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Critique my unfinished edit

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EC-Skier
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Figured id ask for a critique before i finish my edit. Give me any criticism. This way i can make it good before i finish it. Also give me any ideas angle wise. +k for help



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Nov 15 2011 12:06PM
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EC-Skier
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please?
Nov 15 2011 2:59PM
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SSteezle
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For the clips that you had to work with I liked it. I think it's good, the only critique I might have is to watch the length of some of the cross desolves. Maybe shorten a few of them?
Nov 15 2011 3:08PM
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EC-Skier
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thanks, and to be honest, didnt even know i could do that haha, just didnt cross my mind. +k
Nov 15 2011 3:12PM
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WillStart
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Nice work man!

-The time lapse in the beginning didn't really have any connection to the rest of the video. I would probably cut it and try to find another skiing filler clip to open with.
-If you keep the time lapse, make sure you stretch it so that it matches the aspect ratio of your video.
-Go lighter on the cross dissolves/additive dissolves. I try to avoid them whenever possible. Most of your cuts between clips could be clean cuts rather than dissolves.

other than that it was really good dude, i like your shots
Nov 15 2011 5:00PM
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EC-Skier
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already at 10, but thanks
Nov 15 2011 5:09PM
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KillaSteeze
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really liked, nothing really to hate one, Cant wait to see it done!
Nov 16 2011 9:47PM
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123+ski
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I really liked it, for the most part colors were really good, but in a few shots the snow looked a little blue to me, especially compared to the snow in the sunny shots. shouldn't be too hard to fix in color correction, and other than that you have a really good start
Nov 17 2011 1:06AM
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juicedrummer11
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definitely a good start, pretty much what everyone said with the crossfades, make them a lil bit shorter and the time lapse was neat but i wasn't feelin it for the content of the rest of the edit. angles and colors looked good tho

Nov 17 2011 3:34AM
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.Max.
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Like will said. If you ditch the cross dissolves and go for a well placed clean cut your piece will be much stronger.
Nov 17 2011 7:22AM
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EC-Skier
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thanks, all of you were at 10 or you are at 10 now. ive ditched just about every cross dissolve, i think ive kept 1 but made it really short. and ill get a different timelapse or some other filler for the beginning. As for colors, ill try to fix that, i am colorblind so it is kind of hard haha, but ill do my best
Nov 17 2011 10:15AM
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123+ski
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Sorry man, didn't realize that you were colorblind, its very subtle
Nov 17 2011 7:18PM
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EC-Skier
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haha, its chill man
Nov 17 2011 7:39PM
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chris.goodhue
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thats what i was gunna say the blue was wild
Nov 17 2011 8:16PM
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ChuckTesta
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i liked it good job
Nov 17 2011 8:54PM
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chris.G
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this is really good man, i liked all the different shots you had, it really made it a lot more interesting to watch. keep up the good work man!
Nov 17 2011 10:43PM
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EC-Skier
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Thanks +k to everyone. can someone tell me the shots that looked blue, like what time?
Nov 18 2011 11:01AM
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123+ski
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0:06-0:11, those 2, 0:15-0:19, and 0:20-0:21 to a lesses extend though, mostly the ones in the shade, all the stuff in the sun looks spot on
Nov 18 2011 11:57AM
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WillStart
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Which program are you editing with?



If you're using final cut (other editing programs have this feature too i'm sure), do you know how to use the dropper tool in a 3-way color corrector?
Nov 18 2011 2:27PM
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