Getting Into Fansubbing

[sangofe]

Originally Posted by Talon

Hello everyone, I did a search of the forums and came up empty on this so I thought I would start a thread.
I have been into anime for a very long time and I recently decided that I wanted to help out with fan subs but the problem is I have no idea where to start! I don't even know all of the different jobs required to be filled to create a fan sub. I have no real back ground in this area but it has held an interest for me for quite a while now and since I have a LOT of free time on my hands I thought this would be a good project to get into.
In my defense I am a quick learner and get almost obsessive when there is a new skill for me to learn. any advice would be greatly appreciated, I really do want to help out after all, if there are any groups out there looking to recruit and train someone like me I would be most receptive to the offer.

I guess thats it for now, thanks for your time everyone.

Timing is something anyone can learn.
To a degree typesetting too.
I guess you should be able to do fairly ok quality checking as well, but that requires you to be picky.

[Potatochobit]

download this program and start playing with it
remember to press enter in the text box and time boxes on the right to save your changes before moving onto the next line

http://www.malakith.net/aegiwiki/ind...itle=Main_Page

[jfs]

Do check the "help wanted classifieds" stickied thread in this forum.

[newborndeath]

I joined a group as a QCer.
then I was taught timing, encoding, and typesetting.

after that I started my own group.

people donated, we got our domain name, and webhosting.

and here we are!
long live Newbornankh Studios

heh ^w^

[moochuchuu]

hi. may i ask for all the programs i need for subbing? i'm thinking about subbing this drama and i need the programs that are required for subbing. please help this other forum suggested me to use subtitle workshop to sub and Ultra Rm Converter to convert my rmvb files to avi. but i have no idea if these are good or not. please helppp ~

[Genjo]

well i guess Reading all those 4 page post realy helped Answers my Questions on starting up a fansubber group and i like to thank all those who are exps in fansubbing on sharing there exps in fansubbing *thumbs up*it realy give me a idea on what i should do when i want start up a fansubber group at first i realy had no idea how or where to start at but after reading this topic(i rarely read posts lol xD)but i do now.but theres still one thing worrys me could i still do a fansubber Group even no i dont have any skills in any of fansubber positions? and just be a leader of the group.

[martino]

Join an existing group? What is so terribly wrong with doing so? Even if you want to sub a certain series, and be the "boss", it's still up to the translator to translate whatever that he/she enjoys; providing that you can find one...

Maybe start off as QC? Spot spelling/grammar mistakes, scene-timing bleeds, encoding quirks and the rest. Once you get a basic idea of what the other positions require you might feel like you want to venture out into others... That's just one approach.

Second is, have fun using the Search function and reading many beefy threads.

[Genjo]

Originally Posted by martino

Join an existing group? What is so terribly wrong with doing so? Even if you want to sub a certain series, and be the "boss", it's still up to the translator to translate whatever that he/she enjoys; providing that you can find one...

Maybe start off as QC? Spot spelling/grammar mistakes, scene-timing bleeds, encoding quirks and the rest. Once you get a basic idea of what the other positions require you might feel like you want to venture out into others... That's just one approach.

Second is, have fun using the Search function and reading many beefy threads.

you read my mind xD i was thinking of doing a QC beause it seems easy and fun to me i mean i can watch one thing over and over and over well yea you got the rest lol.

[False Dawn]

Originally Posted by CoreMaster

you read my mind xD i was thinking of doing a QC beause it seems easy and fun.

[insert cynical comment here regarding how "easy and fun" QCing actually is]

Oddly, it's my least favourite job

[martino]

Originally Posted by False Dawn

Oddly, it's my least favourite job

Because it's lame watching something over and over again until you go nuts from it (can't say that timing is more fun lol)...

[Genjo]

well you got start somewhere

[luccketta]

can somebody tell me what fansubbing is because i just started two days before the fourth of july so if you can thanks

LATERZ

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by luccketta

can somebody tell me what fansubbing is because i just started two days before the fourth of july so if you can thanks

LATERZ

It's like a job, the head of the group annoy you until have done it, and the pressure to meet deadlines eat your free time.

the abuse from impatient viewers will drive you from IRC and you start wishing you never got into it.....

Personally, i'm glad i was never fully pulled into the scene. if you can't hack a hobby that runs like a job, don't do it. But if you can, then the reward you can get from it is fantastic, as the work you have done could be around for ages and influence thousands of new anime watchers.

thats the pro and cons. hope you got a good measure of it.