[Noble]

Pro sig makers (shasha, BR7, Mr.??, etc) before any of you go and make a tutorial on how to make good graphic signatures, I present you with another option. Since the web is flooded with tutorials, why not do a video recording of your process? This goes along the lines of the OpenCanvas event files, and people learn very quickly from them.
Tools you could use:
Camstudio: http://sourceforge.n...ects/camstudio/
-To record your computer screen activity

DivX http://www.divx.com
-To compress the recording so its size is not too big

Settings you could use (yeah, im jumping on this :h: ):
Some settings you should try:
in Camstudio: The slider in video options to 30, so that frame input
is 30 fps and output is 30fps

in DivX: from camstudio video options select divx as the codec and
then go to configure
Select unconstrained for the profile, and extreme or insane quality
(if your computer is powerful enough).

Afterwards you can use Winrar or Winzip to further reduce the file size
If you need any help with this process, please PM me or reply here.

What do ya think?

[BR7]

:l: Thanks that is a good idea I will give it a try.I am one of the ones that gets it a lot quicker if I see it it computes better in my brain lol

[Noble]

Heh, thanks. This includes you, Kytayle, I know you are reading this (err... were)!

Getting started can be time consuming, so pick out a good time BR7.

[MR.??]

WEEEE Im considered a pro Sig Maker :l:

Yes though this does seem to be a good idea, hmmm Video Tutorial.....Then you dont have to go through the hassle of trying to recall PERFECTLY all of the steps you took to making a good Signature. Of course then you must also realize that it would take alot of time to load for those without High Speed Modems, am I right? I'll think about it I suppose.

[Noble]

Considering that I download stuff +150 mbs on a 17 k/s dload speed cap regularly, Im sure people can manage. Just set it to download overnight via GetRight, which will turn your pc off automatically when its done. So please consider it! <-(and 56kers get Getright)
Yeah, according to my calculations, if the vid resolution is resized to 640x480 and a decent quality is offered + 15 mins of video (you can manage that can't you?) -then expect something from 20mb-35mb max.
Some problems... we have no such host to manage such large file transfers. We could seed it in bittorrent... yeah I really should have thought about this more.

Final problem, Im sure under the pressure of something new you won't be able to get under 15 mins, so Im willing to edit it all for you guys and release a clean version. If you have a mic you can add voice commentary via CamStudio, I can clean that up too.

[fencepost]

I was actually considering something like this about 2 weeks ago to improve my tutorials, but then decided against it for various reasons.

However, and I know this is off-topic, but I went with a screen capture software form bobyte called AviScreen classic. I just save it as an avi and open it in gimp and save it back as a gif. Avi files created this way are very large because will only accept them in an uncompressed format, but when you trim out excess frames and use gif optimize, you can compress them quite a bit. I think it's been a big help, especially for my "Creating Paths" tutorial. It only took me about 5 minutes to do each animated gif (from start of capture to saving as a gif) versus .5 hour creating the animation by hand.

Just something to consider.

Art

[Noble]

Thats a good idea (GIF), but with camstudio you can also save as swf (flash animation) which is good on filesize. Could you go over why you decided against making a video recording? maybe it'll help these guys make a better decision.

[fencepost]

There were a couple of reasons, but for the most part, I just decided it was too much effort. Not as far as learning the software or anything, but I've just been spending a lot of time doing tutorials and didn't want to add another "layer" of work to it. Because my intent was to do both a written tutorial AND a video.

Other considerations were file size for dial-up users and where would I store them for download.

The gif thing has actually cut down on my tutorial time because I don't have to worry about how I need to present it. Just do a screenshot and go!

But don't let my comments keep anyone from going the way you've posted. I think it's an excellent idea. Especially, if you've got the time to do it.

Art

[apizzle]

get to work, i'd have sweeet sigs...if you don't know where to go

http://www.google.com

search
hypercam

[curly haired boy]

hmmm. would you all be interested in a curly video sig tut?

[Blazeboy]

This was made a wee bit over a year ago. I doubt anyone is currently making a tute with this... Well maybe curly. I myself hate video tutes because my comp can't play it. Why oh why is my computer so crappy :c:.

[curly haired boy]

hmmm. considering how single image tuts cause loading problems for some members, a video tut might be even worse. :P

[MotoXguy]

HOLY CRAP you brought back a topic from 2005!!!! also i have dialup so im 100% against this one