Time spent editing?

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Time spent editing?

Postby DarkNinja75 » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:01 pm

I'm just curious as to how long other editors spend a day working on their videos. Personally, I may work on it for just 30 minutes to tweak it, or I'll spend a good 4 hours trying to progress it further while being forced to deal with the inevitable crashes and errors. And then what's the average amount of time it'll take you to finish an entire video? My time varies from a single week to 4 months. I'm simply wondering this because I noticed when I wasn't editing, I became really bored really fast.
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Postby SuperFusion » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:23 pm

2 days at most
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Postby Pwolf » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:42 pm

i spend a few hours ripping and preping my footage. anywhere from 10-40 hours actually editing which includes tweaking. then a few hours encoding.

all that happens over the corse of a day or a few months... depends on the project and what else is going on in life.


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Postby Arigatomina » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:51 pm

For a simple vid with a long anime (50+ episodes), I average two weeks, getting 5-6 hrs per day and 30-48 hrs on the weekends. The first week is usually spent ripping, and the last weekend on combing for glitches an encoding. So, usually a week of editing if I have the weekends free.

If I already have the footage ripped, or if it's a short anime, I can make a vid in a day (20hrs), preferably a Saturday.

For a complicated vid, my record is over 3 months. I stopped paying attention to the hours because it would have been depressing.

I don't like leaving a video alone, so I tend to work on it during all my free time till it's finished. If I walk away for a while, I'm more likely to delete the entire thing when I get back and start a new project. I have a very short attention span, so when inspiration hits I wallow in it for fear of taking a breath and jumping to a different idea. >.>
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Postby Castor Troy » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:53 pm

I used to just spend like 1-2 hours a day editing.

For the current project I'm working on, I've been working nonstop on it for 2 weeks EVERY DAY for at least 8-12 hours a day and I'm barely past the halfway point. I'm BEYOND ahead of schedule for the type of video this is.... :shock:

Let's just say I have the determination to get it finished since things in my life are gonna get a bit crazier in the next few months and I wanna spend the time I have now working on it. Plus it's alot of fun to work on. :D
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Postby godix » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:00 pm

Depends on the video. Some of mine have taken 120+ hours at several hours a day. Some of mine have been done in under one day. Just depends on how much I need to do to it and how much I care about getting it 'perfect'.
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Postby trythil » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:22 pm

As long as it takes.
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Postby Samurai Drifter » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:36 pm

Sometimes a couple of days of frenzied editing and hours worth of work a day, other times weeks of an hour or so a day.
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Postby Scintilla » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:43 pm

Either nothing at all (much more common), or 2-3 hours. If I'm coming up on a deadline I really want to make, then maybe more than that.
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Postby AquaSky » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:14 am

Depends on if I've got a deadline to make. If that's the case, I can edit for 4-5 hours a day (or more, if I'm running down to the wire). Leisurely editing though, I'll only usually do a few times a week when the mood strikes, for a couple hours. Most of my newer vids have taken about 100 hours to complete, give or take a bit. I find it better to tweak them until I'm satisfied than to leave them be and notice those flaws when I rewatch the video later on.
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Postby Otohiko » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:18 am

I usually finish all my editing within 3-4 days of starting a project.

My original average used to be 3 hours of pure editing (disregarding ripping, exporting, etc.) per 1 minute of video, but I'd say it's actually closer to 5 hours per minute of video nowadays. And that's on average. I think the top is now getting into the 15-20 hours per 1 minute territory :roll:
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Postby Castor Troy » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:22 am

I think I'm losing weight working on my current video... :shock:
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Postby Decoy » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:02 am

My last vid took me about 40-45 days of 6-8 [sometimes 12] hours a day.

But like everyone else has said, it really depends on the situation and what you are trying to do... some projects take longer than others.

When facing a deadline you find that you can edit a lot more in a day than you usually can [well…that’s how it works for me]. I just finished a 36 hour Iron Chef tourney, basically a solid weekender. Started on the Friday and finished on the Sunday [deadline]. I was constantly editing, bar the few hours of sleep.
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Postby [Mike of the Desert] » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:07 am

But like everyone else has said, it really depends on the situation and what you are trying to do... some projects take longer than others.


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Anyway, this is my personal answer to the question. Everyday, so for time spent everyday, I usually spend a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 8 (rarely 12) hours of work. In the other way, about finish a complete project, that highly depends. Imo, considering my expreriences, I would answer that I go from a absolute minimum of one week to a maximum of two months.
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Postby DinaDani » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:08 am

For my first AMV, preparing the footage took up a lot of time for me. That's because I tend to watch every series once for memories sake, and then another time to find the stuff I need. At the end of my first vid, preparing the footage, making seperate clips and at the same time watching about 6 series twice, I think it took about 3 to 4 weeks.

The editing on the other hand took me about 2 weeks, although it shows a bit :wink:
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