AMV Working Conditions

Lone Wolf · Post by **Lone Wolf** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:59 am

Last night, I was 'accidentally' towel-whipped in my left eye by my sister's friend. It was with a damp towel end, mind you. Guess what? Right after that, I was planning on doing some editing and online reading. I'm having trouble typing this up as it is.

Now why the Hell would I want to edit with one eye?

This got me thinking: what kind of 'conditions' do you edit under? Do you have siblings that make it so you can't hear yourself think let alone the audio? Do you have someone that constantly needs the computer and you have to give it up? Do you have a health condition that makes editing a pain in the ass?

I also have an eyelash or something stuck way up under my eyelid and I can't get it out. Now I'm sitting here laughing like I'm insane because the world's about to end and I can only sit back and watch. Pathetic, huh?

TobinHood · Post by **TobinHood** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:36 am

I'm currently staying at my parents right now, coming home for the summer and I have a younger sister. Everytime I sit down to edit all I hear is "Gonna blast my hommies till they die mothafuckas" and all that garbage making it very hard to concentrate on anything. Especially when the volume is high enough to make your head explode, which I wouldn't mind if the music didn't suck.

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:45 am

currently, until my new pc makes its way here, my frustrations have to be the lack of any sort of speed on my pc, the lag of using a 500mhz p3 has kept me from editing for about 9 months now

oh well at least my athlon 2800+ will be here next week

TobinHood · Post by **TobinHood** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:55 am

el_farlo wrote:currently, until my new pc makes its way here, my frustrations have to be the lack of any sort of speed on my pc, the lag of using a 500mhz p3 has kept me from editing for about 9 months now

oh well at least my athlon 2800+ will be here next week

I edit on a 733Mhz p3 all the time cuz I'm too poor to buy anything better.

pen-pen2002 · Post by **pen-pen2002** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:16 am

I do a lot of editing on a laptop, which pretty much means "where other people are not."

I find siblings really helpful: My bother is a casual AMV watcher (meaning he watches what I download) and he has been a AMAZING beta tester. He will actually watch me sometimes when I edit (I'm in "tweak" mode right now so I don't mind) and point out problem areas, ask questions and even make suggestions, a number of which came out really nicely. He'll probly start editing himself one of these days.

Only problem I have editing when I'm at home, where my 5 person family shares a computer, is people leaving things open and slowing everything down.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:48 am

I live on the third floor of my house, and keep my room at the perpetual state of messiness which means that my parents <i>never</i> bother me. Occasionally I'll get a call to turn down my speakers/wear headphones, but aside from that I can edit in peace.

-DOKool

rogueintellectproductions · Post by **rogueintellectproductions** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:08 am

The only distraction I have to deal with is a haughty cat (who is not my own, but I've been suckered into watching for five years) that demands attention the instant I sit down at the computer and runs away when I get up to pay attention to her. Typically neko.

The up side is she gives me useful feedback on my vids.

CPFuller

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:59 am

I don't have very many outside distractions when editing (having a lack of siblings helps, I'm sure), aside from the times when my parents feel the need to blast the television in the room next door. It's hard to concentrate when I can't hear my audio (thanks to 20 decibels of Tom Brokaw).

Pie Row Maniac · Post by **Pie Row Maniac** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:14 am

I have a roommate who likes to blast his techno music. That will soon change when I move in a month or so and can stick my computer in my room, thus making privacy capable while I'm on here editing or whatnot.

As for personal conditions, I'm mentally slow at times

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:04 am

TobinHood wrote:
el_farlo wrote:currently, until my new pc makes its way here, my frustrations have to be the lack of any sort of speed on my pc, the lag of using a 500mhz p3 has kept me from editing for about 9 months now

oh well at least my athlon 2800+ will be here next week
I edit on a 733Mhz p3 all the time cuz I'm too poor to buy anything better.

You poor, poor man. Or woman. Not sure, hard to tell on the .org.
I just got my new 2.6mhz comp

I'm happy now.