improvement as creator

[tuathaanwarrior]

I know that i improved one hell of a lot between my first vid and second vid, and was wondering how fast and how much people have improved. This is both you feel as an editor and what u feel from feedback u got.

After makin my second vid, i thot it was better, but not that much. Then i noticed the diff in feedback. in ops my overall score went from 7.5 to 9.0 and in stars it went from 3.37 to 3.72 which was a lot more improvement than i expected.

I thot i had just got a bit better at timing things, but according to the written part of ops i have also gotten much, much better at concept work which surprised me a bit. Anyway, just wonderin what other ppl's experiences have been.

[Arigatomina]

I improved very very slowly my first year of making vids. Then I stopped improving. If I compare the vid I made in February of this year to the ones I made in February of last year, there's no difference aside from capture quality.

I improved at first because I was testing the waters, then because I was finding new techniques I liked and learning to do them in my sleep. Once I hit a 'level' I liked, I stuck with it. To me, improvement is only necessary if you're not satisfied with your work. I'm satisfied, so I don't improve anymore.

It's a reason I dub myself eternal noob, I like being average. So long as I like it, I don't care what's 'above' me.

/no motivation to compete

[wurpess]

Well, I definately would say I've improved from my 1st vid, though not by much. It's much easier for me to turn out an average vid now. But I've only been doing this for about a month, so it's still a little soon to say. Next month, I'm getting new software, so i can really stretch my wings a little more and stop getting frustrated w/ lack of effects, so then would be a better time to gauge. But I never want to stop improving until I have videos in the same league as Euphoria. (It may take several years and a couple software/computer upgrades to get there, but that is my goal.) But I'm a person who usually likes the challenge of achieving awesomeness and can be overly critical of myself. It's part of who I am.

[*inverse*]

As an editor, I think I've gotten a little better. There's a difference between my last video and my older ones - mainly when it comes to effects, quality and "themes".

I still suck at compression, though ^^;

The last video I made is standing at about a 4.25, which is the highest out of all my vids. It makes me feel more confident about my skills now than ever before, really. I still don't compete, though. None of my vids have ever participated in anything.

[Nandez]

I can't tell whether i improve dor not all I can tell is that now I actually try to match the lyrics which I didn't do on my first vid that i deleted two years ago.

[Flint the Dwarf]

I don't think I've really improved that much, except in certain technical areas. I think I did most of my improvement before I made my first video. My first video has 438 stars with a 3.62 average, my second video has 331 with a 3.63 average, and my third video has 264 stars with a 3.55 average.

[Beowulf]

I keep getting better and better, in my own mind at least.

[godix]

If you consider what others say as 'improvement' then my best was my third video followed closely by my second video. Too bad I've made 15 videos so far...

[Kaiba57]

If you look at my first vid, and compare it to my newest vid, there is very little improvement.

Anyway, over the past almost 2 years of editing AMV's, I think I have improved pretty well for myself. I started out using WMM, and not only that, I didn't even know how to cut the clips, I just placed the clips on the timeline, without cutting them to be shorter or anything( WMM automatically cuts clips for you when you import the footage).

[mexicanjunior]

I think my video quality has improved but I edit about the same...