Tutorial for Sony Vegas for MMVs

These guides are designed to give you an insight into the theory behind audio and video and also to show you how to get some of the best looking and sounding AMVs that you can using software in Windows. Please note that this guide is intended to be read in its ENTIRETY. If you simply skip around, it is VERY likely that you will be confused. Also has a link to download the AMVapp.

Information on preparing sources, links to amvpack, and guide on how to use it.

Twixtor tutorial by lolligerjoj

After Effects expressions documentation (easier to use than the official one)

Masking has to be one of the most time consuming parts of editing so efficiency is definitely key here. This time we explore the method of RotoBrushing to hopefully save time and reduce headaches from the stress of traditional Pen Tool Masking.

Expect to learn the meaning of flow, how to achieve it in your videos, and how many times I can say um in one video. Furthermore it should help you build a foundation to edit from, make transitioning easier and generally improve your work!

After Effects & Vegas tutorials, resources, scripts, and opinions.

A youtube channel full of guides for AfterEffects. All are very straight to the point with no filler.

A tutorial on how to automatically rotoscope an anime character using some of the latest AI technology

Explains the photoshop blending modes, but these modes are also used in many video editing programs.

Basically lists all types of cuts & fades, with examples, and some reasons for why they're used.

Start thinking like a cinematographer. Explore the most common types of camera shots, and learn when and how to use them for the greatest effect.

Twixtor (but not really) tutorial for Davinci Resolve 16 or 17 (Standard and Studio) The best tutorial I found for creating slowmo clips in my edits, enjoy

A youtube channel full of really great DaVinci Resolve tutorials!

Lists camera shot types with examples. Explains what they are, how they are made, and when to use them.

Beginnners Guide for Fusion, the effect program in Davinci Resolve. Here you learn how Nodes work and in a simple way.

DaVinci Resolve basics tutorial by jixaw/Keyframe Addict

You will learn things but mostly it's to realise how little you know. Color correcting, and color in general, is just black magic and nobody knows how it works. (This is a video editor working for Linus Tech Tips listing all of his questions about color correcting and mainly complaining how bad the resources to learn are)

Western animation can have different lip flap from Anime, this tutorial shows you how to account for that.

This is a (re-uploaded) tutorial of how to mask faster in Sony Vegas using the Pen Tool.

Guide to using the puppet pin tool in Adobe After Effects, which is helpful for MMVs and motion design.

In case your video editor's bloom effect isn't quite cutting it, a 3D render might do the trick. A quick explanation on how to do the effect, with the video done explaining it in about 1.5 minutes

Have you heard of Story/Plot structure? This is that, but for making AMVs. Useful to read at least once.

Explains how alpha mattes, channels, and transparency works. Explains what "premultiplied" means and how that setting works.

How to do ken burns (slow motion/zooms) to make transitions smoother and videos flow better.

Geared toward beginning editors or editors who are new to Vegas.