Also don't underestimate the company only willing to pay so much. I've done editing for my job, and it was extremely basic, but that's because every hour of my time cost the company money. So they wanted to keep very careful tabs on what I was doing, and let me have just a few hours - a day's work really - and that was it. AMV editors have almost infinite time when doing it as a hobby.godix wrote:Keep in mind companies have more limits than AMV editors. We can use effects, mask characters, and otherwise change the source some. That company editor probably couldn't. Plus AMV editors usually do something because we want to, the company guy may have been told to just do something and he slapped shit together just to get the project over with.
The same is true of game developers vs. modders - in PC games that have been heavily modded, fans often rag on developers for failing to see the game to proper perfection. But the situations of hobbyists vs. professionals, especially as far as resources, are extremely different. It's very hard to compete with people who work only for their enjoyment and can put in as much time as they like, vs. people who can only put in as much time as they're paid for.
