Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video contains spoilers, to anyone who is perhaps planning on playing the game but hasn't done so yet!
So here's a low effort and effect edit that I made some months back.
I was hit with a wave of wanting to edit with SOTC again, especially to this song bc I nearly instantly thought of this game while listening to it, and I felt like a lot of its lyrics just perfectly fit it.
However, unfortunate is the fact that it's simply, I think, rather hard to find diverse footage of this game to edit with. At least, it was hard for me.
So then, I had posted that low effort edit a while back, but I believe this one could be even less effort. This one's like, minimal effort. And I wanted to not focus on effects much here bc I didn't want to tire myself out quickly, and it allowed me to focus a little more on how the clips fit the lyrics and how they flow between each other.
What's more is that this edit is very long in comparison to what I usually make, so I figured that not adding much to it would be one of the only ways I could finish it quick enough, especially if I Wanted to edit and finish it.
As for what parts of the song I used, I simply used nearly all of the parts of the song that remind me of the game ^^
All and all, making this was fun, and a nice way to basically ''chill'' from making effect-heavy videos ^^
One of my favorite parts of this edit is 0:12 (the ''tiny pieces'' part) - the clip I placed in the bg of Wander ended up pretty much being accidental placement, but I loved how nicely the colors of the clip flowed into the sparks ^^
Well then, I hope y'all enjoy this thing, and also have a great day/night :3
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(I don't have the project file anymore so I can't tell you the layers)
Originally made on: May 20th, 2020
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Gameplay footage at 0:30 by: RabidRetrospectGames
Gameplay footage at 0:46 by: PS5 & Stuff
This video contains spoilers, to anyone who is perhaps planning on playing the game but hasn't done so yet!
So here's a low effort and effect edit that I made some months back.
I was hit with a wave of wanting to edit with SOTC again, especially to this song bc I nearly instantly thought of this game while listening to it, and I felt like a lot of its lyrics just perfectly fit it.
However, unfortunate is the fact that it's simply, I think, rather hard to find diverse footage of this game to edit with. At least, it was hard for me.
So then, I had posted that low effort edit a while back, but I believe this one could be even less effort. This one's like, minimal effort. And I wanted to not focus on effects much here bc I didn't want to tire myself out quickly, and it allowed me to focus a little more on how the clips fit the lyrics and how they flow between each other.
What's more is that this edit is very long in comparison to what I usually make, so I figured that not adding much to it would be one of the only ways I could finish it quick enough, especially if I Wanted to edit and finish it.
As for what parts of the song I used, I simply used nearly all of the parts of the song that remind me of the game ^^
All and all, making this was fun, and a nice way to basically ''chill'' from making effect-heavy videos ^^
One of my favorite parts of this edit is 0:12 (the ''tiny pieces'' part) - the clip I placed in the bg of Wander ended up pretty much being accidental placement, but I loved how nicely the colors of the clip flowed into the sparks ^^
Well then, I hope y'all enjoy this thing, and also have a great day/night :3
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(I don't have the project file anymore so I can't tell you the layers)
Originally made on: May 20th, 2020
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Gameplay footage at 0:30 by: RabidRetrospectGames
Gameplay footage at 0:46 by: PS5 & Stuff
![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")
![BlueBlurEuphoria | 24/7 Auditions [ promo video ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xe3aTYUtvGI/mqdefault.jpg "BlueBlurEuphoria | 24/7 Auditions [ promo video ]
Hello everyone!~ If any of yall are interested in joining this studio that I am a staff member in, please check out the original upload from the studio for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoCWUKc0WmQ
Good luck and have fun! cx
This is a promo video that I had made for the studio! Took a while to finish up, but I believe the presentation of it should be good enough uwu
A very small upload from me here! I hope to be able to upload a personal edit within a few weeks here, and to in general get back to continuing stuff super duper soon :3
I wish you all a good and safe day/night! ❤️ c:
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Song: Christina Aguilera - Fighter (cover by the Glee cast)
Program: Vegas Pro 18
Layers: 59
Time taken: ~2 weeks")
