Better ways to understand AviSynth?

[Rusakov]

I'm new to using AviSynth and I feel a bit lost. I've looked at the AviSynth wiki but it's a tad bit technical and seems a bit cluttered to me. Are there any newb friendly ways to figure out how to use AviSynth? I know this is probably a stupid question but any answer, even RTFM, would be good.

[Groucho2004]

I find the documentation that comes with Avisynth quite helpful. Just start with "Getting started" and work your way down.

[Mini-Me]

I find the documentation that comes with Avisynth quite helpful. Just start with "Getting started" and work your way down.

I started off with Donald Graft's tutorial here:
http://neuron2.net/www.math.berkeley.edu/benrg/avisynth-tutorial.html

The Avisynth documentation includes some similar references, which look to be a more concise version of the above (the second link is the same resource Groucho mentioned):
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/First_script
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Getting_started
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Filter_introduction

The main page for Avisynth documentation is here, and it includes the above three links and many others that will help you grasp more advanced issues and view a survey of major available filters (slightly outdated):
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

Good luck! It can be overwhelming at first if you don't have programming or scripting experience, but take it one step at a time and the basics will eventually click. :)

[Groucho2004]

I was referring to the documentation the comes with the distribution and is copied locally.

[Mini-Me]

I was referring to the documentation the comes with the distribution and is copied locally.

Oh, my bad. :) I tend to forget about the local documentation. Have you found it more up-to-date, more complete, or better organized?

Anyway, the local documentation Groucho's referring to goes into C:\Program Files\Avisynth 2.5\Docs\[language] by default, and you'll want to load up index.htm (or getting_started.htm if you don't want the overview on the left).

[Groucho2004]

Have you found it more up-to-date, more complete, or better organized?

I think it's up to date (OK, I'm using the one from SourceForge CVS but it's the same that IanB included in 2.6 Alpha3) and I think the layout is better.

[Rusakov]

Thanks for pointing me to the documentation. How stupid of me to not look for that.

Thanks for the help everybody!