help! [how do I make AMVs?]

DinaDani · Post by **DinaDani** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:05 pm

Scintilla wrote:
khokokatt wrote:1. You probably have some downloaded music, and downloaded anime footage of some kind, if you don't, get some now.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... >WRONG.</a>

Besides, downloaded footage and music will only increase the tendency of almost any video editor to crash.

Fair enough, but you can't expect a new member to just spend a certain amount of money on the dvd's, the cd for the music and a full priced video editing software (which you will be using if you get better at it) before even knowing if he will like it.

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:07 pm

DinaDani wrote:
Scintilla wrote:
khokokatt wrote:1. You probably have some downloaded music, and downloaded anime footage of some kind, if you don't, get some now.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... >WRONG.</a>

Besides, downloaded footage and music will only increase the tendency of almost any video editor to crash.
Fair enough, but you can't expect a new member to just spend a certain amount of money on the dvd's, the cd for the music and a full priced video editing software (which you will be using if you get better at it) before even knowing if he will like it.

Why not? People do that for other hobbies all the time.

YouTube · Post by **Ileia** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:21 pm

DinaDani wrote:Fair enough, but you can't expect a new member to just spend a certain amount of money on the dvd's, the cd for the music and a full priced video editing software (which you will be using if you get better at it) before even knowing if he will like it.

You, my friend, are not thrifty. It can be cheaper than you'd think.

What does a DVD cost? A CD? You can buy them used. There are used media stores all over the place. Maybe 10 bucks for the DVD, and 5 for the CD. Suncoast runs awesome used DVD specials sometimes, I got three DVD's for $15 a couple months ago. Take note that these were still in perfect condition.

And as for programs, it's been proven that good quality videos can be made with Windows Movie Maker.
The program that I use, Magix, is $30.
THIRTY DOLLARS. I've been using it, I have my fair share of problems, (though mostly brought on by my computer), but for the money, it's worth it.

Let's say a person buys one DVD, and one CD and the CD has 10 songs on it. So you can make a maximum of 10 AMV's. If you use Movie Maker, that's $15, $1.50 per AMV. If you use Magix that's $45, $4.50 per AMV.

If you get really serious then you could shell out the dough for DVD box collections and Premiere.

It's all in how you look at it.

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:21 pm

paizuri wrote:
DinaDani wrote:
Scintilla wrote:
khokokatt wrote:1. You probably have some downloaded music, and downloaded anime footage of some kind, if you don't, get some now.
<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... >WRONG.</a>

Besides, downloaded footage and music will only increase the tendency of almost any video editor to crash.
Fair enough, but you can't expect a new member to just spend a certain amount of money on the dvd's, the cd for the music and a full priced video editing software (which you will be using if you get better at it) before even knowing if he will like it.
Why not? People do that for other hobbies all the time.

Most hobbies don't cost several hundred dollars initially.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:24 pm

dj_ultima_the_great wrote:
Most hobbies don't cost several hundred dollars initially.

Well, what's "most hobbies"?

I can safely say that most serious hobbies I know of cost more than that. I mean heck. I've spent several thousand dollars on building a computer and buying all sorts of accessories just for my games.

Heh.

DinaDani · Post by **DinaDani** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:35 pm

Otohiko wrote:
dj_ultima_the_great wrote:
Most hobbies don't cost several hundred dollars initially.
Well, what's "most hobbies"?

I can safely say that most serious hobbies I know of cost more than that. I mean heck. I've spent several thousand dollars on building a computer and buying all sorts of accessories just for my games.

Heh.

True, but a pc is much more versatile. Then again, DVD's are too. Ah well, if the topicstarter don't want to invest at least some money at some point in our hobby, he shouldn't be in the first place.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:38 pm

Yea, that's what I mean.

(but actually, I'll be the first to admit this: buying a computer as an academic-/employment-/video-editing-related tool for me was hardly more than an excuse. I dislike working with computers and never had the intention of using one for anything besides games and the internet...

...I failed

)

As for the downloaded footage, DVD's and so on - just remember the implications of it all. If you want to download/steal stuff - do so at your own risk, and don't get anyone else involved. And don't talk about it on the .org.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:00 pm

erg ok, i'm noticing a difference in my opinions with the rest of the site.

it's OK to create an AMV with downloaded footage. the sky won't fall, you won't get genital warts, and the world won't stop spinning. note that, to reduce freezing your video editing software, you should recompress your downloaded footage with an intraframe compressed codec, such as huffyuv or mjpeg, or decompress the footage altogether.

that said, the people who work at animemusicvideos.org do hope you continue purchasing anime DVD and paraphenalia (wrong word... w/e) and not curtail such purchasing habits because of downloading anime. furthermore, do not expect to get links or post links to downloadable footage on the forums. also, you may not upload amvs with licensed downloaded video footage to the site server.

using dvd source will get you better looking footage, better opinion scores, and more respect from other editors. however, if you are just fooling around or making a video for yourself, it is your decision as to whether you will downloaded footage, dvd footage, or whatever other source footage you may want.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:22 pm

So.. to recap.. "the first rule about using downloaded footage is don't talk about using downloaded footage!"

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:56 pm

Otohiko wrote:
dj_ultima_the_great wrote:
Most hobbies don't cost several hundred dollars initially.
Well, what's "most hobbies"?

I can safely say that most serious hobbies I know of cost more than that. I mean heck. I've spent several thousand dollars on building a computer and buying all sorts of accessories just for my games.

Heh.

Initially was the key word there. Reading manga is a hobby. On X/1999 alone, I've spent 180 dollars. However, each book is ten apiece. So, I don't spend all that money at once. For making AMVs, if you want to do it the "right" way, then you're going to want to purchase all of the required parts relatively around the same time - either that, or wait a long time to make your first music video... Most people don't have that money all at once. That's the point I was trying to make, and I do apologize if it didn't quite come out correct.