vidding ramble

[krickets]

Not in the vidding game anymore (except for in my dreams) but has anyone noticed YT vids cropping up using GIFs from tumblr instead of actual video clips? People are always discovering new ways to celebrate their fandoms, so yay to that. (x1000) But I just don't know what I think about it. It's not really "clip theft" in the traditional sense (stealing/ripping sequences directly from another's vid). I'd actually argue it's vastly different from that and... Maybe more acceptable? I mean it fits the definition of transformative. I actually remember thinking, back when GIF popularity was on the rise, that they were almost like mini vids in a way without the music. Now it's come full-ish circle.

Comments

[mfirefly10.livejournal.com]

I've noticed this happening more and more often over the last few months. And in some ways, I do imagine it's much easier. You don't have to rip/clip anything yourself and you're working with smaller files/file sizes which probably helps with editing/rendering. But it's also pretty limiting and the quality can be very mixed. I imagine if you were doing it for a large fandom with lots and lots of gifs of good quality to choose from, it'd probably be a good idea. But trying to do it with a limited amount of poor quality gifs...well, I couldn't do it, that's for sure.

And even though I don't think it's quite the same as stealing someone else's vid and using it to make your own, it's still not on the up-and-up, I don't think. I'd probably ask the original gif maker if I could use their gifs before I'd ever consider it.