Im new to making amvs, so far ive only used movie maker, but it isnt accurate enough and i wanted a non linear tool to make my amvs. But im having a problem with it. I cant get my full movies into clips, kind of like how the movie maker automatically cut it up. Is there a way to cut your movies into clips? If not, is there an easy way to take out a small clip of the movie accurately?
Use VirtualDubMod. That's the most accurate way of doing it. Make the clips and save losslessly with either HuffYUV or Lagarith.
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Jimmy777 wrote:is elements 3 worth getting? like is it as good as pro 2 or pro CS3?
The "elements" versions are stripped-down versions of Premiere pro. So, no, by definition they are not as good. Whether they're good enough for you is another question entirely.
Jimmy777 wrote:thanks, now only if i could find a tutorial on it somewhere to see how it works.
The manual is a good start - though they make 3rd party books for lots of Adobe products too. The vast majority of what they cover in books like that are pretty useless for AMV making though.
Is there a way I can cut my clips as i make the movie in Elements? I like movie maker atm cause it cuts it into clips, but accuracy is a problem im having and the fact its linear is makin it harder to synch with my music. Also Im havin problems with VirtualDubMod and i dont really understand how to use it properly.
Premiere doesn't cut your clips for you, so if you really want to have them split into scenes, you'd have to do it manually, with a program like VirtualdubMod. If you need help with it, there's a section in AD and Ermac's guide that talks about Virtualdub:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ubmod.html
But if you ask me, it's faster to just leave your clips as a full episode and skim through it in Premiere's Viewer window to find the scene you want. Then just use Premiere's in and out points to grab the clip you want--it's more accurate than a program like WMM for cutting clips where you want them.
Personally, I make rough clips with WMM and then further refine them in Adobe. It takes forever because you have to save your clips seperately, on the plus side however, then you have tons of pre-cut clips of scenes you use all the time, so you save time clipping.