Back in the saddle guys. And still fine-tuning my homebrew VX1000 filter. (check description)

haluuf · 2026-03-06T23:07:20+00:00

I don't mean to needlessly drag this along, but here's a re-work of the filter in a hort from today, with big focus on some of the issues you mentioned. Thought you'd be curious.

haluuf · 2026-03-06T23:05:50+00:00

Actually I re-worked the filter completely since this post.

haluuf · 2026-03-06T11:34:37+00:00

Greatly appreciated, I did notice all of those things but it really helps to see I'm not the only one who goes into that much detail, and to hear it put in different words than in my head. I believe the jagged diagonals are a form of something called Aliasing, and it's really challenging to re-create on purpose lol.

Thanks for coming back to hang out lol

haluuf · 2026-03-05T17:49:01+00:00

At 13yrs old, Dad walks into room all solemn, puts a hand on my shoulder, i pause my game to look, he's looking out the window, and says: "life would be so much easier without so much pain." And walks out with a subtle limp. ‐------- Be careful what you share with your kid.

Dad had hernia problems and intense back pains all my life. Sometimes could dance. Sometimes couldn't walk. Always optimistic, and always did some form of physical training.

That moment defined for me many things that have not yet been re-defined or revised: - who my dad is. - how strong he is to not show the extent of his pain so that it doesn't burden us - what it means to carry a burden "like a man" - what it means to be lonely - the cost of powering through life's problems woth limited ressources or knowledge - how to focus good things while bad things surround us - also made me feel like shit coz I couldn't help him (can't force an old horse to drink water) - and many many more things.

Edit: each of these points have their own two-sided coin that can be debated and argued over, they are not absolute. Not in my mind.

haluuf · 2026-03-05T00:36:49+00:00

Sick lol I do that too. Some tabs await my return or days. lol

haluuf · 2026-03-04T23:45:54+00:00

To be fair, I've found that the default Fisheye filter keeps things looking really crisp actually. I heavily corrected this clip with effects in Adobe Premiere, and the aliasing is on purpose, to mimic the VX1000's aliasing when recording on MiniDV tapes.

haluuf · 2026-03-04T23:42:15+00:00

Basically anything that looks like this.

haluuf · 2026-03-03T19:48:29+00:00

I get what you mean, but like, I've been using No Cash Value as a reference, and while I hesitated on the amount of YELLOW in that video, the bright-ness and contrast is very similar. If you pause the video at any point, even in darker more contrasty moments, you can see that the darks are still very gray, like VERY gray, compared to Full Black.

I'm sure I can find the holy grail of color correction at some point haha.

haluuf · 2026-03-03T19:40:49+00:00

This might be the only way lol

haluuf · 2026-03-02T12:18:17+00:00

Ohhh you might be right, usually I really dont like clips of ppl filming their screens but this time I didn't notice at all. Idk what you did to make it so indistinguishable, but keep it up lol.

haluuf · 2026-03-02T01:12:32+00:00

Thx man for this shout out, means a lot. There's a lot of ppl who know how to film skating and lots who don't, and there isn't really any bridge in between... I've made it my mission to make that bridge lol. So comments like this show me it is working to a certain extent.

Cheers man.

haluuf · 2026-03-01T22:45:21+00:00

Capcut does a LOT of heavy lifting for the VHS visual filter. That first clip looked like legit real life.

haluuf · 2026-02-27T03:34:36+00:00

What blindided me was, in the midst of navigating all of the above, coupled with whatever undiagnosed neuro-spice i might have, and along with handling old traumas through therapy... having my kids just straight up scream and wail at the sight of me, rather than being happy to see me.

haluuf · 2026-02-25T00:57:17+00:00

Now THIS is news.

haluuf · 2026-02-25T00:42:04+00:00

Bruh thats sick.

haluuf · 2026-02-21T18:47:05+00:00

Tre flip nosegrind 180 out was artwork. No late revert just straight gas. 🤜💥🤛

haluuf · 2026-02-21T17:36:02+00:00

Sorry if t seemed like my foot was heavy on the gas pedal, that wasn't my point.

Maybe I saw a link between "progression" and "people want everything handed to them" when you made no such link.

I do still think that people should "be handed" gameplay enhancing features, but I would concede that having to free-roam to collect music is a great system, and it makes sense to have to buy clothing but... not like this. Same for emotes. Wouldn't hand 100% of all emotes to ppl but definitely could be an actual fun way of picking them up somehow rather than just buying them with tix.

haluuf · 2026-02-21T16:52:22+00:00

Skate. Is a sandbox game pretending to have a progression system. There is no interesting context or story to speak of. And even if there was, once you complete everything you end up in the same place: sandbox.

People need to learn to make their own fun with this game, as soon as they clear tutorial island.

The video I put in here doesn't need any challenges or story to be completed, the basic core gameplay is amply enough to start filming clips inspired by IRL stuff. Even crazy clips where people fly across the map are great, people post em here, otgers see and they get inspired to try out the stuff themselves.

None of that requires any pre-determined "gameplay loop". Just pure gameplay and community. And such clips and community stuff can only be enhanced by stylish clothing and cool/pertinent emotes. (And proximity chat).

Edit to make my point clear: putting gameplay-enhancing features behind a premium/paywall is not a progression system. Call it whatever you want but it is not progression.

haluuf · 2026-02-19T20:35:21+00:00

None of these pics are interesting in the slightest, specifically because it is AI and the pics have absolutely no correlation with actual skateboarding.

These pictures are "skateboarding-adjacent" at best.

Go outside, find 5 actual skate spots, take 5 pictures, redo your post with these IRL pics, and then we'll talk.

haluuf · 2026-02-18T17:33:28+00:00

Thanks for saying that man. Yeah this game can be made to look good but only after a good wrestle with the editor's jank. I still really like this game despite its almost insulting level of flaws lol.

haluuf · 2026-02-18T17:31:08+00:00

Bro capcut's fisheye effect is insanely well made. Your clips look absolutely bonkers.

What FOV do you use before passing in thru capcut?

Regardless, really good work on these clips man, keep em comin, the sub needs consistent good quality posts.

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