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Hey, new guy here!

I was always a huge fan of the original TrackManias, so I recently decided to get TrackMania 2. I attempted to make my first TrackMania video, which is a montage. I love making montages so it would be cool to know what you guys think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2iOXLYiIXQ

Looks good. You did a nice job. I can see you put some time into that.

Demented wrote:Looks good. You did a nice job. I can see you put some time into that.

Thanks a lot! Yeah, I spent a few weeks on it trying to get the right camera angles and recording all the ghost replays.

Some nice cams. (especially 2:00 where the stad car is breaking into the screen from the right; 2:14; 2:40)
I seemed to me the cam work became better in the second half (after the 1:30 break), but maybe it's just a feeling or coincidence.
Good that the clips are synced to the music without overdoing it.

One small thing: While most cams are smooth there are a few where the cam is a bit jumpy (0:50). But that's just at 2-3 cams and almost not visible.

And i like your funky intro music

Nice one.

niku wrote:Some nice cams. (especially 2:00 where the stad car is breaking into the screen from the right; 2:14; 2:40)
I seemed to me the cam work became better in the second half (after the 1:30 break), but maybe it's just a feeling or coincidence.
Good that the clips are synced to the music without overdoing it.

One small thing: While most cams are smooth there are a few where the cam is a bit jumpy (0:50). But that's just at 2-3 cams and almost not visible.

And i like your funky intro music

Nice one.

Thanks man. I would agree with you on the 1:30 break. I learned as I was creating the video, hence why it got better in the second half.

I do struggle with getting a smooth camera however, since no matter what transition option I select (hermite/linear etc.) the camera seems to either jump around or fly through the ground randomly and it gets irritating. Thanks for pointing it out though, it could definitely do with some improvement.

Very well done!

My favs cams are at 0:36 & 1:32.

Keep going!

Doomsee wrote:I do struggle with getting a smooth camera however, since no matter what transition option I select (hermite/linear etc.) the camera seems to either jump around or fly through the ground randomly and it gets irritating.

Try using the "Camera Custom" more, rather than "Camera Path" and with time and practice you'll get a feel for it.
You can really do a lot with "Camera Custom" especially using combinations of Target, Anchor and AnchorRot.

Demented wrote:

Doomsee wrote:I do struggle with getting a smooth camera however, since no matter what transition option I select (hermite/linear etc.) the camera seems to either jump around or fly through the ground randomly and it gets irritating.

Try using the "Camera Custom" more, rather than "Camera Path" and with time and practice you'll get a feel for it.
You can really do a lot with "Camera Custom" especially using combinations of Target, Anchor and AnchorRot.

I've always used Camera Custom rather than Camera Path. The weird thing, however, is that I can't actually insert a new Camera Custom track, since the option isn't there. I always have to "borrow" one from the default replay.

Very nice work here

Nice job m8! You did a great job syncing the music at the start, that's always hard as heck to do

Got one question though, did you record using Fraps/Bandicam or did you shoot the video from TM itself?