i think i was aware of ccl videos when i joined kpop. even before, i understood them, as someone i knew sent me a ccl video a month before i got into it. i didn't start wanting to make them though until may of 2018.
one color coded lyrics channel, who was really popular of her time, was af taehyung. if you're a long time kpop fan, you probably are familiar with that name as she made videos for so many groups and soloists within kpop. she was on her way to becoming the most subscribed kpop lyrics channel back in 2017-2018.
she inspired me, and in a different way. my fuel back then to get me started on something was through jealousy, which to say the least is pretty weird. jealousy as in like, "if she can do it, so can i". that was my mindset at the time. watching any videos i could find at the time to make ccl, which back then were very little like there are now (hundreds upon hundreds these days).
my previous experiences with photo editing came from roblox. yep... started playing in 2010 but i was introduced to the world of gfx in 2016. gfx is just graphic roblox art, you take your roblox character or someone else's and you pose them to your liking and add cool effects to your picture. much more tiring than it sounds, easier when you get used to it. that was also started from jealousy and obviously didn't last long. however, it got me comfortable with a paint program i still use to this day and it's paint.net. if you have ever used a windows computer before, think of it like microsoft paint but better in certain ways. the downside to do more stuff is that you need plugins.
why i bring up my very short lived roblox gfx past is because i had the knowledge (not really) of photo editing (again, not really). i was comfortable enough to use paint.net, but not too comfortable using whatever i could get my hands on. i knew photoshop was used, and i didn't have the best experience at the time with finding really good ways to pirate pay to use programs like adobe products, but i was eager to get my hands on it. not immediately though. what i used originally was fotojet which was a collage maker, google slides, and camtasia, an old video editing software that's also pay to use.
first video i edited was oh boy by red velvet. awful choice. ad-libs every place you look and that's awful if you're just starting out. infact, if you're beginning ccl, don't do red velvet. all of their songs have ad-libs and they can be hard to follow. if you have more experience in editing, knock yourself out. but if you're new to it, you have been warned!
why do i keep making them? i guess i just really enjoy showing what is correct. whenever i see an incorrect video made by a channel and it's a group i like, i sometimes get jealous because why are people viewing the incorrect video? why not the one that has more time put into it? i mainly make them not only for other people, but also for me. if i don't see a correct lyric video for a group i like, you bet i'm making one correct to the best of my ability.
even when a video is incorrect and it's mine, i'm sometimes in denial and i don't want to work on it but i do it anyways because a correct video is a better video i guess (i just thought of that as typing this out). but you know that's the trial and error of songs that are sometimes too confusing. it's fun though to see how correct a video can be again.
from, dear moon (shelby)
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