Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Please watch in HD if possible!~
I tried to go back to some faster effects and text in this one, but still tried to keep in mind the thing about text readability at some points here and there ^^''
Something that really inspired me to make this was criticaldrive's edit with this song! :3
My main idea with my clip choices here was to choose clips where the characters simply look annoyed, angry or frustrated, so it could fit the tone of the song and the lyrics ^^
There are a few new things I decided to try here!:
I decided to add BBC Emboss to the coloring here, but it isn't as visible as I hoped it would be ^^''
I also tried out S_Rays for some clips! ^^
Ooh, and Ignite 3D Extrusion for text as well, but I was expecting some more options to pick from with that one ^^''
Aaaaah and I also tried out some new light leaks that I found!! Which are rainbow light leaks x3
Alright, to my surprise, I actually feel like I don't have much to say about this one! OWO I didn't really have any difficulties at all, when making this owo
Although, I do want to mention smth about the lyrics:
I seem to hear the lyrics differently from how they are written on every lyrics site I could find?
Like, I could not even be paying enough attention to the song and I would still hear these words instead of what the lyrics sites showed me. I honestly also feel like these ones that I hear make a bit more sense in this song's context?? Here are the ones that I'm talking about:
''Got all my keys, don't you follow me, call on me'' - this sounds like ''get off my case, don't you follow me, call on me'' to me
''Ain't mood for no drama'' sounds like ''ain't up for no drama''
and ''you ain't my parent, think ain't got the formula'' sounds like ''you ain't my therapist, ain't got the formula''.
I was there editing and thinking ''are those REALLY not the lyrics??'' but I still kept them the way I had seen them on sites bc who knows, I might actually be totally off on this.
Ah, another thing is that I extended the editing process of this bc I still wanted to put effort into this and not half-ass it ^^'' I was going to try to finish it last night, but I feel like if I had done that - for one, this project probably wouldn't have any overlays ^^''
Welp, in general I want to say that I did have fun editing this thingy!! I also used a mix of SV and AE here once again which was fun ^^
Soo then, I hope that you all enjoy this! :3
Oh, and that you all have a good day/night as well ^w^
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Song: Krewella - Calm Down
Programs: Sony Vegas Pro 14, Adobe After Effects CC 2018
Layers: 20 in SV
Media: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 2
Time taken: 3 days
Please watch in HD if possible!~
I tried to go back to some faster effects and text in this one, but still tried to keep in mind the thing about text readability at some points here and there ^^''
Something that really inspired me to make this was criticaldrive's edit with this song! :3
My main idea with my clip choices here was to choose clips where the characters simply look annoyed, angry or frustrated, so it could fit the tone of the song and the lyrics ^^
There are a few new things I decided to try here!:
I decided to add BBC Emboss to the coloring here, but it isn't as visible as I hoped it would be ^^''
I also tried out S_Rays for some clips! ^^
Ooh, and Ignite 3D Extrusion for text as well, but I was expecting some more options to pick from with that one ^^''
Aaaaah and I also tried out some new light leaks that I found!! Which are rainbow light leaks x3
Alright, to my surprise, I actually feel like I don't have much to say about this one! OWO I didn't really have any difficulties at all, when making this owo
Although, I do want to mention smth about the lyrics:
I seem to hear the lyrics differently from how they are written on every lyrics site I could find?
Like, I could not even be paying enough attention to the song and I would still hear these words instead of what the lyrics sites showed me. I honestly also feel like these ones that I hear make a bit more sense in this song's context?? Here are the ones that I'm talking about:
''Got all my keys, don't you follow me, call on me'' - this sounds like ''get off my case, don't you follow me, call on me'' to me
''Ain't mood for no drama'' sounds like ''ain't up for no drama''
and ''you ain't my parent, think ain't got the formula'' sounds like ''you ain't my therapist, ain't got the formula''.
I was there editing and thinking ''are those REALLY not the lyrics??'' but I still kept them the way I had seen them on sites bc who knows, I might actually be totally off on this.
Ah, another thing is that I extended the editing process of this bc I still wanted to put effort into this and not half-ass it ^^'' I was going to try to finish it last night, but I feel like if I had done that - for one, this project probably wouldn't have any overlays ^^''
Welp, in general I want to say that I did have fun editing this thingy!! I also used a mix of SV and AE here once again which was fun ^^
Soo then, I hope that you all enjoy this! :3
Oh, and that you all have a good day/night as well ^w^
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Song: Krewella - Calm Down
Programs: Sony Vegas Pro 14, Adobe After Effects CC 2018
Layers: 20 in SV
Media: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 2
Time taken: 3 days
![Sonic the Hedgehog : Gonna be Alright ; OK [ Gift ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VRhWkJQaINg/mqdefault.jpg "Sonic the Hedgehog : Gonna be Alright ; OK [ Gift ]
Welp, this is probably the fastest that ive even edited recently, plus, its a Sonic project! So i personally find it even more surprising that i got it done so quickly.
But but! theres a reason for this x3 I made this as a gift for my girlfriend, @EnchantedNebula , because she hadnt been doing well recently.
Katie, id like to once again mention that im always here for you and here to support you c: I believe in you, and that its gonna be okay in some way or another! I hope you enjoy this little gift! ^^
I somehow went with instinct when making this (especially when setting the clips), so i feel like that is what drove me to finish this quickly, without thinking much. Its something between effort and low-effort for me. Moderate-ish/a fair amount of effort, to a point ^^
I wanted to combine these two songs, because a couple months back Katie showed me Alright, and i knew that she likes this song, and i felt like it could be an alright (ksadhasdjk) semi-positive song, but this song also made me think of another one i know by HU, which is Gonna be OK. Thus, i decided to combine the two, so i suppose its songs that we both like owo
It was a bit hectic to make this tho bc i had to be out today, plus i still need to revise for an exam. But im sure that... itll all be okay in the end ^^ And im happy that i was able to finish this, in the end :3
I hope yall enjoy watching this, too! Im very sad that i havent been able to edit all that much recently, but i really do hope that ill be able to finish some stuff up soon. I definitely feel like ill be able to post a certain MEP part soon ^^
Thank you all very much for sticking around! c:
I wish you all a good and safe day/night! :3
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Songs:
- Hollywood Undead - Alright
- Hollywood Undead - Gonna Be OK
Program: Vegas Pro 18
Layers: 29
Media: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic Unleashed, Sonic X, Sonic Movie 2, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations, Sonic Riders, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic Heroes
Time taken: ~5-6 hours")
![Mo Dao Zu Shi [ Wangxian ] || AGAIN](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WIgZdWN6Snc/mqdefault.jpg "Mo Dao Zu Shi [ Wangxian ] || AGAIN
My, theres quite a lot to say about this one. Ill start from the beginning!
Firstly, i wanna say that this project is quite a special one to me, which will be explained why, a bit below.
Back in, i believe early October of last year, I had really gotten into listening to Flyleaf, so much so that they became one of my fave bands! This was one of the songs i came across from them that I really grew to like. I no longer remember how i found the song, but the next memory i have is that I could barely listen to the song Without realizing that this fits Wei and Lan so well, and getting extremely vivid visions of a Wangxian edit with this song. The inspiration was absolutely overwhelming, and this was happening during a time when i was still so nervous and unsure about my new year in uni, where i felt like I was losing my touch with creativity - something which is very important to me for self-expression.
The idea of the video goes as such: I envision this song as being Lan singing to Wei, and singing about him. Hes singing to him in his most vulnerable moment, when his vessel has become far too weak, and he finds himself reflecting on Weis past actions, and trying to find it in his heart to explain himself, and comfort Wei in this moment. He never hated him.
The black and white variations were supposed to represent different parts in time, based on their color scheme.
Full color: the past
Half-colored b&w: the present
Full b&w: the imaginary, hopeful and ideal visions
Although with time, during the editing process, this color symbolism faded a bit in favor of adding smooth color transitions and added intensity.
It didnt take long for me to slap down this song into Vegas and absolutely FILL the timeline with markers about my clip ideas - i knew exactly which scenes i wanted to use. Then, worry started to settle in. What if the clips dont look the way i hope? what if this is another project I will start and give up on?.
Nevertheless, i pushed forwards with this project when i had the time. Shuffling the project between two different computers, losing some of my files along the way.
I wanted the clips to match both the lyrics and my story. I believe the more I set clips, the more a very clear idea popped into my head - i wanted to work with voice overs and sound effects! But i didnt just wanna plop some down for the sake of it, i wanted to create an entire atmosphere in this video with the sound effects. I see some editors splendidly use sound effects in their videos and I really commend them for it! I wanted to go all-out with my work, as well. And so, i started looking up tutorials on how to work with sound design ^^ Important to note, however, is that most of the separate sfx arent mine, i tried to find copyright-free or general sound effects on YT. I did, however, make a couple wind howl sounds from white noise ^^
Adding the clips was a process of adding the scenes i already had in mind; some got swapped out. And for others I had to add something new or work on the clip flow.
To add to being ambitious, i tried to do more masks than usual, experiment with transitions. I wanted to build atmosphere with layering light rays to add an extra glow to water scenes for example, too.
I spent a lot of time trying to get the effects to be just perfect - exactly how i want them to be. Up until the final days that i worked on finishing this, that entire process got so tiring that i barely had the energy to work on this anymore. Detail can naturally come out as i get into the process, which it did. And i finished this out of spite last night at 4 AM, but left small fixes and rendering for today.
Ah yeah. And another aspect that made this video feel special to me is that for a couple months late last year, and early this year, I had felt like i relate to bits of this song, and In The Dark by Flyleaf in their own ways. Its like this encapsulates my mental state, my reoccurring hyperfixation on Wangxian, and my new creative attempts/mindset all in one video.
I dont mind if to someone else this may sound silly, but making this and finishing it meant a lot to me. While it took me 9 months to finish, in realtime those 9 months where long, excruciating months for me, with some days being so much harder than others. this video being here in the state that it is, is a reminder to myself about some things i found completely hard to believe during these long months: that i havent lost my creative spark, that i still know how to edit well, that i can finish ideas i start, and that im still capable of pursuing my passion - art, design, video editing. Thank you for reading ❤️And thank you all for your continuous support, it means so much to me!
Well then! I really do hope yall enjoy this one ^^
Stay safe and hydrated, and have a great day/night! ^^
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Layers:
- Total count: 90
- Video layers: 56
- SFX layers: 34
Time taken: ~9 months (on and off)")
![JUDAS [ Comparison edit ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wgu--MW4Vyk/mqdefault.jpg "JUDAS [ Comparison edit ]
Please watch in HD if you can! ^^
So this is an idea that my best friend suggested!
She suggested that we edit with the same audio, but dont reveal how were editing to each other, or what were using, and then we could compare how differently we see the audio ^^
I suggested this audio, from there, and then we took off XD
I would like to mention that she has edited for only about a month, on and off ^^ And this is also the first finished edit, as well XD Personally I really like the result of her version!!!! XD I shall provide a link to her edit down below ^^
She also used Vegas for her edit, if anything ^^
This took me about 2 hours to finish, aaand it took her 2 days to finish her edit ^^
And basically the way that we communicated over skype while editing was like lets add this thing - ah yes thats a good thing XD Just to not spoil each other XD
I dont have too much to say atm, but I would like to say that this whole idea was really fun and it was a lot of fun to make this - plus it was easy :3
Oh oh!!! And another thing is that I tried nesting or pre-comping in Vegas for the first time in this project (and actually sticking to that precomp) and this is definitely how Im gonna keep doing it from now on, rather than rendering and then putting the file back in Vegas!!! ^^
Oh I also decided to start using some new things in this edit, and I think Ive come to like these things as well ^^ One of them being that Ive started to like adding renoiser in MBL, and also LUT and adjusting the strength of that ^^ Ive also come to like making text into what I would call an invisible square more often, especially if its a single word ^^
Im veeeery happy with the result of my own edit, especially the coloring :3 I ended up experimenting a bit with the coloring itself, as yall can see :3
The thing is that I rendered this multiple times tho, bc I wanted to see if I wanted this with more RSMB, mild RSMB, or no RSMB ^^ Doing this I was able to see the differences between rendering with and without RSMB too owo
So it went like this!:
No RSMB: 7 minutes
Mild RSMB: 10 minutes
Heavy-ish RSMB: 14 minutes ^^
I had to do some comparing afterwards and I decided to keep the one with mild RSMB, which is also, of course, the one you see here ^^
And I suppose thats all I wanna say! :3 I really hope that yall enjoy both my edit and my besties edit x3
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Heres a link to my besties version: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwzAiQzhvqP/
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Song: Lady Gaga - Judas (slowed down)
Program: Vegas Pro 14
Layers: 10 all together
Media: Final Fantasy Dissidia NT
Time taken: 2 hours")
![a e r i a l s. [ spontaneous ideas, best ideas ] { Ultrawide }](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WiPUgVOi4Do/mqdefault.jpg "a e r i a l s. [ spontaneous ideas, best ideas ] { Ultrawide }
Hm, I actually dont remember much about making this aside from the fact that I got really into editing this, and that everything flowed together without me even thinking owo Basically, kinda like the edit was editing itself ^^
And Im pretty sure I got inspired for something like this after I heard this song earlier that same day, and I got visions of an edit like this, as I was listening :3
It was fun to try out an ultrawide resolution like this, too ^w^
Right then, I wont force myself to write more, and as such, I hope yall enjoy this edit ^^
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Song: System Of A Down - Aerials
Program: Vegas Pro 14
Layers: 15
Media: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Originally made on: January 19th, 2020")
