VCA Videos

ayneadams · Post by **ayneadams** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:58 pm

hey , thanks for the post,

that was very useful

cherrybomb · Post by **cherrybomb** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:24 am

Otohiko wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:
Otohiko wrote:I don't hear many people with particularly killer rigs or special-purpose equipment here.
I'd like to think I have a pretty decent set up... or did you mean good editors?
Well... the average dedicated AMVer let's just say, and even the average prize-winning editor. I'm sure there's a bunch of us who do have $5,000+ machines, high-quality DV cams, tablets, and heck knows what other video processing monstrosities - but most of us don't. A pretty good general-purpose computer is what most of us have, whether we make killer videos or not. Which as I know, hasn't stopped people from producing technically-complex videos.

I laugh in the face of those idiots for buying such things when you can create a monster by purchasing the right tolls to begin with; at most $1300 max would suffice

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:51 am

VCA 2005 were good times.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:24 am

I think most of us do start tossing insane amounts of money into the hobby when we're able to do so. I have planned most of my hardware our- I have planned all of my hardware purchases around my needs as an editor. Now, granted, I also do professional editing here and there.... (After all, who would know about Greg Hecht's incredible plan if not for me!), but mostly, I'm just an AMV editor who likes shiny equipment, such as the new monitor I just bought.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:16 am

KIONON HAS A PLAN

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:03 am

I honestly think the first step is to fuck up like crazy and have people slap you around to prove a point. [any idea how I got started?]

If you want to do well, the guides are a MINOR stepping stone. Guides don't make good amvs. People (editors) do.

Find some modest [or not] amv editors here at the org who have won awards [or more importantly, who you like] to simply send honest scathing opinions your way for your first few vids. [took me 5 vids to learn to make a good Dance amv]

I say 'who you like' because uh, I don't win awards lol. Most of the time, my vids compete against each other since nobody makes dance amvs...

My ancient starters [who have left the org I think] were icechai, ErMaC [of the guides], and Aokakesu digital [who didn't op me for my first vids but did it were it counts]

I'll help ya out if you think my vids are good. [THERE IS NO POINT asking opinions of people who either write them too short OR don't edit. You have the best of both worlds in MexicanJunior btw who is both a highly skilled editor and has written MANY LONG detailed opinions. A must 'ask for review' person in my book]

guides don't make amvs, people do, remember this...

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:20 am

Meh, experience will teach you everything. I'd still like to find one creator who doesn't think their first video absoultely sucked. Programs only go so far it's learning how to tweak with it to get it to do what you want that's the key.

It's like the saying goes for Windows: 90% of Windows owners don't know about 90% of the features of windows.

Learn to exploit things to their fullest and you're set.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:29 pm

The Wired Knight wrote:Meh, experience will teach you everything. I'd still like to find one creator who doesn't think their first video absoultely sucked.

Try K-Type. His/her first video was "<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... ihuahua</a>", a mainstay of the Top 10% List for years.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:41 am

The Wired Knight wrote:Meh, experience will teach you everything. I'd still like to find one creator who doesn't think their first video absoultely sucked.

/raises hand

It could use some minor tweaking, and comparing the new re-mastered R2JP DVDs to the old AnimEigo versions, the video quality could be (much) better. But I basically edited the video in my head for a very long time, so by the time I put music and anime together I knew that it would be as close as I could make it to my ideal concept and as such, wouldn't suck donkey balls.

For some reason lately, I have had the urge to edit a "stupid" youtube level video. I think I need a change of pace to get out of this editing funk I'm in. Although I'll probably hate myself for doing so...

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:06 am

Willen wrote: It could use some minor tweaking, and comparing the new re-mastered R2JP DVDs to the old AnimEigo versions, the video quality could be (much) better.

I'm concerned. They put on 8 discs, what AE put on 12. Yeah, it's supposedly remastered from a new print, but... I don't like what that says about the bitrate, do you?