Time spent editing?

[Otohiko]

I usually finish all my editing within 3-4 days of starting a project.

My original average used to be 3 hours of pure editing (disregarding ripping, exporting, etc.) per 1 minute of video, but I'd say it's actually closer to 5 hours per minute of video nowadays. And that's on average. I think the top is now getting into the 15-20 hours per 1 minute territory

[Castor Troy]

I think I'm losing weight working on my current video...

[Decoy]

My last vid took me about 40-45 days of 6-8 [sometimes 12] hours a day.

But like everyone else has said, it really depends on the situation and what you are trying to do... some projects take longer than others.

When facing a deadline you find that you can edit a lot more in a day than you usually can [well…that’s how it works for me]. I just finished a 36 hour Iron Chef tourney, basically a solid weekender. Started on the Friday and finished on the Sunday [deadline]. I was constantly editing, bar the few hours of sleep.

[[Mike of the Desert]]

But like everyone else has said, it really depends on the situation and what you are trying to do... some projects take longer than others.

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Anyway, this is my personal answer to the question. Everyday, so for time spent everyday, I usually spend a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 8 (rarely 12) hours of work. In the other way, about finish a complete project, that highly depends. Imo, considering my expreriences, I would answer that I go from a absolute minimum of one week to a maximum of two months.

[DinaDani]

For my first AMV, preparing the footage took up a lot of time for me. That's because I tend to watch every series once for memories sake, and then another time to find the stuff I need. At the end of my first vid, preparing the footage, making seperate clips and at the same time watching about 6 series twice, I think it took about 3 to 4 weeks.

The editing on the other hand took me about 2 weeks, although it shows a bit

[[Mike of the Desert]]

I don't like leaving a video alone, so I tend to work on it during all my free time till it's finished. If I walk away for a while, I'm more likely to delete the entire thing when I get back and start a new project. I have a very short attention span, so when inspiration hits I wallow in it for fear of taking a breath and jumping to a different idea. >.>

Same happens to me, as I said, the minimum of 2 hours depends of dthe day if I'm terribly and/or horribly busy. But my best is to work on it all my free time (and the amount of it changes by the day.)

[Illia Sadri]

I am not the type to stay seated for too long so I work in brief interludes. Often no more than an hour but on some days I do a couple short sessions. I simply get ansty and become more enticed to dance to the song than to actually edit. Of course I rarely work on deadlines so that approach works best for me.

Total length depends on the project. I've had one be done in about 24 hours (an entirely personal video made more for release than as a serious effort) to 8 months (where I struggled to finish the video at all as I lost focus while waiting on the dvd release)

[ssj4lonewolf]

when i worked on my first amv i spent 5 days straight waking up at 2pm(cuz i work nights)- 10 pm working on my first amv. It came out alright, on the weekend tweeked and freaked it a lil, and bam i was done. Im gonna remaster my first vid now =)

[neptunestar]

it depends on the video, i have made ones that i sepnd about 5 hours on..and that i have spend half an hour long (but the vid was only a min and a half) it depends on the length and the footage

[yumi+chan]

I've worked very long on my first AMV. It took me a few weeks, and I've worked a few hours every day on it. I don't know how many hours I've worked on it, but it was really very long.