dear god help me!

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:39 pm

Read Quu's guide on getting video game footage.

This is not a $FREE$ hobby, it takes money. If you don't have money, you're not going to make a decent amv.

You need money for :

A Computer(hopefully it's a good one)
Anime Source (DVDs! VHS Tape)
Soundtrack Source(CDs)

Now you can get FREE anime off of the intarweb. All of this anime is geared towards otaku-fans, who want the lastest stuff out, or hax0rz crooks who like to steal their anime. The thing almost every ripped any episode out there is subtitled, dubs are rare and far-between. Making a video that uses hard-subbed footage is NOT fun and if you leave them in or chop them out or have to compromise on using scenes that work, but have subs, or a scene that kinda doesn't work right, but atleast it doesn't have subs, you're going to screw up the video.

So:

A)Get reading the guides and as much info as you can.
B)Get money,
C)Get Computer
D)Get Anime
E)Get a music CD.

Then you can make a AMV.

We're here trying to make people make better videos, we don't want to be the knowledge bank for someones nickel'd and dimed piece of shit.

~klinky

achsifeseehc · Post by **achsifeseehc** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:40 pm

i just need a free program i can use to make them... and a dvd player

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:46 pm

achsifeseehc wrote:i just need a free program i can use to make them... and a dvd player

Dude, do you not get it :O

Use windows movie maker, it comes with windows Me/XP. If you don't have that version of windows you will need to purchase a editing program. Windows Movie Maker sucks however.

DVD Drive costs money as well.

~klinky

achsifeseehc · Post by **achsifeseehc** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:50 pm

okay i get it... thanx for not decapitating me during this whole thing

shinto · Post by **shinto** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:29 pm

i dont agree, it doesn't always cost lots of money. i have barely spent any money on amv making at all (cheapskate!) and mine are pretty succesfull!
if u want a free program to make videos try looking for videdit, its easy to use and it very rarely has any errors although there are no special effects or anythin.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:51 pm

Either you pay OR you become knowledgable enough on how to do illegal things :p or have the ability to search the intarweb :p

I am not saying you can't make a good AMV on a cheap budget, but I am sure your anime was free, your computer was free, your time was free. :p

It all adds up and yes if you want to make a REALLY spiffy video, then you will need to shell out the money for something allows for l33ter effects.

~klinky

achsifeseehc · Post by **achsifeseehc** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:52 pm

well my friend has a dvd rom drive so maybe i could try to make a half-assed ff9 music video

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:54 pm

Heh. Yeah, like the world needs another half-assed FF video!

achsifeseehc · Post by **achsifeseehc** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:55 pm

lol, some of them are actually pretty good

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 9:57 pm

Well you compare the fact of a AMV having possibly 10.5hrs.

Meanwhile your FF has like what 30mins total footage and most of it is boring low-action stuff. Though Square is teh pretty on the CGI. They can't make a movie though, although I didn't think Spirits Within was all that bad.

~klinky