Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Video Response

1. A digital artist requires skills and talent in photoshop, photography, etc. Also, they must be creative in their assignments in order to be successful.

2. Photoshop tools used in the video: drop shadow, hue/saturation, zoom in and out, masking

3. Ten occupations that went into the making of the video:
1. Creative Director - Oversees all aspects of product design.
2. Marketing Coordinator - is a person who helps oversee the hands-on day-to-day execution of marketing plans.
3. Art Director - art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it. communicates vidual, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience.
4. Stunt Coordinator - co-ordinates special effects such as fires, explosions, and crashes.
5. Director - One that supervises, controls, or manages.
6. Producer - One who supervises and controls the finances, creation, and public presentation of a play, film, program, or similar work.
7. Sound Designer - someone that manipulates audio elements.
8. Editor - makes formatting changes and other improvements.
9. Second Unit Director - is a team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture.
10. Designer - a person who designs.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

ADOBE PREMIERE NOTE #2

- properties tool - can change opacity, motion, and image control
- edit video and start at 00:00 seconds
- to get in a title before your movie starts, slide your photos to the right and drag your title to the front of the movie
- titles can be found at: Edit>Titles
- WARNING!!! keep all your stuff together

Friday, May 6, 2011

ADOBE PREMIERE NOTE #1

-click on new project tell premiere to save in "thawspace" and make a new folder and call it "Abira's video space"
- click ok and remember to not change any of the settings
-click on get media and choose PC files and folders
-find photos *photos must be named*
-click on "numbered stills" then click first file>open
-drag icon onto timeline
-timeline and sceneline show the same information
-three tools: the selection tool, time stretch tool: allows you to stretch or condense media&audio, and the split clip tool: lets you cut your footage into pieces
-go to http://www.sounddogs.com/ for audio & sound effects
-rick click on link and save as a name thats right for the audio, and click save as an mp3
-go to Adobe Bridge to organize and rename your photos in order
-select photos you want renamed
-click on tools menu> batch rename
- you can also organize your photos in a stack (ctrl+A)

Friday, April 1, 2011

AUDACITY

1. import music: project> import audio
2. project> make a new label track
*remember to bring earphones
Tools:
bench press tool: can shift your music left and right
eye beam tool: is the selection tool
envelope tool: click multiple times to bring up points
pencil tool: shape the wave
multi tool: combines all the tools

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

DROP SHADOW AND REFLECTION

1. put all layers into one folder name it iPod
2. make a duplicate of that folder
3. name the two extra folders: reflection and shadow
4. merge the layers by right clicking
5. ctrl+t and flip vertically
6. put a mask on your reflection
7. use gradient tool
*must be transparent and less opaque than the original
8. take shadow layer and ctrl+click on the icon of your layer
9. edit> fill> black
10. filter> blur> gaussian blur