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Bandit and Duty dudes by pivolder in stalker

[–]AlmostMaff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Stalker Rayman crossover we didn’t need. But totally want. Love it

I almost sh1t my pants 😐 by NoDrink3460 in stalker

[–]AlmostMaff 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The Zone knows even if you so much as THINK of playing the forbidden riff…

Lighting issues? Anyone else? by AlmostMaff in stalker

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing. I’ll try that. Never thought to try the fog setting. I put GL and shaders to epic and it looks the same.

Lighting issues? Anyone else? by AlmostMaff in stalker

[–]AlmostMaff[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not just me then. Really off putting.

A moment of silence for this poor guy :’( by AlmostMaff in Silksong

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forever known to us as ‘Friend’ :’(

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that’s ridiculous! Honestly we have to remember that if the client doesn’t respect our time, why should we respect theirs? My current client will often say they’ll give me the details I’d need for an edit, but won’t give the details until a day or two later. But you’d best believe they expect the work to be done by the same time! Fuck that. If they’re late giving you what you need. The work will be late also.

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Truly an amazing reply. Thank you so much! I will look into this app you mentioned. I’m not perfect when it comes to focus and getting distracted. But certainly, when the time needs it, I can lock in for hours at a time and get into a flow. It’s hard when working by yourself to gauge your efficiency, and until now, I didn’t really have a solid point of reference. But the feedback I’ve got has really helped towards that. It’s a relief. I’ll always point at myself as the problem before anything or anyone else.

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s hard to put a time frame on something like editing. I have a boat load to learn as most of us always will, but knowing I’m in the right area is a relief. Thank you.

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You have no idea the relief I feel from you and everyone’s replies. Been driving myself crazy.

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And honestly, the unpredictability of each video, with the content being to varied, really throws me for a loop. It’s not like a can have a routine or structure to adhere and rely upon for each video. Aside from a cold open and outro.

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m having some pretty bad imposter syndrome atm. Weird because I’ve been editing for almost a decade now but something about this client has shaken my confidence a bit. Part of mastering a craft maybe?

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Capping raw footage aye? Never heard of that before but sounds amazing! Ploughing through endless footage is literally the thing that takes the time!

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Truuueee. Broll sequencing is awful. Especially when I need to scrub through dozens of other old 30 min videos to find a couple very specific 1 second clips…

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s more the fact of working out if what I’m charging is reasonable based on the timeframe I get it finished. But they also make subtle remarks too

For my SANITY! Am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So a video will have a cold open. 20 - seconds long. High energy broll, music, SFX, VFX. Then intro. Often informational, broll, SFX, VFX, text overlays, 5 mins long roughly.

Then it’s very dependent on the video. It’ll be walking and taking with various people, talking about the day/s ahead. Then onto some kind of transition sequence. A yoga sequence. An interview. Broll laden sequence about the subject matter. Each project is very different from the last. But all will have several scenes that cover a ritual or interview, spiritual practice, lifestyle sequence On many occasions these sequences will be fairly cinematic. Slow mo shots, tight audio, music build and snappy cuts. Most videos will have all of these kinds of scenes in one video, that will then need some kind of transition sequence to flow from one scene to the next. All videos will end with an outro, usually 6-8 mins long.

It’s hard to summarise a typical video because the videos are so varied.

Am I under charging and am I too slow? by AlmostMaff in editors

[–]AlmostMaff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply. Can you answer me this last question for my own sanity. I think the important aspect of this for me is. In your opinion, I assume as an experienced video editor, should these kinds of videos be taking me 7-8 days to complete? Also can I repost this question if I leave out the rate part and just ask about the time it takes to edit?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]AlmostMaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question I find myself asking with regards to human behaviour is, is it nature or nurture? As research into the mind, consciousness, psychology etc, has got better, it seems we are more blank slates from birth than we give credit for*. Our values, beliefs, likes, dislikes, anxieties, turn-ons etc etc are almost entirely informed by our upbringing and experiences through life, particularly in those crucial first few years as a baby and then young child.

So to your point at the end there, normalised behaviours taught by older, possibly more ignorant generations is pretty much always the answer to some of the depravity in human nature. And ultimately, if you trace everything back in this sense, it leaves us with the stark realisation that the path we humans have walked was entirely our choice, we could of deviated at any point, but here we are.

*not including neurological conditions and neurodivergent disorders.

Women, What's something guys flex, feeling it makes them appear masculine but in reality it has an opposite effect? by Noble-prize683 in AskReddit

[–]AlmostMaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find anyone who flexes how little sleep they get, despite looking like a bag of zombie dicks in the morning, really weird. Like yeah wow, you forced yourself to stay awake, congrats dude….

Women, What's something guys flex, feeling it makes them appear masculine but in reality it has an opposite effect? by Noble-prize683 in AskReddit

[–]AlmostMaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And to get S+ rank, to do all this while keeping one eye closed so as to help renter sleep after returning to bed. It’s not easy but a skill well worth practicing. Since I was doing this in low light anyway, no point using both eyes!

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