FRAPS Help Needed


Captain_Morgan_EU

 

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OK, just downloaded this to make a game demo and managed to get it recording.

Main problem I have now is all the UI showing up. Is there any way to remove this?


 

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Yeah there is: Ingame go to the options-menu.
I think under 'keymapping' you can asign a button to 'remove UI' or 'don't show' UI or something.
This does however remove evrything, including speech bubbles and you have to activate
powers by hitting the right keys on your keyborad.
You can't remove the UI afterwards, if that is what you were looking for.
I just made my first movie with it: Tommy Furr has a gun .
I hope this answer was what you wanted...

EDIT: i dont know if i'm allowed to say this but instead of the demo there is a crack available online...


 

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Kin, if you use the demorecord function you can get the action devoid of the ui.

Type /demorecord nameofdemo

and demostop to turn on/off.

These are located in the COH folder in the subfolder client_demos.

Open using tweakCOH or khainestars demoediting program (link in his sig) and then record using fraps there.

US thread on demorecording that tells you all you need to know


 

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that sounds like a great idea!


 

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Yeah King Demorecord is fantastic you get no UI whatsoever.

Ive just finished my fisrt move much like you take a look
Here


 

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how did you manage to keep the quality that high?
it looks awesome! Mine looks like that on my comp at home
but sucks on google video.


 

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how did you manage to keep the quality that high?
it looks awesome! Mine looks like that on my comp at home
but sucks on google video.

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I'm hoping the next one will be EVEN BETTER QUALITY!!!

I'm thinking about writing a tutorial about making video for the internet that would cover some of the new technologies and how to go about doing it, the programs you might need and hosting companies who don't mind you posting video.

Miss is doing a wonderful job though. I had to modify what I was telling her when I realised we didn't have the right software for it but hopfully that will be sorted out with the next one.

Everything else she has learnt herself. I'm so proud of her!


 

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when i was done editing my video, using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0,
the file size turned out to be 383MB for a 1.38 minute film.
What did you guys use and please tell me who is hosting that vid,
cause i want to keep my quality if i continue doing this.


 

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when i was done editing my video, using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0,
the file size turned out to be 383MB for a 1.38 minute film.
What did you guys use and please tell me who is hosting that vid,
cause i want to keep my quality if i continue doing this.

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Premiere 2.0's a great program. I use it for Ask A Ben's post-editing stuff (as well as the fact that Vegas Video doesn't recognise the CoH demo's, for some reason) - but you might think about shrinking it down to a 3 meg WMV, if you have the capabilities, as you lose almost no video quality, and the filesize compression is brilliant.


 

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Help me Ben/Guardian! I wish i new how to do that.
I've only made one vid sofar and i can barely use the program.
If you have some pointers/advice i would love it!


 

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Help me Ben/Guardian! I wish i new how to do that.
I've only made one vid sofar and i can barely use the program.
If you have some pointers/advice i would love it!

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Okay. Here's what I do when making a demo vid. This might not be how others do it, and it may not be the best for you, but it works for me. I'm going to assume you've made the necessary avi files using Fraps. I'm sure you're sick of hearing "do /demorecord" stuff. Not that it isn't helpful, because it is - but you know that already.

1. Take the CoH demo avi into Premiere, and save it again in another directory, labelled "demo vids", or something similar. (I'll explain why in a second)
2. Get onto BitTorrent, etc, and find/download 'Vegas Video'. It isn't made by Sonic Foundry anymore, so you won't find it in shops, etc. Therefore, it isn't theft.
3. Open the video in Vegas Video.
4. Do any editing in Vegas. It's much more user friendly than Premiere 2.0 (it should be noted that you CANNOT use MP3s, though. Any music you want to add MUST be wma or wav format. It should also be noted that Vegas Video can't read the original AVI file, for reasons unknown)
5. Render as a 3MB WMV, Version 8. Length depending, it should be fairly low in terms of filesize, and with a barely noticeable reduction in quality. As an example, the average Ask A Ben episode, in AVI format, can be anywhere from 200-500 MB, and that's just a few minutes long. The WMV version (version 8, not version 9) is around 30-40 MB. Quite a difference.
10) Upload to the video hosting site of your choice.


 

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Happy Birthday!

Sorry, fraps what? What was the question?


 

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OK, I've downloaded COH Tweak but can't find this Khainestar guys ID on the forum.

Can find some posts he made on teh old boards by goolging him but it won't let me access the links as the board was wiped.

Anyone got a link to it?