• I suggest you do what you like and learn raw editing first (especially scene selection)

• Use nyaa.si (works with torrents) to download your anime, so you're gonna have to derush everything yourself on software like Premiere Pro, VirtualDub2 (I use that one) or Davinci. That's the best thing to do for the best quality (learn how encode works for that).

Use animeclips.online if you're lazy

• can't give you any advice for Davinci cause I don't use it, but I've got a tutorial. It's in french though (with english subs)

If I had to give myself any advice it would be to meet other creators in the space. Find people similar to yourself that are just starting out and learn from each other.

For content: it’s really going to be on you to figure out your method of approach. Theres a lot of places for torrents and clips, and also a ton of channels on YouTube that post clips and green screens. Just make sure to always give credit

Scenes: Personally I cut what I need from my source as I go. I know some others that only rely on precut clips. That’s also going to be up to you to determine the method that works best for you.

Welcome to the hobby of AMVs.

Some advice I would give you: don't think too much about what others would like, make what you enjoy, and have fun making videos.

For source getting, I would also say nyaa, as already mentioned. For handling the files, amv101 has some great information for that. Mostly I loaded full episodes into my editor and then cut the scene that I feel fits.

For Davinci Resolve, I would focus first on the Edit Tab and get familiar with it. For tutorials, there are a lot, and they don't need to be specific to Anime. So I would recommend something like Casey Faris, MrAlexTech and Patrick Stirling (Do I summon him again? XD)

If you want more, well, I have a blog about AMV and Editing here Vidderscorner.
Some that are maybe interesting are

New to AMVs and on the search for Critics

Understanding Music to improve your AMVs

And one other thing, I did a while back, a podcast where I interviewed also some other editors about they start and so. Maybe that is also interesting to listen to.
ViddersCornerPodcast

If you have more questions feel free to ask here or write a dm.

ill mention it again: aviutl!! its free and has lots of features, a bit hard to use at first but i hope that doesnt drive you away.

After Effects, Premiere Pro.

For free alternatives highly recommend davinci resolve.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vocaloid/s/2jMFwdg0MQ

This was just asked recently actually lol

Proffessional:

After Effects (Adobe)

Premiere Pro (Adobe)

Final Cut Pro (Apple)

Free (I've only used the second one, but I think any of these would work, and they're free anyway):

iMovie (Mac only)

Kdenlive

DaVinci Resolve (has free and paid versions)

Nyaa.si (torrents) or animeclips for scenes (anitousen and magikarpvids for OP/END if not on nyaa)

Spotify for songs, just download what you like with 320kbps minimum (or FLAC)

To dl the torrents on nyaa just use Qbittorent (Uttorent is shit) and make sure there are more seeders than leechers.

And yeah I recommend you to prepare your scenes by yourself (so derush/clip selection on davinci, premiere or virtualdub2) then sort everything in some folders (keep everything for later)

Hope it helps, if you need more details I've got some tutorials (in french but there are hand-made english subtitles)

The thing is what you want to make. If you are new be sure to get the basics like synchro and the right speed. Then concept development is a part. I would say get some inspiration by watching AMV's from contests, winners. Search for contests of conventions or online competitions, like AWA, JapanExpo, Big Contest, TOS, NekoCon, some ICs like Soul's Team.

I've been playing around with this.

I use the Twitch clip tool for shorts, and then I will turn them into 7 - 10-minute compilations with further tweaks for YouTube. (music, sound effects, further trims)

For the Vods, I keep the full, unedited one. Then, depending on the game, I will start to section it off. Still pretty new to it myself, but for story-driven ones, I do a small checklist.

- Remove Intros/Outros/Brb screens/Chat screens

- Look at what you can section off into smaller parts (30 min - 45 mins if possible for episodes)

- Clean Dead Air as you sweep to save time (Don't lose context, however)

- Again, make sure not to lose context if you were chatting with someone (Some chats can be fluffy and not relevant to the game)

- Keep what is relevant (If you sat at 1 location, had chatted for 10 mins, then went back to gaming, I'd cut that out)

Note: I don't do this for non-story Multiplayer games.

Finally, the hard truth.

Editing will always eat up your time. The best thing to do is go with your gut. If you find something boring, try to add some spice to it. Too much spice... and there goes the whole meal. Trust your instincts when playing around and find the golden pacing when editing.

Let's get on the same page here: Getting to that level requires time, effort, and dedication. Forget the word "motivation". It's consistent work that beats the stick, not motivation.

You claim that YouTube videos for aftereffects aren't helping you learn AE. You also say you know nothing about AE.

These editors have a very good understanding of AE. And they've probably watched YouTube videos to get that to that point.

The truth is... you want to skip the time, effort, and dedication part. But there's no way around it.

You can enjoy watching these awesome videos. You may even wish to do them. But you need to have a passion for video editing. If you can't seem to actually have any interest in video editing then just be a fan admiring from a distance. That's okay.

If you want to edit these types of videos then you need to watch one video at a time to understand AE.

I suggest starting off by creating simple anime videos. Learn one technique / skill per video. You'll be amazed over time.

Best of luck to you.

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Using AI for more frames is a crime against animation and all of its laws.

It makes the animation look wonky and far from what was originally intended.

Not to sh*t on your editing skills, just sayin', you shouldn't use AI.

Do more gotoubun and i'll be happy

Imma be real you from my experience you just test out random shit on the software and if it works it works

Learn from youtube and just try always new things and diff styles and DONT STOP

Don’t make there cheeks blossom it makes them look like they have something in their mouth

You are 100% correct. Love it! Additionally, one thing I do to help myself is to keep the edits long to start with, and then save new sequences every time I cut them down to the desired length. You never know when you want to go back to a little magic moment that got the axe.

Also, if I get stuck in the weeds, I'll get my wife or friends and sit in the chair while they watch the edit. You will know what to cut when you see them get bored.

Audacity is free and works on all platforms: https://www.audacityteam.org/
It's simple but does the job.

Post processing is a HUGE thing. I'll try to cover some of the basic points,, and offer some suggestions.

First you need a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Audacity is most peoples first daw, it's an adequate program, if a bit simple, crude, and annoying to learn. I always recommend people check out Reaper, which is "free" in the sense that they have a fully featured trial version that you never actually have to pay for unless you intend on using it for commercial releases, in which case it's actually quite affordable. It handles these very important things called Virtual Studio Technologies (VST's) much better than Audacity, both in terms of how it's presented on the screen, as well being more stable and able to use more of them, at least in my experience.

VST's can be anything from guitar pedal style effects to full on synthesizers and AI assisted editing suites all on their own, so having something that handles them well, as well as learning what's out there is kind of important if you're serious about learning how to do post correctly. Many VST's are free or have reasonable trials, but many are VERY expensive.

The sorts of VST's you need for editing suno are : Compression, EQ, Limiter, Dynamics/Stereo effects, and Reverb. These are a minimum imo, though really, the bare minimum would be the EQ and a limiter. Learning how to equalize your tracks is probably the most important thing. You can cut out suno's noise a lot once you learn how to find it and bury it (hint: it's usually in the high mids).

My preferred VST company is Melda tools, they make some really incredible VST's that aren't system hogs or hideous to look at, which is often a problem with VST's. They have a free tool pack that should have most of what you need. Other options that would be good for a beginner would be something like Izoptope ozone, which has a number of mastering tools and AI junk in it that's cool and helpful, except it's pretty expensive. But, it does pretty much do the work for you...

but, you know, you can find it on the high seas, so to speak, if you want to try before you buy. Not that I endorse that sort of thing...

Thing is, there's a million VST's out there, so try stuff. Learn by doing. Suno is great for learning a lot of the basics of mastering a track. If you use something like Fadr or Ripx to stem apart your suno songs into separate tracks, you can get even more control over the process, and really get deep into it. Youtube is a great resource for learning what's out there and how to use things.

So, to sum it all up, get Reaper, the Meldatools free tool pack, and start trying stuff out, learn as you go. Especially learning how to EQ. Can't stress how important a good EQ is to suno's output.

Try diktatorial.com maybe?

Bandlab

Does anyone still use FL Studio? Is that considered a DAW? Forgive my ignorance.. 🙏