godix wrote:What has made me wonder isn't looking back at my own AMVs but rather every now and then I'll run into someone elses video I really liked years ago that now makes me think 'WTF was I on? That thing is a piece of crap!'
as much as i hate to admit this, i have done the same thing... but at the same time some of the videos i liked before I started editing were also rather good.... I remember having a mentality of "even a video with fansubs can be good as long as it has a good theme" and there are some that have a great concept, i just wish and cry that they cant/wont polish it and make it look pretty... ok maybe not cry... but its painful to watch sometimes..
lilgumba wrote:The only thing that does get to me a little is that my top videos here are the ones that are quite old and technically crappier than my newer videos.
yea my 10th video still gets all the downloads and all the hits, and i know I have done better... just people are turned off by WMV but i cant compress worth crap. so i stick with what i know, and it comes out alright, thats the only thing i can think of at the moment that would be holding back all my newer videos...
I went back and cropped the subs of my first 5 videos (not that it would matter as i have the DVDs anyways, i just didnt know how to rip DVDs back then) and that was painful enough for me to watch them that i put on some of the video descritpions that if i were to remaster these, i would completely remake them from the ground up with different scenes and everything, so i couldnt upload them as a remaster... aside from "laughing at myself" and getting nostalgic or whatever i am more thinking "WTF?? was I thinking??" and irritated when I get an opinion on them telling me how much crap it was lol.... but yea... i usually reply with "ive made something newer, your op is nothing anymore cause i am beyond your advice review one of my newer ones.." or something maybe less bitter... lol.
I guess i am lucky that i havent come across too many jaded editorers telling me how to make vids.....

but this is probably an open invitation to any who will remark at me. oh well.