digital visual effects: 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

DAY OF FINAL:

THURS MAY 5TH, 1-3PM
You MUST be here to present your work for this class period!
ALL work MUST be in the drop box by or before this class period!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

NO CLASS TOMORROW (WED AP. 20)

Hello class, I am sorry but I was delayed in my return from San Francisco. I won't be back in time for class on Wed. this week. If you need to work in the lab it would still be a good idea to come in and work, but I will not be there to assist. I WILL be there next week, so you can either email me with questions or talk to me next week in class if you need assistance. Thanks and sorry.
-Tyrone Davies

Monday, April 11, 2011

THERE IS NO ASSIGNMENT #12

...and no class on Monday April 18th.
Let's all get going on the final and do great work!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 11

Create a new background for a video by applying Key effects so that the new background shows through. In addition to this, use color correction effects and the clone stamp tool to compose your project. When finished, your project should maintain some form of realism.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 10

Use the roto-brush tool on a video to highlight at least one character or other moving object.
Remember that you can assist the effectiveness of the roto-brush tool with a solid colored background and the paint brush.

Friday, March 18, 2011

FINAL PROJECT (main points in red)

Make a work of video art that uses techniques from at least six of the chapters in the book and be ready to explain the techniques. Your project must also meet the following criteria:

1. Highly Polished/Well Crafted
Since this is the final project, there should be no short cuts. This project needs to look as you intend it to look, and cannot be "just good enough". You have been doing "sketches" for each assignment... projects intended mainly to learn the software. This final work should not look unfinished, but should be ready to submit to a gallery, a film festival or some other exhibition. ...Something you could theoretically show in public and be proud of.

2. This Project can NOT be a Commercial
Essentially, this project can be whatever style or subject matter you wish, but it can not take the form of a commercial. It can tell a story or just be an abstract video art piece, but it should not overtly advertise a product or cause, real or imagined. If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask.

3. Time Limit: Between 30 sec. and 2 Minutes
You will be graded on quality, not quantity.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 9

Using the Puppet Tools (Deform Pin, Overlap tool, and Puppet Starch tool), create an animated scenario that involves at least one "Character" and two other puppet elements (Three puppets total, at least).

TO DOWNLOAD FROM YOUTUBE ETC:

try the video downloader at ant.com

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Monday, March 7, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 8

Use ONLY video content (no still images) to create a composition using masks as explained in chapter 7. You must use at least four video sources in your composition.

Although chapter 7 only uses two video sources, it a very helpful chapter and you should refer to it for assistance in making this project as visually impressive as possible

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 7

Create an animation using only still images as your source material (assets)

the animation must make use of the following tools and effects:

-Pick Whip

-Corner Pin

-Time Remapping

Be prepared to describe how you used these features.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 6

Create an animation that includes the following:
-a scrolling background
-at least two videos that have been cropped to different shapes that move about on the screen
-at least two still images that move about on the screen
-other embellishments appreciated but not required

(I will explain this further in class on Wed, but you can get ideas from chapter 5 in the book in the meantime.)

Friday, February 11, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 5

Create an animated geometric design using customized shape layers and include some video footage that you apply effects to.
(If this is not immediately clear, it should be after reading chapter 4 and will be especially clear after I explain further on Monday)

Monday, February 7, 2011

ASSIGNMENT 4

Animate text:
-use four or more lines of text with different effects applied to each
-use effects or presets, or transformations you have not already used in previous projects
-text must be over an animated background
-TRY to use at least one technique learned in chapter 3

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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