Render Practice stuffs

Finished yesterday,but I forgot to post them in Mr. D's class.

Goals for IMD

My IMD related goals this year are to:

1.  Get better at managing my time.

2.  Help people if they need help.

3.  Share my ideas/input more readily.

Final Exam

Printer isn't working, and the school's server crashed, ... business as usual.

Animating a Blockbuster

Reading this article on Pixar surprised me. I knew it took awhile to make an animation, but each frame having its own steps, taking hours to complete is crazy. Sitting everybody in a screening room, and showing seconds of the animation finished the previous day, just to have each frame brutally shredded by anyone with a mouth is just part of the process to the animators at Pixar. It also surprised me to learn that not a lot of studios actually keep their animators and other staff after the movie or project is completed. I thought all studios did that, but it seems there are few who home their animators, directors, and technicians and have them move from project to project. Another interesting thing was Pixar’s relaxed air, and how the higher ups don’t really care what your room looks like or how you get the animating done whether it be a bowl of Cap N’ Crunch or a 70s’ love room, as long as it’s not illegal and helps gets the job done I assume. It also surprised me to learn that the actors actually act out the script before the movie is done, so the animators can truly portray realistic emotions in the film. We sit in IMD and wait for our computers to render, but the rendering takes so long and is so detailed at Pixar, and other animation studios I’d imagine, that they have rendering farms, which hold computers that do just one specific thing, albeit with very innovative software—render.

The article also confirmed a lot of things that I already knew, or had heard about. Such as how an animated movie takes a long time to complete, and even then, it’s not truly done. There is always more that could have been worked on. Another confirmation was that criticism is a good thing. Pixar gets their movies done, frame by frame with criticism from anyone willing to share it. I’ve always believed a lot in criticism, especially my own, which seems to be harsher than anyone else’s.

Infographic

Concept

1. The end product - what will you create


Energy Wipe Title and other titles, using what I learned

2. Timeline - How will you spend your time (6 hours)

Creating useful and artistic titles for movies and advertisements

3. What will you learn from this activity that will make you a better interactive designer?

From this activity, I will learn to use Adobe AfterAffects to enhance video projects with things like titles.

4. Collect any tutorial links that you will need to help you complete your project.

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/energy_wipe/

http://www.videocopilot.net/



5. How will you share what you have learned with the class - your activity must be something you can share and teach to the class.

I will demonstrate the tutorial myself using AfterEffects

Website Test

1. Do all of the site links work correctly?

Yes

2. Do all of the images load correctly?

Yes

3. Does the page load from a jump drive on a different computer?

Yes

4. What do you like about the page?

The pulse/flash movie thing at the top

5. What could use improvement?

The button spacing on the 'About Me' page