Basically. (hee... vidding 101 coming up): You either rip an episode (software needed to do that) or grab a download of episodes.
From there you can get software to help you make clips. Some people import entire episodes into their editing software but I cut up clips before I import them.
Then there's the editing software. I use Final Cut Express (because I am on a mac) but there's also iMovie (which comes with all macs). It's Window Movie Maker for PC's. Though a lot of PC vidders use a program called Vegas. Most computers some with editing software already on it.
In these programs you place the music on the audio track and then you start to build the vid by placing all the clips you've cut up on to the time line. It takes time to learn how the editing program works but if you're keen it's not that hard to work out.
See? Not so hard? :) The hard part come when trying to work out how to save the vid into a format that works...
Hmmm... you probably didn't want to know all that. /o\ But that's the bare bones of vidding. All the other stuff - making the clips work with the lyrics, using effects that don't swamp the vid, cutting to a beat etc. etc. take time to learn. But that's the fun part. :)
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Oh and making a gifs is different again. I wish I could make gifs. They ain't that easy either. A good working knowledge of Photoshop helps. Though there are programs available for that also.
But you can write sweetie! Now there's a skill I'd love to have. (I actually tried to write fiction the other day and didn't get past 2 sentences. Writing's hard!)
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Date: 2011-09-01 12:19 pm (UTC)Basically. (hee... vidding 101 coming up): You either rip an episode (software needed to do that) or grab a download of episodes.
From there you can get software to help you make clips. Some people import entire episodes into their editing software but I cut up clips before I import them.
Then there's the editing software. I use Final Cut Express (because I am on a mac) but there's also iMovie (which comes with all macs). It's Window Movie Maker for PC's. Though a lot of PC vidders use a program called Vegas. Most computers some with editing software already on it.
In these programs you place the music on the audio track and then you start to build the vid by placing all the clips you've cut up on to the time line. It takes time to learn how the editing program works but if you're keen it's not that hard to work out.
See? Not so hard? :) The hard part come when trying to work out how to save the vid into a format that works...
Hmmm... you probably didn't want to know all that. /o\ But that's the bare bones of vidding. All the other stuff - making the clips work with the lyrics, using effects that don't swamp the vid, cutting to a beat etc. etc. take time to learn. But that's the fun part. :)
<3
Oh and making a gifs is different again. I wish I could make gifs. They ain't that easy either. A good working knowledge of Photoshop helps. Though there are programs available for that also.
But you can write sweetie! Now there's a skill I'd love to have. (I actually tried to write fiction the other day and didn't get past 2 sentences. Writing's hard!)
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