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Title: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 25, 2010, 04:13:35 AM
W00T, I am starting to make emulations :biggrin: Well, here is my best one. I have another one, but has a few problems with queing. (I know the warning screen and the LDL on the warning screen looks crappy, but please, watch the LF! It's really good to me and other people :) )

WeatherStar Jr D Flavor and Tornado warning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2sLasZSuY#)

Features: Malibu by Eddie Reasoner (At least, I do believe it was him).

I wan't ideas for ad crawls. If anyone has suggestions, post them here or PM me ;)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Localonthe8s on April 25, 2010, 09:46:46 AM
W00T, I am starting to make emulations :biggrin: Well, here is my best one. I have another one, but has a few problems with queing. (I know the warning screen and the LDL on the warning screen looks crappy, but please, watch the LF! It's really good to me and other people :) )

WeatherStar Jr D Flavor and Tornado warning ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE2sLasZSuY#[/url])

Features: Malibu by Eddie Reasoner (At least, I do believe it was him).

I wan't ideas for ad crawls. If anyone has suggestions, post them here or PM me ;)

Very good Curt! Wut are ya doing up at 4am? xD
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 25, 2010, 12:05:10 PM
Ohh, couldn't sleep  :P But hey, it's great that you like it :)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 25, 2010, 05:35:07 PM
Yay! An new one  B)

WeatherStar Junior - Foggy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT1WwVsul1E#)

Features New West by Peter Buffet.
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Mike M on April 26, 2010, 07:06:57 PM
I love these! Did you use After Effects?
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 26, 2010, 11:17:06 PM
I love these! Did you use After Effects?

Premiere B) I hear that After Effects isn't to diffucult when you just get use to the software. I got used to Premiere very quickly.

Also, WeatherStar XL V3 emulator. NOTE... There are problems with the font and font sizes. If anyone can tell me what font to use and font size in a spicific spot, that would be wonderful to help make the emulation look better.
WeatherStar XL - Concept (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs73oU0UR-Q#)

Enjoy!
Any my special thanks to LFMusicFan :)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 27, 2010, 02:41:42 AM
Sorry for a dreaded double post, but thought i'd put up another video for the night.

WeatherStar XL - Corrected Fonts with Dense Fog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbfq3AUELkc&feature=youtube_gdata#)

I modified the text's font style and size ;) So far so good.
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 27, 2010, 09:31:03 PM
Yay, a triple post. Just my luck :biggrin: Anyways, heres a new emulation with animated icons... well... more animated icons :P
WeatherStar XL - Freeze Warning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIbSmpzW7Io#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on May 31, 2010, 12:10:40 AM
Here's my newest, and somewhat "revamped" XL emulation.
I understand that the fonts are , again, wrong most likely.
I also understand that the ad crawl is too fast and the font is wrong on the ad crawl  :hammer: My apologies for that.

WeatherStar XL - New Beta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PK-4eMBIC0#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on May 31, 2010, 04:46:47 PM
Here's an update to the last one. I fixed the ad crawl, but I just didnt include it since I couldn't think of an ad :P I indeed fixed the text shadowing, which made it look MUCH better to me.

WeatherStar XL - New Segments and Corrected Text Shadowing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAGqs0NouCs#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on June 01, 2010, 09:02:47 PM
Here's my latest emulation. I added the date and clock, and adjusted the icons, temp bars, etc. I also added the Radar segment (Lacking radar immagery, though  :hmm:

WeatherStar XL - 6/1/2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWt44IZmyeU#)
Enjoy! (Available in HD as well... :P )
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on June 13, 2010, 05:48:59 PM
Aspen, Colorado WeatherStar Jr - Blizzard Statement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo3I3zO_Hy4#)
My appologies for misspelling multiple things, and mixing things up in the statement crawl :yes:
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on July 11, 2010, 11:49:49 PM
I feel as if this is my most realistic one to date.
WeatherStar Junior - Revived! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thRZ6xtVjJU#)
"She Likes To Watch" by The Rippingtons. If you ask why it sounds funny, it's because I was trying out a high-pass filter ;)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Localonthe8s on July 12, 2010, 02:15:05 PM
I feel as if this is my most realistic one to date.
WeatherStar Junior - Revived! ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thRZ6xtVjJU#[/url])
"She Likes To Watch" by The Rippingtons. If you ask why it sounds funny, it's because I was trying out a high-pass filter ;)

Very nice! I wanna emulate a Junior like that but I don't have any proper programs to do so. The song sounds very HD like. :D
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on July 20, 2010, 01:48:31 AM
Here's something that isn't a STAR, but an Emergency Alert System emulation. This looks identical to the one in East Lansing (Comcast). I faked the data you see and hear :thumbsup:
My EAS Recreation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCtgGs5HGlE#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on September 19, 2010, 08:11:05 PM
Well since I haven't been making emulators since about July, I made this. This is a WeatherStar 3000 emulator without a LDL. I will fix that later. And also notice the radar segment. The real 3000's had one of these. The cable providor would plug the unit into a telephone line, and it would download a radar image from the NWS (If I am correct). Anyways, enjoy! :smoke2:

WeatherStar 3000 - No LDL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjuJIcXvq8#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Charismatic Applesauce on September 19, 2010, 10:33:55 PM
Well since I haven't been making emulators since about July, I made this. This is a WeatherStar 3000 emulator without a LDL. I will fix that later. And also notice the radar segment. The real 3000's had one of these. The cable providor would plug the unit into a telephone line, and it would download a radar image from the NWS (If I am correct). Anyways, enjoy! :smoke2:

WeatherStar 3000 - No LDL ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjuJIcXvq8#[/url])
Nice work! :yes:
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on October 21, 2010, 10:59:20 PM
My most recent, a WeatherStar 3000 with a emulated LDL. I also changed how the radar comes in. And, I am sorry for the "roundish" fonts... the file format caused that (WMV). Anyways, comments and suggestions appreciated :)
On an Cool Evening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBsUB48DsU#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on November 21, 2010, 02:17:33 AM
Here's my latest. I know that the text on the LDL is not aligned properly. I will fix it in the next emulation of the Junior B)

Woodland Park - WeatherStar Junior (Emulated) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ua9nih11bY#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: TWCmatthew on November 21, 2010, 09:36:50 AM
Nice job!  :clap:  :yes:
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on November 21, 2010, 02:23:54 PM
Nice job!  :clap:  :yes:
Thanks :)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Matty45251 on April 03, 2011, 02:15:14 PM
Do you remember where you got the animated icons or did you make them?
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 05, 2011, 08:31:25 PM
Do you remember where you got the animated icons or did you make them?
I got them off of the forum. I don't know if they are available anymore... sorry :pinch:
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on April 12, 2011, 07:55:37 PM
Latest emulation I have made by my self (Got help on some fonts from Zach :happy: ). Enjoy, and please comment! :)
Just noticed: The transitions between the 36 hour segments are wrong... I'll have to fix them :)
Lansing IntelliStar - 4-10-2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdNrOz98OU#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on June 14, 2011, 03:55:40 AM
After some time, I have made a WeatherStar 4000 emulator in After Effects... my first serious project :yes:

Here it is!
WeatherStar 4000 - Smokey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftooc2mBoQ8#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on June 14, 2011, 06:53:22 PM
A little more realistic, for the Los Angeles area :biggrin:

WeatherStar 4000 - Southern California (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-knFIAvg_so#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: curtjr4 on November 06, 2011, 11:06:18 PM
First one I have made in a while. WeatherStar III with the radar insert, revisited. I made some adjustments :yes:
Mason-Jewett WeatherStar III - 11/6/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZBWCynR7_Q#)
Title: Re: Curt's Emulations!
Post by: Localonthe8s on November 07, 2011, 12:03:11 AM
Nice job, saw it a half an hour ago. Looks very retro.