Vidding Workshop!
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wiscon_vidpartyWelcome to the wiscon_vidparty vidding workshop! We hope this will be a chance for new or potential vidders to find out more about what’s involved in making a vid and to see the wide variety of ways vidders make vids, and for vidders of all skill levels to discuss vidding and share tips and ideas. Everyone is welcome to participate!
This workshop will be discussion- and question-based, so please, start or jump into any discussions you want to have and ask any questions about any aspect of vidding! Finding ideas, getting source, clipping (or not), editing programs, codecs, rendering, effects, specific technical issues you’re having, discussion about specific vids, discussing your own ideas, links to useful resources, tutorials, cheerleading--any and all vidding related topics are welcome.
We’ve created a few categories to keep some of the major topic threads organized. If you have a comment or question or want to start a discussion on a certain topic, just comment below the relevant subject. (We’re flexible though, so don’t fret too much about getting things in the right place. If in doubt, just give your thread a descriptive subject line so people can find it).
Feel free to add new threads if what you want to talk about isn't covered by the categories, but please give your comment a descriptive subject line so readers can tell what’s being discussed.
We have several awesome vidders who have volunteered to participate and introduce themselves at their convenience. We will be linking to their introductions as they appear. Keep an eye out and feel free to ask them specific questions!
Topics (to get you started--add your own threads and subthreads!)
• Vid Idea Development -- Finding and developing ideas for new vids
• Tech Questions -- Hardware and software (PC, Mac or Linux), codecs, aspect ratios, exporting and rendering, effects, etc.
Questions asked/discussed:
-- Software to use on a PC? (including discussion of Windows Movie Maker & Lightworks)
-- Vidding with iMovie09?
-- Codec rec: Avid DNxHD
-- Converter recs for Macs?
-- Linux clipping?
• Getting Started (and Finished) -- From beginning to end, how do you make a vid? Getting source, clipping, editing workflows, tips for getting started, etc.
• Subthread: Editing workflows/processes
--chaila (VirtualDub, Vegas, Zarx264gui)
--heresluck (DVD Decrypter, DGIndex, Premiere, Zarx264gui)
--thingswithwings (Handbrake, Mac the Ripper, MPEG Streamclip, Final Cut Pro, Sound Studio)
--ghost_lingering (Adobe Premiere & AfterEffects, Mac the Ripper, and mpeg streamclip)
--eruthros (DVD Decrypter, VirtualDub, AvsPmod, Premiere, Zarx264gui)
--such_heights (Switch, audio editing/conversion, Final Cut)
--beccatoria (avidemux, Cinelerra)
• Other questions/discussion
-- How to time clips to the beat?
-- Using markers
-- Approaching editing/revising? & how to deal with ambition outstripping effects/transition knowledge?
-- Free/cheap editing software for Macs?
-- Ripping DVDs vs. downloaded source?
-- Note re: codecs & compression
• Links and References -- Link helpful resources from elsewhere on the internet.
-- Various lists of resources, including subtitling
-- Mac vidders: how to get the shiniest source
-- Lots of links, especially about vidding creativity
-- Panel notes on song choice
-- A&E's Technical Guide to All Things Audio and Video
-- Audio editing
-- Multiple aspect ratio tutorials
-- Understanding codecs & containers, & Autodesk software for students
• VIDDING SQUEE - All things happy, fun, and inspiring.
• The first vid you made you're still proud of?
• Vids/vidders that inspired us!
Meet the Vidder Threads
• Meet the Vidder: Rhi
• Meet the Vidder: metatxt
• Meet the Vidder: such heights
• Meet the Vidder: kiki_miserychic
• Meet the Vidder: Garrideb
• Meet the Vidder: ghost lingering
• Meet the Vidder: here's luck
• Meet the Vidder: chaila
ETA 3/3/14: The main part of the workshop has concluded, but please feel free to add answers or info if you've got them! We've organized a list of the threads, questions and answers for ease of browsing. And don't forget that you can sign up to be a vidding mentor to a newer vidder, or sign up to get a mentor!
wiscon_vidparty vidding workshop! We hope this will be a chance for new or potential vidders to find out more about what’s involved in making a vid and to see the wide variety of ways vidders make vids, and for vidders of all skill levels to discuss vidding and share tips and ideas. Everyone is welcome to participate! This workshop will be discussion- and question-based, so please, start or jump into any discussions you want to have and ask any questions about any aspect of vidding! Finding ideas, getting source, clipping (or not), editing programs, codecs, rendering, effects, specific technical issues you’re having, discussion about specific vids, discussing your own ideas, links to useful resources, tutorials, cheerleading--any and all vidding related topics are welcome.
We’ve created a few categories to keep some of the major topic threads organized. If you have a comment or question or want to start a discussion on a certain topic, just comment below the relevant subject. (We’re flexible though, so don’t fret too much about getting things in the right place. If in doubt, just give your thread a descriptive subject line so people can find it).
Feel free to add new threads if what you want to talk about isn't covered by the categories, but please give your comment a descriptive subject line so readers can tell what’s being discussed.
We have several awesome vidders who have volunteered to participate and introduce themselves at their convenience. We will be linking to their introductions as they appear. Keep an eye out and feel free to ask them specific questions!
Topics (to get you started--add your own threads and subthreads!)
• Vid Idea Development -- Finding and developing ideas for new vids
• Tech Questions -- Hardware and software (PC, Mac or Linux), codecs, aspect ratios, exporting and rendering, effects, etc.
Questions asked/discussed:
-- Software to use on a PC? (including discussion of Windows Movie Maker & Lightworks)
-- Vidding with iMovie09?
-- Codec rec: Avid DNxHD
-- Converter recs for Macs?
-- Linux clipping?
• Getting Started (and Finished) -- From beginning to end, how do you make a vid? Getting source, clipping, editing workflows, tips for getting started, etc.
• Subthread: Editing workflows/processes
--chaila (VirtualDub, Vegas, Zarx264gui)
--heresluck (DVD Decrypter, DGIndex, Premiere, Zarx264gui)
--thingswithwings (Handbrake, Mac the Ripper, MPEG Streamclip, Final Cut Pro, Sound Studio)
--ghost_lingering (Adobe Premiere & AfterEffects, Mac the Ripper, and mpeg streamclip)
--eruthros (DVD Decrypter, VirtualDub, AvsPmod, Premiere, Zarx264gui)
--such_heights (Switch, audio editing/conversion, Final Cut)
--beccatoria (avidemux, Cinelerra)
• Other questions/discussion
-- How to time clips to the beat?
-- Using markers
-- Approaching editing/revising? & how to deal with ambition outstripping effects/transition knowledge?
-- Free/cheap editing software for Macs?
-- Ripping DVDs vs. downloaded source?
-- Note re: codecs & compression
• Links and References -- Link helpful resources from elsewhere on the internet.
-- Various lists of resources, including subtitling
-- Mac vidders: how to get the shiniest source
-- Lots of links, especially about vidding creativity
-- Panel notes on song choice
-- A&E's Technical Guide to All Things Audio and Video
-- Audio editing
-- Multiple aspect ratio tutorials
-- Understanding codecs & containers, & Autodesk software for students
• VIDDING SQUEE - All things happy, fun, and inspiring.
• The first vid you made you're still proud of?
• Vids/vidders that inspired us!
Meet the Vidder Threads
• Meet the Vidder: Rhi
• Meet the Vidder: metatxt
• Meet the Vidder: such heights
• Meet the Vidder: kiki_miserychic
• Meet the Vidder: Garrideb
• Meet the Vidder: ghost lingering
• Meet the Vidder: here's luck
• Meet the Vidder: chaila
ETA 3/3/14: The main part of the workshop has concluded, but please feel free to add answers or info if you've got them! We've organized a list of the threads, questions and answers for ease of browsing. And don't forget that you can sign up to be a vidding mentor to a newer vidder, or sign up to get a mentor!
Re: Meet the Vidder: kiki_miserychic
Date: 2014-03-03 03:07 am (UTC)I used to go through phases where I thought all my vids were garbage, then I'd think they were good, then I'd go back to thinking they were garbage. I've made peace with it I think.
I love using instrumentals of well known songs for vids. And strings always get me. I actually vidded for a Big Bang where a writer sent me their fic and I created the vid around the story. The song choice came from the fic. There was a line in it that played on the song "it's the end of the world as we know it" that was later edited, but I stuck with the song because it fit the tone. I've used Vitamin String Quartet covers for other vids and enjoyed it. There's something beautiful about strings.
I went with black and white to even out the different looks of the source. I toyed with using a red overlay, but went with classic black and white. I changed a lot of the level, brightness/contrast, saturation, etc. to make it look even. It would have been even more difficult with color and I was working on a deadline. Black and white worked technically and thematically.
The fic Endure and Survive (To the Edge of the Universe and Back).