Day 3_Class_Thursday (Sept 8, 2011)

Thursday

12:30 - 3:15PM

1. Discussed the animatic/storyboard as a group figuring out: what shots to do, what to animate, how to animate, props, and what tests to complete by end of class as well as some test filming
2. Opened Final Cut and established the program
3. Imported filmed footage and animated footage (3D)
4. Looking up chroma keying online
5. Cut a piece of film and put it into the time line and then took a piece of animation and did the same
6. Went into the effects menu clicked on video filters then selected chroma key attaching it to the film
7. I went into the settings making it so that it was set to blue
8. In the viewer I selected the tab that said Chroma Keyer
9. Clicked on the eye dropper tool towards the bottom right and selected color straight from the film
10. The top video is always going to be on top so make it the source and the video file underneath the matte
11. From there its a matter of what you want to pop I did two versions: one with animation in the background and the second with the animation in the foreground
12. File names ChromaTest1 & ChromaTest2
13. Final Cut's current settings are set to the specifications of ChromaTest2

Home Assignment:

1. Continue tests
2. Set up backgrounds
3. Do loops

DUE: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH