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# M3tatweening!!!! - Not 100% polished but takes over an hour everytime i encode it so here's how it looks now.
Come and get it while it's hot!
m3tatweening phase 001
(requires divx 4 or higher) - Under 5MB :)

See www.fnord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/m3tatweening.htm for more info.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:39, archived)
# it's on its way down the wire...
...can't wait!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:40, archived)
# my god
i'm only halfway through, but i'm already confident that this is the best thing i have ever seen!
it gets a

/unclicks pause
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12, archived)
# It
is fucking brilliant !!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15, archived)
# and... it sets the bar pretty high for the next one!
And I just now that the next set of peeps will rise to the challenge.
This could run and run. Count me in again!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:17, archived)
# and me!
I really want to do more for it. But I reckon there may be a bit of a clamour to take part in the next part!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21, archived)
# I'll give priority to new faces
i'm sure you'll understand, I might get the next one going by Tuesday and then that may go on for another week or so.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:42, archived)
# sounds good
There are lots of peeps who didn't take part in that who should really be involved. Good luck with the co-ordinating - seems to be quite a big job!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:55, archived)
# downloading now
and a big woupla yow and hay for getting all that together!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:41, archived)
# hoorah
hoorah
hoorah
hoorah

it's on its way now!

and to think i nearly went to bed.

/reaches for port
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:41, archived)
# nearly downloaded now!
/leans to starboard
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:42, archived)
# bah
haha

i need all the help i can get to keep an even keel.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# i hope it's not a big dissappointment
after all this. I'm sure you'll all find it at the very least amusingly weird.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:48, archived)
# i spent hours on mine :¬)
btw Fnord : Everstoned sent you something...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:50, archived)
# yeah there's a huge range of styles and approaches taken
i've forgotten none of you have seen anything other than 1 part at the most.
It all goes together well, and really it always should do.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:53, archived)
# sent me where?
hotmail?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:55, archived)
# i am quite literally
dripping from my hinge
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:42, archived)
# ewww
i think!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:44, archived)
# dl commencing
heartbeat erratic
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# 60%
and rising
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# done
cardiac imminent
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:44, archived)
# fuck me
that was an Audiovisual Inferno (without the audio obviously) of the highset Archuberpotage!
I am liberated and spent. MORE!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58, archived)
# i think
my brain snapped!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01, archived)
# that was ace!
shame about mine being the shortest + crappest one on there + the fact i was about 3 pixels too short around the edges. Ah well :¬)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# Some of the bits of images look really good in video format.
like the horse at the start turning back and forth.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05, archived)
# i liked that bit
very much.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:18, archived)
# i wonder what music would suit it best
maybe aphex twin.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# its gotta be
an original b3ta score :D
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05, archived)
# yes.
and just instrumental or choral. no lyrics.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:09, archived)
# It'll be
a lot of work putting 10 minutes together. I might try a bit tomorrow
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:14, archived)
# would you like to go halves?
it may prove entertaining...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:19, archived)
# Sure
I've gotta sleep now - will m3ssag3 you tomorrow...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21, archived)
# woo!
i look forward to it!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:22, archived)
# yes
surely you should get ten people do a minute each?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:23, archived)
# I did suggest to Fnord...
that the soundtrack could work in much the same way... with each musician getting a bit of animation to score for, and a start and end sound...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:24, archived)
# I'd
be more than willing to scroom some hurbles with that
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:27, archived)
# i had the same thought just now,
but it might compete with the images then. your attention would oscillate between weird aural and weird visual acrobatics...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:28, archived)
# Mr Koit
would be in for that, of course. Someone let me know if this goes ahead.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:30, archived)
# you say that like it's a bad thing?
=)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:32, archived)
# if it makes people's lives easier
i could compile a mailing list of interested musos (via email) and we could divide the task like gentlemen. sound good?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:35, archived)
# aye
koit at blueyonder dot co dot uk
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:38, archived)
# added
mail me, people!

spacefish at glastonbridge dot co dot yookay
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:40, archived)
# will you make it
instrumental/choral? or just random?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:44, archived)
# random is good
not all of us have our own choir! but i suspect the nature of it will be instrumental anyway
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:48, archived)
# i think maybe a whole piece
should be made rather than a minute by minute approach as the images are not time specific.
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:03, archived)
# just read back up a bit more properly
and see you were talking about scoring to the animation so that's more what i meant.
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:05, archived)
# choral!
yay, what a top idea!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15, archived)
# so much excellence in such a condensed package
I dread to think what would happen if it got wet.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04, archived)
# Fnord!
do you have an airtight container big enough to hold so much brilliance?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:10, archived)
# yes
it's a droplet of imagination
:))) ***beaming smile***
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:44, archived)
# YAY :D thats the best stuff
+++smeaming bile+++
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:09, archived)
# Woo
Hoo !!!!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# i am
of the joyous for excuting of the downloadange, yass
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# over 4MB...
on my 40kbps connection...
that would take...calculates
over a fortnight...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:44, archived)
# hooray!
at least half an hour of download for me :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:46, archived)
# eeeek!
/beats computer to make it download faster
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:47, archived)
# er... fnord?
how the fuck do I play this? Winamp doesn't show anything and gets confused, the dreaded Windows Media Player can't. RealPlayer says I need a divX player?

Help?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:48, archived)
# you can download divx codecs is the quickest way
divx 5 is quite easy to find, you can also download a divx player that contains divx5 codecs already.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:49, archived)
# yup... I think I found it.
give me a minute or two.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:50, archived)
# Just hangs my Media Player
AND GDivx player... :( Any ideas?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:52, archived)
# try
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:57, archived)
# Nice one!
Cheers! I'll give it a go :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58, archived)
# that is one of the best things
i have ever seen in my entire life!
could we have credits in order of tweening?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:49, archived)
# i can't get over it!
you'll be submitting this to the newsletter, i hope?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:50, archived)
# I
cant see it !!!!

Help !
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:57, archived)
# look at advice above.
do you still have a problem?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59, archived)
# realaudiovideo thing
encoding at the moment.. that might turn out crap though.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:09, archived)
# Seen it now !
Fucking genius !!!

Well done all !!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12, archived)
# Yes more advanced credits can be made.
Feel free to suggest any improvements to it. I know the names at the end aren't that big or clear but I can fix that a bit tomorrow.
As long as the animation works alright. :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:51, archived)
# maybe
the associated web page should show what keyframes each contributor was given?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58, archived)
# that's a fine
suggestion
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59, archived)
# it already does
it just doesn't have the actual keyframes :)
You know what I mean though.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:11, archived)
# They're
(_, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:52, archived)
# I concur.
I'm not sure what else to say but I enjoyed it.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:53, archived)
# that is quite fantastic, yes
I had no idea what other people were doing, and I'm not totally sure which are the keyframes, but it's very funny, very silly and darned impressive! Well done to all. Long live m3tatweening!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:56, archived)
# dear god
that deserves a bleeding prize!

i'm going to watch it again
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59, archived)
# I'm having great difficulty
trying to read the board and watch that at the same time. After a few more ov these we'll be able to release 'B3ta: The movie'!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01, archived)
# Best bit?
where the cow's coat is blown of to reveal a hippo underneath.

Absolute genius.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:52, archived)
# i can't decide on a best bit
the whole thing's blown me completely away!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:54, archived)
# i like the poor man who points. very much.
and god's spelling being corrected by that germanic heraldic emblem thingy. and so much more!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:56, archived)
# yes that part was really going off on one
It is so amazing how all this appeared out of nowhere. It was just there humming along, waiting to be examined.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:59, archived)
# mate
if i ever meet you i am going to shake your hand and buy you a drink
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:02, archived)
# ditto
what a great invention
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04, archived)
# You should definitely do more of these
it's fantastic.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:02, archived)
# The whole thing is fucking ace!!!
I feel bad for not making my bit longer now. I didn't realise that some people were doing fucking feature films!!!

As a whole it is just extraordinary.

edit - and nearly 10 minutes!!!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# me neither!
I was pleased with my bit but didn't relaise there were going to be so many epics in there! :OP
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:07, archived)
# Me too!
Mine was all of 10 seconds, max.
Must try harder next time.
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:09, archived)
# you must have worked hard
on putting all this together, fnord. this is for you, for the brilliant idea, and for making it all happen:


big WOO to you!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04, archived)
# even that is not enough.
you deserve to hear from the Dog Rock Oracle too:
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05, archived)
# the above two,
naturally, go out to all involved!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:06, archived)
# thanky ( as a 21th of the team)
is the list on the webpage right, fnord? A couple of people dropped out didn't they?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:09, archived)
# One person gave up their berth in phase 1 due to a busy workload
but they're earmarked for phase 2 i think.
(oh cripes just got an e-mail from everstoned)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15, archived)
# I did 010-011,
not izb
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:10, archived)
# WOo cockaloum to that woo yay
it's still one of my all time faves!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:31, archived)
# Quincy, Stephen Hawking,
and Werthers Originals.

Inspired.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:14, archived)
# Fucking hell!
That was fantastic. Massive woos and yays to everyone involved.

The badger sequence in particular was awesome.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:53, archived)
# Yes definitely
an awful lot of b3tanhours were put into this and everyone's done their bit very well. I loved how some bits came together.
I'll be putting the keyframes on the webpage so you can see exactly what the breakpoints were.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01, archived)
# I'm assuming when the
screen flashes, that was a break-point - it might flow even better if you remove those?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# yes that was one reason why i did another hour+ of encoding another version
to try and get rid of these. I overlapped each segment by a part of a second to try and get rd of them but couldn't face another attempt and encoding tonight.
They're on the list though. Cheers.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:24, archived)
# I'm gonna have to watch it again now...
just to seehow all the bits join.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# Ta
mate!!!
That was mine :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:18, archived)
# Donloading now at 42.6Kbps...
14% done....
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:56, archived)
# ETA
4 3 21 minutes
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 22:58, archived)
# Fucking hell
that's bizarre! Woo!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12, archived)
# And the Acadamy Award® for
Wooness in the field of Yay goes to...

B3ta, and Fnord!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:01, archived)
# That was mad
A woo, a yay, a houpla and a panowie for Fnord and all the other geniuses involved in that!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:03, archived)
# i don't know what dial-up users are gonna say
but i don't care, that is deserving of
AND
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:04, archived)
# i'm gonna
make a new woo, just for this.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:30, archived)
# Good Lord
That's amazing.

Part of me wants to know who did what, but the other part says that's missing the point.

Awestruck wooyays...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:05, archived)
# woo that am de best!
i had no idea where each bit ended and what not. is that a sign?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:06, archived)
# it's bizarre, yet it feels so right
this definitely reveals a hive mind at work.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:17, archived)
# bizarre isn't it?
There aren't really any major crashing transformations, and a lot of them are really pretty smooth. I don't know where some of the keyframes are at all...
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:22, archived)
# Oh, Fnord, that was incredible!
Thank you so much. Near-flawless editing - although at the end there's a full screen shot of the medal twice, why is that?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:06, archived)
# er those are some of the not wuite 100% problems I mentioned
the reappearance of the medal is due to me messing up in giving out the keyframes so 2 versions of that segment were made so i jammed them both together.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:27, archived)
# I'd just like to say that that
registers a fnord
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:08, archived)
# I think you may now have found out what's the top of the scale...
...boyond Fnord... lies "m3tatween meltdown"!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:11, archived)
# Is that
a March Hare, a Hatter and badgers?
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:11, archived)
# Got the software
Got the avi
My mind is messed.
Absolutely *superb*! Woo Yay Houpla!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:12, archived)
# Fuck me
Very funny.

Made me wish I'd ......

a) had better start and end frames
b) spent more time on my gif
c) had a stranger brain, like some of the strange python inspired lunatics who were also involved.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15, archived)
# VERY
Python-esque I thought......
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:20, archived)
# i think this is also
the longest string of most extreme praise i've seen on here too!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:15, archived)
# make it longer!
as it deserves it.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:18, archived)
# Woo
and yay..........best thing ever !!!

not just because I was involved........oh no........brilliance all round :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21, archived)
# I really was amazed as bits came in and started joing together so easily
I was actually a bit scared when things went a bit TOO well. I was just glad everyone didn't use the same kitten otherwise i'd have had to run off and hide away for 6 months.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:30, archived)
# it deserves it. it really is truly great.
it reinforces my belief in the weird but brilliant nature of the human spririt.

chuck a couple more wooyays on the barbie

(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:21, archived)
# woo for the Fnord!!
17 minutes of downloading left, but im sure its going to be great!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:16, archived)
# see how good you think it is?
it's at least that to the power of woo good.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:20, archived)
# until you've seen it
you can't anticipate how good it will be. because you've never seen anything like it!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:23, archived)
# come on, freshy!
I think you're damning it with faint praise there... it's even better than that!!!
sorry
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:26, archived)
# i did hesitate before posting that
we should have all said it was crap.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:31, archived)
# i'm feeling sorry for the people having to sit there watching the little bar chug along
while we all say how amazing it is.
They'll see soon enough though :)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:33, archived)
# ive got it on my desktop ready to go!
im just about to finish downloading Divx!!!

getting excited:D
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:41, archived)
# wooOOoo
oooOOOOooOOOOoooooOOOO!!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:45, archived)
# right!,
got DivX on, unfortunately the vid clip didnt download properly (only got 1.63M) so now im downloading it again!!

(still quite excited, though)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:56, archived)
# woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo
woo

hoo!

superb.

god, i wish i'd done more for mine. i love the badger sequence. /ovation for all involved!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:20, archived)
# Thanks !
:)
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:25, archived)
# I had a feeling
that was yours!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:42, archived)
# FUCKING BRILLIANT
look what you've made me do. capitals and expletives. two things i don't normally do. but i also don't normally see anything that makes my mind do as many backflips as that did.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:22, archived)
# and on that note...
I'm going to bed.
Well done everybody.
I'm going to be dreaming that.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:28, archived)
# you already
are mate :)
night night.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:33, archived)
# i'm off now too,
while that's still in my mind. i should have most excellent dreams tonight!

thanks to all of you who were involved. most especially fnordus.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:35, archived)
# .
THAT

IS

INCREDIBLE!
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:33, archived)
# fuck me.

s'wonderful.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:36, archived)
# sweet
baby
jesus

that's way cool! technically top of the class and it's funny too!

it's taken me ages to download on my rubbish modem.
(, Sun 12 Jan 2003, 23:43, archived)
# Bizarre
and incredibly gorgeous. Awesome in the true Eddie Izzard approved sense of the word. Really. Wow.
(, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 0:14, archived)