Scribbled out the truth with their lies, your little spies.

[rogueslayer452]

I'm almost caught up with Legend of the Seeker, I have like only three episodes to go with the second season and then I'll be ready to watch with the rest of the fandom once it returns with newer episodes! \O/ Downloading them at this very moment, and once I do I'll give my further thoughts into what I think.

I will say this though: Richard/Kahlan = Dean/Castiel. Like, honest to God. ♥

I've been thinking about certain things lately, like what certain contributions others do in fandom that I would like to learn how to do someday. Fanvidding, for example. I'm always so fascinated by the immense talent some vidders have in the fandom world, mostly because I really wish I had that talent myself. I have dozens of fanvid plotbunnies roaming around in my head and nothing to do with them, only hopeful wishing. This happens a lot when creating a fanmix, or just in general, whenever I hear I song I think suits perfectly for a character or pairing I immediately have scenes going around in my head on how it would make a nice fanvid. I've started looking at different programs specifically for video editing, such as Sony Vegas, and even searching through tutorials and read what others say about their process of making fanvids and such. And I have to say, I have the utmost respect for the lot of you who do. It seems so time consuming and a lot of hard work. I know, it's a matter of practicing and getting the hang of it through trial by errors, but it seems all so technical and complicated, speaking as an outsider not knowing of the process entirely. ;)

That's my wish, that one day I'll be able to accomplish the task of vidding something, given I have the time and the patience for it, since learning something new takes a lot of. But I'm hoping that I'll get to do that in the near future, because with all these ideas and concepts swarming around in my head, you know my creations will be epic shit.

Comments

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I find your insightful descriptions on vidding very helpful, bb. :)

It's certainly something I would be interested in learning because it seems like so much fun and definitely an educational experience to learn more and more about video editing, but at the same time the same frustrations about the amount of time and effort one puts into just a few seconds which might takes hours/days to complete into perfection. And knowing me, I can sometimes be a perfectionist with my projects. But I know, the learning curve is perhaps the best thing because you're learning something new and exciting, and the more practice you get into it the more you'll understand it.

I definitely want to learn how to vid someday. But the interesting thing I'm encountering is where should I start? What programs should I use (and where to download them)? What about tutorials -- which ones are the easiest to follow and where can I find them?

[squeemonster.livejournal.com]

There's two communities that I follow that I don't know if you are aware of yet, but they may prove helpful: fan_vids and vidding<--especially that one. If you go back and look at previous posts through these, you'll find LOTS of helpful info for newbies.

As far as which program to use, I would suggest looking through those comms and seeing what programs people talk about most and giving those a try--most of these editing programs will let you d'load a free trial version. That's the best I can tell you about that--the only way you're really going to know which one is right for you and which one you find to be the most user friendly and has the most perks you're wanting is to play around with them yourself and to see.

The program I used on my old PC was Cyberlink PowerDirector. I liked it okay enough, but it did crash on me a lot (that's something that you'll cross quite a bit with most programs, at least for PCs, which is why the "Save" button is your best friend when vidding--use it frequently). And not many people use PowerDirector, so you will have problems finding tutorials on it. When I first got my Mac I used the iMovie software that came with it to make several of my latest vids, then I broke down and bought Final Cut Express, which is what I used on my latest vid. It's been quite a trip trying to learn that program--I still only know how to do maybe 25% of all that it has to offer, if that much.

If you have any other questions, just let me know! Now I'm jonesing to get started on my next vid. ;D