I'm going to come right out with it and say that I don't understand the guides. Every other thread that contained a question similar to mine didn't help, because all the posts were either people pointing to the guides, or using terminology I don't understand. So, hopefully, I can get some help with this. Here's the situation:
I have been making AMVs for a while now, but I've never used anything particularly complex to do it. In fact, up until recently, all I had at my disposal was WMM1, and footage downloaded from [redacted]. Now, I have WMM2 and footage from [redacted] (that's a step up right there!). I am unfamiliar with virtualdub, Huffy, and most of the other types of software talked about in relation to this topic.
Currently, I'm trying to enter some of my videos into a convention contest. I can easily fit all the requirements for it, but I've run into a bit of a problem. Two of the requirements conflict in my case, namely that it has to be .avi, and it has to be under 125MB. If I fulfill one, I can't currently fulfill the other. Thus, I have to compress the file to make its size smaller. However, when I've gone to the guides or other threads trying to figure out how to do this, I didn't understand a thing they were talking about since, like I said, the only thing I use to make AMVs is the footage and WMM2.
So, if one of you is patient enough to help out a complete dumby who needs to be walked through the process of compression, I would be eternally grateful.
-animeangelash
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