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I hate AMVs
2007-10-19 12:32:34
"I believe my less-than-perfect synching rankings on S.A. are mostly the fault of compressing my audio."
Yah. And I'm not the only one. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=82980&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45
Every single DAMNED time I think I've finally got this stuff figured out, NOPE, WRONG, UH UH, SORRY!! Do you know how many AMVs I might have made by now, if not for these wretched roadblocks every step of the way??!!
Now I get to spend my entire weekend experimenting with various codecs and things in an attempt to fix the synch issue on an AMV I've already put to bed, an issue even the audiophiles around here can't seem to resolve. -_- -
Revelations 10:18
2007-10-18 22:11:56
1. It has been suggested to me by dokidoki, ever the helpful individual, one possible way in which I royally screwed up Sephiration Anxiety PAR/DAR-wise. Thanks to his input I now have, I think, I glimmer of an idea about how I managed to accomplish said screwing, but still turn out an AMV that some people see nothing wrong with, visually.
2. I believe my less-than-perfect synching rankings on S.A. are mostly the fault of compressing my audio. My uncompressed version is spot-on, my compressed version is ever so slightly off, enough so that I found myself thinking "How in the world did I do such a sloppy job?" I didn't, actually, and this is infuriating, because I took EXCRUCIATING care with my synching - to have it not come out in the final AMV is, well, infuriating. I need to figure out how to avoid this problem in the future.
3. I officially am back up and running, AMV-wise. Everything's installed, everything's updated, I am prepared for all my project files to be ruined (and they are), but fortunately I made clips of my work for reference purposes and now just have to reconstruct everything from scratch. This is OK, because my AC footage is worthless anyways and I'm going to try and use VOBs this time around.
4. Started planning, on paper, WKWSWKIA (I need to find a title for this AMV soon, that abbreviation is ridiculous). I'm a little nervous about having the footage I need, but no one's ever accused me of not being a creative problem solver. Also decided that if I finish this in time for Anime Boston, it's great, and if I don't...there's always next year. My health can't take intense AMVing and I'm not going to panic about that March 1 deadline. I wish my After Effects skills were a lot better, because there's things I'd like to do with this AMV that I'm just not sure how to accomplish.
5. Reviewed "Takeout" and was pleasantly surprised by the fact that, even though I've barely put 10 hours into it, it's fairly amusing and coherent for only being 2/5 of the way done.
6. I give up. I'm not going to make it to 10:18. -
*gasp* I'm...alive...
2007-10-17 10:21:44
So far I've reformatted twice, the second time after the Adobe Creative Suite failed to install InDesign properly, then of course couldn't uninstall it, and then of course couldn't reinstall any part of the suite because it felt InDesign was there and needed to be uninstalled...
I. Hate. Computers. <--- I always wind up saying this at some point during the reformat process.
The only good that came out of reformatting twice was that, after the first time, I was getting some serious fatal errors and whatnot, my Internet software wasn't behaving and updates were crashing my computer. Now, SO FAR *crosses fingers* everything's going quite smoothly. I managed to dl most of the big updates I needed from work and toted them home on my thumb drive so my pathetic dial-up connection doesn't need to attempt to absorb almost 700 MB worth of stuff. Right now it's laboring over the 10 MB 1.1 Framework update, after which I need 2.0 before I can even begin to think about touching any of my AMVs, since the AMVapp won't install without it. (See, this was going somewhere AMV-related.)
YAY - I've got four of the nine songs I need for FF7FM, one of which is going to be for WKWSWKIA. I still haven't sat down and planned out that AMV, something I really need to do because I could go in a few different directions, but I don't want to spend dozens of hours traveling the wrong way. I'm getting worried about the time frame, if I want to enter Anime Boston I've got until March 1. That's four months. For most people this would be adequate, but for me that's cutting it a little close. -_-
I also need to figure out what the hell I did wrong with Sephiration Anxiety, in terms of the aspect ratios. I mean, I know what went wrong: I attempted to make .9 PAR into Square PAR and succeeded, but wound up with squishy footage; but as far as I knew I was just following directions...sooo....what the hell??!! If I did this wrong, or was in the wrong, then please enlighten me. As usual, I'm missing something big and obvious, here. Problem is, most folks 'round here wouldn't help if I asked. -
It's that magical time again
2007-10-12 10:14:12
When my computer is going to be reformatted. I've been delaying this for a good eight months now, but since I'm about to get into a few more AMVs big-time, I've got to do this or put it off for another six months. If my next journal entry is a mass of screaming hysteria, it's because my reformat destroyed all my carefully hoarded AMV stuff.
I can't wait to see how much longer the process takes me now that I'm stuck on dial-up. My fastest reformat to date was probably six hours, and that was with a cable modem...I can probably anticipate spending anywhere from 4 to 6 hours JUST downloading updates and things. It's enough to make me starting crying right this second.
CHOBITS: Now there is a perverted show if I ever saw one. I'd completely forgotten how...immature it was. I'm only on episode seven and I can't for the life of me figure out why I ever thought an entire episode devoted to Hideki running around, trying to recharge Chi, was interesting. All of its underlying themes of submissive women, lecherous men and exploitation are just SPLAT right in your face. Makes me ill...the fact that Chobits was created by women is the only reason I can stand it - you just know they're enjoying PROVING how they know exactly what's in their male fans' minds.
Mmm, oh yeah. And I'm rethinking using "Takeout" for my Anime Boston entry. I think I've got a better shot with my Ghostbusters AMV, starting with the fact that I actually have the right music and all the footage I need for it. Still missing a title, though. :( -
I have to keep up with this stuff or else it's pointless to record how much time I'm wasting
2007-10-10 12:54:17
Takeout
Pre-editing: 10
Editing: 8
Current Bad: If I cannot find the correct version of "Hoe-Down" I'm in big trouble/Finished ripping DVD 3 of MOHS and am wondering what I'm going to do about the remainder of the missing footage.
Current Good: I might be able to pull off a "quickly throw random funny scenes on the screen and people won't have time to yawn" tactic with Takeout. Complete with chopsticks. I need to do a chopstick study...and not with the ones I've been using to fling giant garden spiders out the kitchen door.
Why is Beauty & The Beast not out on DVD yet? What is wrong with those people at Disney? Don't they know I need dancing cutlery and dishes for my AMV?
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