"You know, it never ceases to amaze me how certain fans can be so free and vocal with their own criticisms and yet so incredibly thin-skinned when someone criticizes their infantile behavior. Rather than simply “daring to voice their opinion”, some fans, who clearly lack the capacity to express their thoughts in any sort of intelligent manner, choose to be insulting or launch personal attacks. Of course, on the rare occasions when they are called on it, they seek to defend themselves under the guise that they are protecting their right to free speech. I’m afraid I’m going to have to call bullshit on that."
I was hoping for a sixth season. I really like how season 5 has progressed so far. Even though an Atlantis movie is supposed to made, as a follow-up to the series, two hours (movie) instead of twenty hours (one season worth of episodes) doesn't seem to be a very good trade-off.
The finalists were announced for the Ultimate Stargate Atlantis Super Fan contest. Sadly, I am not a finalist. Five of the finalists were selected by most views and the others were selected by the contest creator. I think several of the finalist videos are very well made.
Still, I am glad I made the video. I learned even more about chroma keying (using a green screen to superimpose one video element over another), lighting, color correction and alteration, picture-in-picture effects, background music, and all of the technical details that go into a video production.
I am eager to use this knowledge in future video projects for my clients and myself!
I recorded my portions using a Panasonic AG-DVC60 and a Sony wired lavaliere microphone. I edited the video in Adobe Premiere and added some FX with Adobe AfterEffects.
I had been using a Matrox RTX.100 video card and software in conjunction with Premiere, but had a software crash that caused me to have to reload Premiere, thereby losing the Matrox plug-ins. (There's a technical reason why I didn't reload the Matrox software.) I missed some of the transitions, color correction, and keying features of Matrox, but not enough to deal with reloading the software.
Currently, I'm using Premiere Pro 1.5, and I find the transitions lacking in scope and customizing. I purchased Pixelan's SpiceMaster, which has many of the transitions and effects I need, at the very reasonable price of $40 (plus $20 to get the extra transitions).
After the holidays, I'll be upgrading to Adobe CS3 Production Premium suite. This will help me provide even better quality products for my clients and myself.
NOTE: As I said before, I was happy with the features offered by the Matrox RTX.100 card, when combined with Adobe Premiere, but by not reloading the Matrox software, I had a significant reduction in software crashes. I would say at least a 75% reduction.
