John Venema Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Ok time for a bit of fun with this. I am not the world's best FS video producer but here's what I did here. I bought a cheap little $10 tripod for my iPhone5 and pointed it towards my Macbook Pro Retina running at 2880x1800 resolution with all sliders maxxed in FSX. I then shot 1080p video clips and used the $5 iMovie app on the iPhone5 itself to edit this trailer and upload it directly to YouTube. Of course it's not perfect; you can see the laptop screen bezel in some shots and YouTube has added in some stutters during the conversion, but it's as close to sitting on my shoulder as I test the pre-alpha version of FTX Global as you can get. There are another 5-6 iMovie trailer templates I can use, so in the coming weeks I will so North America, Asia, Africa and Pacific Island mini-trailers for you all. So sit back, watch this in 1080p with the sound turned up LOUD, and enjoy! [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdC7jMjWMZA This is pure FTX Global; no other addons, no mesh, no LC - just the FTXG textures and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Brilliant, should be outstanding with FSGX and UTX. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Great vid JV,...I think the idea John, is that you won't need FSGX (?) or UTX... .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 The summer blockbuster of 2013 !!! . Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgreenwo Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Wow. Sold, I tend to only fly in Orbx regions, Now I have the whole of earth to go at. Night and day better than default and other efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Fantastic!! :o Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 If it looks that good with just textures, just imagine it with mesh and landclass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simurq Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I liked this: "Costume Designer - FTX Textures" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf2grey Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yes................This will ROCK....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep49 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Speechless,stunning,outstanding,can,t hardly wait. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Awesome Trailer John! Keep it up! Awesome scenery too! -Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfliss Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Nice job John; especially considering your tools! I sat down with my coke and popcorn and then it ended..... I've stashed it all away now, in readiness for the next video: hope the coke doesn't go flat Amazing what you can do on a limited budget; just look at John Carpenter!! Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Outstanding! What specs was the computer used to this video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoKent Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I can just hear Don LaFontaine's voice ([media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8) "In a world...where everything that is non-FTX is bland...payback will be sweet...." Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Outstanding! What specs was the computer used to this video? Specs are in my sig There is no fancy tricks used, this is a pure video shot from my phone, edited on the phone, and then uploaded direct to YT. The only thing I am miffed at is the slight stutters introduce either by the iPhone or YouTube's codecs. In reality the MBP Retina runs downtown Paris smooth as silk all sliders maxed at 30FPS locked using the nVidia Inspector external FPS lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfliss Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 John are you using Bootcamp 5, 4, 3? Last week I lost my Bootcamp partition (which was made in Snow leopard before I upgraded to Mountain Lion) during a power cut and had to reinstall it. Upon making a fresh Bootcamp partition in Mountain Lion I learnt that my Windows Enterprise disk was no longer supported in Bootcamp 5; only versions 4 and below: I thought I was stuffed! So, I had remove ML, install SL, make a Bootcamp partition, install Windows, then boot into OSX and install ML...phew These are the supported versions of Windows in Bootcamp 5: Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8 Pro (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Enterprise versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 are not supported. So for any mac users looking to update to Mountain Lion; be careful if you have to make a new partition. Sorry for the over long description, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yeah a bit long LOL. This is a new MBP Retina 2012 so it came with the latest OSX version and Bootcamp drivers out of the box. It has performed flawlessly for me these past two months, hands down the best FS development machine I have used. OK for those who want to see more of Paris, low and slow and at dusk with the alpha test new 3D lighting, here's one I made last week as a test (run it full screen at 1080p though!): [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYY0z6o8Cac Excuse my ugly mug in the laptop screen reflection when I change time of day, LOL! This vid shows the incredible density of the autogen (maxxed) and you can occasionally see the FPS counter top left. Smooth as silk. Imagine this on a 4.6Ghz current top-end Intel and GTX680 huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Abso-f***-lutely great!!! Great vids anyway JV. Sometimes the iPhone cam gets a little underestimated. I leke filming with it and combined with the ollo clip its a good and cheap alternativ to a gopro. It has a good stabilizer inside so I took some cool inflight cockpit vids with it Unfortunately i cannot make em available online. Greetz MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFlySimX Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 WOW wow wow!! Thats all there is to say! I have an FTX - Global piggy bank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Simply incredible thanks so much for these videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 What a great video! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrat Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 OK. Sold. I'll take it. I wasn't going to... but I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie_2 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You know what's funny? I'll tell you: Instead of capturing the video with Fraps for getting top quality and editing it using cool effects like other FS-developers do, JV simply uses his iPhone camera. And it looks freakin' awesome. This is, well, just Orbx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Cajic Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Now this is one addon that will certainly be a sucess I think. Can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vor_Active Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Hello all. At first I liked the idea of FTX GLOBAL. Everyday I was following the discussions with a great interest about how the installation will be, setups, impacts on the framerates and the like. There were also many stunning photos followed, and from the very beginning I was considering myself to jump on the FTX GLOBAL boat. Today there were 2 preview videos that made me speechless! only one word. OUTSTANDING! People like you bring our hobby into higher standards. Congratulations ORBX Team. Will other Continents have the same detail as FTX GLOBAL EU we saw today on the preview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Damn, so that's what FSX with max Autogen looks like! So now I have to get this and figure out how to make this box more powerful to take full advantage of everything this add on will offer..... Thanks for the preview vids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 That was 'EPIC'! What a good advert for the iphone iMovie app - getting it right now. Loved the credits, you can have alot of fun with those. And the retina screen is excellent, I totally forgot I was watching a video of a screen. Enjoyed making my Youtube comment though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 And I just saw the second one, wow the dusk section, and all those objects! Truly amazing. Stoopid camera keeps doing tiny focus adjustments, but it's actually quite cool - i thought is was some snazzy iMovie effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greybeard Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Well J.V. I think you should be SENT to Boot Camp for giving us such a short sharp lesson! It does'nt half look good though eh? Even with my pension discount I didn't think I would be able to afford "Global" but if I can just trim Her Indoors expenditure I might just be able to swing it. Perhaps another couple of snippets will do the trick. Cheers, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Incredible video, looking forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reiffer Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Excellent videos, John. If I am not mistaken you have managed to erase all the default.xml autogen crap that is totally out of place in Europe, such as US water towers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deetee Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Great vid JV,...I think the idea John, is that you won't need FSGX (?) or UTX... .... The way I read it FTX Global will be a texture & autogen replacement pack, and will not change terrain features such as roads, rivers and coastlines. Therefore Ultimate Terrain X which does change terrain features, will be needed outside Orbx regions just as it is now and should complement FTX Global very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Excellent videos, John. If I am not mistaken you have managed to erase all the default.xml autogen crap that is totally out of place in Europe, such as US water towers etc. Yes, Europe looks like... Europe The way I read it FTX Global will be a texture & autogen replacement pack, and will not change terrain features such as roads, rivers and coastlines. Therefore Ultimate Terrain X which does change terrain features, will be needed outside Orbx regions just as it is now and should complement FTX Global very well. The choice is yours; UTX, SceneryTech, OpenVFR, TRUElandscape, etc - there are many LC/vector/geodata enhancement products on the market which will work seamlessly with FTX Global. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmniAtlas Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 These look great! If you could do some Asian country videos that would also be great -- China? Lijiang river, Guangxi, China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 The way I read it FTX Global will be a texture & autogen replacement pack, and will not change terrain features such as roads, rivers and coastlines. Therefore Ultimate Terrain X which does change terrain features, will be needed outside Orbx regions just as it is now and should complement FTX Global very well. Aah, OK, I see. Thanks for the explanation. BTW, so what would be the best product to improve terrain mesh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Terrain mesh for most parts of the world can be sourced from FSGlobalX, FSGenesis, FS Dreamscapes and many freeware meshes are also available for specific areas of the world. What I would recommend is firstly just install FTX Global and check out your favourite areas with default mesh, then perhaps invest in mesh for mountainous areas you like to fly in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortspecialbus Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Hi John, I would love to see either some screenshots or videos of Poland. Drzewiecki Design does some great airports (and sceneries in general) for Poland, so I feel it's an often overlooked place that actually has some great potential. I suppose I also like flying around Poland since I've actually been there and my wife is Polish. Any chance you could show some previews of that? For what it's worth, I have fsgenesis mesh, UTX Europe, and SceneryTech Landclass for Europe. Thanks! -stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'll see what I can do. I was flying over Warsaw a few days ago and it looked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 WOW!!!! This scenery is starting to grow on me like a drug. I need it! I want it! LOL I would love to see NYC rendered with such great detail. JV please post your settings and everything we will need to experience what I see in the 2nd video. Thank you and to your team for continuing to develop mind-blowing sceneries for FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deetee Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Yep this is looking absolutely stonking and for sure will be a must buy. I would even go so far as to say a game changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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