Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

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Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:44 am

1. Do you spend nearly every waking moment you have editing?

2. Do you not have enough time to edit with life/school/work in the way?

3. Do you feel that you have enough time to edit and still maintain a balance of things in your life?

If you're #3, please let me know your secret. :|

Right now I'm both #1 and #2 with tons of unplayed video games that I really want to get to, but I have strict deadlines for my upcoming projects. It's not as easy as you think to dedicate time to everything.

I think I should scale down and stop making crossover videos.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Ileia » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:48 am

I never really think of it in terms of how much editing I do and whether or not I'm doing the right amount. I just edit whenever I want. If I want or need to do something else, then I do. I also don't get too worried about deadlines. If I don't have something for a con, it's not the end of the world.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Otohiko » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:08 pm

I wish I didn't have to edit at all and videos would just come out of me spontaneously :P

When I actively edit, I try to keep it short and I let it take over my life but for only a few days at most. While I'm not and haven't for a while been actively editing, when I do, I always try to keep the amount of time spent down. AMVing isn't my job, nor even my first or even second hobby, so... I try to adjust the time spent accordingly. I never felt like the time I spent editing was not enough, though.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Bauzi » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:21 pm

I don't think that I edit enough right now. I should do way more creative work instead of gameing. I don't know if I spend a lot of time on a project. Maybe about 48hours (without footage ripping and encoding) split up over a couple of months.

Stop watching TV, stop playing computer games, stop wasteing time on the internet is a good idea for me when I stop editing and I can live without them (well... okay I need some internet per day .-. ). That makes enough space for studying, working, editing and social activits.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby CodeZTM » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:11 pm

1. Do you spend nearly every waking moment you have editing?
Umm... No. XD I spend my weekends editing. If I don't have homework or a pressing project due, I might edit during the weekdays, but only if I'm actually free.

2. Do you not have enough time to edit with life/school/work in the way?
YES. School eats up 5 days of my week, I work essentially full time 3 days of the week [MWF] AND I usually do homework on Sundays. So that usually just leaves me with Saturdays and whatever days I have when I don't have a lot of homework/studying.

3. Do you feel that you have enough time to edit and still maintain a balance of things in your life?
Naturally. Editing is a big hobby in my life now [right alongside video games and American Pickers], and I'm trying my best to get better at it. That being said, I'm not going to let my grades/work go into the toilet just because it's fun to do/work on. I feel like I don't have enough TIME for it, but once I graduate, I should have much more time to dedicate to it.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Chained(E)Studio » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:35 pm

I actually spend more time watching AMVs, and searching for new AMVs rather than editing. And IF by chance I am editing its Graphic work rather than AMVs. I would like to spend more time on editing as I have piles and piles of songs I've collected for various ideas I would like to try, but time seems to fly by faster and faster these days. I do business work almost 10-12 hours a day, and so after that its more "life" things I like to do, or just relax and not do anything.

Maybe I lack motivation, maybe I'm just lazy, or maybe I'll just edit when I edit.

I don't think there can be a balance xD I know for myself when I start editing a project it seems like the hours just tick by and all of a sudden its 5am in the morning and I got to get up at 8am for work ^_^.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Enigma » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:46 pm

#3.


Just when i have free time with nothing to attend to.

Vidyas while editing is also the fun stuff
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby AimoAio » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:47 pm

Castor Troy wrote:2. Do you not have enough time to edit with life+school+work+laziness in the way?

I have lots of ideas that I would like to edit to but whenever I have time to edit, I'm usually to lazy to edit and prefer to watch anime or do nothing instead. Dx
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Kain-x-spirits » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:56 pm

AimoAio wrote:I'm usually to lazy to edit and prefer to watch anime or do nothing instead. Dx

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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby AngelDragoon » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:54 pm

Usually it's number 3. I tend to edit whenever I have time outside of school or friend/family stuff. Sometimes it goes back and forth to 1 or 2, though, depending on the time of year, (too much school or summer time when I actually go outside).
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby TritioAFB » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:13 pm

It's currently march and no new amv from me Dx
But just hopes to reach new vacations soon. I want to prepare something xD
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Kevmaster » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:25 pm

I don't edit.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby CorpseGoddess » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:35 pm

Normally I procrastinate, with contest deadlines (usually Tekko, Sakura-Con and, until this year, Anime Evolution) being the goad to get me off my butt and get videos finished.

That being said, this year I seem to be on a bit of a roll (had two videos sort of hit my head, edit themselves there pretty swiftly and then took less than a week to bang out IRL), so I've decided to see if I can sustain that and crank out a video a month for the foreseeable future.

Generally, the way I edit is that I get the thing done in my head first and then sit down and go hell for leather around work hours until it's finished. Of course, this year I was also trying to be responsible because with the Sakura-Con deadline at the end of the month and Dragon Age 2 coming out tomorrow, I knew if I didn't get them done before today, there was a good chance they wouldn't get done. :P

So, I guess to answer your question---I don't really edit until brain says it's time to, and then I don't do anything else at home but edit until the video's done. Which, the way I work, is generally 3 days to about a week or so from start to finish.
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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:43 pm

If I wasn't trying to take over the world via AMV Rooms, I'd probably hove time to edit more and even complete those 10,000 hour AMV projects

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Re: Do you edit too much, not enough, or just right?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:05 pm

I have so little time and very few ideas that don't require 100+ hours of work to pull off (for me at least). Shit gets done when it gets done, but starts every winter - hopefully in time for spring or summer cons. When I do edit, it's too much at once - to the point I start stressing out over getting stuff done and won't enjoy myself doing anything else until I finish.
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