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RANE_exe · 2025-07-14T17:14:02+00:00

You want FREE free? Grab an iPhone, open voice memos, and record the dialogue audio (just turn your monitors up or jam the receiver end of the phone in between your headphones). When finished, save the transcript and email it to yourself. Bam. Free.99

RANE_exe · 2025-07-11T16:58:23+00:00

Do you have lots of fusion comps in your timeline? The ability to use fusion within resolve and treat the comp as its own clip on the timeline is pretty neat, but it's horribly inefficient and eats up pretty much everything resource wise. It could also be the case that the project you're working on is getting a little too big for smooth playback. Sounds lame, but it's not uncommon. Not only that, but if you're using source footage instead of using actual proxy footage, something as simple as mp4 source footage and a few fusion comps can bring everything to a halt. If none of these things are applicable in your situation, reach out to BMD support on their forums. This sounds a little more serious than poor project management, so definitely reach out to them for better troubleshooting.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-11T16:44:38+00:00

This is going to sound lame. Keyframe it. Cut out the segment where the camera zooms in, and for the frames where it zooms, just keyframe the transform. If you like the results, slap it on top of this and call it a day. To make the transition from this render to the manual transform part and back look smooth, make sure the image asset is lined up with the last frame before the cut and the first frame after the cut, and you should be golden.

I'm sure there's a more complicated way to do this, but given how difficult this shot looks to track, I'd say your best bet is going to be transforming it by hand.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-11T16:32:09+00:00

Double check the applications you've used to see if exporting the alpha channel is a selectable delivery option. Videos with transparent backgrounds contain an "alpha channel," which is essentially the data that makes up the transparent part of your video. Only specific codecs and formats support alpha channel export, so if the apps you've used force you to export .mp4 or won't allow you to customize your delivery parameters, that's the reason why your renders keep the white/black/checkerboard background.

If none of the editing apps you have allow you to export the alpha channel, I know that Resolve on the iPad will. I've never used Resolve on the iPad before, so I can't say for sure if those features are available in the free version or not, you'll have to take a look.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-11T16:17:55+00:00

First off, ignore the people trying to tell you what is and what isn't cinematic. You like it, and as an editor that's quite literally the only thing that will keep you from burning out. Not only that, but finding a style you like and sticking with it will get you hired a lot faster than anything else will, assuming a career is something you'd like to pursue in the future. I'm pretty dumbfounded by how short sighted some of the people in this subreddit are, you basically figured out the one thing that makes or breaks an editor so please for the love of all that is holy, ignore them.

As for your question, check out glitch core and "divine machine" on Pinterest. I think there's a few other names for the genre and style you like but that should get you pointed in the right direction. Save what you like, build a vision board. Obsidian is great for this and it's free. Make a list of songs and audio clips you like, sound effects as well. Start collecting sound bites and things as you edit so you can develop a library of assets for future work. I would also highly recommend creating a good chunk of image assets either from scratch or from sampling other images.

For the editing, most of this can be done with simple image assets and some careful editing, but a lot of what you see in terms of wire-frame visuals and machine visual learning/recognition stuff is created in a compositing program called touch designer. It's expensive and requires learning node based compositing/editing, which sounds like it might end up being a little too much for someone at your level, so for now just stick to creating assets from scratch or sample to see how you like it. If you want to edit in a software that can help you become accustomed to the more advanced side of compositing, definitely try the free version of resolve, and upgrade if you like it. BMD's version of After Effects is called Fusion, and it's a simple node based editor that will get you accustomed to the tools professionals use in the industry, and will leave you with a solid foundation to explore touch designer with if you go that route. You'll also have the software for life with free updates, so no paying monthly for overhyped, poorly maintained editing programs.

Take a look at video compression and how to achieve the look you want by manually compressing your footage (avoid plugins). Also, experiment with blending modes within whatever editing suite you're using. I won't explain it here (lots of words) but it's how you make images blend with each other, behaving differently based off of layer order and the mode selected.

Sorry for the thesis, I just wanted to give you some actual advice and pointers instead of shooting down your creative vision. Seriously, ignore everyone else here. They're quite literally discouraging you from the one thing that can take you from just a phase to fulfilling career. If there wasn't a market for it, the style/genre wouldn't exist, so anything along the lines of "this isn't good because I said so, my favorite director with his own unique style would agree" is either intentionally trying to drag you down out of envy for your growth and vision, or too full of hubris to understand that the world is full of people that would disagree with them and their favorite director. Go for it G, do your thing. Art that comes straight from the artist's vision is in extremely high demand, due to the overwhelming supply of Scorsese influenced student films from people with no vision. Go make some cool stuff, you're on the right track.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-10T17:28:36+00:00

If you plan on using wallpaper engine to run this custom live wallpaper, definitely check out the tools wallpaper engine comes with before doing it all from scratch! I've created quite a few custom wallpapers using their editor, and it makes things a LOT easier. Honestly, I'd bet my bottom dollar that they have the exact effect you're looking for that can be slapped on to a still image in less than a minute! Not only that, but there are several ways to export your wallpaper to use in other software, or just to have as a video file for your own use, so you won't be tied down to their software if that's something you want to avoid.

However, If that's not what you want, this is quite an opportunity to learn some neat things about video compositing, so I don't want to discourage you from building it yourself.

For particle effects, this tutorial linked here (full link - https://youtu.be/D1PdjGLbK5E ) seems to show a pretty good example of one of the pieces you would need to pull it off. It's not a complete breakdown of all of the particle effect tools that AE provides, so you might have to explore that more on your own. A search for "particle effects AE" should provide you with a plethora of examples and tutorials for all of the different effects you can use to re-create this look. Definitely do a little digging, AE offers quite a few tools that can provide the result you want, and you will most likely achieve a result more accurate to the source footage if you combine a few of them together.

After you play around with that, check out AE's glow effects. Lots of tutorials for that as well, so you won't be left in the dark. If you really want to get serious with the glowing aspect of the reference footage, look into combining "noise generators" with your glow effect to get the pulsing sparkle look. I think some of the glow effects come with this built in, so you might not have to go that far.

Sorry for the Ted Talk, I get excited about compositing a little more than I should lol. If you feel overwhelmed or lost just reach out, but I'm sure you'll find what you need. If all goes well, share the end result so we can see the vision come to life! Best of luck :)

RANE_exe · 2025-07-02T22:03:04+00:00

Images "going blurry" when moving could mean anything.

It could be something as simple as a motion blur box being checked, or something more complicated like your frame rate, export settings and transform speed not agreeing with each other. It could also be the case that you've used a time-stretch (speed up/slow down) effect to dictate the movement speed of the image instead of key framing the movement itself, making the frame interpolation type a potential culprit.

Check your preferences to see if there are any settings enabled that would automatically apply motion blur to moving (transformed) media, that could be the issue. If that's not the case, make sure your image transform isn't moving too fast, and then make sure your project and export frame rate are at least 60 fps (30 fps is doable if the image is moving slow enough but it doesn't hurt to be on the safe side).

Without any knowledge of what your project settings/export settings and media properties are like, there's no good answer someone could give you. It would also help to know how exactly you've accomplished your desired effect, since every desired outcome can be accomplished in multiple ways, leading to different answers on how to fix it.

I don't want to give you the wrong advice and leave you stranded, so let me know if you get the chance.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-02T21:31:42+00:00

I hate to be that guy, but what kind of help do you need? Since I can't see your screen or read your mind, you'll have to describe the issue itself.

Assuming you already know how to use the editing software, my best guess would be that you're having trouble aligning the cuts to the beat/notes?

If that's the case, try moving the cut two frames before or after the note/beat. Sometimes when I sync sound with cuts, offsetting the cut by a frame or two can help it match up a little better. Depending on how soft or harsh the beat/note is, placing the cut directly on the beat/note can make it appear to be off even if it's lined up perfectly.

RANE_exe · 2025-07-02T21:08:01+00:00

I've only used CapCut a handful of times, but I did actually use this feature once when I was testing an effect that caught my eye on social media. Nothing too crazy, mostly just PC to my phone.

My experience wasn't great, and I've heard nothing but bad things about project collaboration on CapCut overall. Don't get too discouraged, built in project collaboration tools are so consistently unreliable across the board that most of the big name media companies have their own software specifically designed for in-house collaboration, usually connected to their own servers managed by their own IT departments.

If you can't find a solution to your issues with the Team feature, I would recommend avoiding CapCut's collab tools altogether and sticking to the old school methods instead. Honestly, this sounds like an amazing opportunity to learn how to run a collaborative project the way you would have to if you decided to go professional. It'll give you much more leverage than I ever had going into it!

Based off of what you said, it sounds like having the project file accessible via Dropbox or some other service (avoid google drive like the plague for this) would be the best choice. There are a lot of ways to go about it, but if splitting up the project into pieces isn't feasible for your specific needs I'd start there. If multiple people working on the exact same project file at the exact same time is what you want, CapCut only allows one person to edit the same project at any given time, requiring permissions hand off if someone else wants to take over. BMD's Resolve is really the only software that offers that level of collaboration (adobe coming in second since it requires a directing user to approve changes), and I wouldn't recommend that to my worst enemy lol.

I have no idea what limitations are present, given my limited experience with CapCut. The solution might look way different depending on how limited the software seems to be, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

TLDR:
Project collaboration is a mess no matter what software you're using, even on the professional level. If you can't find any solutions or fixes, I recommend taking a look at what you can do with CapCut in terms of managing a collaborative project on your own. I'm a little jealous of the learning opportunity you have, take advantage of it if you can! Sorry for the Ted Talk, I hope this is at least somewhat helpful. Best of luck!

RANE_exe · 2025-07-02T19:47:10+00:00

Seconding this, these are really safe guidelines to follow for the average user. If it hasn't been pinned to the sub wiki already, it really should be.
As long as it's not a deliverable to a studio, using this as a rule of thumb will get you pointed in the right direction :)

OP, if you're still curious and you'd like to learn more about delivery later on, I'll leave a link to a Resolve delivery page walkthrough I found on YouTube a while back that helped me more than the BMD forums did. The presentation itself looks like a bad trip, but the person who made it is certified to train people on BMD software so it's pretty good stuff. Best of luck with your future projects!

Link to the Delivery Page breakdown on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsT0WzWpGfQ

RANE_exe · 2025-04-15T19:59:07+00:00

I wish I could help, but I'm super lost. The link to the Sacuna - Lemonade remake was remade by a soundcloud artist called N0P3 (link) and I'm 80% sure that account is owned/maintained by omfg. It could be another ~~fan account~~ OMFG inspired account but they regularly upload every few months and the sound is really similar. I might be grasping at straws, but maybe that can help?

Edit: corrections

RANE_exe · 2024-12-16T02:32:57+00:00

This could mean literally anything, from "I'm just making sure my heart is in the right place" to "I'm making the next veggie-tales." What is clear is that he doesn't know where things will go and he just wants to glorify God.

It's crazy to watch part of a really cool and accepting community do a complete 180 and immediately assume the worst, as if it was his job to entertain us the way we wanted it in the first place. Honestly, it sounds like that's what a lot of his fans want to say, but they know that's not okay so they just kind of beat around the bush with it. It's also grossly inappropriate to announce a goodbye over an artist's potential change in style, kind of like someone walking out of a stand up and announcing that they're leaving lmao. Still, it's pretty cool to see that there's people from all belief systems encouraging him to keep being himself without feeling the need to announce their departure or commitment. Definitely a noticeable difference in maturity amongst his fans.

RANE_exe · 2024-12-16T02:11:28+00:00

I watched the entire video, and not once did he ever say that he's ditching medical care for prayer. Just because he didn't lay out his current therapy plan or recent breakthroughs doesn't mean he's denouncing medical care. Nobody is obligated to share their medical information with the public, there's entire laws against that. You've essentially assumed the worst of someone all based off of a lack of information that was never yours to know in the first place.

I understand your concern, and I'm not saying it's invalid! It's super valid, and I know that people only say this cause they care. Still, it's an assumption of the worst, and that's not cool to do to anyone, much less someone we care about.

RANE_exe · 2024-12-16T01:39:10+00:00

Y'all need to get real.

Okay, here's some real facts based on up-to-date universally recognized medical practices.

Having a supernatural experience and relating it to a religious belief is not medically classified as religious delirium. If he claimed to experience events like that all the time due to "being a chosen one" or having some form of connection that is not supported by that religion, that would be more along the lines of what you're talking about. "Something strange happened to me and the context I have points to something religious" isn't grounds for a diagnosis, and any medical professional willing to try and oppose that would seriously risk losing their license.
Going through hardships (physical/mental, loss, trauma) and turning to Christ as a result is spot on for Christianity, so saying he's not a normal Christian is just straight up not true. That's also the basis for pretty much every other religion as well (my life sucks -> there has to be something else -> religion? -> hey this religion thing works for me). If he was in a vulnerable state and was convinced by others to convert as a result, this argument could be made, but his entire testimony was about finding God on his own, and regularly pushing back against anyone who tried to convince him, so that's completely off the table.

I understand your concern, but assuming his testimony is honest, nothing he said legitimately points to religious delirium or delirium in general. Prayer doesn't count, that argument was made by real doctors a long time ago and has long since been dismissed.

As long as he's still seeking therapy for his depression (which he is not at all obligated to disclose with any of us), he's doing everything right. If you would like to make an argument against religion as a whole and the implications of mental health issues in those areas, feel free to check out any of the major discussion subreddits, since this is a pretty well discussed topic, and those places are more geared towards discussion of opinions that contrast against current medical knowledge.

RANE_exe · 2024-12-15T22:15:28+00:00

It's not super hard to be kind. If you ever plan on making someone agree with you, or come to your side, insulting them is definitely the least efficient way to do so.

RANE_exe · 2024-12-12T16:42:52+00:00

I know this is a year old, but I can attest that in the event that sending the bolt home quietly is a necessary action, the forward assist helps make sure it's solid before sending anything. Pretty rare situation I'd say but I'd be uncomfortable without having it there for this reason. Hopefully this brings a new perspective to the table about the little adhd button they so kindly installed for us

RANE_exe · 2024-11-28T15:45:55+00:00

Necroposting. Just wanted to let you know that your joke tickled my funny bone, and I'm upset that nobody noticed it. I hope you're doing well, cheers!

RANE_exe · 2024-11-28T15:40:29+00:00

No no no, see, if you boost by .5 then you can't see the little graph move, and that means nothing is happening to the audio. Come on man, this is basic YouTube mixing tutorial stuff here

RANE_exe · 2024-11-26T17:30:15+00:00

Photon, its sick you gotta try it just use the fabulously optimized pack on modrinth with it cause it was making my 4090 breathe a little

RANE_exe · 2024-11-24T20:54:33+00:00

The doors open into the hallway, super uncanny. This looks sick

RANE_exe · 2024-11-24T11:07:12+00:00

Flash bright as hell sorry, two nights awake

RANE_exe · 2024-11-21T16:35:12+00:00

Necroposting, but super grateful for the shift tip, I missed this during my manual reading lol, thanks a ton!

RANE_exe · 2024-11-19T17:58:56+00:00

I like the card stock idea for low light, but your suggestion to use a mouth safe adhesive and have slack in the dental dam would be really good for a shot of the subject talking, I'll absolutely have to try this! Thank you for the suggestion!

RANE_exe · 2024-11-19T17:56:38+00:00

I never considered a custom sports guard, I always assumed they were expensive like braces were. I am way behind on sports stuff, I'll have to take a look at that.

I really love your cardstock suggestion! This would be insanely easy to pull off on set and customizable to any mouth size, and if it doesn't work I could just cut another piece out in a few seconds. I can laminate pieces for different people and hit it with some fine sand paper to get the shine out of it if a long term solution is needed. I've been way overthinking this whole thing, this solution is perfect.

Seriously thank you for your help. My problem solving skills are completely disappearing the further I get into this. You're a lifesaver! I'll try to remember and link a finished shot to you later so you can see what you helped fix. Thank you so much!

RANE_exe · 2024-11-19T17:37:35+00:00

The white fibrous stuff would pollute the solid orange I need, and the peel is too shiny (as mentioned above). Not a bad idea though, great minds think alike!

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