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AMV with song lyrics

Post by animefan4ever » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:03 pm

Hey, can anyone help me here? I'm thinking of making an amv with japanese song lyrics but don't know how to add them on. Can anyone help? Thanx.
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Post by downwithpants » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:28 am

most video editing programs have a subtitle function.

look up the lyrics and enter the subtitles where appropriate. note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.
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Post by Pwolf » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:59 am

virtual dub comes with a plugin by defualt to add subtitles, i think. learn how to use sub station alpha or medusa to time the subs, then you can use virtualdub to add them to your final encode. my last video was in japanese but i ended up not releasing it with the subtitles... not sure what people prefered so i just left them out and put the lyrics in the info page.


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Post by Kitsuner » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:01 am

It worked pretty well for AbsoluteDestiny's Little Mermaid video, though, so if you want to do it, more power to you. You may want to consider making the video widescreen and keeping the subtitles in the black area, and having two versions of the video available (one subbed/one raw) would also be a good idea...
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Post by WhereNext » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:54 am

or try and track down the RAWs, you can get your best quality out of these.

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Post by Pwolf » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:03 am

WhereNext wrote:or try and track down the RAWs, you can get your best quality out of these.
we are talking about <i>adding</i> subs...


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Post by Manganate » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:36 am

note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.
Sometimes I think it can actually add to the video if executed correctly in the right context.

It worked for BaHaRa in http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=16934
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Post by WhereNext » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:37 am

i dunno how i posted that in here, i swore i posted that in a completely different section of the forum.. lol oh well, guess it means i need to go get some sleep if i'm doin stupid crap like that.

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Post by Knowname » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:51 am

downwithpants wrote:most video editing programs have a subtitle function.

look up the lyrics and enter the subtitles where appropriate. note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.
it'd be new to me! But it'd take a really good Japanese song to impress me and I usually don't care about foreign lyrics. (no offense)

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Post by Knowname » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:55 am

Oh yeah... Mr. Panda does that... like I told him I prefer it opening style. You know, follow the bouncy ball style. Ya miss a beat and you'll be CRUCIFIED though...

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