Help finding the right video editor to...

For help and discussion about specific video editing systems like Adobe software, Windows Movie Maker, Magix, Sony Vegas, etc. Please note the subforums.

Postby Athena » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:54 pm

SyberiaWinx wrote:Someone must know how to do it...>_>;;


At work. Will type up step by step guide in five hours or so.
Image
User avatar
Athena
I ♥ the 80's
 
Joined: 02 Mar 2001
Location: Japan
Status: Sad Girl on Mac

Postby SyberiaWinx » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:55 pm

Would it be easier to add you to AIM?O_o
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby Athena » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:07 am

SyberiaWinx wrote:Would it be easier to add you to AIM?O_o


Seeing as how I am never on it, not really no. Writing instructions now.
Image
User avatar
Athena
I ♥ the 80's
 
Joined: 02 Mar 2001
Location: Japan
Status: Sad Girl on Mac

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:58 pm

Ok...
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby Athena » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:14 pm

SyberiaWinx wrote:Ok...


I slept and ate, sorry. Still working on it.
Image
User avatar
Athena
I ♥ the 80's
 
Joined: 02 Mar 2001
Location: Japan
Status: Sad Girl on Mac

Postby Phantasmagoriat » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:56 pm

well, if you get avisynth working through vdubmod, I'm pretty certain a combination of these functions in the right order will work:

Code: Select all
crop(left, top, -right, -bottom)
lanczosresize(width, height)
addborders(left, top, right, bottom)

-you might not even need to crop
-all substituted values are in pixel units; so a common instruction is something like lanczosresize(640,480)

if you want to squish and add borders, it could look like this:

Code: Select all
lanczosresize(640, 460)
addborders(0, 10, 0, 10)


so the overall dimensions are still 640x480

...if that makes any sense... hopefully it helps.
Image
Org Profile | AMVGuide | Phan Picks! | THE424SHOW | YouTube | "Galactic Escape"

"Effort to Understand; Effort to be Understood; to See through Different Eyes."
User avatar
Phantasmagoriat
 
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Status: ☁SteamPunked≈☂

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:12 pm

I'd afraid it doesn't make much sense to me.^^; We're both new to adding all this kind of stuff, so we need literally a step-by-step guide. We just don't want the letterboxes to appear ON the scene, just UNDER/OVER it, not covering anything up.
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby Phantasmagoriat » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:28 pm

SyberiaWinx wrote:He tried using avisynth, but the black boxes cut off part of the scene, which we don't want and keeps the size messed up. What's he doing wrong?


I should have assumed this was wrong.

k, that first link indeed explains it all... but I'll run through it real quick, hopefully without missing anything.

-install the AMVapp
-show file extensions
-make a new folder [anywhere]
-put all source footage into that folder
-make a new .txt file [right click]
-in the text file type this on the first line:*
avisource("insert-file-name-of-source-between-these-quotes.avi")
-save
-change extension from .txt to .avs
-open the .avs with virtualdubmod
-go to tools>>script editor
-add any lines you think you need, and save/refresh [f5]
-once its the way you need it:
save your new .avi with the codec you want

*i'm guessing you have a .avi source
Image
Org Profile | AMVGuide | Phan Picks! | THE424SHOW | YouTube | "Galactic Escape"

"Effort to Understand; Effort to be Understood; to See through Different Eyes."
User avatar
Phantasmagoriat
 
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Status: ☁SteamPunked≈☂

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:34 pm

I don't see anything about the letterboxes in there, though.O_o
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:35 pm

And also, the last time I used Virtual Dub mod to alter a scene-make it shorter, in that case,-it came out looking horrible and over 1GB.
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby Phantasmagoriat » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:42 pm

SyberiaWinx wrote:I don't see anything about the letterboxes in there, though.O_o


ah yes... avisynth is made up of various commands [hundreds to thousands?] so the link to avisynth.org was simply provided in that guide.

SyberiaWinx wrote:And also, the last time I used Virtual Dub mod to alter a scene-make it shorter, in that case,-it came out looking horrible and over 1GB.


well that depends on the codec you use to compress the file; that last link I gave runs through how to recompress a file... so instead of uncompressed or huffyuv, try something like XviD [although I should note that the former compression is the preferred format to edit with]
Image
Org Profile | AMVGuide | Phan Picks! | THE424SHOW | YouTube | "Galactic Escape"

"Effort to Understand; Effort to be Understood; to See through Different Eyes."
User avatar
Phantasmagoriat
 
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Status: ☁SteamPunked≈☂

Postby Phantasmagoriat » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:45 pm

-also, are you using an .avi source?

-and installing the app
Image
Org Profile | AMVGuide | Phan Picks! | THE424SHOW | YouTube | "Galactic Escape"

"Effort to Understand; Effort to be Understood; to See through Different Eyes."
User avatar
Phantasmagoriat
 
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Status: ☁SteamPunked≈☂

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:47 pm

^^; Well, we need to add the letter boxes, so without that being inlcluded, I'm not sure what the point was of all that you just typed.O_o
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

Postby Phantasmagoriat » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:55 pm

Phantasmagoriat wrote:
SyberiaWinx wrote:He tried using avisynth, but the black boxes cut off part of the scene, which we don't want and keeps the size messed up. What's he doing wrong?


I should have assumed this was wrong.

k, that first link indeed explains it all... but I'll run through it real quick, hopefully without missing anything.

-install the AMVapp
-show file extensions
-make a new folder [anywhere]
-put all source footage into that folder
-make a new .txt file [right click]
-in the text file type this on the first line:*
avisource("insert-file-name-of-source-between-these-quotes.avi")
-save
-change extension from .txt to .avs
-open the .avs with virtualdubmod
-go to tools>>script editor
-add any lines you think you need, and save/refresh [f5]
-once its the way you need it:
save your new .avi with the codec you want

*i'm guessing you have a .avi source
Image
Org Profile | AMVGuide | Phan Picks! | THE424SHOW | YouTube | "Galactic Escape"

"Effort to Understand; Effort to be Understood; to See through Different Eyes."
User avatar
Phantasmagoriat
 
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Status: ☁SteamPunked≈☂

Postby SyberiaWinx » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:57 pm

Still lost.@_@ You're using way too many complex terms here.
"I've found that you're never to old to dive headfirst into a room full of plastic balls."
-Rosanne Conner
SyberiaWinx
 
Joined: 02 Dec 2004

PreviousNext

Return to Video Editing Software

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest