What does everyone think [of digital effects?]

[OmniStrata]

I hate effects, hell, I hate editing. It's soooo pompous and tedious and all it does is create people who hate your video...

So let me be the first person [who people say make good effects] to say I bash effects.

Especially the ones which I can easily copy WITHOUT using Adobe After Effects...

*/me continues editing using fx since that's the only thing me is good at...

[L.Valentine]

I hate effects, hell, I hate editing. It's soooo pompous and tedious and all it does is create people who hate your video...

I agree only partially to that, I just hate when people with little experience abuse effects, because they think it will make their videos cool, but I just LOVE them when thery're used by someone like VicBond or Turboneko. They know the stuff they're doing!
Just see 'Die another day' or 'Petit Love' and you'll see what I mean.
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=21795
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=50298

[SpLiF_3d]

I agree only partially to that, I just hate when people with little experience abuse effects, because they think it will make their videos cool, but I just LOVE them when thery're used by someone like VicBond or Turboneko. They know the stuff they're doing!

hey, we all gotta learn somehow...and it helps to have ppl like you "bash" our effects with constructive helpful criticism in our ops or announcement forums cuz if you didn't we'd just keep doing the same ole stuff w/ small steps of progress but to have things pointed out....could mean a big eye opener for the editor in the way they use effects for future vids.

nobody is born knowing how to perfectly use visual effects or certain software or whatever but we TRY....give us that....at least.....
i'm sure the legends such as Vicbond and Zarxrax had subtle beginnings too but now most of use in amv community look to them as guru's of the art...

[L.Valentine]

I agree only partially to that, I just hate when people with little experience abuse effects, because they think it will make their videos cool, but I just LOVE them when thery're used by someone like VicBond or Turboneko. They know the stuff they're doing!

hey, we all gotta learn somehow...and it helps to have ppl like you "bash" our effects with constructive helpful criticism in our ops or announcement forums cuz if you didn't we'd just keep doing the same ole stuff w/ small steps of progress but to have things pointed out....could mean a big eye opener for the editor in the way they use effects for future vids.

nobody is born knowing how to perfectly use visual effects or certain software or whatever but we TRY....give us that....at least.....
i'm sure the legends such as Vicbond and Zarxrax had subtle beginnings too but now most of use in amv community look to them as guru's of the art...

You wrote like I'm bashing new AMV makers, if you read less superficially you could catch that I'm in fact not talking about the newbies, but defending the using of effects in general, plus explainig what are the ones I dislike.
I didn't say "all newbies just make bad amvs with effects, they're a lazy bunch that know nothing, so they should just drop the work and let it to amv god makers like VicBond" and so on. I just stated there are bad amvs with bad abused effects. Stop.

So don't put in my mouth meanings I didn't thought thanks.

[dj_ultima_the_great]

As for my thoughts on effects, I couldn't give a flying fuck less if they're in a video. I've seen AMVs with and without effects that I thought were equally amazing, so it just goes to show that there's no clear cut way of defining it. It's all in the video itself and people's opinions.


- Jen

[SpLiF_3d]

You wrote like I'm bashing new AMV makers, if you read less superficially you could catch that I'm in fact not talking about the newbies, but defending the using of effects in general, plus explainig what are the ones I dislike.
I didn't say "all newbies just make bad amvs with effects, they're a lazy bunch that know nothing, so they should just drop the work and let it to amv god makers like VicBond" and so on. I just stated there are bad amvs with bad abused effects. Stop.

So don't put in my mouth meanings I didn't thought thanks.

my bizzad....just trying to justify all the work i put in....nothing personal....even though i did say

it helps to have ppl like you "bash" our effects

it wasn't an attack....truce

i guess when it comes to effects, i like em. even i can agree, there are some vids that just seem to have them for no reason but only the creator knows

that is all

[gambitt]

I hate effects. They suck.

[L.Valentine]

it wasn't an attack....truce

truce accepted (shakes hands)

[freakomite]

I think if used the right way then it can be good, but if not... then it's not good aparently...

[Knowname]

Especially the ones which I can easily copy WITHOUT using Adobe After Effects...

But some of us lack the computer knowhow to do anything in our editor NUT simple fades/ transitions... that shouldn't stop us to be pridefull... just cuz we're imbacils ;p.