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koushirouizumi

denizenhardwick

I don’t think people realize what rare and beautiful gifts really good full AMVs are.

Like… that’s hard. Really, really hard.

Something I’ve learned is that the longer you’ve been editing, the more time it takes to make an edit, which is probably the reason AMVs can take literal months to make, and most vidders usually cut the songs down and/or make short edits.

To keep up consistently good timing, clip choice, pacing, transitions, effects, and possibly even masking or typography over give or take three and a half minutes of song is a huge challenge.

It’s generally considered to take three hours to edit one minute of a movie. Apply that here, and we have it taking about nine hours for a fairly short AMV… and given that we don’t get paid to make these, and have to wrestle with hitting every single beat of the song, it can take much longer.

And we also have to keep our motivation up, find time to edit, not grow to detest the song, and struggle with technical difficulties. All of that is really grating.

I’ve been editing for a couple months over a year now, and, while I started out making almost exclusively full AMVs, I can’t do that anymore. I’ve improved a lot, and by this point, using the whole song is intimidating and requires a level of dedication that I could not possibly achieve every time I edit.

It’s been literally a year since the last time I’ve edited a full-length song that I didn’t trim.

So if you find an awesome full AMV, appreciate it! Tell the vidder that you love it!

I’m honestly just so in awe of AMVs and the people who edit them. Vidders are really badass.

Cherish them and their work.

#ME #amvs #amv makers #amv making #video editing #editing #fanworks #fanworks positivity #movie editing #amvs positivity #amvs are awesome #amv makers are even more awesome #(I havent quite lost the ability to make full length AMVs yet if anything Im making way more since practicing a ton)#(but I really appreciate seeing takes like this after months~years of seeing active fans even outright mocking AMVs 'still being a thing')#(or mocking AMVs in general for daring to {'''still'''} use a 'sad song' etcetc which I have also seen from my fandom)#(anyway)#(as someone whose made like 50~+ Digimon Adventure franchise related AMVs in the past 8~ years or so *including a few in my childhood*)#(*that were full length when I absolutely did not have to make nor finish those and I did those purely for fun+love of the franchise+Favs*)#this #this this this this thi #(at the same time Ive definitely cut back on tackling much faster paced songs as often as I was because theyre a TON of work)#(&can take a lot out of me if I attempt too much at once as described so *yes* Ill often use slower or '''sad {w shreds of hope} songs''')#amv: open mind #s: open mind #(is still one of my top goals for the far future but my Fav sings *so damn fast* its gonna take me *forever yet still* to outline fully)

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throwbackblr

#ME #young me #amvs #amv making #amv makers #video editing #dvd #dvd ripping #dvd burning #cd players #cds #dvds #dvd rs #just amv maker things #nero burning rom #(Lalalas~ into my Void~~~)#protip dont buy so called officially licensed hong kong produced+subbed dvds kids #(ok but)#(I dont exactly recall which version ive used to try and rip+burn basically Anything in general)#(but it gave me A LOT of Problems back then)#avi #(files {+of *entire DVDs*} were {+still ARE} f*cking HUGE)#(So I had to chop them up immensely and then)#divx #(logos ALWAYS remained on Too)#FIXING OLD VIDS+AMVS IS HARD OK #some of you think making amvs&video edits in general {even official trailers!} happens in like 0.005 seconds worth of time and it sHOWS)#(even many of my DNAngel and Yugioh and Shaman King and Sonic X+early Digimon amvs took me months to plan&sort out)#(after a long time of trying to mess with this program on OLD AF WINDOWS XP {+2000 before iirc} I basically Flipped It Out The Window)#(because it took SO MUCH TIME and WAY TOO MUCH GDDAMN COMPUTER SPACE ON SUCH OLD COMPUTERS)

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koushirouizumi

renthony

listen I don't care if it's cringey for an almost-30-year-old to finally be getting into silly fandom shit like AMVs and cosplay

I finally have the means to do all the stuff that I didn't have the money or time or spoons or resources or support to do when I was younger

and it's great

#me #amv makers #amv makers positivity #amv making #cosplay #cosplay positivity #cosplay tag #video editing #(I did have the ability to make AMVs when I was younger thanks to WMM existing but)#(They were super preliminary early AMVs as I tried to understand how to make timing work without glitchings and Crashings happening)#(It took me months to sometimes 1yr+ just to even plan a full length AMV much less finally create it)#(If I hadnt done what I did back then I wouldnt be at the level I am today)#(now I can 'make' an unpolished AMV in under a day but it still takes LOTS {sometimes still the months} of planning {+outlining!!})#(Im much less experienced in the cosplay area and mainly stick to making bought and Closet cosplays work with my body type & natural hair)#(but even that I had loads of fun with notably since 2k11~ onwards at least in the lead up till recent years)#(now Im mainly trying for aestheticlike shots I can take safely at home without putting my health in danger for the sake of a cosplay shot)#anti cringe culture #cringe culture is ableist #me making fun amvs for my fandom mutuals to enjoy is not cringe you all just have internalized {+anti autistic} ableism

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olderthannetfic

Anonymous asked:

recently you mentioned that you prefer to upload your fanvids to ao3, rather than youtube - would you say there's a genuine audience there, as opposed to youtube? (candidly: I want to upload a wincest video lmao and I think I'm less likely to be harassed into taking it down/sued on ao3 as opposed to youtube)

olderthannetfic answered:

You can't upload directly to AO3. You embed and/or include download links and other links in the body of an AO3 work.

The audience on AO3 is vastly superior unless you're posting on a weekly youtuber schedule and making vids in current hot fandoms.

Every few days, I get kudos on vids in obscure fandoms that I posted years ago. I never get AO3 comments from people who don't understand what a fanvid is and who've taken my fanwork completely out of context.

AO3's metadata is suited to fandom, while Youtube's is not. It's as simple as that.

meeedeee

Other places to upload and then embed on AO3

Vidders.net (need to create a free account)

Internet Archive (create free account, upload to the Community Video collection)

Both are whitelisted on AO3. Uploading to AO3 guarantees targeted fandom eyes on your vids, better meta data.

Best method for fanvids: Use 2 embed platforms (Youtube/Vidders.Net or Youtube/Internet Archive) or one embed and one download option (Youtube/Dropbox) - in case a site removes your vid

#informative #fandom #fandom informative #vidders #vidding #video editing #amv making #amv makers #reference #internet archive #ao3 informative #archive of our own #web hosting #*Saving for Reference #(I did look into Vidders dot net)#(It seems to be mainly overall Western based fandoms and series though&not near as heavily used as animemusicvideos dot org for example)#(Most of my videos were for anime fandoms)#(I might still try to put my videos elsewhere because even Vimeo has been giving embedding issues recenntly too)#(Its a part of the reason why I wasnt uploading as often as I used to along with Tumblr video player also often breaking embeds)#(The problem with AMVs dot org though is they refuse to delete your works from their server after x amount of time)#(As of more recently I believe theyre just autolocked in too which doesnt really help in the age of AI scraping)

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taichi-x-koushiro

noctude

“lol but why is this actually good” because i made it in earnest?? because i loved it??? because i love you??? because quality and humor are not mutually exclusive???? hold my hand. it’s okay

#actuallyautistic #relatable #repeatverse #amvs #amv making #video editing #me #(also me with my)#rp #humor #fandom positivity #fandom #creativity #writing #writing positivity #lol #heh #spins relatable #i dont know how to explain this to people when they 'actually' enjoy the things i make and let it be known to me {its happened} but #yes #good commentary #(though its a bit of a bigger problem and more personal feeling when its my rp from other fandoms because)#(the 'humor' im using is really 'my own' humor but I do tend to intentionally modify usage based on what mediums Im working with)#autistic humor #jewish humor #(relevant)#(And a lot of people will just flat out not recognize {or even *notice*} when those are the cases of how one handles 'humor')#('Quality and humor are not mutually exclusive' Good take)#(in the end i just really think most people who implied such just never realized im an Autistic rper who happens to have a Jewish parent)#({they never realized they were rpng with both an Autistic and someone from a Jewish family})

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izzyizumi

Digimon Adventures ~ Taichi Yagami & Koushiro[u] Izumi {A.M.V. Out-lining/Timeline} for Koushiro x Taichi A.M.V.: Tsuki no Uta [#Tri Spoilers, #Kizuna Spoilers, #Digimon Adventure: Spoilers]… This is the current initial ‘previewed’ look of a mostly-finished A.M.V., but with sections I can easily jump around and edit in if I ever go back to it in the future.

… And this is what a full version/outline of 100~ clips may look like!

Keep reading

#amv: tsuki no uta #chai amvs #chai amv outlines #chai outlines #chai digimon amvs #digimon #digimon adventures #digimon adventure #digimon adventure tri #digimon adventure 2020 #digimon adventure last evolution: kizuna #taichi yagami #koushiro izumi #kizuna spoilers #tri spoilers #digiadv 2020 spoilers #digimon spoilers #amvs #amv editing #video editing #(Anyway This AMV took me almost 6 whole hours WITHOUT EXTRA TIME SPENT Quality checking + saving + re timing etc)#(I was making this after learning ONE OF MY CLOSEST RELATIVES WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT)#(But there was nothing I could do at the time because we have multiple whole cities and a 5+ hour drive between us)#(The whole night I was just waiting for news to hear that they would be all right and they WERE I was just scared & trying to calm down)#(In the end they had some aches and such but it lightened after a few days and I was just incredibly grateful it wasnt WORSE)#(And idek but it really feels to me like wider fandom DOESNT Get exactly how much work can go into even an AMV+unsubbed one like that)#(At one point I was trying to save images of my WMM timelines & now im glad I did because laptop I MADE EVERYTHING ON having Issues now lol #(Like?? I'm not sure people... get it because I {typically when more time needed} spend upwards of WHOLE WORKING DAY HOURS on these?? Y e a #({And it just feels. Unsettling to see so many other fans imply VIDDING IS SO EASY&ANYONE Can make high quality amvs in ~LESS THAN AN HOUR~#(~~OH I dont think we aLL NEED TO BE VIDEO EDITORS~~ and the like kinds of things Ive seen LIKE...?? WHY throwing vidders under the bus?!!)

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koushirouizumi

prokopetz

Video game trailer: Opens with a slow panning zoom over a pastoral landscape illuminated by a honey-golden sunset, accompanied by a soft solo piano going deedle-deedle-dee.

Me: Oh, this one's definitely going to be super fucked up.