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Inspired by the favourite fanvids thread yesterday... I have an idea for a fanvid that just won't leave me alone. Nobody else seems to have done it.

So, I want to create a fanvid.

But I don't know where to begin, I'm not some professional filmmaker or editor, and I don't have the money to spend on quality software.

Any advice or suggestions or how-tos? Any free software that's actually decent?

I can't really offer "advice" per se because it's one of those things I just started doing and didn't really think about the process, but all the fanvids I've done have been made in the free MovieMaker software that comes with Windows. It's not great, but it gets the job done.

I've got Windows 8. (I probably should have specified that in the first post...) Not sure if that comes with MovieMaker, but I don't think so.

See if this works? http://www.freenew.net/windows/windows-movie-maker/578405.htm

I wish I could give you more advice. I dabbled with Movie Maker several years ago, but the version I have now seems to have 'improved' itself by removing the features that I liked. I was trying to make a video the other day and I couldn't figure the new interface out.

I believe you can still download it for free.

Don't use it, though! Those silly Sims videos I made were done with Vegas Movie Studio, which has a thirty day free trial. It's actually really good; I managed to make stuff that looks better than Windows Movie Maker with absolutely no experience. I never got around to buying it after the trial ran out, though I think I will the next time I decide to. It costs $40 and I think it'll be worth it--and $40 is really cheap for good video editing software.

So: assuming you can finish your project in the next thirty days, use Vegas Movie Studio.

Most software I know is pretty expensive, sorry. But it's just one fanvid: Pinaccle studio has a free trial version and while it's not the greatest editing tool, it's ample for just a fanvid and it's ridiculously easy to use compared to say Adobe or Avid.

But as for doing it: I'd say just try to play around with it. It's not that hard. If you're doing a vid with music try to get the cuts in sync with the rhytm. For conversations, make sure there's consistency in the way the characters are facing. When cutting in a movement, play around with which poit works best, as even a slightly different frame can make a big difference. And otherwise - just experiment, really.

I've made a ton of fanvids, and Virtualdub is excellent for basic editing stuff. It doesn't have a bunch of fancy transitions, but once you have the basics down, there are tons of plug-ins people have made that you can use to create fancy transitions.

I keep meaning to do a tutorial about how to use Virtualdub for fanvidding and how to do some common special effects and such, and then I get too caught up in making the actual vid to take screencaps and notes and stuff. :P Tutorials probably already exist on the net somewhere, but I learned just by poking at it because that's how I learn things best.

Can't really help out with video editing software, sorry! I used to use WMM but it ended up freezing a lot and the video quality wasn't great, even when I used DVD rips or downloaded video files. So I bought Sony Vegas and will never let go. Hopefully the Windows 8 MM is better. I did appreciate WMM's intuitiveness and how simple it was to use. If you can get a hold of a Mac at your school or wherever, iMove is loads better than WMM in terms of quality and specificity, but has a lot more configurations and might seem very confusing at first.

As for fanvid suggestions in case you're interested in them, I'd advise against using clips of characters talking, unless if you're doing a funny vid and trying to make them mouth the lyrics. Ditto for cutting in source vid voiceovers, but I mind that less because I've seen it used effectively in a few cases. Slow-motion clips that were obviously dragged out in the timeline don't work well to me; I love vids that are clipped to fit the beat of a song. If it's slow and somber, I'd go with clips that are already long (like focusing on scenery or silent characters) and not worry as much about cutting to a new scene as soon as a new line starts.

As others have said, it's kind of a trial and error, teach-yourself-as-you go thing. You'll soon find out what works best for you, want to tear your hair out at other points, how rendering a vid can be half the battle, and stare in deserved awe and pride at the brilliance of your creation. Best of luck!

One of these days I'll check out this Vidding workshop (collection of tutorial links) myself. On that far-off day when I discover that mystical thing called "free time". In the meantime, I hope it does you some good.

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