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So today is the day I spam, not yesterday (I did mostly sleep last night, yay). But, okay, I see this a lot. Often enough that I want to say something. This being people saying 'I wish I could vid' or 'I can't vid but this song is perfect' or the combo 'If I could vid I'd vid this'.
Lemme borrow for a sec from my man Obama to say this. Yes. You. Can. If you are seeing scenes in your head when you listen to that song, or you wish you could see your show to this music? You already are.
There are actually two parts to vidding. The making of, and the sharing of, and I think we vidders do a bit of a disservice when talking about the first in mostly discussing the frustration and woes of that part, whether technical or artistic. Because what gets lost to someone who hasn't done it is that moment when you first lay a clip and see your show to your music on the timeline. Doesn't matter if that clip is wrong thematically and you have to change it later or there is talky face or if the aspect ratio is off. I mean, it does in the long term, but in that moment there is a pure giddy glee that can't be replicated in anything else. And I want you to have that!
The vid does not have to come out perfect, or even very good really, to get the joy of making a vid out of the experience. That part is private. It's for you. And while I would certainly encourage anyone who wants to be serious about it as a craft and art to invest in learning an NLE and to dig into editing and theory and all that jazz, there is NOTHING WRONG with dumping some clips into WMM or iMovie and seeing how they look to that song you heard on the radio that is just perfect for X.
Do it. Decide later if it's something you want to post on the big wide internets (and why...'this made me giddily happy to make, come see!' is a perfectly valid reason to share), or if it's a skill you want to hone, but just do it. You are a fan, odds are you have an episode of something and a song you like for that show on your computer right now. Toss them into the default editor that came with your computer right now and lay a clip. I dare you.
Beginners guide to Windows Movie Maker
Vista specific (the layouts between the two look the same to me, but in case there are additional features)
iMovie tutorial
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech3/index.html -- An invaluable comprehensive guide on the various tech aspects of vidding with both theory and guides. Includes a download package and instruction for useful tools and codecs, including avisynth and virtualdub. Created for AMVs but is good for all vidders.
So today is the day I spam, not yesterday (I did mostly sleep last night, yay). But, okay, I see this a lot. Often enough that I want to say something. This being people saying 'I wish I could vid' or 'I can't vid but this song is perfect' or the combo 'If I could vid I'd vid this'.
Lemme borrow for a sec from my man Obama to say this. Yes. You. Can. If you are seeing scenes in your head when you listen to that song, or you wish you could see your show to this music? You already are.
There are actually two parts to vidding. The making of, and the sharing of, and I think we vidders do a bit of a disservice when talking about the first in mostly discussing the frustration and woes of that part, whether technical or artistic. Because what gets lost to someone who hasn't done it is that moment when you first lay a clip and see your show to your music on the timeline. Doesn't matter if that clip is wrong thematically and you have to change it later or there is talky face or if the aspect ratio is off. I mean, it does in the long term, but in that moment there is a pure giddy glee that can't be replicated in anything else. And I want you to have that!
The vid does not have to come out perfect, or even very good really, to get the joy of making a vid out of the experience. That part is private. It's for you. And while I would certainly encourage anyone who wants to be serious about it as a craft and art to invest in learning an NLE and to dig into editing and theory and all that jazz, there is NOTHING WRONG with dumping some clips into WMM or iMovie and seeing how they look to that song you heard on the radio that is just perfect for X.
Do it. Decide later if it's something you want to post on the big wide internets (and why...'this made me giddily happy to make, come see!' is a perfectly valid reason to share), or if it's a skill you want to hone, but just do it. You are a fan, odds are you have an episode of something and a song you like for that show on your computer right now. Toss them into the default editor that came with your computer right now and lay a clip. I dare you.
Beginners guide to Windows Movie Maker
Vista specific (the layouts between the two look the same to me, but in case there are additional features)
iMovie tutorial
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech3/index.html -- An invaluable comprehensive guide on the various tech aspects of vidding with both theory and guides. Includes a download package and instruction for useful tools and codecs, including avisynth and virtualdub. Created for AMVs but is good for all vidders.
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