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my very first

Post by masou » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:46 pm

this is my very first AMV
and to tell you the truth i have never even seen the anime to Hellsing yet (only the first Manga and many AMV's :D )
but i made this with a broken computer and Window's movie maker which seemed not to like my broken computer, it refused to allow me to see what exactly i was doing as i made it T.T
but nonetheless, although it was my first AMV i was dissappointed that i couldnt do better.
But i still like it being the first, and a huge pain in the butt to do with my computer.
say what you want about it, i could care less if you flame the vid, just give me your honest to god thoughts on it^^

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Re: my very first

Post by bubblehead » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:49 pm

masou wrote:this is my very first AMV
and to tell you the truth i have never even seen the anime to Hellsing yet (only the first Manga and many AMV's :D )
but i made this with a broken computer and Window's movie maker which seemed not to like my broken computer, it refused to allow me to see what exactly i was doing as i made it T.T
lol that doesn't require a broken computer, just one that's a little slow for editing. heck mine has problem with rendering effects in realtime in Movie Maker 2 (it can't) and normally I wouldn't call in slow.

Anyway I'm downloading your video.

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Okay, downloaded it, watched it. I noticed several things you could improve on:
1) DivX isn't a good codec to edit in. Or at least you could try to avoid the watermark.
2) Deinterlace. Please. Interlacing is what causes the nasty horizontal lines. It isn't good for online distribution.
3) At least choose one of the higher quality export settings from Windows Movie Maker 2. Most people won't mind the added filesize and will appreciate the quality. Or you could do what I've never done (but which people recommend and I'm planning to try) and export in DV-AVI and compress it in DivX, XviD, or mpeg-1. Not necessarily going to give you more quality than the higher quality .wmv export setting,. or more efficient compression, and it's more difficult as I undersand, or at least more difficult to do well, but more people will be able to play it, and it won't have the .wmv stigma attatched to it.
4) If you can't lipsync, lip flap is generally not a good thing. Try to avoid this.
5) The looping at the beginning was pretty bad. With this type of a loop, a way to do it better would have been to make two clips, one forwards, one backwards (I known avisynth has a built-in reverse function, just type Reverse at the end of your script) and alternate the two clips.
6) Seems likely you used downloaded footage. If so, please use DVD footage in the future. It's pretty. :D

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Post by masou » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:59 pm

The looping at the beginning was pretty bad. With this type of a loop, a way to do it better would have been to make two clips, one forwards, one backwards (I known avisynth has a built-in reverse function, just type Reverse at the end of your script) and alternate the two clips.
i attempted to do that but i couldnt figure out how exactly to do that.
2) Deinterlace. Please. Interlacing is what causes the nasty horizontal lines. It isn't good for online distribution.
funny, i dont get any of those when i watch it on my computer...
6) Seems likely you used downloaded footage. If so, please use DVD footage in the future. It's pretty.
i would, but my evil computer doesnt let me watch dvd's on it...
seem's im not prepared to make AMV's am I? ^^
fortunately, i believe i understood all that you have said, but i'll check that out anyway's. Thank you for your opinion ^^
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Post by bubblehead » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:06 pm

masou wrote:
2) Deinterlace. Please. Interlacing is what causes the nasty horizontal lines. It isn't good for online distribution.
funny, i dont get any of those when i watch it on my computer...
Try around 1:38
masou wrote:
6) Seems likely you used downloaded footage. If so, please use DVD footage in the future. It's pretty.
i would, but my evil computer doesnt let me watch dvd's on it...
seem's im not prepared to make AMV's am I? ^^
fortunately, i believe i understood all that you have said, but i'll check that out anyway's. Thank you for your opinion ^^
You can get a video capture card, I believe they're not that expensive. Neither are DVD drives these days, for that matter.
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Post by masou » Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:45 pm

I have no money.
and if i did i dont know the first thing about computers, i wouldnt be able to put it in :lol:
But thanks for your help though.
(im at school so i cant currently view my AMV)
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Post by Bakadeshi [AuN Studios] » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:55 pm

if your good at reading and folowing directions, and arn't too afraid to figure stuff out on your own, (trail and error) then its pretty easy to install a DVD drive even if you know nothing about computers ;p You can't realy do damage unless your careless. If your too afraid of messing something up, most places that sell them will install it for not too much extra.

I don't suggest the capture card method, as it will be much lower quality than ripping the DVDs sreight to the HD.
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Post by masou » Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:18 pm

one of these day's when i get a couple extra dollar's i'll do that.
But i just want to know what people think of the one i made to the current best of my ability right now.
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Post by masou » Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:45 pm

Im sorry for Double posting, but i really would like to get more than just a couple people's opinions please, if you are so kind :?
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