I've got a noob in training.....

amvwizard · Post by **amvwizard** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:08 pm

Ok like the title says I've got a newbie in training. One of my friends saw one of my amvs and he said he wanted to make one of his own. I said I would help him. I think it would be good to start him off with some program besides WMM. So I was wondering if you guys know of any program besides WMM that would be easy for a noob to use. I also was wondering if you guys could give me some other ideas of things I might need to show him. I'm teaching him about video and audio codecs. I'm showing him some of the best videos on here to show him what makes a good video. So if you guys could help it would be great. He should be making a account up here pretty soon.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:19 pm

I think the best thing you could do for him is get him to read and experiment, and not spoon-feed him information and technique.

We have enough problems with people who are used to the latter.

This can be read "leave him alone".

As for what program: whatever he can easily pirate, or buy, or otherwise legally obtain. This usually means "Adobe Premiere Pro".

I mention piracy because it's the first thing people usually do, which is unfortunate, but whatever.

amvwizard · Post by **amvwizard** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:23 pm

I'm not gonna hold his hand step by step I was just gonna give him some general information and some program and then let him loose. I told him to read the "How To Guides".

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:32 pm

Teach him technical things.

That, and forum ettiquete.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:50 pm

First, let him watch a set of anime.

Second, get him an energetic piece of music.

It shouldn't take him too long to start visualizing anime scenes to a particular segment of the music. It's best to get him to write down or describe the scene.

Third, sit him infront of a simple select, drag and drop software video interface.

Now, let him find and match up his thoughts.

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:50 pm

Pinnacle is an easy to use editor. It's fairly cheep compaired to Adobe, not as powerfull, but works better than WMM and has quite a few good points. check it out.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/u ... io+Family/

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:08 pm

I forgot to add, there is a free 30 day trial, here is a link.

[Kalium: Fixed link to avoid breaking forum layout.]

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:17 pm

The best things to teach are probably:

How to get footage from DVDs.
How to use AviSynth.
How to use VirtualDub/Mod.
How to compress audio and video.

Less important:

Importing and exporting video (will depend on the program used).
Subtitle removal (yes, this applies to non-DL'd footage too, *cough*utena*cough*).
General Do's and Don'ts.

"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime."

Psygnius · Post by **Psygnius** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:21 pm

I would just suggest starting him/her off with Premiere. If you can just show him the basics of the timeline, it's actually a very simple program, then the technical stuff can be applied later in the program. But I think just the "A and B" video tracks make it a very simple program to begin editing with.

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:32 pm

amvwizard wrote:So I was wondering if you guys know of any program besides WMM that would be easy for a noob to use.

how about WMM2?

AnimeMusicVideos.org

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