Vidding help?
Jul. 26th, 2006 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silversolitaireI know a couple of peeps on my f-list have had experience with vidding. I'm trying my hand on one right now, too. I don't expect any stellar results, but right now I'm encountering a bunch of problems that annoy the fuck out of me and that I just can't figure out. My main problem is that my source is in letterbox format (which I can't really pinpoint since somehow every video seems to have a different size >.>;). Anyway, it's letterbox. But Microsoft Movie Maker only wants to output 640x480 or 320x240. Which makes sense. Yet it causes the end result to be squashed. That looks mega sucky and I hate it. Obviously, I need to add black bars at the top and bottom. But how?!? And how can I make the program do what I want? x_x
Alternatively, I'm willing to use a different program. I tried out Zweistein but I couldn't even begin to figure out what it wanted from me O.o. I'd like to have a program that's pretty much catering to n00bs like me.
And then there's the problem that the end result is less than stellar. I understand that I can't expect supermegacrisp images with a free program, but I want them to at least not be completely and utterly shitty and grainy. Is there any other way to achieve that? I see that I can save it as some DVD thing but then the output is insane! Like 800 megs or so! This is inacceptable obviously... Unless I can reduce that again later with VirtualDub... must check. But how do you guys do it? O.o;
Alternatively, I'm willing to use a different program. I tried out Zweistein but I couldn't even begin to figure out what it wanted from me O.o. I'd like to have a program that's pretty much catering to n00bs like me.
And then there's the problem that the end result is less than stellar. I understand that I can't expect supermegacrisp images with a free program, but I want them to at least not be completely and utterly shitty and grainy. Is there any other way to achieve that? I see that I can save it as some DVD thing but then the output is insane! Like 800 megs or so! This is inacceptable obviously... Unless I can reduce that again later with VirtualDub... must check. But how do you guys do it? O.o;
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Date: 2006-07-26 06:54 pm (UTC)WWW seems simply to use... but that's about it. It really has a lot of limitations. But so far, it's the only program I found that actually works intuitively. Because I really suck at reading instructions and manuals. I just don't get them. I'm the type who just messes around and figures it out and then needs to ask questions when it doesn't work out. I probably annoy people with it, but I just can't understand manuals.
Sony Vegas 5... hmmm. None of the vidding help sites I found mentioned this program, but I'm gonna trust your judgement and see if my, er, local distributor has it >.>.
I've already managed to figure out how to solve the aspect ratio problem (after I could pinpoint the name of the problem, google works like a charm, haha) and I just rendered a huge file and then ran it past Virtuadub to reduce size. Unfortunately, now I got a DivX logo stuck in the corner -_-. But I guess that's my lesser problem for now. The far more pressing problem now is that apparently I suck XD;.