by Scintilla » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:30 am
Most people here seem to use Adobe Premiere, Windows Movie Maker, Ulead Video Studio, Final Cut Pro, Magix Movie Maker, Cinelerra, or something similar. Most people here will also tell you that there is no "best" program; it all depends on your own personal <s>Jesus</s> preference.
The usual procedure when making an AMV from DVDs involves .VOBs, .D2Vs, .AVSes, and for some people, .AVIs. I don't know anything about making an AMV from VHS/LD/TV footage. Fansubs are generally looked down upon as source footage, but when they are used, they're almost always .AVIs.
As for the finished <i>product,</i> most people make distribution versions of their AMVs in either MPEG or AVI format; the vast majority of AVI people use either the DivX or the XviD codec. There's also a fair-sized minority who make WMVs; there's an even smaller minority who make .RMs. Anything else is pretty rare as far as I've seen.