Lesson 4 Prep

**Hader** · July 05, 2015, 12:39 PM

I've got lesson 4 done and ready, though my personal video I have been making and editing along with the pace of this class is just behind (getting the footage is a pain too because shadowplay is not liking planetside2 for some reason). This really means I may not have the best screenshots to act as visual aides, I can probably get a few in there still so there is still some visual I just prefer it to be from the same project so you can see the continuity.

How are you guys progressing along with your video/gathering material for it? Would you like a little more time for that as well while I try and get more footage myself to finish my project, or you all fine with the next lesson now?

**Veteraan** · July 05, 2015, 12:49 PM

I am capping regularly, but working for two mods at the same time ATM, has meant that I don't have all I need yet.
So I would not be against some more time.

**IlluminatiRex** · July 05, 2015, 01:30 PM

I've gotten a good set of footage, and already threw together a test version of my video but more time would always be appreciated; especially by a procrastinator like me

**Flinn** · July 05, 2015, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Veteraan

So I would not be against some more time.

same here; due to RL issues I will not have any free time till next friday, so some extra time would be welcomed

besides, I have a question: is anyone expert with FRAPS? I'm taking some footage, but the size of the video is simply crazy.. any tip?

**Lifthrasir** · July 06, 2015, 02:05 AM

I agree too. A bit more time would be very helpful

@ Flinn, I personnaly find Fraps a bit "limited". That's why I choose DXtory. For the full version, it cost 3800 JPY which is about 28€ or 31 USD (a little bit cheaper than Fraps

). The good point is that there are numerous tutorials to use it and you can get good quality videos without a huge size.

**Flinn** · July 06, 2015, 08:26 AM

err I don't think I will ever spend any cent on such programs man

I'm using Fraps free edition and it works fine for my purposes, my only concern is with captured videos size

any free alternative for this? I regret I can't use shadowplay at all.

**Lifthrasir** · July 06, 2015, 10:42 PM

OK, I thought you had the "full" version. May be a silly question but have you tried a "google search"? It seems that there are numerous tutorials explaining how to reduce the size of a Fraps' video while keeping its quality.

**Flinn** · July 08, 2015, 01:58 PM

I'm the silly one who doesn't googled it, my bad

I'll do it as soon as I'm back home, thanks for the tip mate

**Veteraan** · July 08, 2015, 02:24 PM

And as for a free alternative, there is OBS which I use. The download link can be found in the OP of lesson 1 (introduction) in the recommended programs section.

**Lifthrasir** · July 08, 2015, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Flinn

I'm the silly one who doesn't googled it, my bad

I'll do it as soon as I'm back home, thanks for the tip mate

No problem.

**Hader** · July 08, 2015, 07:34 PM

Fraps is decent software but there is really no way around its gigantic file sizes. Most other programs are better about it, some have worse overall quality, but others like MSI afterburner have a good quality to file size ratio. Shadowplay is awesome of course but also saves big files when recording on higher qualities (good thing I have a decent size hard drive then)

**Hader** · July 14, 2015, 04:12 PM

Alright, so here's the plan for now. I have my video nearly complete. I just couldn't get enough good footage on my own though, so I was faced with either scrapping it and doing something completely new or finding some other way to get more footage. The latter was obviously more preferrable to avoid scrapping everything, so I managed to contact and old friend from planetside who has plenty of similar footage to mine, and I told him I would make it a dual montage for us. I will still focus on the teaching points for the video, but by the end I hope it to be edited as perfectly as I can so he isn't too disappointed

So it will take a little longer for me to complete mine, but the next lesson won't need it completely done (but pretty close) to be doable. Look for that in the next week hopefully. I know this has gone on a bit longer than planned, but thus is the life you must get used to when pouring effort into videos like this.

Hopefully you all have had enough time for your footage, you will have a little bit more now, but even then, we're almost done so be prepared!

**Veteraan** · July 18, 2015, 04:59 PM

I upgraded my GPU to a GTX 960, partly because of Shadowplay. I tried it and works really well and the quality is great.

It was very disappointing however to find that it is unable to hide the cursor, that really spoils the video footage. I was flabbergasted that they would make this superior video capture software and leave out this very important feature.

**Hader** · July 18, 2015, 05:33 PM

I guess it depends on where you're trying to get footage from, generally I'm getting footage in games where cursor doesn't matter or isn't there in the first place.

**Veteraan** · July 18, 2015, 05:48 PM

The only game I would take the trouble to capture would be a Total War game. I guess that's not a big surprise on this forum.

So now I must choose between the superior quality and ease of use from Shadowplay and the cursorless footage from OBS.

I noticed there are a lot of threads on the Nvidia forum asking for an option to remove the cursor, but it seems for some mysterious reason Nvidia won't comply (yet?).

**Lifthrasir** · July 20, 2015, 02:22 AM

What if you play your battle(s), save it (or them) and only record it (or them) with shadowplay with the replay?

**Veteraan** · July 20, 2015, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Lifthrasir

What if you play your battle(s), save it (or them) and only record it (or them) with shadowplay with the replay?

I really only play MTW2 Kingdoms. It has a custom battle replay option (of a saved battle), but it automatically ads a battle UI to the screen even when it wasn't there in the original. Also the mouse cursor is visible, not in the saved battle but from the replay screen.

I like your "out of the box" approach on this though.

**Lifthrasir** · July 21, 2015, 01:16 AM

Well, I guess that in that case, your only solution is to use the cinematic editor if you want to get ride of all that. There are also a few tips in the old video course.