My friend and I are starting one of THOSE projects. Y'all know what I'm talking about. The twenty-minute-long, requires-editing-for-EVERY-frame, should-we-use-fandubbers-or-subtitles type of project. In other words, we're making a vid of her crossover fanfic that, oh yeah, involves a fandom that DOESN'T EXIST IN ANIME.
Laugh. Or put me out of my misery quickly. Either one will make me feel better.
Anyways, long story short, I asked a more experienced AMV creator about changing backgrounds (and probably annoyed the heck out of him). He suggested that I use Photoshop or After Effects and refer to the tutorials here. The whole thing went down kind of like this: "Okay, tutorials, check. Nice, nice, great explanation on masking, ohhh you even tell me where I can buy this stuff? Thank you---NANDA?? I DON'T HAVE $1000 FOR AFTER EFFECTS!!"
So, uh... Any ideas? I'm already going to have to animate the anime-that-isn't-an-anime, which I guess I can handle (I'm pretty good at drawing and have enough patience to watch paint dry). Editing the anime that does exist requires more than patience, though. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated...and hey, if nothing else, this should give you something to laugh over.



