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Title: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: neuralplex on August 15, 2007, 02:08:16 Hey everyone, Since not everyone has had practice doing video editing before I thought I'd put up a quick tutorial about how to get started with making your own clips for fan dubbing. This tutorial uses entirely free tools that should work for most anyone running Windows. Please note some operations may take a considerable amount of time and computing power. During those times it's a good idea to order a pizza or make a sandwich, it can take a while depending on your PC. Part 1: The Source To start we first need something to work with. Since one of the competition requirements is the source anime must be licensed in Australia, using a DVD is an excellent choice for a source since it's already in a digital format (required for submission). You'll need special software to decode your DVD and select the parts you want. To read about how to convert parts of a DVD into a format you can work with check this guide (http://www.doom9.org/autogk.htm). You won't need all the video, or any audio or subtitle tracks when decoding the vobs on the DVD so you might as well leave out the parts you won't need. This will greatly save your time and hard drive space. (http://www.killingoffpop.com/photos/fandub/01.jpg) (http://www.killingoffpop.com/photos/fandub/02.jpg) A good way to tell what title and chapter you need is to watch the DVD in Media Player Classic (available here (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php? group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=403110)) at the bottom it'll tell you what chapter and title you're watching. (Also take note of the length of the chapter it might help you identify it!) Follow the rest of the steps of the guide above using your own judgment. Once you have that done you're ready to start chopping your video. Part 2: Cropping Since you're not likely to want to use all of what you just extracted out of your DVD we'll need to cut out the parts you don't need. A free (but not easiest) way to do this is with VirtualDub (available here (http://vitrualdub.sf.net)). Find the starting point for your clip and click Edit -> Set selection start. Then find the ending point and click Edit -> Set selection end. You should find a light blue bar for the section of the video you want to use. Make sure that you're not going to re-encode the video by clicking on Video -> Direct stream copy . (This will preserve the quality of your video. The more times you encode it the faster it starts looking like dog food.) Now you're ready to save your video! go to File -> Save as AVI and now you're ready to move onto the next part. Part 3: Scripting This step is either the easiest or hardest part to do. You can take one of two approaches; 1) Take note of all the speaking parts (and other places where dialog can go) and what characters appear. Kick about some ideas on what should happen in the clip,
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write a script and go from there. 2) Skip this step and ad-lib the whole thing. Part 4: Recording Regardless of how many people voice acting (1 to infinity) in the clip there are two basic ways to record the audio: 1) Recording everyone at once. This has the draw back of needing everyone involved to be at the same place at the same time, and making sure everyone is at the same volume level. However this is the least technical and fastest method of recording. 2) Recording voices separately. This easier to edit single lines later and you don't need to have everyone around at the same time to get the audio. If you're doing all the voices yourself you don't need to rush between different voices. The draw back is that if recording seperately it's harder to ad-lib lines and bounce off other people. Either way, a good program to do your recording in is Audacity (available here (http://audacity.sf.net)). It allows for multiple takes, cropping and editing of multiple audio tracks. Open your video clip and leave it paused. Start recording in Audacity then go back to the video count down from 5 (to help you find the start of your recording later when cropping your audio) and start the video and record the dialog (I'm captain obvious!). Once you're done select the parts of your recording you want to keep then click Edit -> Trim and save it as a .wav file. We're almost there! Some tips for recording: Use a carpeted room or a room that doesn't echo much. Close doors and turn off any TVs, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc, etc to reduce external sounds (makes voices clearer). Do more than one take even if you think you have it nailed the first time. Adjust the levels so the vocals never clip (reach maximum volume). Make (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/how_to_make_you_1.html)/buy a pop filter (lots of people make really sharp "p", "b" and "s" sounds a pop-filter tends to curb that and makes for a nicer sounding recording) Don't record in anything less than 16-bit audio Make sure when you play back your recording is clear and easy to understand Part 5: Unholy Fusion Note: there's a lot of ways to do this if you have access to software such as Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere this becomes a lot easier to sync the audio to the video. (If anyone wants an tutorial on how to do this I'll write one up later) Open your video clip in VirtualDub again. Check that the video won't be re-encoded (Video -> Direct stream copy ) and then add in your audio by clicking Audio -> WAV Audio and selecting the .wav file you saved at the end of step 4. Part 6: The Aftermath If all has gone just as planned then you should have your very own fandub clip! Watch your video at least once to make sure it's working properly, then burn it to a CD or DVD. Once you have the CD/DVD burned watch it again from the disc to make sure it burned alright. Congratulations! Your entry is ready to submit!!
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If you have any questions about this tutorial or anything else fandub related feel free to ask me either here in this thread or in a PM. Cheers! FAQ Q: What do I need to do to make sure my video is in the right video codec for submission? A: If you follow this tutorial then your video should be encoded in XVID one of the accepted codecs. Other acceptable codecs include PAL DV, DivX, and H.264. Please check the competition rules (http://animania.net.au/fandub) for the complete list. Q: Where are all the questions? A: When people ask them I'll put them here. Q: Who are you? What are you doing? And why do you keep suggesting I make a sandwich or order a pizza? A: I'm Travis, you can sometimes see my posts on the Animania front page, I'm also the fandub competition co-ordinator. I'm writing a post in the forums. I think making sandwiches and ordering pizza are good ways to pass the time while waiting for my computer to finish what it's doing, but most of the time I just surf the web or idle in IRC instead. Q: Ham, pencil, doorknob? A: It's 2am. Hahaha! Sleep deprived! Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: imek on August 15, 2007, 02:16:07 Good stuff, very informative :) Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: Siu on August 22, 2007, 01:44:17 Hmm... I don't think my poor P2 will be able to handle all that. T__T Must get a new computer. But, thanks for the tutorial! =) Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: neuralplex on August 22, 2007, 01:49:24 Thanks mek and siu~
Q uote from : Siu on August 22, 2007, 01:44:17 Hm m ... I don't think m y poor P2 will be able to handle all that. T__T Must ge t a ne w com pute r. But, thank s for the tutorial! =)

It could do it... if you have enough patience, or ordered more than one pizza on more than one occasion. :P Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: Siu on August 22, 2007, 01:57:48 Hehe... Patience ay? That's hard to come by. Though, I could do with some pizza. It's been a while since I last had one. Mmm.. Grease~ =P Though, I do want to try this out. One day...
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Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: Renato on September 02, 2007, 22:31:42 Although I am already late in trying to make a fandub, I have to agree with your methods neural. :D I find DVD Decrypter a nice program to use. I mainly use it in IFO mode, since I usually or practice making amvs, and then convert it to use for Avisynth. Though these are good notes for me to use later on. :) By the way, are you also the AMV co-ordinator by any chance? You seem to have the knowledge in video editing. :D Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: shinlee on September 03, 2007, 10:06:42 hey plex u wrote and showed us how to do it. can we see one of your own homemade fanfub clips. i would love to see it Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: neuralplex on September 09, 2007, 23:04:31 Sorry guys I've been really busy and haven't had time to come to the forums in a while. ^^;;
Q uote from : R e nato on Se pte m be r 02, 2007, 22:31:42 Although I am alre ady late in trying to m ak e a fandub, I have to agre e with your m e thods ne ural. :D I find DVD De crypte r a nice program to use . I m ainly use it in IFO m ode , since I usually or practice m ak ing am vs, and the n conve rt it to use for Avisynth. Though the se are good note s for m e to use late r on. :) By the way, are you also the AMV co-ordinator by any chance ? You se e m to have the k nowle dge in vide o e diting. :D

I'm glad you found the guide useful :) I'm not the AMV co-ordinator actually. Though if I get the time next year I'm considering making a few AMVs of my own. I've never actually finished one but I have some ideas I'd like to try out. :P Most of my video editing experience comes from fan dub, a wasted nerdy youth, video cameras, and reading up on stuff. lol
Q uote from : shinle e on Se pte m be r 03, 2007, 10:06:42 he y ple x u wrote and showe d us how to do it. can we se e one of your own hom e m ade fanfub clips. i would love to se e it

Yup, someday (sooner rather than later I hope) when I'm a little less busy I'll throw some stuff up on Youtube for you guys to see :) Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: Inconspicuous on June 24, 2008, 07:02:54
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Yeah. See, i don't get one thing. Are we just making a normal AMV Or A funny parody? Cause im so lost right now. Title: Re: How To: Make your own fandub clips Post by: neuralplex on August 14, 2008, 00:23:22
Q uote from : Inconspicuous on June 24, 2008, 07:02:54 Ye ah. Se e , i don't ge t one thing. Are we just m ak ing a norm al AMV Or A funny parody? C ause im so lost right now.

This thread was created for the 2007 Fandub competiton. I've kept it stickied because many of the techniques here are useful in AMV creation also. With the 2008 Speed AMV competiton you're welcome to try any form of expression that fits within the rules of the competiton.
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