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Postby LivingFlame » Sat May 03, 2008 11:31 pm

I believe the AMVapp has a plugin for Premiere in it that allows for the importing of .avs files.

If it's not in there, then perhaps someone else can link you to it. My copy of Premiere is on my Mac, so I can't use AviSynth in it, period. :\
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Postby OropherZero » Sun May 04, 2008 1:52 am

I usually make huffy clips from episodes, but I found that this process takes me about 4-6 hours per series and is really demotivating. So now if I have the dvds I just bait and switch the vobs using MJPEG <- preferred method of editting although you really can't rotoscope or mask until you've done the switch, or if im using raws I chuck the entire series into huffy and buy an editting specific 500gb external hdd. Basically encoding the entire ef a tale of memories series on 704 x 400 resolution on huffy = 120gigs of space used up :P
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sun May 04, 2008 1:56 am

I make clips with DGIndex + avisynth + Virtualdub Mod and a way to "cut back on time" is to save the clips in the "job control" in VDM and then run them all later like when you are sleeping or something... however a dedicated external is pretty sweet :3
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Postby Emotive » Sun May 04, 2008 5:10 am

Doesn't editing with .avs's require a relatively strong computer?
I usually go with lagarith. Which is all pretty much why I usually edit with movies/ovas/small series. :p
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Postby Emotive » Sun May 04, 2008 5:23 am

Cast to Stone wrote:Doesn't editing with .avs's require a relatively strong computer?
I usually go with lagarith. Which is all pretty much why I usually edit with movies/ovas/small series. :p

..I forgot to mention, exporting clips from Vdub TOTALLY demotivates me. After I attempt to do this, the project is officially dead.
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Postby Kevmaster » Sun May 04, 2008 6:16 am

Cast to Stone wrote:Doesn't editing with .avs's require a relatively strong computer?


Bait and Switch method ftw. |:
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Postby Emotive » Sun May 04, 2008 7:09 am

Kevmaster wrote:
Cast to Stone wrote:Doesn't editing with .avs's require a relatively strong computer?


Bait and Switch method ftw. |:

Exporting problems ftl. Ò_Ó
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sun May 04, 2008 11:45 am

KholdStare88 wrote:1) If you're planning on using lossless codecs, then you're going to need way too much hard disk space, period.


Not really... HDDs aren't that expensive now.
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Postby KholdStare88 » Mon May 05, 2008 10:43 pm

Thanks all for the reply. Since I have no idea how to edit with .avs scripts, I'll just have to stick with Xvid or lagarith if it's a small series. I do have enough hard drive space for one to two lossless 13/14 episode series, but for my current CCS project, I guess it will have to be crappy. :D

...Besides, like someone said before, who would want to convert 70 episodes into lagarith? That might take close to a month. (exaggerated)

This thread proved to be more helpful than many guides that just told you not to edit in Xvid. I'll think about getting an external HD, since money is a bit short for now. At least I learned about lagarith.
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