I don't especially consider myself a video editor even if I have technically created animated video files, but I might take a stab at this.

There was something I was planning to post in the next day or two for stupidfunsies, but maybe I'll turn it into some kind of weird DBO intro before I do.

This will be generated with the help of MATLAB (Video editing software? What's that?), it will reference Destiny, and it will align with technical decisions Bungie made when developing Halo 3. It also might wind up looking extremely stupid, but whatever.

I think we're done here. I accept PayPal.

I feel like any effort against Schooly is futile but...

Riddled with iMovie sound effects, I present:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQCl_jUWEeQ

Sorry, I don't know how to embed.

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E3 is right around the corner, and a handful of DBO staffers will be there to witness the proceedings. While I won't foolishly promise tons of video coverage, it's quite likely we'll have some sort of camera on hand whenever permissible.

Here's how you can add some class to our community footage: Help us create a title card (e.g. intro animation) for official DBO videos!

• Try to incorporate the DBO logo, if possible. (logo vector file here)
  
• You don't have to stick to the colors shown above.
  
• Adding text with "DBO" or "Destiny.Bungie.Org" is something to consider, but is optional. I believe the title font used on the front page is Century Gothic.
  
• Sound is NOT necessary, though feel free to add sound effects if you wish.
  
• If you need an example, this intro was chosen at HBO a few years ago. (I think Hitmonchan planned to use it for HaloFest coverage.)
  
• Don't include the E3 logo (or any Bungie trademark) so that we can use this intro for later videos. (e.g. PAX)

If we decide to use something you created, you'll get a free DBO shirt! (Once shirts are available, that is. It should be relatively soon - we've got a design we like and have already started work on a limited test run of shirts. More details to come in a week or two.)

Please keep in mind, this isn't a contest - it's a bounty. That means we could end up going with multiple entries, or none at all. Anyone that creates something we decide to use will get a shirt though.

Technical details:

• Please render all video/animations at 720p or above.
  
• Keep it short - roughly 5-10 seconds.
  
• Upload your video to YouTube (or any similar video service); if we choose to use it, we'll figure out a way for you to get us the original file.

Tentative Deadline: Monday, June 10th. (Though as soon as you have something worth showing off feel free to post a link to it in this thread. This is a collaboration, not a contest! Sorry for the short notice; hopefully we can get this together before E3 starts, but Monday is not a strict deadline if more time is needed.)

Bonus project: Make a clip with a 3D/extruded version of the DBO logo that we can shrink and put in the corner of a video. (Be sure to use alpha channels for transparency!)

I'd love to do this but I'm about to go on a weeklong vacation and won't be back until the 11th. I'm pretty sure I could bang out something soon after that, though.

So, I was giving a presentation on spherical harmonic lighting. Pretty much what Halo 3 uses for its baked lighting maps, although I was demonstrating a less sophisticated variant.

Anyway, I noticed that some of my renders looked travellerish.

It was clear what I had to do.

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I'm leaning towards David's, with breitzen's not far behind.