At the end of 1999, I got fed up with all the AMVs on Meri's
ToT and I wanted to make my own. Unfortunetly though, I only had 100 something Gig with windows 98 and no video editor. I really
really wanted to make music videos, because I thought it was so cool. I downloaded RealProducer, and tried to work something out of that, but it wouldn't work. (Either that, or I just couldn't figure out how ot make it work). So I deleted Producer, and downloaded the enxt best thing- RealSlideShow. I was making slideshows until near the end of 2001, when something happened with the program(I either lost it, or it died). I tried to download another one, but apparently real.com wouldn't allow you to, any more. (Remember, 1999 was when Meri
only used .rm files, so I was all ".rm's the best!)
However, the whole year period, I had been saving up money for a video editor-- Dazzle. (It was the only one I knew esisted at the time). I
always talked about video editing wherever I went. In Christmas of 2001, I got Dazzle, Windows Movie Maker, AND Adobe Premiere 5.0! I was SO happy! (Of course to get all that, my computer had to be updated to Windows 2000, which I really didn't like.)
I didn't have a DVD-Rom, though, or a video camera. However, my dad has a digital camera that has an odd extra feature-- It could record 20 seconds of video footage with no sound. I was so happy I cried. But again, I struck bad luck. Premiere wouldn't read the files from the digital camera, and Dazzle... Dazzle was just too complicated to even learn how ot use. The only thing it worked in was Windows Movie Maker. My first two videos were made in WMM, and since I already had edited still pictures for about a year, it was a pretty easy transition to video. However, the quality sucked horrible ass, and you could see the TV in most of the shots.
Nonetheless, I had my video editors, and I was happy!
Then, I was searching on Kazaa one day for FFIX stuff, and a lot of AtomX's AMVs came up. I downloaded them all (practically) and noticed how there was one thing prominent in all of AtomX's FFIX videos-- Garnet cutting her hair. I
hated that. I thought to myself "These are just the same scenes over and over!!
I can amke a better video than all these put together!" So I did. (Although I can't really tell if it's "better") I downloaded all the FMVs I could off of various sites, and, ah HA! they worked in Premiere!! I was so happy ^-^ and my first REAL video,
Kuja's Requiem was made.(I'm working on changing the name to "Kuja's Requiem.. >.>)
It was originally in .avi format, but the file was too big to put on Tripod, so I chose the only file that could-- RealMedia. I thought I was the shiznit for using that file. Mrei used it. Why couldn't I? (But in that wonderful year of 2001, Meri was learning the spledor of MPEGs...)
After that, I kept using Premiere, but it crashed a lot.(Remember that crappy computer?) I joined the org in 2002, put my first real video up, and wished and begged and pleaded for a DVD-Rom. Last Xmas, I got better then that again. A whole new custom made computer, with a CD-R, DVD-Rom, and 256 MB of RAM! I was REALLY
REALLY happy.
And that's my whole AMV story. Although most of the extensions are .wmv, 99% of my videos were made in Premiere. .wmv was the only file small enough to fit on Tripod....
Er... Somewhere in 2001-2 I got something called WinTV, in hope that I could make AMVs from video tapes. I don't remember how that went..(I know I was disappointed when I didn't have an editor to use with it, I thought it came with one). I know I took a lot of screencaps and made my own video files, but never edited anything. When I was upgraded to Windows 2000, WinTV wouldn't work anymore.
So now I'm 15, loving the editing, and am doing everything I can to possibly get a career in some type of editing. I'm going into graphic Arts next year, and am continuing my year of Mass Media through Highschool. I plan on graduating early by essentially going to two schools at the same time. As I figure it, I take most of my stuff at my highschool, editing stuff included, and then everything of one or two required subjects in e-highschool. Whatever I don't finish I'll be doing in two different summer schools next year, and I can graduate Junior year, but only take "fun" and editing classes. I've started it this summer, by taking econ and government... I know it's a lot of work and money but my parents support me =)
..... And that's my story.
