actually very familiar with the series, its characters, and its plot. I've just never played it through for myself because I couldn't get past the more traditional "game" parts of it, which I honestly couldn't care the least about since it's the plot that I'm interested in.
Happily, I've now found a way around that problem. :D
If I'm playing a game on my computer, I almost always get it through Steam if it's available. Some googling a couple of nights ago, after a few comments some of you left in my last post, and I figured out what coding to edit if I opened up some of the INI files. So now neither I nor my teammates can't be killed during fights, which means I don't have to worry about the fact that I have horrible aim and can't hit an enemy to save my life. Which means I can fly through those parts to get to the good, plot-related parts!
Even though I've watched a ton of playthroughs and videos of cutscenes, I'm loving actually getting to see things play out based on my Shepard (who I adore, by the way, and did my best to make different from the FemSheps that you usually see in YouTube videos -- both in appearance and background) and the decisions she makes. Things aren't always going the way that I expected, which is nice because it means I don't always know what's going to happen next despite watching other people's playthroughs.
Anyway, if you play Mass Effect, feel free to leave questions, comments, etc. I'm not certain how much I'll be posting about it, but I think there's a very good chance that I'll be playing quite a bit in the near future.
Basically, I'm actually very familiar with the series, its characters, and its plot. I've just never played it through for myself because I couldn't get past the more traditional "game" parts of it, which I honestly couldn't care the least about since it's the plot that I'm interested in.
Happily, I've now found a way around that problem. :D
If I'm playing a game on my computer, I almost always get it through Steam if it's available. Some googling a couple of nights ago, after a few comments some of you left in my last post, and I figured out what coding to edit if I opened up some of the INI files. So now neither I nor my teammates can't be killed during fights, which means I don't have to worry about the fact that I have horrible aim and can't hit an enemy to save my life. Which means I can fly through those parts to get to the good, plot-related parts!
Even though I've watched a ton of playthroughs and videos of cutscenes, I'm loving actually getting to see things play out based on my Shepard (who I adore, by the way, and did my best to make different from the FemSheps that you usually see in YouTube videos -- both in appearance and background) and the decisions she makes. Things aren't always going the way that I expected, which is nice because it means I don't always know what's going to happen next despite watching other people's playthroughs.
Anyway, if you play Mass Effect, feel free to leave questions, comments, etc. I'm not certain how much I'll be posting about it, but I think there's a very good chance that I'll be playing quite a bit in the near future.
Happy Birthday!
Jun. 8th, 2013 12:50 pmsettiaiHappy belated birthday, danegen, juliet_demarcus, scriggle, and stormseye!
And happy birthday,azarsuerte!
danegen, juliet_demarcus, scriggle, and stormseye!And happy birthday,
azarsuerte!Success on the Vividcon Front!
Jun. 8th, 2013 12:26 pmsettiaiThings have been accomplished! \o/
I've officially put in my request off for Chicago at work, so that's done. I should start gaining vacation hours either the paycheck directly before or directly after Vividcon, and theoretically we're going to work things out so that I still get paid for the one day that I'm taking off. And if I do have to end up taking it as unpaid leave, I get three paychecks in August, so it's at least good timing.
The hotel room has been booked and roommates have been found. (Awesome, awesome, awesome roommates. :-P) I'm pretty sure the others will be getting there well before me that Thursday, so there will hopefully be a room waiting for me once I get in.
Speaking of which, I just bought my plane tickets. Basically, I'm going to leave work at 5pm on August 15th and drive to National from there. Which, Gaithersburg to National during rush hour? By the time I get to the airport, park in economy, and make my way inside to get checked in, I'm planning on it being at least 7pm. Which is why I didn't even think about getting the 7:20pm flight and instead booked the 8:45pm one. That will give me time to get to the airport, get checked in, and hopefully even stop at one of the restaurants inside to get some food since I can guarantee I'll be starving by then.
It's about a two hour flight, which will put at O'Hare a little before 10pm. By the time I get my luggage and catch the shuttle to the hotel (speaking of which, does anyone know how late it runs without you having to specifically call them and ask for it?), it's probably going to be close to 11pm. So I'll probably be crashing pretty quickly (and then waking up at the crack of dawn on Friday to actually get things done).
Flying out, I've booked a flight for 9:45pm on Sunday night. Partly because I wanted to at least be able to stay for the traditional dinner at the House O' Meat with people before heading out, and partly because it was about $75 cheaper if I caught that one than the one prior to it. Of course, that means I'll be putting down in DC a little after midnight, so by the time I pick up my luggage, get to my car, drive home, and at least unpack enough that I have clothes for the next day, it's probably going to be close to 1:30-2am. And I do have to work the next day, which is the whole reason I'm flying home on Sunday instead of Monday.
But, hey, Vividcon's worth a little bit of sleep deprivation.
So now all that's left is finishing my Premiere vid, which I'm hoping to do this weekend. Well, that, and finding someone to beta said vid, but that shouldn't be too difficult even if I'm fairly certain most people have never watched the source.
Oh, and figuring out what to do for Club Vivid this year. Cosplay? New dress? Jeans and a t-shirt? Glitter and nothing else? Decisions, decisions, decisions... :-P
I've officially put in my request off for Chicago at work, so that's done. I should start gaining vacation hours either the paycheck directly before or directly after Vividcon, and theoretically we're going to work things out so that I still get paid for the one day that I'm taking off. And if I do have to end up taking it as unpaid leave, I get three paychecks in August, so it's at least good timing.
The hotel room has been booked and roommates have been found. (Awesome, awesome, awesome roommates. :-P) I'm pretty sure the others will be getting there well before me that Thursday, so there will hopefully be a room waiting for me once I get in.
Speaking of which, I just bought my plane tickets. Basically, I'm going to leave work at 5pm on August 15th and drive to National from there. Which, Gaithersburg to National during rush hour? By the time I get to the airport, park in economy, and make my way inside to get checked in, I'm planning on it being at least 7pm. Which is why I didn't even think about getting the 7:20pm flight and instead booked the 8:45pm one. That will give me time to get to the airport, get checked in, and hopefully even stop at one of the restaurants inside to get some food since I can guarantee I'll be starving by then.
It's about a two hour flight, which will put at O'Hare a little before 10pm. By the time I get my luggage and catch the shuttle to the hotel (speaking of which, does anyone know how late it runs without you having to specifically call them and ask for it?), it's probably going to be close to 11pm. So I'll probably be crashing pretty quickly (and then waking up at the crack of dawn on Friday to actually get things done).
Flying out, I've booked a flight for 9:45pm on Sunday night. Partly because I wanted to at least be able to stay for the traditional dinner at the House O' Meat with people before heading out, and partly because it was about $75 cheaper if I caught that one than the one prior to it. Of course, that means I'll be putting down in DC a little after midnight, so by the time I pick up my luggage, get to my car, drive home, and at least unpack enough that I have clothes for the next day, it's probably going to be close to 1:30-2am. And I do have to work the next day, which is the whole reason I'm flying home on Sunday instead of Monday.
But, hey, Vividcon's worth a little bit of sleep deprivation.
So now all that's left is finishing my Premiere vid, which I'm hoping to do this weekend. Well, that, and finding someone to beta said vid, but that shouldn't be too difficult even if I'm fairly certain most people have never watched the source.
Oh, and figuring out what to do for Club Vivid this year. Cosplay? New dress? Jeans and a t-shirt? Glitter and nothing else? Decisions, decisions, decisions... :-P
Mass Effect
Jun. 5th, 2013 09:54 pmsettiaiA lot of people on my circle/friends list have been playing Mass Effect lately, so I decided that I should try to play it again. I tried a few years ago and gave up pretty quickly, and I couldn't remember why since I know the trilogy's plot is very much of interest to me.
... after playing for three hours and getting about as far as most people get in fifteen minutes or so, I remember why I gave up the last time I tried to play. :-/
I've died well over fifty times already, and almost nothing has even happened yet. I haven't had a chance to enjoy the plot because I can't actually move forward with the plot. Every time a battle of any sort happens, I have to spend ages on it before I can get through without dying, and by the time I finally get through I'm so sick and tired of playing that I just turn off the game and give up for the night. No matter how hard I try, I can't actually hit any of the enemies when I shoot at them; they don't have any problem hitting me, though.
Is it sad that I really wish there was a way to play the games without all of the boring (and extremely difficult :-/) "shoot the bad guys" parts? I'm going to try to keep playing for another couple of days at least, but I have a feeling that I'm probably going to end up quitting in frustration again this time around too.
ETA: Or I could hack the game so that I can't die. That works. And, as I've found out over the past hour, makes the game much more fun (for me) because I can speed through the fighting to get to the plot.
... after playing for three hours and getting about as far as most people get in fifteen minutes or so, I remember why I gave up the last time I tried to play. :-/
I've died well over fifty times already, and almost nothing has even happened yet. I haven't had a chance to enjoy the plot because I can't actually move forward with the plot. Every time a battle of any sort happens, I have to spend ages on it before I can get through without dying, and by the time I finally get through I'm so sick and tired of playing that I just turn off the game and give up for the night. No matter how hard I try, I can't actually hit any of the enemies when I shoot at them; they don't have any problem hitting me, though.
Is it sad that I really wish there was a way to play the games without all of the boring (and extremely difficult :-/) "shoot the bad guys" parts? I'm going to try to keep playing for another couple of days at least, but I have a feeling that I'm probably going to end up quitting in frustration again this time around too.
ETA: Or I could hack the game so that I can't die. That works. And, as I've found out over the past hour, makes the game much more fun (for me) because I can speed through the fighting to get to the plot.
