Starting Up?

[Khat17]

Alright, I am not a quality fag nor do I really care about tech shit. But this is just dumb. Converting to and editing with a lossy codec is just dumb. Handbrake probably could deal with lossless codecs as well, but lets face it, 90% of people will be trying to edit with a lossy codec. Then they'll wonder why their editing program dies so often and their video looks like shit.

So ignore this crap. Follow the guides linked earlier about DVD ripping. The bit about WMM can be used to make decent videos is true though. It can be, in much the same way a decent painting could be made using a mop as your brush. It's difficult, but remotely possible.

I don't think it would be good to start someone off with H264 or HD files when they're not familiar with codecs, filters and container formats. The information posted prior to mine is excellent, but some of the reading would be a bit much for someone that just wants to start by getting their stuff working. I think after seeing that they can actually pull it off if they have the drive or want to get their videos in better quality then they'll do so. Using a free app that will get the job done versus telling the person to go and write their own AVS and use DGINDEX with the X264 CLI is discouraging for some people. Still the choices there so whichever willpell would like to do is entirely his choice.

In any case - the posts made by seasons, ngsilver and CodeZTM are the guides to follow for when you're ready to delve into making your AMV - the info I posted I guess would be for just hurrying to get something on a timeline so you can have a finished product to test.

Have fun! And hope the info was helpful.

[kswaby10]

Thanks for sharing those links for handbrake.



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[Fall_Child42]

I also recommend you get a My Little Pony Avatar.
Or perhaps something to celebrate the Year of the shark!

Both of these things will help quite a bit.

[ngsilver]

Did someone say avatars? I can hook ya up. First hits free mahn.

[hasteroth]

Or you could do what I did and spend 2 years editing but scrapping each project until you come up with something you genuinely like. And then just barely make it to the semi-finals of the Viewer Choice awards with that first video ._______________.
And I started with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, but idk maybe I'm just better at learning from nothing. (Damn do I sound arrogant or what? Blegh)

[Khat17]

Or you could do what I did and spend 2 years editing but scrapping each project until you come up with something you genuinely like. And then just barely make it to the semi-finals of the Viewer Choice awards with that first video ._______________.
And I started with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, but idk maybe I'm just better at learning from nothing. (Damn do I sound arrogant or what? Blegh)

Nah - don't sound arrogant at all.

Did someone say avatars? I can hook ya up. First hits free mahn.

Can I get one of Mr. Jaws? Loved that old cartoon......

[ngsilver]

Sorry mahn... all I gots iz ponies... lots of ponies...

[willpell]

Okay, I have officially made my first Movie! I call it "A Piece of Shit". It is five still photos which hang on the screen like bored insects and occasionally transition into each other while an In Flames song plays. (The Bow Tie wipe which takes about eight seconds is almost interesting-looking just because it changes so slowly.) I had great trouble finding pictures I could use that were manga-based (thus making this at least sort of an AMV theoretically) but were allowed by the site guidelines (ie not hentai, or at least not obviously so - at least minimal amounts of clothing).

Obviously this is nothing close to progress, but at least I've seen the basics of the program's use. (And basics are all I'm going to get because the goddamn help file is unreadable.) The main issue I'm having is that the only way I know to get video clips is to "Import movie" on existing AMVs downloaded from this site - and they have audio in them which I can't figure out how to detach from the video clip, so adding an audio track to them produces dissonance.

If someone knows of a place to get clips of anime video with no audio, I will get started. Otherwise, maybe I will make a marginally less crappy picture slideshow of random mechs and count that as the fulfillment of my new year's resolution to make an AMV finally. Clearly the technical aspects of doing anything besides WMM drag-and-drop editing are beyond me while I'm still working my night job and doing various other things with my free time. I still don't even know what a codec is, other than "some technical thing I don't understand".

[Nya-chan Production]

Wait what?

Is that you, godix? |:

[seasons]

Okay, I have officially made my first Movie! I call it "A Piece of Shit". It is five still photos which hang on the screen like bored insects and occasionally transition into each other while an In Flames song plays. (The Bow Tie wipe which takes about eight seconds is almost interesting-looking just because it changes so slowly.) I had great trouble finding pictures I could use that were manga-based (thus making this at least sort of an AMV theoretically) but were allowed by the site guidelines (ie not hentai, or at least not obviously so - at least minimal amounts of clothing).

Obviously this is nothing close to progress, but at least I've seen the basics of the program's use. (And basics are all I'm going to get because the goddamn help file is unreadable.) The main issue I'm having is that the only way I know to get video clips is to "Import movie" on existing AMVs downloaded from this site - and they have audio in them which I can't figure out how to detach from the video clip, so adding an audio track to them produces dissonance.

If someone knows of a place to get clips of anime video with no audio, I will get started. Otherwise, maybe I will make a marginally less crappy picture slideshow of random mechs and count that as the fulfillment of my new year's resolution to make an AMV finally. Clearly the technical aspects of doing anything besides WMM drag-and-drop editing are beyond me while I'm still working my night job and doing various other things with my free time. I still don't even know what a codec is, other than "some technical thing I don't understand".