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constrictcon posted: Zine, Vid Show, Programming, Random ThoughtsIf anyone is vidding for the show, please let me know, so I can plan appropriately.
I definitely need panel ideas. What do you folks want to talk about?
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fairestcat posted: Looking for vids to Vienna Teng songs!I'm VJing a Vid Show of vids to Vienna Teng songs at FanworksCon in August. I pitched it as "Come Out and Level Up: Narratives of Resistance as sung by Vienna Teng" but I'm taking a very broad definition of "resistance."
sisabet posted: The Vidder’s Lament: Source NeedviddingHi everyone! I'm fairly new to vidding and have been trundling along happily so far just learning to use Lightworks and getting the editing basics down. But now I'm starting to edge toward things like paying attention to picture quality and converting files into more editable formats, etc. I will read up on some of the previous posts people have shared (I see there was a recent discussion about how to deal with mkvs, which I've also recently been struggling with!), but my question for today is:
For vidders who work in Windows and use Lightworks to edit, what codec works best for your editing? And what software do you use to convert your various kinds of source files into that desired codec?
Thank you so much for any advice, it's much appreciated!
0ftgx posted: Pros vids at AO3All the Pros vids I could track down at AO3 divided into 2 lists: by Vidder & by Song. The vidder list includes the vidders' own titles for their vids & their summary. The song list uses the title of the song, which sometimes differs from the vid title.
eruthros's "Straightening Up the House", which got its own 7.5K creation essay, are vids that in an essential way may reflect an emerging Wiscon aesthetic that is meaningfully different from VVC-style vids. These are vids that are created by vidders fluent in the VVC house style, but they have the DNA of academic research projects in them as well. Vids are always attractive to me because of the information density they're capable of conveying, but "Transmission" and "Straightening Up the House" intentionally throw more information at you than you can absorb, while making you aware that they are doing this. The kiloword creation essay is an essential part of the art. You can simply sit back and watch "Transmission" and enjoy it, but you do so with the full awareness that you are not seeing everything the vidder has to say. I feel like that stands in confrontational opposition to the idea of Vid as Essay, which is so often essential to understanding VVC vids. allheadybooks posted: Has anybody vidded Hannibal to "Psycho Killer" yet?I have no video editing skills or free time to acquire them in, unfortunately, but if I did I would definitely make this vid. There's so many directly applicable lines. "I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire / don't touch me I'm a real live wire" would be shots of Will Graham writhing and flinching, "I hate people when they're not polite" is obviously Hannibal reacting to rudeness, "run run run away" is Will stumbling through the woods after the ravenstag, all that French could be laid over Hannibal in elegant European settings . . . because in the end they are BOTH psycho killers . . .
garrideb posted: Fanvids + WisConAlso, I skimmed through the list of panels that still needed more panelists, and saw that the Fanvid Discussion Deep Dive panel was on there. So I volunteered for that, and got on. Each panelist screens a vid (not one of their own) and talks about what they love about it. I really have no idea which vid I'll pick. There are plenty I love that fit in with WisCon's themes of feminism and scifi/fantasy!
cupidsbow posted: Exquinox - Sources from the 1990sMasterpost: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/springequinox2019/works Bitch - Batman Returns, Selina Kyle/Bruce WayneWhite Flag - Xena: Warrior Princess, Gabrielle/XenaYou Know What I Mean - The Heroic Trio, Tung & Ching & ChatLike, Wannabe - Clueless, Cher Horowitz/Josh LucasTake Over - The Craft, Nancy Downs/EveryoneEverything In Its Right Place - ER, John CarterCome Away with Me - Northern Exposure, Marilyn Whirlwind/The Flying Man
elf posted: Vidding 101 BeginsI picked up Sony Vegas 14 at HumbleBundle a while back, and finally got around to installing it.
I want to make a vid. I want to make a vid I know damn well nobody else will make, so I guess I gotta learn vidding.
However, the vid I want to make is complicated and involves several sources from different eras, which I know is a pain. So first, I gotta make an easy-for-beginners vid to get used to the software.
equinox_exchange posted: Guess the Equinox vidder!Now that Spring Equinox is live, it's time to play Guess the Equinox Vidder!
seekingferret posted: (no subject)But it strikes me that vids like "Transmission" and
vidding posted: Free or nearly free software for clipping large/ 1080p mkv files on macTrying to vid for the first time in years, and I've gone back to MPEG Streamclip for clipping purposes, but as well as no longer being as stable as it used to be, it doesn't seem to be able to deal with large .mkv files.
I have no problem clipping the .mkv that are around 1 gb 720p but can't deal with .mkv files that are around 4gb 1080p. (I'm not technically savvy enough to know whether it's the size or the encoding it's having an issue with).
Any recommendations for for newer software that might deal with files better? (I'm using Lightworks for the actual vidding)
viddingnewsposted Vidding News | Vol. 012 | 21st April 2019Editor's Note: I am now going to be including individual vid announcements in the weekly newsletter instead of on a monthly basis since a) there weren't as many as I thought and b) I missed posting the second month anyway.
Is there somewhere an index or rec list or database or website or something where you can search for vids by song choice rather than (in addition to) fandom or ship or vidder?
There is an older one for AMV at animemusicvideos.org Vividcon’s database is still up. On YouTube. I plug in the song title and then the fandom or fanvid. You can also search 18,000 fanvids by title on the vidders.net archive - Garfield (vidders.net) is also working on an AO3 fanvid database right now.
For the past few month I’ve been providing user feedback on Viddercon, a fan created cross-platform video playlist site that allows fans to build streaming vid shows. (You can see an example here using the Escapade 2019 Vid Show).
To date, all the commercial streaming video platforms (Vimeo, YouTube etc) lock you into their platform. If you want to make a vid rec list, you can only select videos from their platform. But fanvids are now everywhere: Instagram, Dailymotion, BiliBili…. and of course a few vidders are now starting to stream their own vids using cloud based Content Delivery Network (CDNs) servers or via the Fediverse.
Viddercon (short for Vidder Conventions), is the platform developed by Garfield and it is designed to assist those wanting to host curated vid shows. For casual fanvid recs, however, there is a commercial tool available. Dropmark is a free service that will allow you to create a streaming rec list across platforms;
You can link to vids from many platforms, including your own website and also add password protected vids. And you can even upload a limited number of fanvids to their servers.
How to add a vid to your Dropmark playlist (image below) ↓
Not only can you link to a vid, Dropmark will give you 500MB for free so you can upload your own vid. ↓
When you pull in a public vid, it will create a thumbnail, a link to the source of the video and Author (Vidder). It will also give you a section where you can add a more details about the vid. ↓
You can add videos from a wide rage of sources. Below is a Stargate SG1 fanvid hosted on the Internet Archive. ↓
Below is a Sentinel vid from Bilibili ↓
Embedding Password Protected Videos
You will need to list the password info for password protected vids. The first example below is a Vimeo fanvid that lists no password info. The next 2 examples have the password listed in the file name. ↓
Unless the viewer clicks on the info button to the far right, all they will see is a blank screen asking for the password. This is why you add the password to the vid title. ↓
If the viewer does click on the info button to the far right, they will see the password in a second location. This is also where you will add vidder credits. Dropmark cannot automatically pull the author/creator info from a locked vid. Finally, if the vid is on AO3, consider leaving a link to the AO3 page for vidder feedback. ↓
Example below of a self-hosted vid that is streamed via a Content Delivery Network (CDNs). ↓
You can also embed a vid streaming from the Fediverse. Below is a video uploaded to a PeerTube instance. To embed the vid, you must find the direct link to the video by going to the PeerTube vid page (Ex: https://queertube.org/videos/watch/719d589b-b235-4157-a09d-990eccc40507 ) and using “View Source” on your browser, to find the URL of the vid (Ex: https://queertube.org/videos/embed/719d589b-b235-4157-a09d-990eccc4050 )
Dropmark URLs have 3 privacy settings: Invite only, Unlisted, Public ↓
Dropmark also allows you to download your URLs and video files (if you’ve uploaded them).
And they have a bookmarklets/browser plugins, RSS feeds, and the ability to upload via email etc.
Here is my test Playlist: https://morgandawn.dropmark.com/648968
viddingnews posted: 7th April 2019Announcements
SHareCon Vid Show
SHareCon is looking for dance vids, premiering vids, and favorites to show at our Starsky & Hutch con. The con will be held September 27-30, 2019 and we'd like to have all vids submitted by September 1st. Contact Flamingo @ mamabird@sharecon.net.
Resources
Have you been turning a vid idea over and over in your head, but you can't find the perfect song that'll drive your idea home? Apparently this is a problem! And I'm here to help.
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fanworks FanWorks Convention Needs Your Vidshopelesse : "Have you been turning a vid idea over and over in your head, but you can't find the perfect song that'll drive your idea home? Apparently this is a problem! And I'm here to help." https://vidding.dreamwidth.org/388895.htmlvidding posted: Resource: Vid song consultant for (no-cost!) hireHave you been turning a vid idea over and over in your head, but you can't find the perfect song that'll drive your idea home? Apparently this is a problem! And I'm here to help.
My music library is eclectic and vast. Are you looking for a driving beat with harsh, inhuman sounds? A liquid, summer-warm song under 3 minutes long? Something that makes you feel dizzy and hungry with a jazzy overtone? Give me an idea of what you're looking for -- an emotion, a sound, a vibe, a song that's almost what you want but isn't quite doing it for you, whatever you've got -- and I'll spitball song ideas with you!
For an idea of the kinds of things I might recommend, check out my listening now playlist on spotify.
Talking music is one of my very favorite things. Lets do it together.
anonymous asked:
What's happened to all the power ranger fanvids on youtube? A lot of them now show blocked for copyright by Hasbro??? Did I miss the tea?
Huh. Saban Brands had previously blocked a good chunk of my vids in Asian territories (but was random about which ones these were), but otherwise just collected monetization on them.
Now most of these videos are at least 73% blocked. (82% if it was previously blocked in Asian countries.)
Link: http://jenndubya.tumblr.com/post/183407240100/whats-happened-to-all-the-power-ranger-fanvids-on
vid_bingo posted: Vidding Chatterwalkthegale posted: Vid Rec Gathering - MonstersHello friends! As pretty much always at this time of year, I am looking for vid recs! I'll be VJing at vidshow at this year's
calvinahobbes posted: Call for recs: behind-the-scenes vids?You see, I am going to VIDUKON for the first time with
And just because we don't know how to do stuff halfway, Heidi and I took a spur of the moment decision and volunteered to VJ a show. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now we aren't sure how to fill up 45 minutes (I know, incredible, right?) and so we hope you all can help us???
We are looking for vids about behind the scenes stories. Like, specifically vids that focus on how the media source is made or what the cast and crew get up to behind the camera. We want to try to keep the emphasis on TPBT creation rather than fan creation, if that makes sense. So, more Long Live than Pressure.
dorinda posted: Connexions 2019 is looking for vids!Connexions, a little every-other-year slash con held just outside Washington D.C., is seeking vids made between August 2018 and August 2019 for its vidshow.
The call for vids says they're looking for vids "that are a) slash and b) multimedia"--I assume they mean both at once maybe? But if you want to ask for any clarification, it looks like the person to contact is Ker at dcmf.office@gmail.com .
For more details on the con, see their website at http://www.connexions-south.com/. The page on their site that focuses on the vidshow specifically is here.
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The new Marvel Avengers trailer is a 2008 YouTube vid
Star Trek Closer vid as a teaching tool about fanzines
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vidukon_cardiff posted: What's Coming Up at VidUKon 2019?There are just about three months left before VidUKon 2019, so if you're thinking of joining us in Cardiff on June 14-16, here's a taste of what's on the schedule for the weekend:We've got vidshows aplenty. From regulars like Vidder's Choice, Best of CreaSpace and highlights from Festivids 2018 to themed shows, with topics including monsters, a 2009 retrospective, stories, be gay do crimes, found footage films, masculinities and behind the scenes.On Saturday night, check out the big event, the annual Premieres show, showcasing brand new vids from all kinds of fandoms.Plus there will be panels, including Anatomy of a Vid, the Year in Vidding discussion and a look at some exciting tech developments.For the third year running, you can take part in the (in)famous group vidding workshop - join a team to vid a section of a song in just three hours, then stitch the pieces together! (No vidding experience required, all groups will have at least one confident vidder.)
franzeska posted: How I do the Escapade Dance PartyI start by going to the youtube copy of everything, assuming it has one. I put all of those URLs into 4K Video Downloader. This is a free program, and it is hands-down the best of the easy options. That got me roughly 80% of the final list. Next, I tried it on the non-youtube URLs, which it mostly choked on. For bilibili, I tried different website interfaces until I found one that is working this year. I'll probably have to do that again next year. My spreadsheet tab on download methods shows that I used https://www.videofk.com this time. A few youtube vids just wouldn't download via 4K Video Downloader. These I grabbed with https://qdownloader.net/. My biggest problem this year was actually Vimeo!
Dear vidders whom I know and love and who are part of the community that cares about cons: please stop turning off the damn download feature on Vimeo! Your separate download links invariably go dead! I'm going to get your video from Vimeo eventually anyway! The only thing you are gaining is my irritation.
The issue with Vimeo is that most of the download options can't handle a video with password protection, while some of the great browser add-ons I used a few years ago now put hideous watermarks on everything unless you buy an expensive subscription. Vimeo is great. It also has a great download option that you can easily leave on. I'm just saying.
I see that Morgan Dawn actually posted to DW about a Chrome extension that can grab [password protected]* Vimeo videos. I wish I'd read my flist! The method I actually used involves looking at a couple of layers of page source. (There's a tutorial here, though I had to modify it a little bit.)"
*How To Download Vimeo Password Protected Vids (Chrome Users) by meeedeee (Jan 2019) https://meeedeee.tumblr.com/post/182379393661/how-to-download-vimeo-password-protected-vids
franzeska posted: AMVs.org for the Rest of UsI keep seeing people talk about how bad AO3 is for anything but fic. What they mean is either that it doesn't have native hosting or that it's not optimized for fan art. As a vidder, I've started rolling my eyes hard at how vids get lumped in with visual art. The lack of file hosting is a problem, but I never really expected unlimited video uploads from a free site. Even on Vimeo, I pay to get the features I want. I think this tendency to group vids in is because most people have no idea what a good vidding site would look like. They've been on multiple fic archives. If they care about art, they've been on DeviantArt and Pixiv. If they like podfic, they're still mourning the data loss on the Audiofic Archive. The conversation around vids is 99% about stable hosting. Understandably so. But I think this preoccupation has disguised just what's so awesome about AO3 for vids.
When I think about vidding sites in terms of metadata rather than hosting, there is one definitive example, an example that has set the standard for two decades:
Animemusicvideos.org
vidrecs posted: Supernatural: Live Through This by Sisabet and SweetestdrainVid Title: Live Through This: A Supernatural Vid Album
Vidder:
Fandom: Supernatural
Summary: "fuck you, make me real" Twelve vids about the women of Supernatural.
Reccer's Comments: This is an awesome vid album that is a follow-up/ continuation of
vidbigbang posted: The first VidBigBang is live!Long vids and vid projects are a huge commitment: Kudos and thank-yous to the vidders who managed to complete their epic vids and projects. It can't be understated how difficult these long projects can be but you guys rocked it.
I definitely wasn't expecting a whole vid album the first year!
You can browse this year's vidbigbang collection at ao3 here:
archiveofourown.org/collections/vidbigbang001
fanworks posted: 2019 Sparkle Motion Vid Sign-ups are OpenWe're having a dance party and we'd love to show your vids! Sign-ups are now open for vidders who wish to make premiering vids for the Sparkle Motion dance party at this year's FanWorks convention.
Sign-ups allow us to make sure we don't have two vids to the same song and also allow us to check the song to see if it's danceable. It's not likely that we'll reject your song choice but it's best to know now that we don't think it will work on the dancefloor than to find out after you made the vid.The deadline for submitting Sparkle Motion vids is:
Sunday, June 2nd at midnight EST!!
franzeska posted: How I do the Escapade Dance PartyThe dance party has grown to be one of my favorite parts of Escapade. At the party this year, I was joking that people never send me requests, so I just play what I want. Someone I'd been talking to was like: "You're not being fair to yourself! You just told me how much time you spend!" They had a point. Self-deprecating humor aside, the way I make the dance party playlist is actually kind of complicated. And you know what that means: It's time for a tl;dr post!
viddingnews posted: February 2019Welcome to the first Monthly Vid Round-Up. This is a special newsletter containing only links to individual vid announcement posts that have been posted in the previous month.
viddingnews posted: Announcement: New Monthly Vid Round-Up PostSince there was a bunch of interest, I will also be posting a special monthly newsletter that contains links to individual vids that have been posted that month.
This will be posted on the 1st of every month, and if you would like to be included, please use the link below to submit:
How to submit a vid
przed posted: Two Days to Go...In two days, my website will be no more.
So, if you haven't yet downloaded any of my vids, they're all up here: http://przed.com/vids/vidfiles/
But that's not totally the end for my vids.
The lovely
The vids there are both streamable and downloadable, so that's awesome. And I'll be uploading the rest as I have time.
vidukon_cardiff: Premieres Deadline (plus other important dates) for VidUKonvidderkidder for the infobeerbad posted: TGIF/F Bonus VidshowGreetings from the 4th annual TGIFemslash convention!
In addition to curating the official TGIF/F Femslash Vidshow, this year staff was also so kind as to let me play a little bonus vidshow last night put together of some vids that couldn't fit in the main show. Here they are, with links
yourlibrarian for the link
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