Source Index and Verification Status
This index records original MAD·AMV sources, local summaries of their use, source type, and link status. The summaries are stored locally so that MAD DOC can document each source's scope, limitations, and useful follow-up search terms while retaining links to the original material.
Verification date: 2026-07-25. Tieba and Bilibili pages have been verified for visible text or page information; other entries are cross-verified with public web pages, organization pages, papers, and official software documents.
Status Legend
Source Type
- A｜First-hand/authoritative: author’s original text, organizational rules, contemporaneous pages, official documents, academic papers;
- B｜Community documentation: participant recollections, specialist-site compilations, and navigation posts with strong value as leads;
- C｜Personal perspective: introductory articles, criticism, collections, and explanatory writing that should be checked against other sources.
Link status
- 🟢 Accessible: The main text or main content can be read;
- 🟡 Partially accessible: The text is there, but pictures, attachments, mind maps, videos or some floors are missing;
- 🔴 Unavailable/deleted: the title, original URL, and navigation relationship are retained while an author copy or web archive is sought;
- ⚪ Full text not yet verified: discovered through a reliable index or search record, but the article body or attachments have not yet been checked.
Legacy Material Retained Locally
| Local Page | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy MAD Resources | The complete pre-revision text, including older definitions, origin accounts, classification material, and Wuyi无疑's article | Preserved in full |
| Beyond the Mountains, Beyond the Towers (History of MAD) | A long-form historical archive with 15 local images, early MAD records, events, and appendices | Preserved in full |
| Creative Class or Precarious Workers | The original English dissertation, including interviews, learning paths, employment, and community observations | Preserved in full, with the original PDF |
Conclusions in old materials do not automatically become proven facts upon inclusion. The new page is expanded upon with abstracts, levels of evidence, and cross-sources.
MAD Producer Contest Articles
As of the verification date, the public interface for MAD Producer's contest category contains 43 articles. MAD DOC reviewed their titles and rule text individually when preparing the Contest and Submission Guidelines. Each article records the rules of a particular event; they must not be combined into a single rule set assumed to govern every contest.
| Source | Verifiable Information | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Rules for MAD Contests | A plain-language template covering eligibility, originality and source media, publication timing, scoring, violations, and submission packages; the article also states that each contest may amend the template | A／🟢 |
| MAD Producer Contest Category | Index of contest articles, used to verify the number of records, years, and differences between rule sets | A／🟢 |
| 2024 First EAC MAD Contest | No style restriction, but specific file, duration, logo, publication, triple-editing, imitation, unfinished-work, project-file, and profile-material requirements | A／🟢 |
| NMIC#II · What can IC | A 72-hour IC with song-pack categories, source-media proportions, collaboration rules, and submission naming; this edition allowed creators to cross song-pack categories | A／🟢 |
| 2024 First SWT MAD Contest | Separate still-image and anime divisions, shortlist and ranking stages, prior-publication restrictions, multiple entries, logo use, and MP4 requirements | A／🟢 |
| Third Chengdu University MAD Contest and 27th Red & White MAD Contest | Student eligibility, in-person attendance, weighted audience and judge voting, a 40-second to 6-minute duration, publication timing, and required tags | A／🟢 |
| MMGC 2026 | Still-image category only; invitation and open-selection systems, creator notes, publication waiting period, and still-image technical requirements | A／🟢 |
| Rosa Festa 2026 | Red and White divisions, publish-on-submission rules, comments, source-media scope, and an explicit exclusion of fully AIGC animation | A／🟢 |
| IMAC FUN#4 | Category-specific durations, eligible source media, complete-work and logo requirements, publication restrictions, and an explicit ban on AI and AI-assisted creation | A／🟢 |
| The 8th ALS AMV IC | The relationship between seven-day song package IC, group format, category selection, personal contribution and group ranking | A／🟢 |
| QG SOLO MAD CONTEST #S2 | AMV/ASMV dual tracks, SOLO confrontation, public methods, cooperation restrictions and detailed file specifications | A／🟢 |
| IFT IC #6 | A one-week IC, no cross-category entries, anime/manga source proportions, publication restrictions, and form-based delivery | A／🟢 |
| 12th Nanjing MAD competition | One overall ranking rather than separate divisions, publish-on-submission, best-result handling for multiple entries, preliminary and final judging, and a 720p-to-4K technical range | A／🟢 |
Recurring subjects include duration, collaboration, judges, prior publication, triple-editing, imitation, plagiarism, logos, loops, platform review, and encoding formats. The actual requirements often differ. Some contests allow publication immediately after submission, while others require creators to wait for an official compilation. Some allow judges to enter while recusing themselves from judging their own work; others prohibit judges from entering at all.
Wuyi无疑 (Bilibili UID 11869055)
Author Space displayed 7 graphic and 29 video submissions during verification; the entries directly related to the current data scope are as follows:
"MAD Classification" B/C 🟢
- Address: Bilibili Opus 291682438941101836 (old number cv3472588)
- Published: 2019-08-26
- Local summary: The work is divided into three parts: animation, still and hybrid; the animation part includes Raw, VFX, FX, and also collects a large number of tags such as Action, Dance, Drama, Psyche, ASMV, MEP, MG, Lip Sync, Typography, etc.
- Data value: A lexicon with a wide coverage of the Chinese Internet, citing international sources such as AMVNews, AKROSS, AMV Japan, AMV France, AnimeMusicVideos.org.
- Limitations: The author clearly states that the system is biased towards Europe and America and is incomplete; classifications, techniques, styles and forms of activities are mixed at the same level. MAD DOC rewrites it as a five-dimensional field in Classification Method.
"What Did You See in the MAD Section in 2021? Major MAD Events of 2021" B 🟢
- Address: BV1ab4y1n7Ti
- Published: 2022-01-25
- Local Summary: A video review of the 2021 Chinese MAD District events, suitable as an annual memory entry.
- Restrictions: It is an annual review selected by the author; the event list still needs to be cross-checked with event announcements, work pages and other parties.
Bilibili Sources
| Information | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| MAD·AMV Category Definition | Bilibili describes MAD·AMV as derivative creation using anime, manga, and other original works with substantive production, and excludes simple re-editing of existing derivative works | A／🟢 |
| NEW EDITORS CON: Contest Description and IG Style Guide | A 2019 NEW-editors event article that presents IG as a broad set of styles in the Instagram AMV/edit ecosystem, including rhythmic short edits, mixed forms, motion design, Candy/FX, pulse, celebrity edits, GMV, and VFX/3D | B／🟢 |
| IMAC FUN#4 · Innate Nature | The 2026 announcement assigns different durations to anime AMV, still-image, and style-focused entries. It is contemporaneous evidence that a mainland contest distinguished long-form and style-focused production contexts, but applies only to that edition | A／🟢 |
| MAD partial style classification/TeaPartyClub | 2025 short video classification, reflecting the search terms used by contemporary style authors; suitable for terminology clues, not as the only classification list | B/C／🟢 |
| IMAC#3 style track review replay | The long-term replay of the style track in 2025 can be used to observe the length, label and judging context of the entries, and is not equivalent to the written rules of the event | A/B／🟢 |
| MAD Competition 2024 Announcement | Give the current submission section, event label and hosting context, and provide official event explanations for Japanese MAD, English Circle AMV and Chinese platform usage | A／🟢 |
| BiliBili MAD CONTEST 2016 Rules (PDF) | A contemporaneous platform document listing Action, Dance, Drama, Character Profile, Fun, and Still Picture divisions, plus anonymous display, source attribution, and technical submission requirements | A／🟢 |
| 2022 MAD Creation Festival Works Index | Used to check the works and release status of the 2022 event | A／🟢 |
| MAD and AMV are not the same family? | A popular science video for the public in 2019. The author declares personal understanding. Please refer to Wiki, Encyclopedia and Mengniangpedia | C／🟢 |
| Full tutorial on difficult and complicated MAD/AMV production | 8 sections, covering the concept of legally obtaining unsubtitled materials, encoding import, audio, editing aesthetics, plug-ins, hardware, definitions and three cuts | B／🟢 |
| Frame-filling principles and advanced operations in AMV | Chinese translation of lolligerjoj tutorial, emphasizing lens applicability, jelly and distortion, rather than just giving Twixtor parameters | B／🟢 |
| AMV lens synthesis ideas sharing | AE lens synthesis ideas for newcomers, which can be used as an entrance to technical cases | C／🟢 |
| Commonly used light effects in MAD／AMV | Live recording AE light effect tutorial, you need to check the software and plug-in version | C／🟢 |
| MAD/Derivative-Creation Theory: Editing Thought | Entry point for a 2020 theory lesson by バカ犬; the search page confirms its title, creator, and duration, but the BV identifier has not yet been recorded | C／🟡 |
| AMV editing thoughts/awareness sharing | Discuss editing ideas from the concept, structure and expression boundaries, suitable as a sample of creative concepts outside of software operation tutorials | C／🟢 |
| 冬生夏阳: Still-image MAD Storyboard Approach | A short 2022 discussion of storyboard planning; the creator explicitly presents it as a personal reference and invites corrections | C／🟢 |
| KikoT_FsinAa: The overall production idea of storyboards | 2023 static storyboard case, which can be compared with the complete process tutorial | C／🟢 |
| AniYouMe Dynamic Creation Research: MAD Production Part 1 | 2024 University Community Sharing Session, covering learning entrances and software routes | B／🟢 |
| AniYouMe Dynamic Creation Research: MAD Production Part Two/Material Processing | The second part of the 2024 sharing session will focus on material collection and processing; specific sources must still comply with copyright boundaries | B／🟢 |
| NineSun_h9: Advice to some MAD novices | Personal experience in 2025; the wording of the introduction is extreme and suitable as a sample of advice for contemporary newcomers rather than a norm | C／🟢 |
| MADMOE Mai Meng Food Guide | Record a Chinese MAD platform and its classification system including works, articles, activities, materials, organizations and project releases | A/B／🟢 |
| Still-type work "An Empty Paper Painted to Fulfill One's Wishes" and its creation description | The author describes the time span and production difficulties from conception to delivery, which can be used as a case study of still-type creations in recent years | A／🟢 |
| Bilibili Content Ecological Analysis | A user’s classified observation of platform content, in which the distinction between MAD/AMV is too absolute and is only suitable for comparison | C／🟢 |
| MIRAI MAD TEAM 2024 Recruitment Announcement | The team's self-description was established in 2012, the type of creation and training goals; it is suitable for organizational self-report historical materials, and the number of people and experiences need to be understood based on a snapshot of time | A／🟢 |
| History of the Development of Oriental Fan Videos: The Rise and Evolution of AB Station | Collection of early AcFun/Bilibili video accounts, submission time and Oriental Second Creation clues; the author also reminds that the statistical data is incomplete | B／🟢 |
| Acquisition channels for audio MAD and YTPMV information, search methods | Organize cross-site search methods according to databases/statistics, encyclopedias, articles and authors, and list the traceability paths of Niconico, Bilibili, YouTube and personal blogs | B／🟢 |
| AI animation: ancient style, silky frame filling | 2023 creation case, revealing the process of "character cutout layering - slow motion frame filling - frame-by-frame AI redrawing - re-synthesis - frame filling again", allowing us to observe the flickering and consistency issues of early AI animations | C／🟢 |
| How AI Was Used to Create a Neverness to Everness Fan Work in Three Days | A 2026 game/anime derivative-work case linked to Bilibili's AI creation platform; evidence that generative animation entered platform tools and campaigns, not proof of source authorization or generally attainable production speed | C／🟢 |
| AI Secondary MV Tutorial: Pitfalls | Short tutorial clues for AI second-generation MVs in 2026, which can be used to observe common problems faced by current authors in combining generated footage with post-editing | C／🟢 |
| ComfyUI TTS sound cloning for secondary dialogue | 2026 TTS/sound consistency tutorial, indicating that character dialogue has entered the node-based audio and video workflow; sound source and authorization must be verified separately | C／🟢 |
| Anime Character Voice Cloning and Character Art | A 2025 character-voice and character-art tutorial sample, useful for studying practice and risk; MAD DOC does not archive its model packages or training data | C／🟢 |
| Genshin Impact character GPT-SoVITS sound model display | Character voice cloning and model sharing samples in 2024 can illustrate the spread of low-sample TTS in animation/game secondary creation; model distribution rights and voice actor authorization are not established due to public display | C／🟢 |
| AMV old tutorial on eliminating dialogue/background music | Phase cancellation process in 2019; the author later marked the method as outdated in the text, and pointed out that the AI sound source separation tool has replaced the old process and is suitable for recording technical transitions | B／🟢 |
| Bilibili: Special Campaign on Misuse of AI Applications | May 15, 2026 platform notice: generated or synthetic content must be labeled, the AI declaration moved to the primary submission screen, and omitted labels may be added by the platform or lead to rejection or removal; deceptive synthetic dubbing and face replacement receive stricter treatment | A／🟢 |
MAD Tieba and the Chinese Community
Core Navigation
"MAD Tieba Newcomer Navigation" B 🟡
- Address: tieba.baidu.com/p/5551015018
- Released: 2018
- Local summary: Organizes older posts by fundamentals, software, AE/Premiere, source media, experience, theory, editing, and complete workflows. It is a key entry point for reconstructing MAD Tieba's knowledge map.
- Meaning of saving: The navigation text is still there, but some target posts have been deleted, and some pictures or external mind maps are invalid. Register the visible links one by one below.
| Original post | Purpose in navigation | Current status and local conclusions |
|---|---|---|
| p/4010687722 | The relationship between MAD and AMV | 🟢 In 2015, the author "奇葩大柿子º"; opposed to "static MAD/dynamic AMV" and believed that the concepts have a large intersection |
| p/4036194573 | Newbie editing software selection | 🔴 The page display has been deleted; MAD DOC has reconstructed relevant knowledge based on current official information in Software Selection |
| p/4647568080 | AE tutorial classification arrangement | 🟡 "晓镜怜月" arrangement in 2016, said the resource is about 170GB; the core is the network disk package, the reply has recorded that the link is invalid, and its installation package is not localized |
| p/4069969842 | AE tutorial table | 🟡 Posts can be opened, but the core Baidu brain map external links have lost stable availability |
| p/4827298011 | Compilation of Premiere basic tutorials | 🟡 "鳄E魔" was released in 2016, mainly the old version of Lynda courses and machine-translated subtitles; the 2017 reply stated that the link was invalid, and CS/CC 2015 Outdated interface |
| p/5405972673 | How to make MAD/type examples | 🟢 In 2017, the author Wuyi无疑; in 2018, the author added that there are errors in the text and the post bar cannot be edited. The concept can be referenced but more authors should be consulted |
| p/883991477 | Extract the source from MKV | 🔴 The browser shows that the post may have been deleted; for the current method, see Materials and Engineering |
| p/1565294528 | How to find images | 🟢 "青菜仔" was released in 2012. The core is search engine, IQDB and reverse image search; old suggestions involving CG packages do not represent legal authorization |
| p/1384043176 | Find the original film without subtitles | 🔴 The browser clearly shows that it has been deleted; the infringing download address will not be saved |
| p/1716150958 | Using MKVToolNix | 🟡 Posted by "青菜仔" in 2012; the article combines an AE "pseudo-tutorial" with an MKV splitting tip, and its embedded Sina video is obsolete. Follow the official documentation for current use |
| p/3397955325 | The experience of becoming a good AMV author | 🔴 The browser indicates that the post may have been deleted |
| p/3360472094 | MAD Advanced Tutorial | 🔴 The browser shows that the post may have been deleted |
| p/5017964204 | Introduction to theory and discussion | 🟢 "蔚蓝的七海" was released in 2017. The catalog discusses Montage, stage/audience, comedy and expression; the core proposition is that technology should serve ideas |
| p/4043696540 | Editing skills | 🔴 The browser indicates that the post may have been deleted |
| p/2194371240 | Complete MAD workflow | 🟢 A secondary index compiled by "夜の残梦" in 2013, linking seven AE articles, practical exercises, GMV material, and later Premiere records; an important starting point for further archival research |
| p/3469990887 | Resource Finding Tutorial No. 0 | 🔴 The browser shows that the post may have been deleted; the infringing download address will not be saved |
History
"MAD Bar Major Events 2008-2019" B 🟢
- Modern finishing: ACG Library version
- Old site version: GitHub Pages Archive
- Original post on Tieba: p/4998389754
- Local summary: arranged according to 2008 beginning, 2009 deserted, 2010 gestation, 2011 growth, 2012 initial appearance, 2013 turning point, 2014 burst, 2015 impetuous, 2016 decline, 2017 turmoil, 2018 recovery, 2019 heavy damage.
- Important limitations: The text acknowledges that much of the material is recollected and that the original evidence has been lost. MAD DOC has transcribed the main nodes to History Timeline and marked them as community records.
Current MAD Bar page information A/B 🟢
- Entrance: MAD Bar
- During verification, the page shows: date of establishment 2004-12-06, introduction "Use love to create original animation videos", about 79,000 followers and 660,000 posts. Records on December 7 have also appeared in previous data. MAD DOC will temporarily refer to the current Tieba page and retain this date difference.
- Follower and post numbers will change and are only a snapshot of 2026-07-25 and are not used to infer the number of active creators.
Chinese Blogs and Specialist Sites
| Source | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| ACG Library | Based on MAD bar information, it organizes special effects illustrations, tutorial systems, work appreciation, three cuts/copyrights, FAQ, history and related links; some old post bar goals have expired | B／🟢 |
| ACG Library: Newcomer's Guide | The old version of the complete guide, covering PR, AE, ME, AU, PS, AI, 3D software, tools and practice paths | B／🟢 |
| ACG Library: Still-image MAD | Organized around definitions, appreciation, composition, color, copy, source media, and production techniques; the page credits extensive reference to Wuyi无疑's compilation | B／🟢 |
| ACG Library: Explanation of common nouns | Chinese community dictionary entrance, which can be compared with MAD DOC Term Dictionary | B／🟢 |
| MAD Producer: What’s MAD | English compilation, covering Japanese MAD, classification and old historical materials; the viewpoint has the same origin as the old version of MAD DOC "MAD Film" | B／🟢 |
| 文诗's Archive: "The Past and Present of MAD" | A reformatted 2025 republication under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, including the legacy history, classifications, author information, and notes | B／🟢 |
| saltedfish: Stationary MAD Collection | Organizes personal preference of stationary works by year, which can be used as a portal for discovery of works, and does not represent the complete historical collection | C／🟢 |
| Core: Stationary MAD tag | Included in "What exactly is MAD?" " and other Chinese articles; suitable for observing explanation methods for the public | C／🟢 |
| Still painting MAD data set (for self-division) | Continuously updated Japanese still painting MAD archaeological notes in 2026, sorting out works, authors and old database clues from 1998 to 2001; the author clearly reminds that some dates come from meta-databases and cannot be directly regarded as the date of publication | B／🟢 |
| MAD 50 selections of still paintings from 2001 to 2019 | 50 works across the ages are selected by long-term viewers and given observation explanations; suitable for samples of work discovery and aesthetic history, not a complete chronology or objective ranking | C／🟢 |
| How to Think When Creating Still-image MAD | A 2017 creator article that begins with theme, communicative purpose, and visual organization instead of software controls | C／🟢 |
| Creator Blog: How to Make Still-image MAD | A 2023 introduction to separating and animating still images in Photoshop and After Effects; interface and subscription details should be checked against current Adobe documentation | C／🟢 |
| Audio MAD and Its Surroundings | A Japanese article index covering audio-MAD community history, creation, and careers; treated as a related branch rather than merged into video AMV | B／🟢 |
AI Assistance, MAID and Generative Secondary Creation
MAD Producer early information
| Source | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| MAID Research Institute | Documents the MAID concept proposed by 醉石散客, placing MAD made primarily from AI-generated source material alongside anime-based and still-image work; its Stable Diffusion-centered presentation is retained as a snapshot of the technology around 2024 | A/B／🟢 |
| AI Repair and Expansion Process | 2024 ComfyUI, FLUX Fill and BiRefNet/BEN/RMBG/Inspyrenet processes, for comic repair, expansion and cutout; the author also pointed out at the time that the quality of animation cutouts was limited | B／🟢 |
| Introduction to AI Image Generation | ComfyUI introductory material written by 醉石散客 for MAD creators, documenting an early learning path for local node-based image-generation workflows | B／🟢 |
| Introduction to ComfyUI | A basic introduction to nodes, models and workflows in 2024; the interface, installation method and available models should be based on the current official documents | B／🟢 |
| Basic introduction and recommendations related to AI vocal music | A side-by-side introduction to AI music, TTS, cover singing and voice changing, involving Suno, VITS, RVC and DiffSinger; tool evaluations are based on age and personal opinions, and the current data has been split into TTS, VC, singing voice synthesis and rights boundaries | B/C／🟢 |
| Creative class or precarious workers: English paper PDF | 2024 Master's thesis of the University of Hong Kong, containing 69 semi-structured interviews; recording the different attitudes of MAD creators towards AI images, sound processing, creative expansion and homogenization risks at that time | A／🟢 |
Current Technology and Regulations
| Source | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Images | The official help page records image generation, post-upload editing, local additions, deletions, and frame adjustments; specific models and package availability are checked according to the page update time | A／🟢 |
| Seedream 4.0—5.0 Image Creation Document | Volcano engine document records Vincent drawings, reference drawings, group drawings, add/delete/replace editing and visual mark control, which can be used for Doubao/Seedream ability verification | A／🟢 |
| Seedance 2.0 Description | 2026 official article records text, pictures, audio, video input, MV, reference camera movement, video editing and extension; capability demonstration does not mean that all accounts, interfaces or materials can be used directly | A／🟢 |
| ComfyUI Workflow Document | The official document defines workflow as a saveable node graph, which can arrange media tasks such as images, videos, audios, and models, and can be saved as JSON or image metadata | A／🟢 |
| Adobe Firefly Audio and Video Documents | The official catalog covers Wensheng/Tusheng videos, reference camera, transparent background, editing, amplification, sound effects, voice and translation dubbing; translated dubbing files come with Content Credentials | A／🟢 |
| SAM 2 | Meta's promptable image-and-video segmentation and tracking model can produce masks across frames; useful as a first pass for rotoscoping, while complex occlusion and anime linework still require manual correction | A／🟢 |
| BiRefNet | The official implementation of high-resolution foreground segmentation and matting, including animation image derived model clues; version, model license and video memory requirements need to be registered separately | A／🟢 |
| GPT-SoVITS | Few-sample sound cloning and TTS projects; used to generate target timbre speech from text, not to be confused with speech conversion | A／🟢 |
| RVC WebUI | Voice conversion framework, converting timbre after using existing voice/singing as performance input; model license does not automatically include the right to use the training voice | A／🟢 |
| Demucs | Music sound source separation model, which can estimate vocals, drums, bass and other accompaniments; the original warehouse has stated that the maintenance status is limited, and the output is not an official track | A／🟢 |
| OpenAI: Sora service discontinuation instructions | Official record Sora web client and application will be stopped on 2026-04-26, API will be stopped on 2026-09-24; used to correct the problem that the old MAID page still treats Sora as the current entrance | A／🟢 |
| AI Prohibition Clause of IMAC FUN#4 | The rules of this competition clearly prohibit AI and AI-assisted creation, proving that light assistance cannot be exempted from the current competition rules | A／🟢 |
| Pure AIGC exclusion clause for Rose Feast 2026 | Pure AIGC animations will not be accepted in this session; the provisions cannot reversely infer that all other generative uses are allowed | A／🟢 |
| "Methods for Marking Synthetic Content Generated by Artificial Intelligence" | Effective from 2025-09-01, covering text, pictures, audio, video and virtual scenes, stipulating explicit/implicit marking and publishers' voluntary declaration obligations | A／🟢 |
| [Supreme People's Court: Typical cases of AI-based use of other people's voices] (https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/467511.html) | Typical cases released by the Supreme People's Court illustrate that identifiable AI-synthesized voices may fall within the scope of protection of the voice rights of specific natural persons; the license to use recordings does not necessarily equal the license to use AI-based voices | A／🟢 |
Japanese MAD and AMV History
| Source | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| AMV Japan: AMV History① | 1982 Jim Kaposztas, Two VHS and Early AMV Narration | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan: AMV History② | Video tapes, fansub circulation and early Comic-Con competitions | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan: AMV History③ | Digital non-linear editing, synchronization, lip-syncing and masking in the late 1990s | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan: AMV History④ | AnimeMusicVideos.org and representative works/genres of the 2000s | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan: The beginning of Japanese MAD video | Written by yuu, who has long participated in MAD screening activities; lists the 1985 "Twelve Branch" parody video as an early node of Japanese video MAD, and discusses the parallel occurrence of MAD and AMV | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan: AMV classification | Classification explanation of Japanese AMV organization | B／🟢 |
| AMV Japan：Animography | Animography form and development clues | B／🟢 |
| AniPAFE previous data | Japan AMV/MAD Festival’s previous rules and results file entry, which can be used to verify classification and activity changes | A／🟢 |
| [Koichi Nakagawa: "MADムービー" An Investigation into Video Production Culture] (https://kusa.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/401/files/kk200813015019.pdf) | A Japanese research article published in 2007, observing MAD video culture from the works and production environment at that time; it is older and suitable for cross-reading with the same period pages | A／🟢 |
European, American and international AMV information
| Source | Local Summary | Nature/Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Roberts: The Making of the Digital AMV Scene | Peer-reviewed study discussing shared changes in material acquisition, community, hardware, software and aesthetics from 1990 to 2001 | A／🟢 |
| AnimeMusicVideos.org | Long-term community with work database, author information, forums, guides and event announcements | A/B／🟢 |
| AMV.org: Pen Tool Guide | Use the old version of Photoshop as an example to explain pens and masks. The principles are still of reference value, but the interface is outdated | B／🟢 |
| AMV.org: Working with DVDs | Early DVD material workflow history, the technical environment is obviously outdated | B／🟢 |
| AMVNews | Russian/International AMV productions, competitions and forums; rules such as Big Contest reflect material and MEP boundaries | A/B／🟢 |
| AKROSS | International AMV Competition and Works Archives | A／🟢 |
| AMV France | French AMV Association, works and events; Level Up Record Pro Guide Novice’s learning mode | A／🟢 |
| Learn to Make AMVs | A collection of free English tutorials, organized by beginner/intermediate/advanced, software and technology tags | B／🟢 |
| AMVGuide | English blog-style complete process, covering audio, source file preparation, lossless/lossy editing, frame server, proxy, post-production and distribution; some AviSynth and software content have obvious age characteristics | B／🟢 |
| Fanlore: Anime Music Videos | Fan culture wiki, suitable for finding terms and references, specific facts need to be returned to the original source | B／🟢 |
Software and technical official documentation
| Categories | Official Sources |
|---|---|
| Adobe | Premiere Technical Requirements · After Effects System Requirements |
| Blackmagic Design | DaVinci Resolve · Official Training · Fusion |
| Open source editing/3D | Kdenlive Documentation · Blender Manual |
| Media Processing | VCB-Studio Public Tutorial · FFmpeg · MKVToolNix · MediaInfo · HandBrake · VapourSynth |
| Image/Audio | Krita · GIMP · Inkscape · REAPER · Audacity |
| Plugins | Maxon Red Giant · Boris FX · RE:Vision Effects · Video Copilot · aescripts |
VCB-Studio Encoding Material
| Chapters | Localized Usage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Public tutorial homepage／Basic catalog | Course structure of video basics, BD sources, tools, defects, VapourSynth, encoders and special sources | A／🟢 |
| Chapter 1: Understanding video from scratch | Color primaries, transfer characteristics, matrix, range, frame rate, scanning method and chroma sampling | A／🟢 |
| Chapter 3: Powerful Tools | A standard workflow for demuxing, preprocessing, encoding, muxing, comparison, and final inspection | A／🟢 |
| Chapter 4: Recognizing Defects | Principles for identifying banding, aliasing, ringing, noise, blocking, and mosquito noise | A／🟢 |
| Chapter 7: Video Encoder Fundamentals | CRF, bitrate control, AQ, VBV, motion search, and psychovisual parameters; emphasizes source-specific tests rather than universal settings | A／🟢 |
| Chapter 10: Special Cases in Anime Sources | 24p, 30p, 30i, 24t, 24d, field matching, deinterlacing, and VFR timecodes | A／🟢 |
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