Finished with virtual dub. What's next

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Finished with virtual dub. What's next

Postby elbo » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:57 pm

I've finished some editing and compression in virtualdub. My only refrence is VicBond007’s guide, which I suspect is outdated. What's next? :?:
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Postby Scintilla » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:33 pm

It's not quite clear where you are in the process. Are you saying your AMV is finished? If so, what format do you currently have it in?
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Postby elbo » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:07 pm

I have trimed parts of my video in virtualdub, and compressed it. The entire video is in avi. (or aiv) files. What's next
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Postby Purge » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:11 am

? what do you want to do - upload it?
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Postby elbo » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:11 am

Thanks, but I'm looking for knowledge, not juvinile humor. If that's what you're into, make a video of "family guy". :evil:
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Postby Purge » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:25 am

?people recommend wiki for knowledge nowadays

for amv's its recommeded you Read ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides


if you have your clips the next step is to usually make your AMV??
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Postby Minion » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:46 am

elbo wrote:Thanks, but I'm looking for knowledge, not juvinile humor. If that's what you're into, make a video of "family guy". :evil:

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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:26 am

elbo wrote:Thanks, but I'm looking for knowledge, not juvinile humor. If that's what you're into, make a video of "family guy". :evil:


That was entirely uncalled for.

In any case, what Scintilla and Purge are trying to figure out is if you're at the point in the AMV-making process where you have all your clips ready to edit, or if you've already edited the video and are wondering how to upload it to the .org. You haven't been clear as to what stage you're at, so we can't really help you.
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Postby elbo » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:44 pm

sorry for the rudness of the last one. Anyway, my clips are redy to edit and have been saved and compressed in virtualdub. :?
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:33 pm

...Well then, shouldn't you be editing?
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Postby Athena » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:45 pm

I think elbo means "what program do I use next?" In my sticky, I wrote that after you have created your clips in vdubmod, it is time to edit with them. However, the choice of editors is entirely up to you:

I wrote:
Do I have an editing suite?

Back in the dark ages when I started, the answer would have been likely "no." However, we have come a long way since the late nineties, and now every computer user practically has windows movie maker or imovie. I own a mac and a pc, so I have both. I don't use either, and I don't know how to use either, because I started making amvs as a consequence of my radio/tv broadcasting training. However, I can tell you guides exist for both Windows Movie Maker and iMovie. Both are free options that when used correctly yield decent to good results.

I am partial to Final Cut Pro, and even more so to Adobe Premiere 6.0. I learned on these software titles, and so as an old fogy, I am loathe to switch to something new. Both of these programs however, are prohibitively expensive. Both of mine are legal, again because of my training, but it is unusual. I do not recommend illegal procurement of these software titles, but the net is what it is. Others swear by a program called Vegas.

What all of these programs, especially the latter three, have in common is that they are time line based. The latter three far more so than the previous pair. This allows you to lay down your music on one track, and on another higher track, lay your video, and you can have physical representation of how long each clip you have cut lasts. This allows you to line up cuts, as well as action within the clips, to the audio. Again, for more particulars, we can help.


Basically, elbo, what editing suite you choose to use is entirely up to you. It's not as easy a choice is AviSynth and VDubMod were. My personal preference is Premiere 6.x, and I swear by it. Your mileage may, and probably will, vary.
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