Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

[Radical_Yue]

UTVideo

This

or (personal experience from Kisanzi) Lagarith works best with his copy of CS4 and he's getting CS5 this weekend so he'll have an opinion on that soon-ish.

He says "While you can use huffy it has rainbowing and freezing issues. DV works terrible, it may work fine for Macs but it's the most basic and...bleh...It's what I edited my first video with. It came out with weird borders and distortion. Don't use DV, it's the default you use when you have no other resources."

[XStylus]

UTVideo

This

or (personal experience from Kisanzi) Lagarith works best with his copy of CS4 and he's getting CS5 this weekend so he'll have an opinion on that soon-ish.

He says "While you can use huffy it has rainbowing and freezing issues. DV works terrible, it may work fine for Macs but it's the most basic and...bleh...It's what I edited my first video with. It came out with weird borders and distortion. Don't use DV, it's the default you use when you have no other resources."

Er... why have I never heard of UTVideo? PM me about it please.

I'm in total agreement with you about DV's imperfections. It's not perfect, but it's "good enough", and it's stable. However, I'll gladly take suggestions on a better codec to use that offers speed, stability, and quality. Quality takes a backseat to the other two. As for HuffYUV... ...that's just NOT gonna happen. The mere idea makes me want to go weep in a corner.

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One cool thing about Final Cut is that I can edit a project using low resolution files quickly, and then when I'm finished with my project I can use "Reconnect Media" to swap out the low res files for high res files and then just hit render. So long as the files are the same duration/frame length and aspect ratio, it works perfect. Does Premiere offer anything similar? That'd give the editors the option to edit with DV, and then when they're finished they can just reconnect to the higher res footage for maximum quality.
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[Castor Troy]

So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open.

Are you a bad enough dude, Dean?

[Castor Troy]

[ramble]
One cool thing about Final Cut is that I can edit a project using low resolution files quickly, and then when I'm finished with my project I can use "Reconnect Media" to swap out the low res files for high res files and then just hit render. So long as the files are the same duration/frame length and aspect ratio, it works perfect. Does Premiere offer anything similar? That'd give the editors the option to edit with DV, and then when they're finished they can just reconnect to the higher res footage for maximum quality.
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Yeah, the Premiere CS series also has a replace/reconnect media option under the same guidelines.

[Pwolf]

Having used CS5 since it's release, Lagarith and UTVideo work perfectly fine. UTVideo is faster but uses more space.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

I should clarify that rule. It's a panel of chef judges (those who have won past AMV Chef events or have won an award in the main AMV competition in the past). Not to be confused with AX AMV competition judges!

Hmmm.. Well, that very interesting, I wonder what would happen if I made one of those surprise appearances once again I seem to do from time to time

[Rider4Z]

So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open.

Are you a bad enough dude, Dean?

wait, i thought CT was the challenger, therefore HE chooses who to battle

[Castor Troy]

So who's challenging Troy? You mentioned in the rules that a challenger is only open to the judges? Wish that new rule was a little open.

Are you a bad enough dude, Dean?

wait, i thought CT was the challenger, therefore HE chooses who to battle

That's right!

So, who's a bad enough dude? or dudette?

[Rider4Z]

That's right!

So, who's a bad enough dude? or dudette?

Spoiler :

bring it.

[Castor Troy]

Spoiler :

Is that a real sword?!