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GAR
06-27-2009, 06:15 PM
Here's a creepy vid, I've been watching Evanescence since they put up a video channel on YouTube just about a month ago for all their music videos.

YouTube - Evanescence - "Going Under" Official Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCbreTRKqQ&feature=channel)

There's this one vid for the song "Going Under" and it embodies's EXACTLY my sentiment regarding music fans.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZLCbreTRKqQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZLCbreTRKqQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Basically, it's the classic song performance storyline with a twist: everyone connected with the show from the makeup to the stage hands reveal some intermittent demonic facial blur, which is a trip!

Then Amy gets onstage, and she sees the crowd in an evil light as she rocks out, ending with the guitarist's face blurring into a demon head.

Does anyone here in the Peanut Gallery know what program you can use to digitally manipulate people's faces? Because the facial-stretch effect uniquely reflects a similar gag in Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" and I'd like to find how it was done.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qiSkyEyBczU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qiSkyEyBczU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

My next motherboard upgrade will need to be strong enough for video editing, I figure someone here has tinkered with the stuff..

Diamondjimi
07-01-2009, 10:30 PM
My next motherboard upgrade will need to be strong enough for video editing, I figure someone here has tinkered with the stuff..

Umm, I don't think you're allowed to tinker with city owned computers, GARF!

GAR
07-01-2009, 10:45 PM
So I'm going thru my system now, 6 years ago I got this MSI combo board #6738 at Fry's in Burbank, and a 350W case.

It's got a 1.3 Athlon cpu, and reading the manual online it says it could take a 2.6ghz Athlon XP2600 "thoroughbred" CPU and up to 2 gb of memory.

So it looks like all I gotta do to run Adobe CS is to - chuck a new chip and ram in it? SWEET!

letsrock
07-02-2009, 03:13 PM
Those vids are cool.