keefWith many of our Fedi musicians developing a new interest in making videos, thanks to the awesome #TIBtv, I wonder if folks would like to share the tools and methods they're using for creating music videos?
Let's make a thread.
@sknob started us off with this writeup of his latest video here https://noblogo.org/sknob/new-video-driven-by-desire
... And I listed the tools I used for my latest one on the video credits here: https://video.key13.uk/music/unexpected-petunia/ (mostly Patternodes but also some animation done in DaVinci Resolve and artwork made in Affinity)
What are your favourite video/animation tools and processes?
Unknown Pseudoartist@keefmarshall oh, I seen about that intiative and I loved the idea, but I hesitated to get involved because I'm unsure if what I do with music videos could be of interest there, since my hunch is that its focus is more about videos of performances and more "normal" stuff, and what I do is just too weird lol. Plus my ears are not trained enough to understand spoken english, let alone speak it properly, so I'd be lost in these streams 😅
But hey, so glad to see all is going fine with that! :)
@unknownpseudoartist it definitely isn't all about videos of performances, although there are some of those. It's also about weird animations, demoscene and avant-garde constructions.. it's a good mix!
Check it out: https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/
The Indie Beat Television
A consent driven 24/7 stream of indie music videos and animation from artists across the Fediverse. See Now Playing info at https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot - Fediwall at https://shorturl.at/CrWD3 - Submit your videos at https://theindiebeat.fm/the-indie-beat-tv/ - CAUTION: Many videos have flashing lights!
@keefmarshall okay, so I'm going to submit 2 of my original videos then (not the VGM stuff because obvious reasons). These won't be everyone's cup of tea but maybe will give some fresh variety.
I didn't know you could add mp3 tags to video files, so reading the terms/requirements was also useful haha. Usually I just render the videos with KDEnlive and upload as is.
@keefmarshall done! also a perfect excuse to take an older short low-effort shitpost and upload to Peertube now haha.
Anne Delong@unknownpseudoartist @keefmarshall
I like OpenShot. Here's a video I made with it. It's amateur work but shows some of the fun things you can do with it:
Snowbound - by Anne Delong
@Anne_Delong @keefmarshall looks (and sounds) cool! The instrument performers are cropped with chroma over the videos with the dancers circle and other people, right? That reminds me to what a friend violinist used to make in her earlier videos (in later stuff she went to a more standard music video concept), where basically she added all the cropped takes together in a same scene like an army of clones haha.
@unknownpseudoartist @keefmarshall
Yes, chroma key was used to combine the elements. This is the result of me receiving a green screen as a Christmas present.
I also made quite a bit of use of the ability to stretch, shrink and crop individual video clips, and adjust brightness and contrast to make two elements blend together. I needed a better lighting setup to prevent chroma key glitches, but it was just for fun, so I didn't invest in that.
@Anne_Delong @keefmarshall anyways, thanks for the recomendation! Right now I'm used to do the videos with KDEnlive, but I might eventually check alternatives. Maybe others more oriented to 2D animation than video editing, since the video concept I do for VGM remixes turned too complex and not that suitable for that kind of editor (too many layers and animations), plus so far there's a very simple feature I didn't see in any of them: to transform plain (no interpolation, which ruins pixelart).
Deborah Pickett@keefmarshall I am teaching myself Procreate to make animations, and DaVinci Resolve to stitch them together with video to make the final product. It’s not exactly quick going.
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@keefmarshall Usually, I'll design what I want to animate in the Assembly graphic design app for iOS (which I use to make almost all my cover artworks), move them to Keynote and use its animations, screen record them, and put them in Final Cut Pro for further editing and making the final video.
Sometimes I'll just edit videos I've recorded over the years using a lot of filters in Final Cut Pro, or use other apps for glitch effects like Glitch Studio.
Ash Noodle@keefmarshall I use VSDC editor, and most of the videos use stock footage from Pexels.com. I especially like Cottonbro's footage on there. I try and put some kind of loose open ended narrative into the video with that footage, as I like my 80s music videos that had a story. I also use some of my own footage for some videos, but that is not narrative led. I cut on beats by tapping the space bar to add a marker (and align clips that way). Then I mess about with saturation, hue, contrast, gamma on the whole thing to give it a brighter or more comic pixilated look.
David Bragg@keefmarshall for the Linux & free people - kdenlive, friction, krita, and blender can fulfill most needs.
Matthias Rochow / ooRay@keefmarshall For editing, grading, compositing, mastering I use #DaVinciResolve (before that it was Avid MC). 2D/3D animations and VFX are done in my beloved #Blender. GFX elements I do with #GIMP. The visuals of my next project will be done completely on Linux (Fedora/Cinnamon). The only thing I can´t do there is the music itself. #Reaper works great on Linux, but my #NativeInstruments / #Arturia plug-ins can´t be activated, even though they would work with #Yabridge.
n3wjack@keefmarshall
Working on a video but it's more work than I expected. 😅
I'm using Shotcut to edit, and Pexels for source material.
I've been looking for quicker ways to create a music video, but haven't found anything good yet that isn't using AI.
Working on a video but it's more work than I expected. 😅
I'm using Shotcut to edit, and Pexels for source material.
I've been looking for quicker ways to create a music video, but haven't found anything good yet that isn't using AI.
inpc@keefmarshall I open iMovie and press all the buttons, then I press them all again. I have no idea what I'm doing.