Is seeing past mistakes a sign of getting better?

[Gallup]

I was just watching one of my older vids and I was amazed by the number of problems it has. Would you say that this is a sign of improvement or just a sign that i am really, really picky about my vids or both.

[JaddziaDax]

yes

[BasharOfTheAges]

Well, it says you have the eye to see your mistakes. That's a plus. Now you need to see if you can not make them in the first place. That would be the big improvement for any creator.

[Zarxrax]

You can't be too picky.

[Bakadeshi]

Sometimes all it takes to see mistakes is just give your video a rest for a week or 2, then go back and watch it again. when your editing it nonstop and seeing stuff over and over again, you tend to get used to small glitches and minute errors in timming that arn;t to noticable, that you program your eyes to just overlook it.

That being the case, I think its a good idea to give your video a rest for at least a few days and then check it again before releasing the final version.

[Prodigi]

Sometimes all it takes to see mistakes is just give your video a rest for a week or 2, then go back and watch it again. when your editing it nonstop and seeing stuff over and over again, you tend to get used to small glitches and minute errors in timming that arn;t to noticable, that you program your eyes to just overlook it.

That being the case, I think its a good idea to give your video a rest for at least a few days and then check it again before releasing the final version.

I agree with this. I generally have a rush at releasing most of my videos once i'm at the end. With my last 3 i've really slowed down. For instance one of my videos was finished in early December, and i havn't uploaded it yet, let alone watch it again. I plan to re-watch it in early march, and if there are parts i can fix, i will, if its not worth it, i'll scrap it. My Freefall video was actually finished within a 24hour time period, and it was finished at 11 at night. Instead of then uploading it as i normally would, i left it there overnight, went back in the mornig, and thanks to some advice from jay, brad and scott who beta tested, i went through and spent about 11 more hours doing some interesting changes.

Its easy to look back at your other videos and pull them to pieces, this is what makes us never do the same mistakes again. /slaps self for some stupid ideas i've used/

[downwithpants]

not if you see more mistakes in your recent videos than older videos o_O

[Scarface]

I was just watching one of my older vids and I was amazed by the number of problems it has. Would you say that this is a sign of improvement or just a sign that i am really, really picky about my vids or both.

Isn't that obvious?
if you have less mistakes it's obviously better

i whould also suggest using bakadeshi's method since you usually get excited when you're done with a video so you might end up not noticing mistakes because of that

[x_rex30]

not if you see more mistakes in your recent videos than older videos o_O

*raises hand*

I'm getting worse.. technically I'm better when it comes to technical stuff.. but Ideas don't come to me like they use to.. my creativity has gone down hill.. Everything that I've read in guides when it came to how to synch and everything I've known since the beginning.. now why the hell am I soo discouraged.. nevermind[/ramble]

[Knowname]

Sometimes all it takes to see mistakes is just give your video a rest for a week or 2, then go back and watch it again. when your editing it nonstop and seeing stuff over and over again, you tend to get used to small glitches and minute errors in timming that arn;t to noticable, that you program your eyes to just overlook it.

That being the case, I think its a good idea to give your video a rest for at least a few days and then check it again before releasing the final version.

when I edit for infinity hours straight I see mistakes that are NOT there! not the opposite lol.