AMV flaws you want to admit

[l33tmeatwad]

I am probably the only one that had the tech side completely down before I started editing...lol. The only reason for this was me making digital copies of my DVDs for my portable devices and always learning new stuff so the quality was the best I could attain.

[Kireblue]

damn Yue. I could relate to so much of what you said.

[irriadin]

- Whenever I'm in the process of editing, I usually have a really bipolar take on my current project. Sometimes I'll watch the WIP and be like "Yea, it's awesome so far! " but then the next day I'll feel more like "ugh, this is TERRIBLE! What am I even doing?! Maybe I should forget about it and start something else..."

- All of the good effects I can do in After Effects stem from my knowledge of Photoshop. Actually trying to do everything in AE is something that I just can't do (yet?) It's like, "what are all these knobs and buttons!? WHAT DO!?"

- I used to be hopeless at encoding until I discovered ZarxGUI. (So basically, I'm still hopeless but now I have a program to help me! )

- Since the devilry that is AE CS5 came about, I get seriously tempted to just use the Rotoscope Brush for scenes where I want to do a "quick and dirty" mask. I know it'll hold up to casual viewing, but closer inspection would reveal... sloppiness (While on the subject of masking, I much prefer to use Adobe because I can't maneuver around and zoom with keyboard shortcuts in Vegas.)

[gotenks794]

To add to my original post:

-Avisynth....is that a type of fabric?
-Masking.....like halloween?

[8bit_samurai]

I have this same issue. Despite reading the guides multiple times, I just really don't "see" the stuff that isn't super obvious. Literally, the only thing I really know how to do is deinterlace and sharpen. So I usually hope the beta testers can see it and let me know. ;___;

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I don't really use avs scripts or whatever to clean up footage. I try to maintain the original quality and I've only color corrected for masking.

X4

I've decided to just let people bitch.

Also, I still edit on a G5 mac ... use AE 7.0

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This is why I haven't really released anything yet and why I prefer to do GMVs, since there isn't really any cleaning to do (at least not with the games I've used so far).

[ngsilver]

- I'm really bad at keeping interest in a video that I can't finish fairly quickly. I'll work on a video and then stop because I got this great idea and start working on that, then move on to the next... ect... In the end I wind up with tons of un-finished projects that I may wind up going back to and finishing in the future. Generally, the number of videos I come out with in a years worth of time all depends on which ones I can finish before my muse re-directs me to a new idea...

- My editing style has what I like to do with footage, basically heavy beat/internal sync, kills many projects for me. I'll hear a song I really want to make a video to but when I sit down to work on it I have to give up because I have a hard time loosening up my sync style. Probably this is one reason why I rarely come out with a fast paced video or use a song with lots of elements in it, because I inately want to have something happen on each note/beat/word/ect... That's partially why I was as proud of Admiration, because I was able to push through that OCD like urge to sync on EVERYTHING!

- I get distracted very easily, more so now then ever. I have a great urge to edit, but I often have a hard time staying seated at my PC to work of a video because any little thing easily pulls me away. I find this partially due to having to work with computers all day long, I just don't want to sit at my PC when I get home and would rather rest on the couch and watch TV/movies or play video games. Then when I do sit at my PC I wind up getting distracted with other things like chat or what not. MLP videos/music on youtube is a great distraction lately...

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Me have flaws in my videos.. Impossible!!!

Vlad

[JaddziaDax]

I feel beats/syncopation that no one picks up on and therefore people tell me that "my sync is off". I enjoy videos of other peoples who do this, even if it's unintentional.

I have no patience for effects, which is why most of the time my effects look bad

I'd really like to do upbeat videos but the first thing always kills it for me.

I ignore most crit after I finish a video, because I'm not going to go back and fix it. (I soak it up during the beta process though, unless its about my horrid deinterlacing lol)

I do sentimental/cute/romance/drama really well, but fail at action/comedy (at least I think so). But I'd really love to do a sparkly dance video O.O

I can't deinterlace worth shit, and I've gotten to the point where I don't care if it's blended/jaggedy anymore .

I have my husband check my audio cuts.

I very rarely make a video that I have a personal connection to (or one that has more of a meaning to me aside from "I'm a fan of this anime and this song"), however those are usually my least popular videos anyway.

Right when I'm done with filling a video timeline I'm usually thinking "this is pretty awesome!" then I send a beta out and then I realize how horrible it is, then I don't want to edit anymore.

I have several old ideas but none I really want to see done.

I haven't watched any new anime lately, I've only been catching up on old ones, and watching star trek, and trying to figure out how to make costumes in little big planet.

I also prefer the lasso over the pen tool.

[Phantasmagoriat]

- I waste a lot of time because I'll obsessively watch and re-watch parts of my AMV midway through editing.

- Sometimes I spend more time trying to optimize my workflow than actually editing.

- I suck at stylizing things, so I just leave everything unaltered.

[irriadin]

- I waste a lot of time because I'll obsessively watch and re-watch parts of my AMV midway through editing.

I do this too.