[RELEASE] BiCock Hero

[MortonBridges]

Re-released! The problems I somehow missed on first release are now fixed.

Release Info:

Mega link: https://mega.nz/file/QUZhnC6L#piUd0iCX6 ... cAtGlTxTEk
SpankBang Link: https://spankbang.com/4geq1/video/bisexual+bicock+hero

Video: 1920x1080, 30fps
Running Time: 35:23 min (~33 minutes Stroke Time)
Stroke Meter: Yes
Beat Change Text: No
Music: Instrumental Rock
Stroke Difficulty: Moderate+

Content: Progresses from solo male and female undressing and masturbating to group sex. Features straight, gay, lesbian and bisexual scenes throughout.

I am unable to seed a torrent reliably (need to routinely change between operating systems and networks, unfortunately).


Original First Post follows:
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Greetings all!

New to Milovana, but not new to Cock Hero. As a player, anyway. First off, I want to thank all the talented and creative folks who have put together the countless videos my wife and I have enjoyed over the years. You are all truly wonderful. Many, many thanks for all the hard work.

Through the years I've noticed a lack of videos that cater to bisexuals. The closest are videos that feature trans levels, and that's great, and of course there are gay and lesbian videos, but none that I can find that feature all the wonderful combinations that are possible. So seeing a niche I decided to try my hand at filling it.

And I think I'm pretty much done with Round 1.

But there's a problem. I'm a complete newbie at video editing, and this is HARD work. I mean, really, really hard. So instead of getting too far ahead of myself, I was hoping I could impose upon the kindness of the forum to ask for some advice on what improvements I can make, assuming I can muster the skills to implement them.

My other challenge is that I'm doing this entirely on Linux using Free and Open Source software. Finding the tools that can do what I want is a fun exercise in and of itself. If there's enough interest I'd be willing to describe the tools I'm using in a different thread.

Here's the link to Round 1. Before you check it out, be aware that this is the start of a bisexual Cock Hero. Round 1 features solo male and female undressing and masturbation. If that's not your thing I understand. But if you give this a look and have any suggestions or comments I'd love to hear them.

https://mega.nz/file/lcJHRApD#pePgt-tlq ... _dEA74_itk

I'm looking at 5 rounds total, with music from the same artist. I don't anticipate the full video to be particularly easy, and I plan to make the beats more varied and interesting in the later rounds. For Round 1, I kept it simple, both for the player and for me as I get more familiar with the software.

Cheers!

MB.

[doremi]

So, which video editing software are you using, MB? I've used Blender before. It's very difficult to learn, but very solid. I never saw it blue screen on me (well, blue screen of death is for Windows only ). I switched to an non-Linux software afterward because, at the time, Blender couldn't handle 4K footage efficiently, even if 1080p videos were rendered.

Good luck with your new project, and WELCOME TO MILOVANA!!!

[MortonBridges]

Thank you for the encouragement and the welcome doremi!

As for the tools I'm using on Linux, it's a combination.

The primary tool is Cinelerra, but I really shouldn't be using it. It's...quirky. Years ago, when I did a simple video project, it was one of the best / only tools available. It was touted as the first non-linear video editing tool for Linux at the time, or close to it anyway, so that's what I used back then. When I started this project I went with the tool where I had some familiarity. Unfortunately it's crashy. There's a "good guy" patched version that's more stable, but there are some strange UI decisions made that make me scratch (and pound) my head. I'll be trying out a different package for some of the later rounds, but might be a bit late to change up for Round 2. Perhaps I'll stick with Cinelerra for the entire project and use a more modern tool in the sequel. But really, I wanted to start, so went with the tool that helped me get some traction.

I looked at Blender, but it made my head hurt. It just seems to want to do SO much, when I need SO little of its features. I feel lost even starting.

For the Beat Bar, I'm using Shotcut, which can create a simple beat bar with the classic look. I'm trying to figure out Natron, which is touted as an Adobe After Effects replacement, but that's another head hurting experience.

Mixing the audio is done in Audacity. For generating the beats, I'm using Hydrogen, which is like Hammerhead for Linux. For static images, Inkscape is my tool of choice.

This is a LOT of fun. And on the plus side, I get to see LOTS of beautiful people enjoying themselves as I pick out the parts I think work best for the round.

If there's interest in more details I can consider a "how to make a Cock Hero video with Free / Open Source software" tutorial.

I'll try to keep this thread updated as things progress.

[doremi]

Nice, MB! You mentioned some software that I didn't know about. You also mentioned some that also crashed on me. However, personally, when it crashes, it's a huge kick out the door. I prefer a temporary 'headache' then perpetual frustration.

[MortonBridges]

So my first question for the gurus: When does sleep happen again?

I was well into Round 2, and thinking I was making great progress, commenting to myself "heck, if I keep this up I'll be done before bed time. What do you mean it's 3 in the morning and I'm only half way done?" I'm not sure I can keep this up! (no pun intended...) Not since I wanted to play "just one more turn" of Sid Meier's Civilization have I lost track of time so easily. :)

[MortonBridges]

Round 2 first edit is done. It's pretty much in the same state as round 1. If you're interested, it's at https://mega.nz/file/JAR3zKzT#Y44pWx6KO ... ZQc0WV3wdw

This round is MF / FF / MM kissing, cuddling and affection, and oral sex. Lots of oral sex. Added in some different beats and a bit of stroking to the melody. I'm happy with how this is progressing. As always, comments are always welcome. I'm happy to hear any suggestions that can make this better.

I'll be taking a bit of a break as I try to teach myself a little Natron to add some flair to these two rounds.

[47dahc]

I've used Blender for video editing and it can be a difficult learning curve. However, if you find the right tutorials online, it makes it pretty simple. Like anything else, repetition is the key. Stick with one program and it'll get easier. I watched this guy for his entire Blender 2.7 video editing series and he recently started doing a 2.8 series.

Spoiler: show

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... cLWMBVWS3N

Hope this helps.

[MortonBridges]

Thanks for the Blender tutorial links. I definitely will take a look at those!

I started looking at Natron, and actually got a couple of nice effects out of it, but when I dug a bit deeper it became apparent that the project has been abandoned. Which is too bad. There are not a lot of FOSS choices for effects, unfortunately.

[MortonBridges]

In getting a handle on SFX, I put together a short "trailer" and posted it on PornHub. With a "coming soon" bit at the end, this pretty much forces me to follow through on the final product, and get it done soon. Truth be told, I'm extremely confident I can get this done. I'm finding a pretty good grove here.

https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php? ... 2c8fe5a572 if you're interested in the trailer.

On the development side, I needed to cut one song that I had originally planned to use. I found the album "Love Letter" by "Movie Theater" in the Free Music Archive, released as CC Attribution, and had hopped to use all 5 songs from it. Unfortunately when laying down the beats for one of them, I just couldn't recreate what I had originally envisioned for that track, and could not find a way to get it to fit with the others. So away it goes. It will make things simpler, for sure, and is probably the right decision, stylistically.

Man, this is FUN! Getting close to the home stretch.

[MortonBridges]

Rough edit is complete. I'm at the point where I am agonizing over each and every transition, trying to get them frame perfect, and it's a bit of a daunting task that I'm sure I'm not executing deftly. I tip my hat off to the extremely talented creators who have produced such excellent work. You all make it look so very damn easy.

About 30 minutes of stroking time, which seems about right for my first attempt. Not much in the way of breaks. I tried for a lot of variety in beats, but mostly let the music guide me. There are a couple of points that I think could be better, but at the same time I can't quite identify how I could improve them, and if I waited until I discovered "perfect" I'm sure I'd never release.

[MortonBridges]

I have what I consider to be a release candidate ready. I'm looking for some folks to beta test this before I release it to the world, to catch any egregious errors I may have made but am too blind to see.

If you're interested, drop me a PM and I'll send you the link and key.

1920x1080, 30fps
Running Time: 35 min (~33 minutes Stroke Time)
Stroke Meter: Yes
Beat Change Text: No
Music: Instrumental Rock
Stroke Difficulty: Moderate+

[MortonBridges]

There comes a time in every project where you need to stop tinkering, waiting for the Perfect to emerge and realize that Good Enough needs to be Good Enough, otherwise nothing would ever get released. Are there flaws in what I have now? I fully expect so, and I fully expect that my efforts in a sequel will surpass what I have now. But it's time to stop fiddling and let others, um...fiddle themselves? I guess that works.

My aim was for a positive depiction of sexual activity, regardless of gender. Thus, there is no domination, humiliation or "sissy" scenes. There's a lot of that already out there, maybe not in the CH realm, but certainly everywhere else. I'm hoping to venture into relatively un-fapped territory.

Enjoy (if this happens to be your thing, and if not, that's OK too).

Release Info:

Mega link: https://mega.nz/file/UUpC0IYB#fLR7pcxAv ... 1tGlE5cC98
PornHub Link: https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php? ... 6847f71d2f

Video: 1920x1080, 30fps
Running Time: 35:23 min (~33 minutes Stroke Time)
Stroke Meter: Yes
Beat Change Text: No
Music: Instrumental Rock
Stroke Difficulty: Moderate+

Content: Progresses from solo male and female undressing and masturbating to group sex. Features straight, gay, lesbian and bisexual scenes throughout.

I am unable to seed a torrent reliably (need to routinely change between operating systems and networks, unfortunately).

[MortonBridges]

So yesterday I discovered that either I am an idiot, I don't take enough care, I over exaggerated my abilities, or a combination of three.

Turns out that the last edit I did, which was supposed to be a simple, innocuous change to one seconds-long clip, ended up being so poorly done that it threw off the timing of the video vis-a-vis the audio for pretty much the last two songs.

And I didn't notice. And I posted it to PH. And I HATE that this is the version that's up, because CH videos that don't seem to make an attempt to line up video with audio knock me off my rhythm. And it looks like I just didn't care to do things right. Which is absolutely not the case.

Anyway, I'm rendering a corrected version, will post to mega soon, but am torn about the video on PH. I don't think I can do a simple replacement, but it's in dozens of playlists already so deleting the old one doesn't affect just me.

Eh, bien. Such is life. Live. Learn. Repeat.

[pixelwhore]

Subcomps are good for your health.

Bad break. It happens.

[doremi]

These things happen a lot. Software don't always do what we think they do or they SHOULD do. They just do what they do plus crash randomly. Luckily for PornHub, you can delete the video.