some of the lost HOW TO stuff

indeedindeed · Oct 16, 2008

some of the lost HOW TO stuff

Before enturb went down, I saved some of the most relevant HOW TOs in the how to section. I'll copy and paste some of the posts which I found most relevant on topics such as locating and losing a tail, using TOR, how to make good signs... I've taken out the name of the posters here's just the content and it's not promised these have the complete content of the threads, which do not necessarily represent my opinions anyway.

These are posts from the topic HOW TO: Check/Lose a tail

OP:

Ok, so there are a number of reports coming in about getting tailed, etc.

PROTIP:

1) Check for a tail
Driving:
Pull onto a block, and do a double back. ie You're going northbound. Turn right, turn right, and turn right again. You're back on the same street, 1 block earlier than when you turned off. Savvy? If the vehicle is still following you, it's a tail.
Another method. Turn into a parking lot. Loop the lot twice. Leave lot. If the car is following you, it's a tail.

On foot:
Cut through every alley you can think of. Also, go through parking garages. If you go through 2 garages and the person is still following you, it is more than likely a tail.
Stop in a restaurant/cafe/corner store. Waste 5 minutes, buy something, etc. If you leave, and the same person is following you, you have a tail.

2) Lose a tail
Driving:
When you get to a stop sign, without using a turn signal, and without showing you are going to turn, come to a full stop, and gun into the turn. At the next intersection (Hopefully a block away), turn again; and haul ass to the next block, and turn again. Hopefully, you will be out of view for two of the turns. No way to pick you back up.
If this isn't feasible. Go to a police station. Pull in. PI's cannot follow you into a police stations parking lot, or any federal property AFAIK. Go into the station, and talk with the Desk Sergeant.

On foot:
Essential the same maneuver as if you were driving. Increase walking pace, turn, and then race to the nearest alley way and double back. Hopefully you'll be able to watch for the person going past, and if not, try to exit via another route, or wait 30-45 minutes and exit the alleyway.
Still being tailed? High tail to public transportation, or a police station.

PROTIP: Always, after leaving a rAID, keep looking behind yourself, checking for people who have followed your same path for more than 3 blocks or so. Especially if you were cutting through alleys and garages. Always take a convoluted route. No sane person walks the path of a Z to get from point A to point B.

another poster:

i find that going somewhere smelly can also add lulz to the situation

Also, losing a tail on a train: check how long the doors tend to stay open for, then jump out at the last second a few stops before yours. works like a charm, they think you live somewhere else and you lose them.

yet another poster:

Good topic, there's much to discuss. Many people freak out when being tailed because they dont realize how many options they really have.

Traveling on foot

Checking for tails following on foot:

1. Stop abruptly and turn around. Keep looking for at least ten seconds, even if you see nobody (some tails, when they think you are going to look back, will duck behind an object; if they cannot see you, they generally wait 3 to 5 seconds to allow time for you to turn back around). Bad tails will usually also stop, and I’ve seen Co$ tails do this. (A good tail will keep walking and not give himself away. If nobody stops but you suspect a tail, wait for him to pass and then follow him . This lets you keep an eye on him and you can “disappear” whenever you please.)

2. Stop and sit down on a bench or something (but not a bus stop). Same principles as above.

3. Circle a block and see if anybody is still following you. Similarly, turn a corner and walk until you think the tail is about to reach the corner. Stop, turn around, and STARE right at that corner. When the suspected tail turns the corner and sees you staring right at them, it will usually cause a reaction that will give the person away.

4. Abruptly turn around and walk the opposite direction. Bad tails may stop, freak out, or turn around as well. Good tails will keep walking and only turn once they have passed you. In either case, backtrack one or two blocks and repeat the maneuver to see who could be following you.

5. Walk through alleys, parking garages, and other unusual routes.

6. If you’re in a commercial environment, turn into a residential area. Hopefully there will be very few people walking around, if any, and so your tail won’t be able to hide in a crowd.

7. How you use public transportation depends on what’s available and how your local busses, trains, and subways are scheduled. If busses in your area have front and back doors, you can try to get on the bus at the front and immediately exit at the back before the doors close. This should either make your tail very obvious or leave him riding the bus while you get away on foot. You can do this on trains and subways as well.

In my experience, subways are great because the trains come at short intervals and it’s usually very easy to change directions. You can do the trick above, you can backtrack, or you can simply get off at every single station and wait for the next train, watching who’s on the platform with you each time.

Note: I won’t cover checking for tails on the opposite side of the street because such tails use different techniques and will often work in pairs or triples rather than just a single tail. Such tactics are meant for high-profile individuals. Besides, I don’t think Co$ is that smart or that skilled.

Checking for tails following in a car:

1. Stop and sit down somewhere, making note of cars you think are tails. Hang around for ten minutes or so and see if any of those cars drive by multiple times. Check both directions: tails who circle a block will come one way while tails that go back and forth making U-turns will come both ways.

2. Circle a block or start backtracking as with checking for tails on foot, only now you are watching for cars that appear over and over again.

Losing a tail following on foot:

1. If you have a camera or a video recorder, set it up while walking. Quickly turn around and start getting footage. Once they know they’ve been made, some tails will disengage pursuit or try to “hand-off” to another tail, either of which gives you a chance to escape.

2. Walk into a police station and tell them you are being followed.

3. Walk into a restaurant. When someone comes to seat you, ask if there is a rear exit, possibly through the kitchen. (Alternatively, you can be seated and then ask a waiter when one comes around.) Make sure your tail is not in earshot when you ask. When the opportunity presents itself, head out the back and get away.

4. Have the number of a cab company in your area and call from your cell phone (out of earshot of the tail). Cab companies often won’t accept time-calls (“please pick me up at ##:##”) if it’s not from a residential address, so you may have to give a location that you can get to when the cab is expected to arrive. If all goes well, your tail won’t expect you to be picked up and will either need a car or must hand-off to someone else in a car to keep following you. (Note: if you live in a place like New York where cabs are all over the place, don’t hail a cab. Your tail will simply hail a cab and tell the driver to follow yours.)

5. With public transportation, you can try #6 from “Checking for tails following on foot.”

On subways, you will hear a signal every time the doors are about to close. When you get on, pick a place right next to a door and stand there for your trip. When you feel like trying to lose your tail, wait for the signal and then rush out at the last second. Your tail will either be left on the train or he will rush off after you, in which case he should realize that he’s been made and he may leave. If he persists even now, you may have grounds for calling security within the station.

If you don’t want to call for blackup and you’ve already done the above tactic, get on the next train and stand next to the door. Prepare to do the same thing again. Your tail will be watching for it this time. When you hear the signal, make a move as if to get off, but don’t get off. Hopefully, your tail will rush off to catch you and be left on the platform as you wave bye-bye.
Traveling by car

Checking for a tail:

1. Maneuvers that make the tail reveal himself:
- Circle a block, watching for who follows.
- Make a U-turn, drive a block or two, then make another U-turn. Repeat more if you like.
- Enter a parking lot, loop the lot twice, and leave.

2. Stop and park on the sidewalk. Make note of any cars that you think are tails. Hang out for ten minutes and see if they drive by again. Check both directions. Also, see if any of those cars park somewhere in view and wait for you.

3. If you need to, use small streets and residential areas with low traffic so that suspected tails are easier to spot.

Losing a tail in a car:

1. Start putting distance between you and the tail. You do not want this to be obvious. Good ways to do this are to turn at a stop and accelerate in the period of time before the tail has completed his turn. When an opportunity presents itself, try to make a second turn before the tail comes into view.

2. If there is a police station nearby, drive to it.

3. Call the police and say that you are being followed. Give them your location and ask the dispatcher if there is a patrol car nearby that you can drive toward. Similarly, if you spot a patrol car as you are driving, head towards it. Even if it’s a cop giving a traffic ticket, pull over and ask for assistance. (Be warned that the officer may think you are potentially hostile until you’ve explained yourself.)

4. If you are on the highway, get in the left or right lane (whichever has a large shoulder) and wait for a straight stretch. Without signaling, pull over to the shoulder and slow down. Your tail will either pull over with you (giving himself away) or drive past. Merge back into traffic when safe and take the next exit.

Note: The following maneuvers are risky and have potential for danger for you, your passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers. Reserve these for truly desperate situations. You need good timing and control for these. Don’t think that being an experienced driver is enough; making a turn at 15 mph with all four wheels on the ground is a hell of a lot different than the same turn at 25 with one or two tires lifting or losing traction. Add in environmental factors and other unpredictable shit and you have a recipe for disaster.

5. If you are approaching an intersection and the light turns yellow, slow as if you plan to stop, then gun it through the intersection as the light changes. If a cop is nearby, he may pull you over, which could cause the tail to leave (although you will probably get a ticket).

6. If you are approaching an intersection and you are in the #2 lane (one over from the left-most lane), you can abruptly change lanes and make a left turn just as you get to the intersection.

7. Get to an intersection and prepare to make a right turn. Don't turn immediately. Instead, wait until you see a good string of cars approaching. Time your turn so that you can make it before the first car arrives without leaving enough of an opening for the tail to follow right behind.

How's that?

yet another poster wrote:

Good tricks.

Alternatively, depending on your local subway system and how long the doors stay open, you might try this trick:

If you think you're being tailed, wait until the train pulls up to the next stop. Get off the train, and walk along the train towards the exit as if you were going to leave the station. When you get to the next door, duck back onto the train. If you time it right, you should be able to get back on right before the doors close, and whoever was tailing you is now stuck on the platform.

Also, if there are very few/no people at the station, you can simply get off, sit down and wait for the next train. Anyone following you will be stuck waiting around wondering what you're up to. When the next train shows, get on and continue on to your destination. At the very least, you'll be able to identify anyone following you and can ask for help at the next station. At best, the tail will realize that you know who they are and give up.

later on, yet another poster wrote:

1) when going to a raid remember that you need to change. you want to be average joe before the raid and average joe after it.

2) dont take a normal route. take some detours and stops along the way. this way you blend in and it works best when going to a raid... this way if a scilon is waiting for the people in the middle of the path towards a raid... they will not get you as much as they will get the person who goes from a parking lot or a bart station or any normal route that most of us take. the easiest route is always the one that is most obvious. so take detours and no one will see you comming.

3) remember that all the items you carry on your person constantly may affect how you will be recognized... ie if you walk to school with the same backpack that has certain recognizable tags on it. then chances are strong that you will be recognized when you go and leave a raid for normal daily life.

4) when traveling in a group... its best to split up and take different routes. i know that small groups come and go together. it is a gray area as it can work for your benefit or against it. remember that a group that is large enough following as one mass will be spotted and targeted. but... should you branch and keep in contact with the group to which destinational point you have all chosen... each can take a different route with many detours and others may help as spotters for tails. it is time consuming but it will help you file any kind of tail. with your spotter as a back watcher and taking pictures to show us all later.

5) if you are parking to get to a raid remember that your parking spot is NOT THE SAFEST AREA.
park your car far from the raid site. take public transportation to and from such an area. this way... if you are tailed you will definately know who it is and can utilize a dodge and detour technique to evade the tail.

6) if you are going to a raid and are the carpool driver... utilise the same tactic as 5. however... remember that a tail can only do so much... that tail will have to be mobile and following the bus in a car in order to keep up. if the tail gets on the bus with you... make sure to break up the group you are with at different stops. then when the designated driver gets off you can pick up the group members at their individual areas. yes this is also time consuming but it will help if ever such an incident occurs.

leaving the raid is pretty much the same things...

bring extra clothing to change into... not the whole thing but small things that can change you from peaceful protestor with lulz to average joe.
when in groups... make sure there is someone spotting you to make sure that you have no tails.

time consuming things may seem like forever but with safety involved.. it does alot not to rush things.

any more ideas from you guys? helpful hints and tips and tricks to get rid of tails and the like?

yet another poster wrote:

If you are being tailed in your car you have already lost.

If you are serious about not being followed and name/plate/facefagged, follow the OP's steps for eluding a tail EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU ARE BEING TAILED.

Park far from the protest. Be prepared to walk.
Park far from your Change Point. Be prepared to walk.
Pick your Change Point carefully.

As an Anon, we wear costumes and masks. We need a safe place to de-mask and change appearance , preferably far from your car. Being far away means that if you didn't lose your tail at the Change Point, you can engage in more active measures once unmasked (like restaurant dodges and police stations) that are normally unavailable to you while masked. Remember, being face fagged is nowhere near as bad as being plate fagged, because it's tougher to find someone with a face photo, only. They have to find where you live and what your name is, too.

When choosing a Change Point, consider:
** Is it a controlled access area?
- meaning, can I be followed casually? Do you need a key or code to get in/out of here?
** Does it have multiple exits?
- changing clothes in a phone booth does you no good.
- "covering all the exits" doesn't happen for these scilon tails. You can use a different exit to minimize someone picking you up based on body shape/type after an appearance change.
** Does it have security for changing?
- are you going to get hassled changing clothes in this place?

Parking garages are nice for identifying tails because no one walks through them casually. Be careful, though - if you enter YOUR parking garage, change in peace, and get in your car to drive out, they may be waiting at the exit, photographing any cars that leave for a period of time after you entered the garage. A little analysis and they WILL find out who you are. Instead, walk through garages you are NOT parked in to identify (and potentially shake) tails.

If you have a good Change Point, USE IT. Change everything - including shoes, hair/hat, and bag - and then exit your change point in a suitable outfit (appropriate for the location and temps). Once done, you are free to perform a little sitting, strolling, and trainjumping (as described above) to be sure you are actually free of all tails before heading to your car.

It may take you an hour to leave a raid or a protest if you want to be safe - particularly the monthly protests, when they have advance notice and station PIs several blocks away and on common transportation routes to/from to photo anons.

P.S.: Carpooling to, and specifically FROM, a protest is begging for detection and platefagging. You only need ONE person to make a mistake in order for all of you to be unmasked, and a group of people with bags entering and exiting a Change Point is much easier to spot than a solo anon.

yet another poster wrote:

I did hear of a couple multiple vehicle fail tails after Spy vs Sci in Clearwater, none of which appeared successful.

Spoke to an attorney and the advice he gave me if this ever happens is:
1- Call the police and tell them you're being stalked by some wierdo and describe the vehicle(s).
2- Give the police a place to meet you at, like a very public parking lot.
3- Drive to that place and point out the tail to the officer.
4- Police stop PI or Cultist following you.
5- If it's a PI, by the time the cop verifies his info, you're gone.
6- If it's a cult member, EPIC footbullet ensues as the police start documenting the stalking.

indeedindeed · Oct 16, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

Same procedure, disclaimers etc as last time, this time the topic of the thread was How To Internet Condom AKA How to Use TOR

OP:

Anonymous' favorite tool for getting stuff done on the internet has traditionally been TOR.

Many new people have been asking about internet security and how to remain anonymous when surfing to different websites that might log their IP.

I have used Tor: anonymity online for quite some time now but I don't consider myself an expert and there are many others on here that can give you much better explanations.

So, I'm just going to post some info from the Project TOR website and a short video which explains how to use it.

Quote:

Tor is a software project that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a wide variety of reasons: journalists and bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers, corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary citizens. See the Who Uses Tor? page for examples of typical Tor users. See the overview page for a more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of users is important, and how Tor works.

There are other options for surfing the net anonymously but I'll leave that for someone more knowledgeable than I.

As promised, here is the video that I think is very helpful in getting started using TOR.

YouTube - Vidalia

later another poster wrote (excerpt):

OperaTor is a small zip file the contents of the resulting folder is a self-enclosed and standalone version of a tor configure version of the Opera browswer. it's intended use is as a "browser on a USB stick" but can be used simply as a exe in a folder on your desktop for occasions that you want to use tor.

OperaTor - Opera + Tor. Surf anonymously | Arche Twist

yet another user wrote:
You can also use google as an open proxy which is simlar to TOR but isn't as reliable or secure.
it's auctually a trick with google's translation option that translates sites whithout getting into too much detail just replace the URL at the end "www.forbiddensite.com" with whatever you want to view.
Code:
http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.forbiddensite.com 
*edit* DAMMIT GOOGLE FIXED IT
yet another user wrote:

This looks damn useful. I've just finished installing it myself, and while it slowed down my browsing some it displayed my IP as being from Amsterdam. <_<

Plus clicking the "enable Tor" button is a lot easier than going to a proxy site every time.

yet another user wrote:

If you load a bunch of pages with Google, they will think you're making automated requests and block you for an hour or so, so don't go crazy with it.

I'm noticing that TorButton is broken in Firefox 3 (at least for my Linux and WinXP versions), so who has advice on the matter?

the user who wrote the post before that then wrote:

What's wrong with it, exactly?

I'm running FF3, and when I first tried to enable Tor it popped up a warning about potentially leaking my timezone as well as not being fully tested, but after that it worked fine from what I could tell.

later on the other user in this dialogue wrote:

I'm not sure what's wrong with TorButton, but I guess it looks like they're worried about being unable to stop scripts and the like from finding your real IP address. In any event, I can't get a Tor address to show up from IP checks in Firefox. It still says the same one either way, and even Wikipedia recognizes where I am, regardless of the settings, so I'm pretty sure it's broken.

In regards to OperaTor, I think the point is using Opera whenever you want anonymity (as a portable app, if I understand correctly). I personally don't like Opera much (no offense to Opera users), but I have actually tried it. I just don't like the interface, with remembering your visited pages from the cache at startup, and the speed dial and all. Plus it's not open source. I'm sure it's fine for some other people though.

yet another user wrote:

Using Tor seems to make pages take much longer to load but that's understrandable when you consider that data must be going through multiple nodes in the network.

Go here once you have it enabled to see where it thinks you are located:
What Is My IP Address? - Lookup IP, Hide IP, Change IP, Trace IP and more...

yet another user wrote:

I'm not sure what's wrong with TorButton, but I guess it looks like they're worried about being unable to stop scripts and the like from finding your real IP address. In any event, I can't get a Tor address to show up from IP checks in Firefox. It still says the same one either way, and even Wikipedia recognizes where I am, regardless of the settings, so I'm pretty sure it's broken.

Make sure you:

Restarted Firefox after you started using Tor
Enabled Tor both in-browser and from the system tray

If it still doesn't work, you could try removing everything and reinstalling. If it *still* doesn't work, I don't know what more to do. :\

yet another user wrote:
You can also use google as an open proxy which is simlar to TOR but isn't as reliable or secure.
it's auctually a trick with google's translation option that translates sites whithout getting into too much detail just replace the URL at the end "www.forbiddensite.com" with whatever you want to view.
Code:
 http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.forbiddensite.com
*edit* DAMMIT GOOGLE FIXED IT
Just change the first language from 'en' to something else.
yet another user wrote:

I thought FF3 was leaking some info? Not sure if it's ok now.

A alternative might be https://torbrowser.torproject.org/ , which uses FF2.

yet another user wrote:

Any opinions on Hide My IP?

OP wrote (excerpt):

I don't know anything about Hide My IP but as far as the problems with the TOR button; it has been my experience that the button included in the Vidalia bundle doesn't work all that great.

I would suggest that you download the TOR button seperately from this adress: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275

Just download and do standard install and everything should work just fine.

Be certain that when you are attempting to use TOR that you make certain that TOR is enabled which is the opposite of what is in the following picutre.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2642564945_edda78850f.jpg?v=0

If it says Tor Disabled just click on it until it turns green and says TOR Enabled.

yet another user wrote:

For those currently in university, you may have SSH access to a box, depending on faculty. Sites you visit will know which university you go to, but for simply browsing scientology sites, that won't make much of a difference, and it'll be much faster than public proxies.
If the Internet is blocked from the box, it is most likely that you need to configure your account to pass through the campus' proxy. If anyone in interesed in trying it and has some trouble I'll post more details.

yet another user wrote:

Wow! Tor stops me viewing vids on google, viewing pages in under a minute and just about anything useful. Uninstalled.

OP answered (excerpt):

Wow! Tor stops me viewing vids on google, viewing pages in under a minute and just about anything useful. Uninstalled.

Anonymity has a price, also if you are running Java it can expose who you are and thus making you not anonymous.

The other thing is that pages do load slower since they are loading through several other people's computers.

This is why I only use TOR when I need complete anonymity and the rest of the time I just surf the net with it off.

yet another user wrote:

I use PhProxy, and I can turn in on and off like a light switch.

another user wrote:

[@ one user]: I had everything enabled, including both the Firefox add-on (and I checked the network settings to ensure it was doing its job), and Privoxy/Tor/Vidalia. Whether it said Tor was enabled or not, pages simply loaded as if they were from my real address.

[@another user]: A university network could possibly do the trick in specific circumstances, but will usually make finding you easier from my experience. Most schools will probably only require OSA to say you're infringing a copyright or trade secret, then they'll loyally give up whatever information the plaintiff asks for, at least they do at my school. In my case, each location I can SSH is accessible by less than 10 people (often overlapping), so it wouldn't take long to find me.

It might be safer to browse entheta sites from a Starbucks or something, assuming they are not within a couple of miles from a Scientology office... if it's close by, or in Clearwater, then they might have cameras looking for SPs.

For Google, just change en|en to es|en and it will work.

yet another user wrote:

ok, so on the site and every were else it gives lots of warnings to never mix anonymous browsing with non-anonymous browsing and suggests to clear all you coockies/cache/everything before you switch back. if i leave firefox on tor all the time and use a different browser (XPsafari) for all my non-anon stuff will that be just as good?

yet another user wrote:

What to do when you get this error? 514 Authentication required.

indeedindeed · Oct 16, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

Same procedure and same disclaimers as before, this time the topic of the thread was The BrumAnon PSA Series: A Guide to Better Protesting

OP:

Birmingham Anonymous presents The BrumAnon PSA Series: A Guide to Better Protesting

Part 1: How To Make A Sign
YouTube - BrumAnon PSA 1: How To Make Signs

Part 2: Guide To Better Slogans
YouTube - BrumAnon PSA 2: Guide To Better Slogans

Part 3: Talking to the Public
YouTube - BrumAnon PSA 3: Talking To The Public

YouTube - BrumAnon PSA 4: Flyers, Posters and...
YouTube - BrumAnon PSA 4: Flyers, Posters and Leaflets

Coming Soon:

Part 5: Manipulating The Crowd
Part 6: Advanced Signs

Cast/Crew: BrumAnon activists and cohorts.

Same procedure and same disclaimers as before, this time the topic of the thread was Lrn2Video

OP:

Anyone got any good tutorial sites / tips / tricks on how to make snazzy videos? I typically use Premiere to do my video work, But don't know nearly enough about Premiere to do anything aside from transitions and slowing down videos.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

another user wrote:

These include general help with different video apps and tutorials for making things pretty.

Creative Cow Media Pros Communities of the World

DMN Forums - Home of the Worldwide Users Groups

And forums for IMO the bestest freeware video app:

Unofficial VirtualDub Support Forums (Powered by Invision Power Board)

ETA- a good place for those just starting is VideoHelp.com - Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists and do a lot of lurking.

someone mentioned that he uses microsoft video editor, than the person just quoted answered:

Vegas, baybee...

(and a bunch of other stuff depending on what I need to do)

later on, same user wrote:

Tip:

Speeding up render time. If you are using an NLE and have a lot of text, pre-create your text in an image editor like Photoshop, PSP or Gimp, then insert it into the timeline.

This also works with overlays and motion tracking (if you want to blackout a section like covering someone's face or anything else).

yet another user wrote:

Hi!

I'm a filmmaker that primarily uses Premiere Pro... is there anything specific you need help with or want to find out about that program?

Otherwise- Anything I say relates to any video work in any program you can use but will still live you in the dark about how to apply it within Adobe

protip: transitions work on the less is more saying. overuse/using 'flashy' transitions just looks unprofessional 99% of the time.

the poster before that answered:

Agreed. A gentle crossfade is less distracting than spinning fly-ins or other novelty effects.

OP answered

Well yeah. I meant *fades when I say transitions...

Here's my last video:

YouTube - Operation Reconnect: April 12th Promo

YouTube - Operation Reconnect: April 12th Promo

the user quoted before that answered:

That is good, and you have a grip on timing.

"filmmaker"-user then wrote:

Looks like you got a handle on basic editing techniques

You used the transitions well! *hugs* Now i don't have to put a fork in your eye

Things you can do when you use sources from other places, is see if you can improve them or make them more 'unique' for your own projects. Like adjusting the colour balance, the cropping of an image etc. Premiere Pro integrates with all its other apps- photoshop, soundbooth, after effects etc. So really, you can do anything you can think up.

Was there anything you wanted to do with that video that you couldn't figure out? Cause then I may be able to point you to some tips for it

The yet another user offered to answer questions on premiere and final cut via PM.

yet another user wrote:

Here's how I make videos:

I have a Mac & PC. I write out my scripts on the Mac and then use the built in OS X voices to read them. I record them with ripping software, then move them to my PC. On the PC I use Camtasia to mix video with audio files and background music. You can download and crack Camtasia pretty easy and it it accepts a shit load of content formats. Good filters / transitions, etc., easy to use. It's a good starting point if you're new at this.

yet another user wrote:

If it's any consolation, Vegas offers a free 30 day trial. I think it's easier to use than Premiere.

later on, another user wrote:

I use a few to meet different needs, and they are free. You really want software capable of H.264 codec and .mp4 container for your video. The notable free one is Nero Digital, and also Avidemux. But if you are not archiving all your vid for the next 10 years, xvid/divx codecs and .avi files are OK for now.

Actually I use a lot of WMM or other software that bundled with camcorders or DVD drives, such as Nero and Ulead. They are easy to use for aligning the timing between video and different sound tracks. But I seldom use the video as the final product.

I use VirtualDub for basic editing. It's good for import and export, easy to navigate at the frame level. It's fast, can finish your simple job before other software loads. But there are technical and non-tech problems in supporting H.264. It can do HD though, avi dimensions are arbitrary. VirtualDub is well know for it's large amount of filters for special effects. Though I agree that their usefulness is doubtful.

Avidemux is like VirtualDub. It's relatively new so there's not so much filters and special effects. Otherwise it can do what VD can do while latest standard compliant. It plays HD with H.264 when even VLC got problems.

There is less well known program called WAX from Debugmode. It's has features many times more than VirtualDub because it can use all the VD filters, plus others such as directshow filters. It is the only free software I saw with keyframing - you can control a hand drawn object and how it moves in time without resorting to frame by frame drawings. It has a decent short manual too. For simple use, the GUI is more similar to WMM than VD. However, it only supports avi and it doesn't seem that there will be new developments.

I use DVD Slideshow GUI for slides in videos. It used to suck big time but now it's decent, and it's the notable free thing that allows you to do animations on your pictures. It can export avs (Avisynth), a programming language, so you don't loss quality when you do additional editing in other software. The bad - the timing slips after about 10 slides. You have to sync it elsewhere with audio if that's important. It only support NTSC or PAL DVD formats, but someone should be able to hack the avs codes for HD. Let me know.

I just happened to download Power Sound Editor for audio. The free version doesn't allow writing to mp3, but most other software does.

doom9.net has some info.

yet another user wrote:

When I was actively editing video (on Final Cut Pro) I subscribed to a site called Lynda.com. It was twenty five bucks a month and the amount of time and energy these videos saved me in getting me up to speed was more than worth the bucks. You can even sign up for a few free videos, just to see if you like the format. I think they have tutorials on Premiere as well.

yet another user wrote:

Well yeah. I meant *fades when I say transitions...

Here's my last video:
YouTube - Operation Reconnect: April 12th Promo

Your transitions look nice and smooth. Mine look great on my system and crappy/pixilated on youtube. Never made a video before chanology so I'm learning as I go and totally lost on what format to save in. I use the automatic upload feature in Premier which defaults to medium quality which I guess is the issue.

Any suggestions for saving/uploading for better quality on youtube would be appreciated. Here's the latest vid I made for an example.

Cheers.

YouTube - Anonymous Protests Scientology, Mountain View, CA 7-12-08

Then the user whose post ended with a refernece to doom9.net wrote:

Nobody? Let me try, I want to know too. The general principle is avoid as much as possible recoding (decode and then encode) your source vid. All video compression codecs loss quality by that. Some video editors recode everything even when you join two compatible clips together (same codecs and same everything). Some are smart so you never know what it does, just recoding the scene you modified, or the whole video. Simple editors let you set the option that you are allowed to do.

There are two ways to avoid recoding. One is to upload near uncompressed video if you have all day or week. Some people actually do that - direct avi files straight from DV camcorders, or 1080 HD mpeg4 files from newer camcorders.

The more realistic way is to avoid youtube or vimeo recoding your vid, so WYSIWYG. Vimeo is more helpful here. I just checked that the latest flasher player, the web standard for video, support H.264 and (AAC audio), that is, the "real" mpeg4 standard. Vimeo suggest the same thing and there's no reason to retouch your vid if you do just that. The size for HD is 1280x720 and standard size is 640x480. There is another parameter, the data rate. If you pick one too high, vimeo may be forced to recode, so any codec is as good (or bad) as any other. As for the file container, mov and mp4 are about the same thing. AVI may be able to handle a subset of H.264.

Youtube is a can of worm and many tips on the web are not update. Youtube's HD is vimeo's SD, at 640 x 480. YT recommends Divx/Xvid (mp3 audio). I did just that and youtube recode anyway. I don't know if the flash player ever supports that directly. Youtube doesn't accept flv files but it actually does. If you convert to FLV yourself, YT may not change it. I have a Free FLV Converter, but don't know what codec it uses. Flash FLV used several codecs in the past. Youtube may not like the one you picked for the size. Hope you are as confused as me.

the guy who asked the question on youtube then answered:

Oh believe me I'm more confued then you [user]. My stab at manually saving and uploading looked way worse on youtube then using the auto upload through Premier so it was probably recoded like you said.

I'm back to uploading through Premier for now and using very few transitions. The wierd thing is some vids look much better than others with the same settings.

Hopefully someone can post more protips on uploading to youtube.

yet another user wrote:

Thank for you the tips, I had no idea Virtualdub/AVIsynth can do that, I only use it for compressing/filtering my videos.

& When dealing with the two clips crap, I always try to keep it from resizing twice, ( and encoding ) to make sure they are all encoded in as high a quailty as possible. The encoders built into video editors is strictly worse than other open source programs that specialize in Xvid encoding.

Which is why I recommend the Huffyuv Codec, and the Xvid Codec along with AGK ( auto gordian knot )

As for the YouTube quality thing, I've been told that you have to encode it on your own computer and then change the time so that YT doesn't re-encode it. By doing this, it makes YT believe the bitrate is lower than it actually is. I myself haven't tried this since they added that whole "watch in high quality" feature.

indeedindeed · Oct 16, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

Same procedure and same disclaimers as before, this time the topic of the thread was Overpass Raid How To

OP:

OKAY GUYS here is the formula for EPIC WIN when protesting your local highway overpass
Location+time+signage= WINWINWIN

location:
1.make sure it is a PEDESTRIAN overpass, causes less trouble and you are less likely to be hasseled by scilons.
2. make sure that the highway in the direction you will be facing is a straight-way no turns/curves/hills nearby, it means people have more time to read signs and less time crashing thier cars.
3. make sure it is a MAIN highway. no one cares about county rd 6 mmkay. if you protest there people will ask: where is county rd 6, not where do i get more info on scifaggotry.
TIME:
1. DO NOT PROTEST DURING RUSH HOUR. there are many reasons for this. first, you do not want to cause a crash. second, people have less times to read your signs cause they are trying to focus and third people will HATE you if traffic is slow because of reading your signs.
2. there is no good morning time. people do not want morning enturbulation.
3. BEST afternoon times we have seen so far: 10 or 11 to 1 or 2. rule of thumb is to leave when traffic gets closer together or when rush hour starts.
4. BEST evening times so far: 6-8 or 9. people heading out to plays/movies/sports events/bars this is your crowd. make sure that you are not protesting in a congested area though.
SIGNAGE:
1. MAKE BIG SIGNS!
2. pvc pipe or bamboo rails are good ideas for handles on banner signs.
3. wind holes. you will need them.
4. word your signs well. should take less than 5 seconds to read the words. some good examples are "scientology is a scam" and "join us JULY 12" if you are adding a URL (mnraid.org) make it the SIMPLEST you can. Project CoSSTL :: Project CoSSTL (for example)will be difficult to put on a banner because NO ONE will remember how to spell it. If you have a difficult to spell site name for local planning I would recommend directing people to xenu.net/whyweprotest.net or similar. (enturb is bad because it is hard to spell too.)
5. colors are more difficult to read. try to stay in black and white.

FOLLOW these simple rules and your local laws and ENTURBULATE away! you will probubly get a lot of honks, fingers and waves like we do here. XD have fun.

Same procedure and same disclaimers as before, this time the topic of the thread was Free Giant Weatherproof Banners.

OP:

1. Acquire a used promotional banner, big plastic tarp 12 to 20 foot long, often hung on railings of big stores. (I got 5 last time I asked at a local superstore).

2. Turn it over...

3. Take a roll of black duct tape and apply catchy slogan eg. TAX THE CULT

4. ????????

5. Profit.

Light, fast, big, high contrast, waterproof..... WIN.

(as seen at epic London protests)

YouTube - Anonymous Vs Scientology - 12/04...

YouTube - Anonymous Vs Scientology - 12/04 Operation Reconnect, London

relinquish · Oct 16, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

This is a metric fuckton of good information. I commend you sir/ma'am.

AlbanyAnon · Oct 16, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

I prefer my way of checking to see if someone is following you:

Go to a remote location. Sit there for 40 minutes (entertain yourself with whatever means possible). Go to a restuarant. Eat for an hour. Go to your local doctor. Get a physical. Find a bench and take a nap. go to a bathroom, masturbate for as long as possible. walk around the same five blocks, back and forth, for thirty minutes. By this time, you will know for damn sure if you are being followed.

sevi ballanonymous · Dec 21, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

hai, nice1 deserves a bumpity bump

Enron Hubtard · Dec 22, 2008

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

Google's cache still contains a lot of our old 'how to' material. If you find something there that's useful, please repost it here on the WWP forum.

Forget · Jul 25, 2010

Re: some of the lost HOW TO stuff

I have read most of these... but am a lazyfag so sorry if this is repeating...
If you suspect a tail on a train, get off at a random stop and walk to the next carriage.
still following you?
thats a paddlin.

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