Welcome all!
This is Bundyangel's AMV(Anime Music Video) Contest!
Time for some backround information!
What is a AMV you ask? A AMV is where you take clips of your favorite anime and put them to a awesome song of your choice(Or mine XD)
You don't know how to make one? NO WORRIES! Just because you dont know how doesnt mean you CANT. I shall explain here! Or at least the best I can.(I only know how to through windows. If you have like something other then windows then sorry but youre screwed!) There are two ways I shall explain way 1 first! You can make an AMV through windows movie maker. If you have windows no worries, you have windows movie maker. Trust me on this one.
Way 1! Live action!
The easiest way I have found to get live action clips(like from the anime itself) is by using limewire. Limewire is good if you have a higher speed connection, that is not to say you cant use it if you have a slower connection but the downloading proccess just takes longer.
After you have your episodes and your song downloaded you open windows movie maker and clicking 'import video' you import the episodes. a nifty little thing on movie maker is that it breaks down the episodes into clips that range from 1.5 seconds to about a minute long. If you change to the timeline way by clicking the button that says 'view timeline' you can shorten clips or take out parts you dont want.
After the video is there and all clipy-ma-fied you click on a clip and drag it down to the storyboard at the bottom of the screen. Next you can get your music in by clicking 'import music or audio' and draging it down to the timeline. If you dont want the audio from the anime on top of your music then either mute the clip or click the button that looks like a little volume control, ( its next to the microphone) and pulling the tab all the way to the right.
after that its just a long complicated proccess by which you experiment with slide effects and transactions and crap.
Way 2! The anime Slideshow!
Way two is suggested more for beginners. Because it is easier and not as complicated. I made i think 8 slideshow AMV's before i made an actual live action one. Live action was so less complicated after i understood slideshow.
Ok for a slideshow you still use windows movie maker but you'll need pictures. lots and lots of pictures. I do believe it is better if you dont repeat pictures over and over. unless its like a specific pattern for the chorus of a song or something. ANYWAY
to get pictures to movie maker you will need to have them saved on your computer and by clicking on teh button that says'import pictures' and then clicking the picture you want, it will be stored in you collections. This takes a long time to do and can be a very long boring process.
BE WARNED!!!! DO NOT MOVE THE PICTURE AFTER YOU HAVE IMPORTED IT!!!
If you move a picture on your computer or delete it after you have imported it, you break the direct link WMM has to it and it becomes useless! you then have to remove the picture from WMM and re-import it. its just a annoying obsatcle that can be avoided if you just dont move it!
If you must move it or you like to organize your pictures, do it beforehand so this problem is avoided!
The music is the same process with live action, use limewire. I dont know why but sometimes windows movie maker has a license prevention on it and if you have a CD then it wont let you use the cds music.(its so weird one computer lets me use CD music and my other one doesnt)
After you have your pictures and music you just screw around with effects and transactions. to get the pictures to your video its the same as live action, just drag the pictures down to the story board.
This is Bundyangel's AMV(Anime Music Video) Contest!
Time for some backround information!
What is a AMV you ask? A AMV is where you take clips of your favorite anime and put them to a awesome song of your choice(Or mine XD)
You don't know how to make one? NO WORRIES! Just because you dont know how doesnt mean you CANT. I shall explain here! Or at least the best I can.(I only know how to through windows. If you have like something other then windows then sorry but youre screwed!) There are two ways I shall explain way 1 first! You can make an AMV through windows movie maker. If you have windows no worries, you have windows movie maker. Trust me on this one.
Way 1! Live action!
The easiest way I have found to get live action clips(like from the anime itself) is by using limewire. Limewire is good if you have a higher speed connection, that is not to say you cant use it if you have a slower connection but the downloading proccess just takes longer.
After you have your episodes and your song downloaded you open windows movie maker and clicking 'import video' you import the episodes. a nifty little thing on movie maker is that it breaks down the episodes into clips that range from 1.5 seconds to about a minute long. If you change to the timeline way by clicking the button that says 'view timeline' you can shorten clips or take out parts you dont want.
After the video is there and all clipy-ma-fied you click on a clip and drag it down to the storyboard at the bottom of the screen. Next you can get your music in by clicking 'import music or audio' and draging it down to the timeline. If you dont want the audio from the anime on top of your music then either mute the clip or click the button that looks like a little volume control, ( its next to the microphone) and pulling the tab all the way to the right.
after that its just a long complicated proccess by which you experiment with slide effects and transactions and crap.
Way 2! The anime Slideshow!
Way two is suggested more for beginners. Because it is easier and not as complicated. I made i think 8 slideshow AMV's before i made an actual live action one. Live action was so less complicated after i understood slideshow.
Ok for a slideshow you still use windows movie maker but you'll need pictures. lots and lots of pictures. I do believe it is better if you dont repeat pictures over and over. unless its like a specific pattern for the chorus of a song or something. ANYWAY
to get pictures to movie maker you will need to have them saved on your computer and by clicking on teh button that says'import pictures' and then clicking the picture you want, it will be stored in you collections. This takes a long time to do and can be a very long boring process.
BE WARNED!!!! DO NOT MOVE THE PICTURE AFTER YOU HAVE IMPORTED IT!!!
If you move a picture on your computer or delete it after you have imported it, you break the direct link WMM has to it and it becomes useless! you then have to remove the picture from WMM and re-import it. its just a annoying obsatcle that can be avoided if you just dont move it!
If you must move it or you like to organize your pictures, do it beforehand so this problem is avoided!
The music is the same process with live action, use limewire. I dont know why but sometimes windows movie maker has a license prevention on it and if you have a CD then it wont let you use the cds music.(its so weird one computer lets me use CD music and my other one doesnt)
After you have your pictures and music you just screw around with effects and transactions. to get the pictures to your video its the same as live action, just drag the pictures down to the story board.
