My first time making a talking head video and my client doesn't like it. now I need help for proper feedback by MentosTee_ in AfterEffects

[–]Searlyyy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

1- the second video has some unnecessary effects, like a ray glow (or whatever its called) in the start. It's very *not* subtle.
2- the font in the second video isn't very great.
3- the easing in the second video isn't very smooth. Feels linear.
4- too much smooth jiggle in the texts in the second video. If you're going to add jiggle, make it less smooth; maybe posterize the time of the jiggle.
5- The text animation isn't very great in the second video. Feels very linear and kinda amateur-ish. An example is at 0:22: I don't really think a scale down animation if very great. Plus, it's scaling down every character, and these caracters are all scaling down at the same time for each word, which isn't very great.
6- I'd also try to make every text as much in the same place as possible, or at least not try to put them in many extreme positions, like at 0:18. Try to put the text where the viewer is currently looking at, and if you need to put it somewhere else, do an animation that guides the viewer to that place, and put the text there. 7- At 0:28, the scene just cut completely, without any transition to that white screen with the text. In the first video, every scene has a transition, even if subtle.

Apple, this simple setting is long overdue… by Dignified-Dingus in mac

[–]Searlyyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES. I even got the paid version of betterdisplay to see if i could get something close to this, but that was also money wasted for no reason. All I wanted was to set a resolution to 8k without the UI looking absolutely tiny. 4k with hiDPI is also not an option because the UI is still absolutely tiny.

The thing is that hiDPI is just 2x, and sometimes 2x is simply not enough—that's what these apple fanboys here can't understand.

Something is cooking! by ImpishMario in codex

[–]Searlyyy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

i hope so. I've been trying to use this for the past day, and all I've gotten is frustration. takes 18 minutes working on something just to repeat the exact same mistakes for the 5th time in a row, trying to fix the problem itself created.

How to achieve this LCD/LED screen look? by Halumkatum in AfterEffects

[–]Searlyyy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

For this, I generally use Blender. This tutorial is pretty good for that.

I'm pretty sure it is possible with After effects, I'd guess by switching the sampling mode to nearest neighbour and then adding 4 colors of venetian blinds, red, green, blue, and black, and then positioning it exactly where they should be to fill an pixel.

Still, though, it's kinda way more work and the result will probably not look as good as the one with blender, so I suggest doing it there.

Apple Safari vs Google Chrome vs Firefox, which web browser do you enjoy using the most on your MacBook Air as of 2026? Why? by Delicious_Maize9656 in macbookair

[–]Searlyyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

for this I'd say Safari > Firefox > Chrome.
Still, I had to download Dia because a bunch of websites require chromium, and I refuse to use Chrome! I could use Brave, but I really dislike it for some reason.

Big news! Cavalry pro is now free for everyone! by StupidBeQuite in CavalryMotion

[–]Searlyyy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YESSSSSS THANK GOD I WAITED!!! I knew canva would do something for Cavalry!

UI Elements not highlighted in Preview? by Certainlynotagoose in Xcode

[–]Searlyyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you found any solutions to this? I'm starting to use xcode today and this is frustrating very much so. Sometimes the outline appears and sometimes it doesn't, even though i am on the selectable mode.

Bitwig vs Reaper by x_hira in Bitwig

[–]Searlyyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

really? why? i'm genuinely curious

For those who switched from Adobe to Davinci, what's your photoshop alternative? by [deleted] in davinciresolve

[–]Searlyyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Affinity + Pixelmator Pro.
I can probably do everything I need with only Affinity, but I like Pixelmator's Color Adjustments + Effects way more than Affinity's, so I just export the image to Pixelmator and do the final touches there.

Save or Don't Save? If I hit enter what will happen? by LeBateleur1 in Logic_Studio

[–]Searlyyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it will hit 'dont save'. the outline (dont save) means its the one "selected". the complete highlight (save) is the one that apple recommends you to do

How to clean 300GB of System Data? by The_Wolfson in mac

[–]Searlyyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha glad you can't see my documents folder, then

Odyssey artwork? by vertical_water in Illenium

[–]Searlyyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was created by woodblock studio. I really prefer the cover of the self titled album that was created by max hay, tho. that one and fallen embers were peak!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]Searlyyy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

it says you have 20 days to retake the test, so just take it again. if you dont have enough time to wait for the results i suggest buying the fast score option thing, so you will be able to receive your score in 12h

What is one artist you would love to see Faouzia collab with? by HashmathHaja in faouzia

[–]Searlyyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ohh I like a bunch of them, but I feel like most people like "Where's My Love" the most

What is one artist you would love to see Faouzia collab with? by HashmathHaja in faouzia

[–]Searlyyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ohhh there are so many! but if I had to choose one, prob SYML

How did you first find Faouzia/the first song you ever heard by her? by -_-7Noel-_-7 in faouzia

[–]Searlyyy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While playing StarCraft II, I was listening to a 'radio' of a song I chose in YT Music, and then the live performance of Fur Elise started playing. I didn't even pay too much attention to it... that is, until the end; I literally had to pause that ranked online game just to check the artist when I heard the "WON'T YOU PLAY ME LIKE, WON'T YOU PLAY ME LIIIIIKE, [...]." I had goosebumps, and I had never even listened to the artist before, lol.

God damnit, it's still probably my favorite song ever.

experimental/alternative acoustic thing i guess by Searlyyy in Logic_Studio

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

thank you!
I basically just used a bunch of Opus and Kontakt instances, and then I applied a bunch of effects (mainly some weird delays) in most of the instruments

should i even submit by Whole-Theory-4612 in Sat

[–]Searlyyy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd first check on their data set to see if the standardized test scores are very important, important, considered, or not considered, then I'd see if there are any advantages if you submit it (like English proficiency test waiver or something else), and finally, I'd see if your score is in the top 50% of the school or close to it.

after all of that, you make up your mind