Thursday, February 24, 2011
Interactive Book
School is almost finished and I just wont feel complete until I breathe life into at least one of my storybooks.
If you have seen earlier posts in my blog you may have seen that I have been working on a book called "I'm Scared", its been a work in progress for a number of years. Initially I wanted to learn more about difital art to help me produce and publish my books. I love writing poetry and especially for children. After taking DMA I not only gained skills in Illustrator but I realized that I don't have to make a regular static books either, mine could be so much more.
With school combined with my Internship I have alot on my plate, but i'm determined to get this thing off the ground.
I have included some of the images I have so far. I have mapped out my story and what must happen throughout. Some of the backgrounds as well as rollovers and interactive buttons. Once this list was compiled I had an idea of the assets I would need. I have included what I have put together so far:
Wee Hands
Wednesday February 16 (4:30PM-5:00PM): Keying Green Screen Clips
(8:00pm-10:00pm): Illustration
TOTAL: 2 1/2 HOURS
Thursday February 17 (1:00pm-5:00pm): Keying Green Screen Clips
TOTAL:4 HOURS
Wednesday February 23 (2:20pm-3:20pm): Keying Green Screen Clips. Discovered quicker way to key!!! Was keying each clip individually as directed by an After Effects professor. Not completely happy with that answer, I asked another professor who happily showed me the way. (Grrrr...but on the positive side, keying will be much quicker now!!)
(4:00pm-5:00pm): Keying Green Screen Clips.
TOTAL: 2 HOURS
Thursday February 24 (3:00pm-5:00pm): My clips are Keyed!!!! Yay. Now just exporting the files as Targas where I will then combine the Targas and Audio from the original clips in Final Cut to continue with the project.
(8:00pm-10:30pm): Illustrating...Only 7 left!
TOTAL: 4 1/2 HOURS
Friday February 25 (12:00pm-4:30pm): Spent the entire day rendering one clip after another. Sound exciting? Luckily I was able to work on some other school work while I did it so not an entire day completely lost. I have run into a PROBLEM and that is that these Targas are taking up too much space. I ma sending an email to my professor and hopefully we can find a better way than this.
TOTAL: 4 1/2 HOURS
Monday February 28 (1:30pm-2:00pm): Got a lesson on how to export the After Effects files to movs while keeping the quality as well as the sound, and as an extra added bonus...I can actually store these on my hard drive :)
(6:00pm-10:30pm): Getting ready to do a SUPER render tomorrow. Luckily it is reading week so the mac labs are empty...which means I have 40 computers at my disposal. We will call it a GAIL lab for the day because I am going to log into 30 computers and render like a madwoman. Tonight I have been organizing my files into quick folders to upload onto each mac computer. I also compiled my swf files for approval to move forward with the flash illustrations..I may need to commandere another lab to export them all to movs.
TOTAL: 4 1/2 HOURS
Tuesday March 1 (10:30am-5:30pm): A long day of rendering what should have taken me MUCH longer. I ended up rendering all the footage on 40 computers, I had never done it so I could not even gage how long it would take. Ended up in a mad dash at the end and Aparently I was quite the spectacle. a few people came into the class to comment on my hostil takeover! In the end I have 212 beautifully keyed movs :)
(6:30pm-11:30pm): After I got home I began organizing all of my files. Also got word back from laura and about 75% of the illustrations were approved. Which means its back to the drawing board...literally.
TOTAL: 12 HOURS
Monday March 21 (9:30pm-11:00pm): Collecting more reference images and illustrating.
TOTAL: 1 1/2 HOURS
I have included a sample of a clip I have Keyed.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wee Hands
Wednesday February 2 (12:00pm-2:30pm): Going through Green Screen footage renaming files and deleting footage.
(4:00pm-6:00pm): Illustrating
(7:00pm-10:00pm): Illustrating
TOTAL: 5 HOURS
Thursday February 3 (2:00pm-6:00pm): Illustrating
TOTAL: 4 HOURS
Tuesday February 8 (12:00pm-3:00pm): Renaming video footage and organizing content, learned a better keying technique in "After Effects". Ran into some difficulties exporting video.
TOTAL: 3 HOURS
Wednesday February 9 (2:30pm-5:30pm): Keying green screen footage, learned how to optimize a good key as well as export video properly. Will be exporting as Targas then combining the MOV file in Final Cut to add sound.
TOTAL: 3 HOURS
Thursday February 10 (10:30am-11:30am): Illustrating
TOTAL: 1 HOUR
Tuesday February 15 (11:30am-12:30pm): Keying footage in After Effects
(3:30pm-5:00pm): Keying Footage, sent a clip off to Mulberry Media and got the go ahead with the key. It's good! :)
(9:00pm-12:00pm): Illustrating, I do this at home because the school computers wont accept my pen and touch pad.
TOTAL: 5 1/2 HOURS
(4:00pm-6:00pm): Illustrating
(7:00pm-10:00pm): Illustrating
TOTAL: 5 HOURS
Thursday February 3 (2:00pm-6:00pm): Illustrating
TOTAL: 4 HOURS
Tuesday February 8 (12:00pm-3:00pm): Renaming video footage and organizing content, learned a better keying technique in "After Effects". Ran into some difficulties exporting video.
TOTAL: 3 HOURS
Wednesday February 9 (2:30pm-5:30pm): Keying green screen footage, learned how to optimize a good key as well as export video properly. Will be exporting as Targas then combining the MOV file in Final Cut to add sound.
TOTAL: 3 HOURS
Thursday February 10 (10:30am-11:30am): Illustrating
TOTAL: 1 HOUR
Tuesday February 15 (11:30am-12:30pm): Keying footage in After Effects
(3:30pm-5:00pm): Keying Footage, sent a clip off to Mulberry Media and got the go ahead with the key. It's good! :)
(9:00pm-12:00pm): Illustrating, I do this at home because the school computers wont accept my pen and touch pad.
TOTAL: 5 1/2 HOURS
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