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by mercythrill
Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: General AMV
Topic: So You Want To Be An Anime Music Video Editor? [split]
Replies: 315
Views: 29493

Cool. Links sent via pm. Let me know if you didn't get them.
by mercythrill
Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:43 pm
Forum: General AMV
Topic: So You Want To Be An Anime Music Video Editor? [split]
Replies: 315
Views: 29493

Fantastic. Thanks, Kionen. I'll try to get in there tonight at 6 EST (provided no mIRC meltdowns), otherwise, I'll lurk along on Thursday, same bat time, same bat channel. As a fore-warning, one of my biggest problems is file size. It's 5 minutes and widescreen DVD so it's big. I've resized it, comp...
by mercythrill
Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:08 am
Forum: General AMV
Topic: So You Want To Be An Anime Music Video Editor? [split]
Replies: 315
Views: 29493

I'm tagging on here, as I'm not sure this is worth a whole new post (but I am curious). What would be the best way to find a beta? A post in the opinions forum? Lurk in the #amv-review chat? Bribe someone with virtual cookies? I recall reading something about the Opinions Forum being used for beta-i...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:23 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

Not a problem at all! Now that I understand things better, I could have done this project keeping all my widescreen glory but I'm not going back, no way, no how. I'll take what I've got and be happy about it because, oof, what a long, hard haul. But hot damn, it feels good to finally nail this. This...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:15 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

It was originally a vob from a 16:9 DVD. I used this guide to make it 4:3 yet still remain at DVD resolution: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtechbeta/aspectratios2.html Making all the Sources 4:3 In order to make all the sources 4:3 you will need to resize your 16:9 footage to have the sam...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:18 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

quote]And that doesn't just result in an extremely stretched and cropped video? [/quote] It didn't result in a stretched video because the settings for my premiere project were (720X480) 4:3. (Remember, I came at this bass-ackwards.) I've never done it this way, so i don't know. But, i'd be afraid t...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

Hmm. I'm going back through the guides again, and that may have been the wrong use of terminology on my end. Looking back on it, I realized I did this: LanczosResize(960,480) Crop(120,0,-120,0) Which makes it 4:3 DAR but leaves it at 0.9PAR. I was editing at 0.9 PAR in my project settings. And I exp...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:50 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

Not feeling so adventurous at the moment. ;) I'm still fretting over my aspect ratio. I came into this site through the backway, so I'm trying to fix a video I had already started. Not good. I went back and resized/cropped the initial DVD rip to 720X480, which should make the pixel ratio = 1 (?), bu...
by mercythrill
Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:57 pm
Forum: Effects & Techniques
Topic: An opening title scene
Replies: 14
Views: 3800

An opening title scene

This isn't a very complicated special effect question, but I wasn't sure where else to put it. I want to do some nice simple blurbs leading up the video. Short and sweet. Maybe three, separate lines of text on a blank background. Thing is, I've always sucked at fonts. So I guess I'm asking for a lit...
by mercythrill
Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:54 pm
Forum: Conversion / Encoding Help
Topic: Large file size, not compressing right (?)
Replies: 16
Views: 3657

That's fantastic to hear. Thank you. I was always curious why it apparently had no audio compression. Turns out, it does!

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