Vidding 101 Panel: Online Vidding Resources

[sdwolfpup]

This is a copy of the handout that we provided at the Vidding 101 panel. I'll be posting what I recall talking about at the panel separately (and hope keerawa does the same), but that may be awhile, so here are the links.

Vidding For Newbies - extremely comprehensive; variety of topics, from beginning technical information to tips, tricks, and meta. http://permetaform.livejournal.com/150126.html

A&E’s Technical Guide - The premiere answer to all of your technical vidding questions. PC-focused. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/

A Newbie’s Research: A&E’s Technical Guide For Dummies - help understanding the aforementioned A&E’s Technical Guide by a vidder who was new to vidding at the time. http://community.livejournal.com/vidding/957825.html

Video Editing Resources - More technical tips with a Windows Movie Maker focus. http://community.livejournal.com/xf_fanfilm/920.html

The Non-Magic of Avisynth Tutorial - A vidder breaks down Avisynth (PC only) to make it less scary for new users. http://astartexx.livejournal.com/65502.html

Mac Vidding Tutorial - These three tutorials are specifically for Mac users. http://community.livejournal.com/mac_vidding_101/21521.html
http://sweeney32.livejournal.com/1354.html
http://sweeney32.livejournal.com/1604.html

Guide to Cutting and Synching Footage - thorough, technical look at how to get your clips to sync with the music. http://commodorified.livejournal.com/36551.html

Cutting On The Beat - Further explanation of how to really cut on the beat. http://fan-eunice.livejournal.com/20433.html

Design for Vidders: Making Great Titles and Graphics - how best to make titles for your vids using graphic design principles. http://laurashapiro.livejournal.com/152609.html

Vid Feedback 101 - A post for beginning vid-watchers on how to provide feedback. http://www.livejournal.com/users/sdwolfpup/170303.html

On Being A Beta: A Personal View - Advice on how to be a good vid beta. http://community.livejournal.com/vidding/741341.html

5 Steps To Becoming A Vidder - general meta on things to remember as you’re starting out. http://sisabet.livejournal.com/238274.html

10 Things I Know About Vidding - In both the main post and comments, vidders share the things they wished they’d known when they started. http://sherrold.livejournal.com/104991.html

(I took all of these from my Vid Tech memories; I've got 79 things bookmarked there, so feel free to have a look around in those, too. These links are the ones I feel are most important/appropriate for new vidders.)