I was able to seek a week extention in order to complete my 3D animation project. This enabled me to have to time to convert all my rendered 3d max files into a mov format, this way Premiere Pro would be able to recognise them.
I am extremely pleased with my final production. Instead of using voices to portray the characters i have decided to use words (images), along with the sound track to the childrens TV show Arthur.
I feel very confident using Adobe Premiere Pro now, and also more confident by the day at animation within Autodesk 3DS Max. It will take time to become fluent with the programs, but i feel that by the end of my next project i will be.
My animation has been exported in:
720 x 480 @ 29.97 fps
48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
This is the same format to which it was imported, so no quality has been lost from the original renders.
Did I stick to my storyboard?
The honest answer is no, because i completely changed it, but i have stuck to my latest storyboard.
As i previously said in my original evaluation post, "If i had a longer period to spend on it i would have completed it to much higher standard!", as i had an extra week i feel proud to say that i have succesfully completed this task.
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Fianlly, Premiere Pro Rendering
I was able to get an extension for my work...after i handed it in, so i had to go back and get it from the iCentre.
So once i got the work back i was able to render all the different scenes into a different format (one that PremierePro would recognise .mov). I am very pleased with my work within PremierePro and the simplicity of its use!
I imported all my files into my "fable" project, these included audio, text and movies. I was then able to manipulate the files to my descretion in order to complete the animation. The above screenshot shows the timeline i used.
This screenshot shows the final stages of exporting my animation.
So once i got the work back i was able to render all the different scenes into a different format (one that PremierePro would recognise .mov). I am very pleased with my work within PremierePro and the simplicity of its use!
I imported all my files into my "fable" project, these included audio, text and movies. I was then able to manipulate the files to my descretion in order to complete the animation. The above screenshot shows the timeline i used.
This screenshot shows the final stages of exporting my animation.
Friday 7 May 2010
It's Done
A huge sigh of relief although saying that i have extremely enjoyed this module, but it hasnt been easy in the slightest. My final version of the video is 600 x 800 format, but i have had some difficulty with the audio. It seems to have overlayed each other and in places, 2 speech files output at the same time, making it impossibly to hear what has been said. I put this down to the software i am using VideoPad.
The soudtrack i used for this was from a website called http://www.partnersinrhyme.com
If im honest i am disapointed in what i have produced animation wise, because it has been rushed and if i had a longer period to spend on it i would have completed it to much higher standard!
The soudtrack i used for this was from a website called http://www.partnersinrhyme.com
If im honest i am disapointed in what i have produced animation wise, because it has been rushed and if i had a longer period to spend on it i would have completed it to much higher standard!
Thursday 6 May 2010
Moodboard - Better late than never eh?
I decided to focus my moodboard on crabs, women, children and leading by example (such as captain's and world leaders). The reason i chose women is because the initial idea was to accessorize the mummy crab with girly items, and therefore accessorize the baby crab with baby items.
Conclusion / Evaluation
From the start of this module i was very excited to learn new techniques and really understand how to create models and animate them. Now i have put that into practice i feel that overall i have developed vast amounts over the course of the year, but there is still room for a lot of improvement. I know this within myself, so next year i aim to better myself and aim high.
More than halfway through this semester i decided to change my entire storyboard, this has led me to being unprepared and panicing at times! If i was to do this again, i would draw out multiple storyboards instead of just one, therefore i can have an open mind all the way through until the end. I would not spend as much time on the modelling as i feel i can produce adequate models (such as the scene i have created, i am extremely pleased with this, expecially the effect that the water gives), therefore leaving me more time to plan and animate the characters of the animation.
Although saying that i am particularly pleased with my water i have created from a plane and added noise to the timeline giving the water the effect of it moving throughout the movie. Another thing i am also pleased with is the initial crab walking cycle. The total process to bone, rig, skin and animate the sequence was roughly 7 hours!
In conclusion, i admit that my time keeping for this module has not been the greatest, therefore i aim to make sure i am more prepared for next year, this will then give me the chance to really excel myself and show others what i can produce. Also my animation has been rushed, i would have really liked to have spent about 4 to 5 weeks rendering it properly and not having to quickly edit the video, but this is all down to my time keeping and self-organisation skills.
On a positive note, carrying out animation within 3ds max i can see how different characters (humans, animals...) are animated, therefore when designing my next piece i will already know how to animate them and i will be able to evaluate each one of them before making a selection on what i animate.
More than halfway through this semester i decided to change my entire storyboard, this has led me to being unprepared and panicing at times! If i was to do this again, i would draw out multiple storyboards instead of just one, therefore i can have an open mind all the way through until the end. I would not spend as much time on the modelling as i feel i can produce adequate models (such as the scene i have created, i am extremely pleased with this, expecially the effect that the water gives), therefore leaving me more time to plan and animate the characters of the animation.
Although saying that i am particularly pleased with my water i have created from a plane and added noise to the timeline giving the water the effect of it moving throughout the movie. Another thing i am also pleased with is the initial crab walking cycle. The total process to bone, rig, skin and animate the sequence was roughly 7 hours!
In conclusion, i admit that my time keeping for this module has not been the greatest, therefore i aim to make sure i am more prepared for next year, this will then give me the chance to really excel myself and show others what i can produce. Also my animation has been rushed, i would have really liked to have spent about 4 to 5 weeks rendering it properly and not having to quickly edit the video, but this is all down to my time keeping and self-organisation skills.
On a positive note, carrying out animation within 3ds max i can see how different characters (humans, animals...) are animated, therefore when designing my next piece i will already know how to animate them and i will be able to evaluate each one of them before making a selection on what i animate.
Rendering is complete!
Now that was a long process! with great difficulty over the past week i have my scenes ready for editing.
I have adobe Premiere Pro CS5, but for some odd reason it will not let me import any of the avi files (see second screenshot), therefore i have no other option but to use an alternative video editing program. I have found a free one online called "VideoPad Video Editor".. I wouldn't recommend it if im honest, user controls are very limited. I am very dissapointed that i cannot import my scenes into premiere pro as the animation will not look quite poor, whereas in the rendered avi files, the videos look pretty good.
As you can see from the first screenshot of VideoPad, its not exactly the most complex program in the world, therfore limiting my opions of video editing.
I had a bit of difficulty exporting the movie file from VideoPad, the sound would not come out correctly. It was really high pitched, im not sure if this is to do with the codec used or just the program in general being useless! It has craashed many times when trying to export the file, and is extremely frustrating (see screenshot 3).
Saturday 1 May 2010
Completed Final Render of my scene
Within these screenshots I have used a model of a playground that I downloaded from http://www.turbosquid.com. I am not claiming that i created this, all I did was create the materials used to give the model the effect it has.
Direct Link: http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/playground-max-free/298526
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