Comments | the_moonmoth: Say I wanted to try my hand at vidding...

the_moonmoth

Say I wanted to try my hand at vidding...

Mar 01, 2016 00:01

How would I go about that? I used to vid back in the days of windows movie maker and getting the latest eps from fileshare sites (like, back in the 00's), but I have no idea what the cool kids are doing these days. Is there decent free software out there, or would I have to buy something? Do I need to download copies of eps/have DVDs? Or can I ( Read more... )

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rbfvid March 1 2016, 07:59:28 UTC

The only decent free editor is Lightworks, but it's poorly fit for vidding (unless they significantly changed the clipping method in the past 1,5 years). You can go throgh youtube Lightworks tutorials to see how it works ( ... )

feliciacraft March 1 2016, 19:17:11 UTC

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to vidding, but I have relied on Handbrake for ripping backing up DVDs to my hard drive. It has way too many options for someone like me, but it's a solid piece of software.

This reminds me, I have a bunch of questions about video editing as well. Will start my own thread instead of hijacking yours. :P

double_dutchess March 1 2016, 21:44:35 UTC

I don't know about finding sources online. I use my own DVDs, ripping them with DVD Decrypter. Like restfield, I use VirtualDub for cutting clips. Both are free programs. For the actual editing I use Adobe Premiere, which is obviously not free. (I bet illegal versions could be found somewhere, but I have no experience with that.) When I started vidding I found some useful tutorials on the Internet, but I don't know if they are still up -- I'd have to check. Anyway, these are the programs that work for me, to be honest I don't have much of an idea what everybody else is using.

torrilin March 1 2016, 21:59:16 UTC

I know nada about vidding really. But if you want screen caps, VLC is awesome. It will get you clean, frame by frame caps even if you haven't got direct from the DVD yourself rips. Buffy was filmed on actual factual 35mm film and even a DVD scan is going to appear very messy and fucked up compared to any even half modern source. I think broadcast TV counts as 480p in modern terms, so it will appear pixelated and letterboxed on modern gear. A possible bonus with VLC is the Mac version appears to on the fly interpolate the source at a decent level so you can get screen caps that are higher res than the original film scan, and not stuffed with visible artifacting. (The windows and *nix versions may also do this, but I haven't got machines running either. VLC exists on iOS and Android but I haven't tried screencapping with it ( ... )