TXF-vid: Scully PoV - Matches to Paper Dolls

[astarte]

Artist/Song Title: Dessa - Matches to Paper Dolls
Subject: The X Files, Scully PoV, Scully/Mulder
Summary: ’Built like a moth you see - I still get chills when you talk to me.‘ Truth is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Length: 03:31 | Size: 59 MB | Format: 720x400 - AVI - zip
Links: megaupload, mediafire, permanent link

So uhm, I think I broke my speed record on vidding TXF - under a week. Not bad. Perhaps one day xandra_ptv will stop making fun of me. The song was a gift, I discovered Dessa through giandujakiss amazing Nikita video Seamstress, because vids are the way to go to discover unknown artists, fandoms and shows. After listening to the album on repeat for four days, 'Matches to Paper Dolls' suddenly hit me as perfect Scully song. One week later I have a finished vid. I love when creativity strikes.

Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

I'm actually here about your vid cover, rather than the vid itself. Did you do the coloring on the main image of Scully? If so, can I ask how you got it to look so gorgeous and pastel? It's absolutely lovely, and I love how it makes her eyes stand out like that. I am new to Photoshop, and I'd love to learn to do something like that.

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

This cover was actually done in under ten minutes, I used an action from rocked-out (http://rocked-out.deviantart.com/gallery/), sadly when I checked to give you the set number I saw that s/he removed most of her stuff. But a few action sets are still available. You should definitely check the galleries out. I uploaded this particular set of rocked-out here (http://www.mediafire.com/?43ps9wa01qp4bht), I'll remove it once you download it. I used PS Action 48 on that blend. So you download the zip, unzip it and put it into Adobe - Presets - Actions and double click on the set. Now it should load in PS and there you can play the action, but I would recommend to use a copy of the original project to possible undo the changes.

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

Oh I just saw, that it must have been a different action than 48, but you will still get the idea -

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Um, I think I must be more of a novice at PS than even I realized, because I don't know what an "action" is. Could you explain?

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

Actions in PS are automated work steps, they make life so much easier. You can for example record the workflow if you always use certain basic effects to lighten up icons after you cropped them. And then you have the more elaborate actions like the ones from rock-out, which are basically a recording of the way the artist manipulated the coloring in their ps. After you loaded them in your PS and press play they simulate the coloring.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! Thanks! :)

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

I was so happy when I first discovered them, because you can reduce the time-consuming recurring tasks enormously, if you work for example with screencaps and then really work with individual coloring. So you're very welcome.