Newbies: How to make your first AMV

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Postby ChibiChan1126 » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:27 pm

its me again guys and kurama person ( :oops: I LOVE KURAMA :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: ^^ :oops: ) :shock: i didnt get a word u said...^^''' sorry im not that big of a computer person so can u IM me or explain it to me a little better and in Windows Movie Maker, the amv is clear in the preview box its perfect but its just in Windows Media Player that its blurry. thanks for all ur help ^^ :D
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Postby downwithpants » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:33 pm

click the links as you follow along.

Arigatomyna wrote:Okay, for a list of programs frequently used, go down to the 'Software Help' section - there should be a bold 'sticky' thread telling various programs.

For new vids, go to the 'Member Main' page and on the bottom left click the 'search vids' link. Do a super search and choose 'by upload date' to get the newest ones. Since you're new you won't be able to download local vids (unless you donate) for 2 weeks. So you should probably limit your super search to 'downloadable' so you get the direct and indirect links.

As for the 'dumb questions' - not that they're dumb, just that they get asked a lot and people tend to get fussy about answering them more than twice. Next time use the 'search' button at the top of the forum and try looking up your questions (using key phrases) in the '[site, audio, and video] help' sections of the forum. You can usually find your own answers and not have to deal with short-tempered people. ^.~


as for why your videos look blurry in windows media player, but not in the preview box: this happens because the preview box shows the original video file. when you play the video you've made with windows media player, it doesn't show the original video file. rather, it shows a file that windows movie maker has created. however, windows movie maker cannot create the video file with the same clarity as the original video file, since it's trying to save your hard drive space. if you want to get a clearer video out of windows movie maker, when you click "save movie as..." and it brings up a window that looks like this, choose a compression with a high bitrate (something between 1.0 and 2.1 Mbps). it will still not be as clear as the original video file, but it should be better.
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Re: Newbies: How to make your first AMV

Postby pauliojr » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:14 pm

jbone wrote:
What NOT to do if you want a good AMV:

Do NOT use a windows media format (usually .wmv or .asf)

[b][MOD359: Edited 12/19/02]


I think that this part isn't really good advice. WMV makes a huge file so much smaller in size. You can decide how many k bits/sec you want, so WMV is actually an excellent source for making Music Videos. Windows Movie Maker 2 is recommended highly!!
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Re: Newbies: How to make your first AMV

Postby Scintilla » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:44 pm

pauliojr wrote:
jbone wrote:
What NOT to do if you want a good AMV:

Do NOT use a windows media format (usually .wmv or .asf)

[b][MOD359: Edited 12/19/02]

I think that this part isn't really good advice. WMV makes a huge file so much smaller in size. You can decide how many k bits/sec you want...

You can make a really small MPEG-1 or DivX/XviD AVI, too, but they won't look good. However, a WMV at the same tiny size will look even worse. While it's true that the WMV9 codec is a lot better than the older WMV codecs, it still doesn't give as good compression as XviD, as far as I've seen.

And by the way, you can also specify what bitrate you want with DivX/XviD and MPEG (at least with TMPGEnc).
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Postby LoST RaiNDRoP » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:25 am

is AVI better than WMV ?
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Postby )v(ajin Koji » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:43 am

For storage purposes yes, for online distribution no...unless youre talking about an XviD/DivX avi then yes it's better in both respects.

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Postby LanceAngel » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:55 pm

hey everyone I'm still a noob here an joined a few weeks ago I have started construction on my first AMV an as soon as I can get some funds I will begin gathering footage. I hope that one day I will be able to create a AMV as good as all of yours. I get confused here an there but I'm pushin on. I've read all the guides an everything an they really help. thanks for all the guides everyone an I cant wait to finish my vid. I think I may just be able to make a few freinds here. I have loved anime since b4 I can remember an have always wanted to make a vid thanks again for helpin me wit the guides an I'll c ya all around. :o
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Postby silver_moon_wolf » Wed Feb 04, 2004 3:48 pm

um this is great and all but can someone please guve me a direct link to were i can down load the sofwere to get the pictures offf of my anime DVDs?
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Postby LanceAngel » Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:37 pm

ummm read through this topic more there are a few people who posted stuff an read through the guides that people posted that will tell u a site to I think and yes I no I'm still a noob :lol: 8)
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Postby Tsukasa-San » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:08 pm

I can't get my vid to upload.. hlep please, I try to input the password and username i was given in the login screen and it says they don't exist
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Postby Tsukasa-San » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:11 pm

I can't get my vid to upload.. hlep please, I try to input the password and username i was given in the login screen and it says they don't exist
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Postby Letheus » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:25 pm

Tsukasa-San wrote:I can't get my vid to upload.. hlep please, I try to input the password and username i was given in the login screen and it says they don't exist


If you're talking about upoading directly to the org, you can't, as far as I know. You need to host your AMV somehwer else ^^;;;

Anyhoo, I'm a total newbie (I just recently started messing around with Premiere 6.0) and I've noticed that no one likes downloaded footage. Well, believe it or not, there are some people who can only use downloaded footage. (That's right, there are computers so old they don't have DVD drives :p) I happen to be one of those people, unfortunately, and so far I don't really see the problem with using downloaded footage, as long as you're not trying to make the best amv ever or anything. In my opinion, if you're starting out and you don't have any way of ripping DVDs, using downloaded clips is a pretty good way to start.
(BTW, are there any really goos AMV makers that use downloaded footage? I'd be interested to see how much you can do with it.)
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Postby Corran » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:36 pm

Letheus wrote:If you're talking about upoading directly to the org, you can't, as far as I know. You need to host your AMV somehwer else ^^;;;


Actually... you can. That is what the Local downloads mean.
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Postby Letheus » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:22 pm

Really? I could've sworn I saw somewhere that you couldn't.....why does everyone try and find hosting for their amvs if you can just upload them to the site?
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Postby downwithpants » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:33 pm

Perhaps you read you can't download local videos (for your first two weeks of membership). You can upload though. Reasons people try to find outside hosting include: making the video available to members who have joined less than two weeks ago, making the video available to non-members, or being considerate to the Golden Donut if you have a large and heavily downloaded video (e.g. Animix project).
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