Selecting Scenes

[Krisqo]

Am I the only one who imports full length episodes/movies?

I've tried cutting clips for one AMV and I basically ended up with 90%+ of the movie on my HDD in clip form anyway. I set a HDD aside for my .VOBs separated by DVD:
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And then when I make the VFAPI files using VFAPIConv, I import them into my editing program (in this case Premiere Pro 1.5) and then create a bin for each movie/series. For multiple seasons, I use something like Ranma1, Ranma2, ect.
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[JaddziaDax]

for me it depends on the source, as the video i talked about before putting that much footage onto my hd would be stupid nuts, however if its a movie or a short series i can do that.

[JP SouljahDEL]

I usually watch the whole series, and as I watch ideas will build up, and I usually take note of the episodes number and scenes. If it's a movie I usually go along with whatever part I'm at. Then when I'm done and I really feel like sticking with the AMV I'll go rip it.

I usually take notes on my Notepad about which episodes I should work on getting, if it's a long series. If it's a short one ,like for FLCL, or Elfen Lied, then I won't worry because I'll usually end up getting every episode.

When I start editing, if it comes to a part where I don't know what I want in there, or my original idea has failed, then I start reviewing my notes, or watching some other parts to work again.

When I edit quickly, usually the ideas will just come together as I edit.

[Kanti13]

I put all the episodes I have (one at a time) into my timeline and scroll through them then make subclips of any scenes that are interesting and that I think I might want to use, even if it's not in my current project. Once I do that and have a whole lot of clips and material to choose from I import my song and pick clips to match ect..
That's why I loved Magix, and even WMM, cuz you could use all clips you had from any project in any new project. With vegas now I try to make one amv at a time of a certain anime and then 'save as' so I can use the subclips in my new projects. I feel like (excuse the crappy analogy) if I was writing a research paper, going through all the eps and making subcilps is like the research and it may take a long time, but then it makes the actual project so much easier. That's the way I do it.

[Nya-chan Production]

I make only vids from anime I have seen completely.

I render the working versions and just skip through them in the trimmer searching for good scene "it's that feeling "I think I have seen such moody sceen somewhere around here""

Worked fine so far, but I prefer to work with limited footage (2 eps OVA, 5 minute anime, 1 ep of anime... my longest source were complete Hidamari x365 and complete True Tears...)