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SHUFFLE! game OP movie

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I just had my physics common test today. Biology is up tomorrow. My suffering is almost over! ぶぃV

Anyway, I spent my time yesterday practising karaoke styling instead of revising physics. I rock at life. This time it’s Mirage Lullaby by YURIA, the PC-version OP of SHUFFLE!.

( Torrent | Direct download )

SHUFFLE!

Read on if you are interested in the technical stuff.

The fade-to-grey effect is really just a modified version of 6-simple-effect.lua that is included with Aegisub. I added a bunch of \fad() and \move() for the movement. I was actually going to make something funkier with spins and stuff, but it’s too time consuming and I’m too lazy to write my own Lua script to speed things up.

Comparing this to my YoakeMae OP…

One line of ro-maji in YoakeMae:

{\kf110}ikusen {\kf54}mono {\kf54}mono{\kf157}gatari {\k2} {\k6} {\kf116}tooku {\kf101}inishie {\kf110}ni

One line of ro-maji in SHUFFLE!:

{\a1\move(110,470,160,470,0,6980)\fad(100,300)}
{\r\t(1100,1500,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf24}a
{\r\t(1340,1740,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf58}na
{\r\t(1920,2320,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf47}ta
{\r\t(2390,2790,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf24}e
{\r\t(2630,3030,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf30}to
{\r\t(3330,4330,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf150}
{\r\t(4430,4830,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf60}tsu
{\r\t(5030,5430,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf47}dzu
{\r\t(5500,5900,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf48}ku
{\r\t(5980,6380,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf21}ko
{\r\t(6190,6590,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf33}no
{\r\t(6520,6920,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf67}mi
{\r\t(7190,7590,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf52}chi
{\r\t(7710,8100,\1c&H808080&
\2c&H808080&\alpha&H55&)\kf12}wo

I have never really paid much attention to the various Vobsub syntax documentations before this, but now that I have, it seems to me that it has a fricking lot of limitations (such as no overlapping of \t timings and one \move per line) and typesetters use all sorts of crazy hacks to achieve the results they want, usually involving multiple layers of the same line formatted and clipped in various manners. Of course, the smarter ones use Adobe After Effects instead… but that’s not hardcore and pure enough!

Moral of the story: Learn Lua or die when you try to manually time funky karaoke effects in microseconds.

14 responses

  1. LianYL Avatar
    LianYL

    I wanted to start a karaoke project but the AMVs themselves are the worst part of the whole thing. I hate video editing. BTW why do you have to script in Aegisub? I thought it’s rather brainless GUI?

  2. DarkMirage Avatar
    DarkMirage

    Hell no. Aegisub is superior to notepad in every possible way even if you refuse to use the features it offers because it feels too much like cheating.

    It lets you view your changes in realtime, time the basic karaoke (\k only) real fast and then add in the funky effects with a Lua automation script.

  3. bj0rN Avatar
    bj0rN

    LoL! DM sure has loads of time. Wish I had time to do those stuffs.

  4. LianYL Avatar
    LianYL

    DM >> Tutorial!

  5. Jade Maehara Avatar
    Jade Maehara

    If you want a Direct Download of the OP movie (without subs) you can go here:

    http://www.visual-novels.net

    It’s in the videos section. We’ve also got the Shuffle! On The Stage OP movie and loads of others from various Japanese games. Just register with us and you’re away!

  6. ZmmCool Avatar
    ZmmCool

    GG DM ! ~
    (And Aegisub roox ! ;) )

  7. EdogawaConan Avatar
    EdogawaConan

    It’s real fun when your friend, whom without karaoke experience but has some experience with subtitling (esp. aegisub), see that kind of karaoke….
    The effect you created should be doable with only k-replacer though… :P

  8. Nivexus Avatar
    Nivexus

    OMG MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS TODAY!!!!! NO MORE SCHOOL FOR EVER!!!! W00000000T!!!!!!!!! I’M GONNA DRINK TIL I CAN’T TELL REAL LIFE FROM ANIME!!!!
    Also, does anyone know if the shuffle game has been unofficially translated yet?

  9. EdogawaConan Avatar
    EdogawaConan

    Yes. Visit http://www.gamepatch.se

  10. Gloranor Avatar
    Gloranor

    “Moral of the story: Learn Lua or die when you try to manually time funky karaoke effects in microseconds. ”

    SO true.

    I tried doing more fancy stuff with my first (and only, so far) “project” (Baldr Force EXE OP) and reverted to simple /kf shortly afterwards.

    Maybe when I do Duel Savior (Justice), I’ll try again… though,#1 I have tests atm (not that big problem) and #2 just started playing Brighter than dawning blue (which makes learning for #1, well, not a priority by any means :lol: )

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  13. Nikki Kim Avatar
    Nikki Kim

    Well I’m having problems in making my own karaoke project because I don’t really have the correct tools to do it. I might do one when I am not busy and will give a link to this blog site.

  14. John Butler Avatar
    John Butler

    Thanks for the great technical information. I am also having problems in my project. It’s great to know that I am not the only one

    John

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