The Windows Movie Maker Challenge.

The end · Post by **The end** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:02 pm

Oh, why the hell not...? Count me in for this one!

This'll be fun...

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:07 pm

trythil wrote:Windows Movie Maker is a free editing system, but there are others out there. If the point of the contest is to prove that you don't need expensive software to do neat things, then I don't see where the WMM-only + no weird filter chains in VDub / AVS limitation comes from.

Because Castor needs to be able to know that this was made using a free editing system. He's not familiar with the others, so he won't be able to tell who is breaking the rules. And if you add in vdub and avs filters, it would be that much harder to differentiate from a video made in Premiere or other high-cost editing programs.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:04 pm

oh crap, we can't use mspaint? ... all my videos have enders created in mspaint (the title tool in wmm doesn't do it for me). does that disqualify them?

and how about free audio editing tools like audacity?

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:20 pm

It's very easy to prove all you used was vdub or a paint program - just submit screencaps of the 'effects' you did in those programs. It's no different from proving you used wmm by providing a screencap.

My biggest complaint is that you can't use at *least* a paint program. Even people who use Premiere almost always use a photoshop/paint program as well. I took that as a given. VirtualDub is a little more complicated, but if it's limited to the filters vdub comes with, I don't see how it's giving an unfair advantage over other wmm users, especially the ones who rip dvds for source footage and encode them to huffyuv via vdub.

My problem is that my version of wmm won't take screencaps. I can't import picture files. I have to use the logo filter in vdub and past the pic over an avi file - saving to avi format in order to use them. No filters with vdub means even mspaint won't help me since i can't convert the picture files into video files.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:24 pm

print screen and MS-paint (screen caps)

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:24 pm

I may be pretty lenient on the screencap thing. I really would like screencaps since I need proof that the videos were done in WMM.

And umm... cineralla or whatever it's called... don't throw in EVERY free program into this contest.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:45 pm

Ok, I got the webpage up at...

http://www.spiritdetective.com/castor/wmm/

Smilies courtesy of Hypeo

A list of updated links and rules have been posted.

GohanV3 · Post by **GohanV3** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:45 pm

Ok i sent you the email with the zip files containing the screenies, and here are the links to my 2 video submissions:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=33370

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=31717

This contest is going to kick ass.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:12 pm

GohanV3 wrote:Ok i sent you the email with the zip files containing the screenies, and here are the links to my 2 video submissions:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=33370

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=31717

This contest is going to kick ass.

I got em and will download your videos later on tonight. Thanks!

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:19 pm

can i submit via aim file transfer? the video i have stored on local has a few mspaint pics, but i can remake it and take out the end bumper, but i would have nowhere to store it online.