[RELEASE] Cock Hero - CRESCENDO

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Orgentuno wrote: Crescendo! Hi, pal. :-)
I've been waiting for some time that someone will post this video from EMP to Pornhub, or here on the forum. I did not wait, I decided to place myself. You do not mind, do you?
Hi.

I don't mind at all. You did me a favor, saved me the trouble of making an account and uploading it.
Orgentuno wrote:I indicate in comments to the video that you are the author?
If you feel like it, sure. I don't mind either way. It's your call.
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Crescendo wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:21 pm
Orgentuno wrote: Crescendo! Hi, pal. :-)
I've been waiting for some time that someone will post this video from EMP to Pornhub, or here on the forum. I did not wait, I decided to place myself. You do not mind, do you?
Hi.

I don't mind at all. You did me a favor, saved me the trouble of making an account and uploading it.
Orgentuno wrote:I indicate in comments to the video that you are the author?
If you feel like it, sure. I don't mind either way. It's your call.
This makes me like your video/work even more !
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Crescendo wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:21 pm
Orgentuno wrote: Crescendo! Hi, pal. :-)
I've been waiting for some time that someone will post this video from EMP to Pornhub, or here on the forum. I did not wait, I decided to place myself. You do not mind, do you?
Hi.

I don't mind at all. You did me a favor, saved me the trouble of making an account and uploading it.
Orgentuno wrote:I indicate in comments to the video that you are the author?
If you feel like it, sure. I don't mind either way. It's your call.
Already done some credits on Pornhub. You deserve to be famous! :-)
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Crescendo wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:54 am I might be missing something obvious, but I just did the beats manually in Vegas. There's a tutorial posted by vindicare in 2011. After the initial learning curve, it takes 20 minutes per song and it's more modular/flexible than generating beats using different software.
I didn't see that one but that's still seems like a bit more work compared to what I do. I'll probably be releasing something in near future, depending on my free time.

As for the video itself - fantastic work. Can't wait to see more from you :)
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I had A LOT of fun playing this and enjoyed it with my girlfriend playing alongside me. The editing, variety, and audio syncing are all really fantastic! This reminded me of the good early CH videos that had a lot of thought and time put into creating them. Please do more!
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PrimeSwitch wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:23 am For those who may not have noticed, Crescendo seems to have spent a TON of time syncing the motions to the stroke patterns and beats. From dance to blowjobs to fucking, it all flows extremely well! If this was your first time editing, then I look forward to your future projects. There may not have been a ton of window dressing (story, transitions between rounds, etc), but the video-editing is top notch.
I did notice this, and it’s something I tried to do well in my own CH, so I know the amount of work and fiddling that’s involved. Definitely agree on this. :)
Crescendo wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:54 am It is mostly intentional but I can see how it might be jarring. Hopefully, it comes across as playful denial and it’s not just annoying. I’m glad you enjoyed it overall, though.
Yeah, it was definitely fun. Awesome job. :)
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Great work!

Min 5:50 who is this?
from Germany, bad bad English ;-)
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PrimeSwitch wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:23 am Crescendo, YOU HAVE NATURAL TALENT!!!
I agree! The material you have used is of very high quality IMO :-)

BTW, do you know who the blonde girl at 3:08 is? :-)

Thx!
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jox wrote:Min 5:50 who is this?
BellaBrookz.
fusiontermite wrote:BTW, do you know who the blonde girl at 3:08 is? :-)
Ora Young.
brewster wrote:I had A LOT of fun playing this and enjoyed it with my girlfriend playing alongside me.
I hope she didn't mind the fact that I cropped out the male actors every chance I got. The very specific JOI probably didn't help either. Looking back, it's definitely not as couple friendly as other CH videos. :-)

Also, thanks again for all the feedback.
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Hi.

So, I did contact Crescendo asking if I could help him rendering a transparent h265 1080p version (using the slower x265 preset with some extra placebo, and multiple passes); he kindly provided near-lossless source and now here we are

https://mega.nz/#!7rQB2C6R!aUJwUrLo--kt ... 1Ty_alb1j0

Some infos: even if this file is half the size of the 1280x720 h264 MP4 currently listed in OP, it retains higher quality along with a higher resolution – according to various metrics; last but not the least, the synthetic VMAF score tells me

Code: Select all

VMAF score = 95.374992
I'll skip various gory and boring details here, anyway: if you see artefacts, they were in the sources I was given (some of the original vids weren't in 1080p to start with)

Since the sources were really diverse probably the bitrate could have been allowed to wander way more freely: so, I scheduled a peculiar third pass encode which should shrink the file down to ~350MB, with possibly visible but really minimal losses (no ETA)

As usual, please import in your mega before downloading.

And thanks to Crescendo for his amazing work.
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Initially, my plan was to upload it in 1080p, so I'd say that about 80% of the scenes I used are 1080p (not counting the ones with dodgy bitrates). In the end, I decided against it because the bigger file size would have meant a bigger hassle for the end user. I wanted it to be one click away with no other strings attached (no app, account or obligation to keep seeding a torrent). Anyway, I'm only mentioning this so you know that the h265 version isn't just an upscaling for the sake of it and that the majority of sources were 1080p.

Also, huge thanks to jogekaxe for his time, skills and hardware.
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Re: [RELEASE] Cock Hero - CRESCENDO

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Crescendo wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:54 am It is mostly intentional but I can see how it might be jarring. Hopefully, it comes across as playful denial and it’s not just annoying. I’m glad you enjoyed it overall, though.
Yeah, it was definitely fun. Awesome job. :)
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What's better then playful denial ? I sure dunno :lol:
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Really enjoyed this, one of the better CHs to come out this year (and that's saying a lot, it's been a good year).
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My complaints are few and far between but: I'm always a bit saddened/disheartened when a video of this quality doesn't have a credits at the end. With such good music and so many high quality vids/girls, its a shame that there isn't one big list at the end for people to be able to go find more of what they like

I also found it to be a little too easy, but I recognize that I have a higher threshold for difficulty than some people. I do hope your next one is more difficult though!

I like when there are instructions to grip harder, really liked the 'just the trip' stroke instructions, but there were a lot of times when there weren't any instructions on when to stop the particular grip: i wasn't sure if i was supposed to stop when the beat changed, at the next break, etc. Maybe a color indicator so that grip/stroke changes are in one color and when it goes back to normal, the color does too?

I think this is the first CH I've seen with Kendra Sutherland in them. I still remember when her library masturbation video got her famous and waited years for her to go pro. Her pro stuff is really high quality and I'm def glad to finally see her work her way into a CH, but I was disappointed she didn't show up in the cumshots at the end!
None of my complaints really impact the score I'd give this: high quality scenes, great music, excellent choice in girls that span a wide range of preferences, and a good pacing make this a 10/10 in my book. Hope to see more
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Thanks for the feedback. I replied a bit more in-depth in the spoiler.
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I didn't want to have end credits, but I will post a list of songs and scenes used whenever I get the chance. Honestly, I wasn't sure what the reception would be like. I didn't want to have credits for content that nobody really cared for in the first place, if that makes sense.

I'm probably on the other side of the spectrum regarding difficulty. I can make it through really difficult beats, but I don't really enjoy it. My arm gets tired and it feels more like a chore. Different strokes for different folks, literally. I also think it's more enjoyable to lose to normal beats than fast ones, so even if I try to make the next one more difficult, I'll probably try something different instead of going "triple time beats for a minute, I hope you're using lube". That being said, if enough people mention that they found it too easy, I'll definitely take that into account.

Tangentially, I think there's a place for easier CH videos too. It's hard to bring new people on board if every video is made for experienced viewers.

I thought about using different colors, but the instructions are only used in a single round, so I felt it wasn't necessary to introduce a new color for a variation that you never use again. The "just the tip" pattern is "switch to short strokes, long strokes, switch to short strokes, long strokes", implying that you keep doing long strokes from that point on. The "extra tight grip" is associated with the switch to anal in that round and should last until the end of the round. I'm open to suggestions about wording it differently, but I think I'd only use a different color if it's an instruction that I use in more than one round.

If you were talking about the "deep hard strokes" prompt (which I 100% stole from the Flux Dance series), I mostly used it as a reminder or an encouragement to match the intensity during parts were sex is synced with the beats.

I definitely would have used a good Kendra cumshot scene, but there weren't any that fit the pattern I was going for.
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As an Avid CH watcher I really wish more credits were used in general tbh. In part because you're using other people's work/content to make these videos and, in the least, the performers should get credit for your usage, but also to pay respect to the people that make your creation entirely possible, ya know? And for those who don't have access to these forums/don't know they exist like I didn't for the longest time, sitting around Pornhub and asking 'Who's that at 4:39' and hoping someone can answer is a real pain. I do understand its added work, but I also see it as: you've already got the scenes, just write it down and put it in a couple of slides at the end of the video

Regarding difficulty: fast beats don't make it difficult, imo. Intricate beats of varying speed, fast AND slow, combined with steady beats at a moderate pace are some of the most difficult beats in CH. I think a prime example of what I mean by this can be found in CH: World Championship Round 1. If you haven't played it, definitely worth a try. The anal round has been commented as being a 'clear spike in difficulty' yet, when you play it, it's not actually much faster than previous rounds. It just uses a skillful beat pattern. So I definitely agree: don't do 'triple beats for a minute' cause yeah, that's boring and I can do that all day tbh and I'm not a fan of tiring my arm out either. But I am a fan of being pushed past the point that my endurance can hold out, where no amount of flexing of the pelvic floor etc can hold you back. That's when the orgasm is glorious imo.

I think the problem is most people think difficult = fast and that's just not true. If I didn't completely lack any ability in video/music editing, I'd put my ideas for a CH on paper and prove you can have a difficult CH that isn't all triple beats! Not putting the onus of making a good hard CH on you, cause you should always make what makes you happy, but in my long ass quest to find the CH I can't beat, I've come across tons of mind achingly easy ones, so I'm always gonna be like 'Make it harder next time!'

In any case, I get real critical on CHs cause I watch a ton of them and I'm an artist at heart, but please don't confuse my critiques as not liking what you've done, cause that's not the case. Based on this one alone I will probably watch every thing you ever put out, I'm just offering an artist's feedback, if you will. Maybe one day I'll find someone with the video editing skills to match my vision and I'll put my money where my mouth is :lol: :lol:
Now I'm gonna play this one again
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