Subtitles

Motoe · Post by **Motoe** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:09 pm

is it alright or bad to have a few subtitles in your amvs? well all most all the vids i have downloaded from here have had subtitles....

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:46 pm

You're downloading the wrong videos.

But seriously, the issue of subs in AMVs was discussed a little while ago here.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:51 pm

Some of my favorite editors refuse to bother with removing subs. They don't get the fanbase they deserve because of this.

Subs are easy to remove - you can crop them right off in Virtualdub. Since it's so easy to get rid of them, it's considered laziness to leave them in. People flame vids with subs all over them because they're ugly and distracting and so easy to get rid of with just a few minutes extra effort.

There are a lot of sub-filled vids here because there are a lot of lazy editors here. If you're looking for an excuse to leave subs in, you won't find any excuse that fits better than pure laziness.

Tormentor · Post by **Tormentor** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:06 pm

Well another topic are subs that are made by the craetor of the video

. I used them in my first video to help the audience understand the context and don't regret it.^^

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:10 pm

They're very distracting.

'Nuff said

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:58 pm

subs = death

simple and pure get them the fuck out of there and you'll be fine its one of the first thing's you'll learn by experiance and op's you'll recieve just get them out of there one way or another

Artieful · Post by **Artieful** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:01 pm

Niotex wrote:subs = death

nicely put. *nods*

Cornwiggle · Post by **Cornwiggle** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:18 pm

My first three vids had subtitles, but they didn't really HURT them, except for my Kigetsuki vid.

I wish I had known about Virtual Dub Mod back then. ;_;

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:29 pm

1. thing is most of the people here watch subtitled anime (from what i can gather since alot of them use subtitled anime for their videos) most of us are self trained to read those subs, therefore if you try to take the fight of "just ignore them" thats like telling us to stop a habit that we have built up over possibly years, its not going to happen instantly...

2. if you leave subs in there are people who will point out that annoiance in QC at the very least. I know if I see a decent video with subs in it I will say something about it in qc...

Subs can only lead to destruction, that is unless they are ment to be there or done on purpose

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:05 am

I personally watch most of my anime in subtilted form, so videos with subtitles are pretty distracting since I've been trained to watch for subs. Also, if you are a heavy fansub watcher, you have no choice but to watch anime subbed so I think you would end up having subs in videos annoy you if they are just left in there for no reason except laziness or plain ignorance.

Now, subs that are there for a purpose, can help with the video, but even then they can be a distraction to a video if there are many things going on in the video at once. Information overload, if you catch my drift.