AMV n00b question

dowhatnow · Post by **dowhatnow** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:44 pm

I'm just now getting into the editing portion of AMV's but I have a few problems.

1. my computer is a p.o.s. in terms of vid editing.
2. I'm clueless about what video editor to get... any suggestions?
3. what else do I need besides lots and lots of $$$?

I've also posted up in the hardware forum about that portion.

Many Thanks in advance.

bum · Post by **bum** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:00 pm

like everyone here just knows im gona say. vegas is teh best damn vid editor out thier. i heard you can get the latest version for $160 with a student discount. though if thats too much you might want to check out vegas movie studio, which is a cut down version of the program. still probaly damn good though, and only costs $100. ya may even be able to get a student discount on that, probably. you can get trials of both vegas5 and vegas movie studio from here . oh and im wrting up a guide for video editing in vegas which il make public next week.

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:07 pm

i dun like vegas studio;; if u want a good editor just go with vegas even if it cost rougly 60 bucks more via student discount its still much more worth it IMO

u can always get magix;; i think its 60 bucks in general;; but i think vegas is much more user friendly than most other editors;; its rather easy to use and while it may seem simple it has advanced features

the small prolem is that if and i mean if u think that compu sucks vegas may have some prolems rendering on yer compu;; since it likes to take tons of power when rendering

whats the specs of yer system?

dowhatnow · Post by **dowhatnow** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:03 am

I probably should have posted that earlier...

Win XP Pro SP1 (getting SP2)
AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
uhm... i dunno what else to put here.

Anyhow, I plan on investing in a great deal of new things (including a new computer; $2000-$3000+), so it shouldn't be that big of a deal I was just curious

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:08 am

thats not that bad;; vegas does take quite of bit of processor and memory

DONT GET SP2;; vegas rendering = slow enough; install sp2 and even more shit slows down -_-

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:15 am

I'm gonna go ahead and suggest Adobe's Video Collection - $450 (student discount) gets you Premiere, After Effects, Audition (audio editing), and Encore (DVD authoring). A great deal for some great software, as Premiere is more or less the de-facto editing software among AMV-makers, and AE is good if you want to get into more complicated effects work.

As far as your computer is concerned, that's pretty good for editing. At AB2004 we distributed a CD at the AMV panel that included The $500 AMV Editing Computer. You'll also find that many editors have made great things with a lot worse than what you have.

Finally, to answer question #3: Read the guides, particularly the beta to AD's Video Guide. Don't just read them, but take the time to read them. It helps if you're setting up your project as you go down the guides, because then you can alt-tab to check to see if you've done something wrong. The Guides are akin to the AMV Bible, for they were <strike>carved in stone by the ancients</strike> graciously written by AD and others to make your life easier.

-DOKool

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:57 am

u need a good HD, besides that ur all set to hit the roa of AMV

BlindNoir · Post by **BlindNoir** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:35 pm

bum wrote:like everyone here just knows im gona say. vegas is teh best damn vid editor out thier. i heard you can get the latest version for $160 with a student discount. though if thats too much you might want to check out vegas movie studio, which is a cut down version of the program. still probaly damn good though, and only costs $100. ya may even be able to get a student discount on that, probably. you can get trials of both vegas5 and vegas movie studio from here . oh and im wrting up a guide for video editing in vegas which il make public next week.

I got my version of vegas 5 for 95$ because I had a teacher buy it for me and I CANT WAIT for that guide when it is completed announce it in BIG LETTERS

BlindNoir · Post by **BlindNoir** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:25 am

damn SP2 slows the rendering down?? I needed to install SP2 in order to have my USB2.0 working, will the quality of the vid go down also or just the time will take forever, btw i got 256 sdram and P4 1.7 with 250 external and 80 internal memory and a Nvidia tnt2 32mb graphics card.

Sorry for double posting

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:49 am

no, rendering speed has no effect on video quality. and vegas aint realy "that slow" when rendering footage. oh and get another 256 or 512 stick of ram for that pc.