Multimedia Workshop of the BCUG
2013 workshops

DEC 12, 2013: SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON ANDROID TABLETS

OCT 10, 2013- WHAT MAKES THESE VIDEOS THE "BEST"?

SOURCES FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:

INVITATION: (complimentary viewing of short films) Oct 20 3PM + eve cocktails, NYC

1. This short video won Grand Prize - Best of Show at International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula Montana! The majority was shot
on location in Yellowstone National Park,  Grand Teton National Park and The National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2. "Gravity" Trailer (watch 1st minute of commercial; then watch local HD file )

3. Learn by watching commercials ; learn by watching great films (10) from your sofa
4. Thought-provoking video : chipotle scarecrow extolls the virtues of the healthy food at Chipotle Mexican Grill
5. Red Bull commercial ; Gatorade ; Adobe After Effects (iPad)
5. Febreze mattress commercial (non-verbal)
6. Honda commercial

MORE COMMERCIALS? Search YouTube for “popular professional ads"

7. Home movie slide show (local file)

SPECIAL EFFECTS:

8. Simple Slow Motion techniques; understanding frames rates and interlacing
9.Using Speed Ramps to Create More Dynamic Footage in Premiere Pro; After effects tutorial

10. Swift migration example - how to create slow motion - launch Adobe Premier Pro "BCUG1"
11. Slow Motion Effects in "Inception"

OTHER:
11. Important Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts

JUNE 13 - VIDEO SPECIAL EFFECTS: Compositing, Rotoscoping, Green Screen/ChromaKey, etc

SOURCES FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS:

PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL EFFECTS
Movies by Steve Wright special effects ; click movie, such as "night at Smithsonian"; watch trailer (2:31)
"The Molecule" VFX Reel-2012 (2:23); "Gravity World" Commercial Reel (8:24 - watch 0:00-2:40); "Gravity World" Commercials (32sec)
"Look Effects" www.lookfx.com reels (2) - 3min ea - watch 2nd (rightmost) reel
Mocha Pro (spiderman - static example); demo ;
- (watch 1:00-2:25) (add logo to moving object) ; watch 16:00-19:00 remove objects (integreated into Adobe AE)
Using After Effects to create an animated graphic opening for web sites & movie; (watch 0:00-1:30)
Birds-Eye View of the US (9:05); (watch 0:00-2:30)

AMATEUR SPECIAL EFFECTS
AfterEffects CS5 using rotobrush (0:29) ; (the effect is described in text/comments, on same web page)
Tempest Freerunning Academy movie (2:14 - watch at 0:30-end); how to use AfterEffects for these special effects (7:25) - watch 2:05 thru 5:26

GREEN SCREEN
Tips for using Chroma Key (briefly scan)
Green Screen Setup ; Green Screen Lighting ; Fix uneven lighting ;
Using Green screen to create full-body "walk onto" a web page (result is at 3:45; watch instructions 0:00 to 3:45)
Show inexpensive flood light; Spectrum compared : halogen ; CFL ; LED

MOTION GRAPHICS/ANIMATION (compositing) SOFTWARE
- VideoMaker Software REVIEW ;
- "Smoke" autodesk.com/smoke (for Mac) (~$4K); free to educators & students; free trial;

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
- Richard Harrington blog ; (Scroll down) ;

  • Watch 0:00-3:00 of "Essential Editing Commands in Adobe Premiere Pro"
  • Scroll further - "Free Webinars"

- Steve Wright special effects (click movie, such as "night at Smithsonian"; watch trailer)
- VFX Pro (vfxpro.com) examples (watch 0:00-0:55); good (watch 0:00-2:00) ; free tutorials ;
- Videocopilot.net/basic- basic (free) training in Adobe After Effects;

  • watch "05 motion tracking"(19:08) 6:14 shows stabilization; watch 6:40 - starts sign removal; 12:14 shows result

- Linda.com (free trial; $25/month):

- FxPhD ($360 for 3 courses; $260 for 2 courses, each 10 lessons - 5 hours; example (then click "FX301")
- Digitaltutors.com After Effects (try for free; $45/month)
-Autodesk Smoke (Mac) training tutorials

AMATEUR TRAINING
: Rotoscoping Tutorial part1 (13:40) part 2 (14:26) in AE (with built-in Mocha)
(above are full of DETAIL - but exceedingly long)
Visual Effects podcast- rotoscoping (& green screen) 21:52 ;

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OFF-TOPIC - BUT USEFUL INFO:
Slow-Motion overview - Multi-viewpoint robotic cameras; GoPro Array ; GoPro slowMotion ;
"Videomaker", May, 2013: "Top 10 Editing Mistakes To Avoid" (pages 50-51), and "Video Edting Software Buyer's Guide", (pages 28-35)
Tripod selection - "Fluid head" is a must (for instance, Vanguard PH-111V ($80 on Google)
How to use audio compressors, limiters, and noise gates ; audio
How to use audio ducking, normalize, and frequency gap to add background music ; audio ;
Turn day into night ;day-into-night (part2) ; lighting car interiors
Use external mic for best sound recording Zoom H1- $100 - for home use (noisy when hand-held); Zoom H2 ($180) for higher quality
Standard video tricks/practices


APRIL 11 - EDITING YOUR HOME MOVIE
Examples; best practices; terminology; software and hardware requirements
Example video on Middletown Patch: Steve's Bio & April 11 announcement
How was this promo created?

REFERENCES:
Sign up for weekly video newsletter
Subscribe to VideoMaker ($20/year) and attend Digital Video East (NYC, June 19)
Best hardware/software/ practices ; Find the right camcoder & PC hardware ; Adobe HW compatibility ; lowest cost software
Record and edit a concert (best practices). Use closely-coupled mics/digital recorder/wireless mic; use 2 or more cameras ;editing directions for Premiere Pro CS5.5 ; resulting DVD (view at 4:44); example-syncing ; camera-switching
Research, and use "B-roll": example; use VLC (screen capture); keepvid.com (youtube download)
Editing "Life of Pi" & Inside the Cutting Room & Inception
Advanced video editing
Intense Lighting example
Double your editing speed -
How to make time-lapse videos -
Slow motion in "Blade Runner" -
Examples of DIEGETIC sound
Video Editing training
Raw photos/video versus uncompressed video
Thunderbolt versus USB3 intel ; apple +
ASIDE: create your own family legacy photoshow (feb 21, 2013 Graphics Workshop); homestead ; familylegacy

NEXT MEETING: June 13 (May 9 is cancelled)
WHAT TOPIC WOULD YOU FIND INTERESTING?

 

INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy S4
CREATING ART thecreatorsproject.com
You never know what you will find
Free streaming movies: Sony
Apple (& competitors) moving to TVs controlled by gesture

MARCH 2, 10AM to noon - Your Next ELECTRIFYING Car

- 1hour: gas and electric technology directions (TALK)
- 30 minutes: demonstration of Toyota Camry (hybrid), Toyota Prius (hybrid), and Chevy Volt (plug-in hybrid)

JANUARY 19, 2013 - 10AM to noon, CAR ELECTRONICS & DIAGNOSTICS

- 1hour: overview car electronics and diagnostics TALK
- 1hour: demonstrations of Toyota Camry vs new hybrid Camry:

  • OBD2 automobile diagnostics
  • Smartphone integration with Toyota dashboard display

TARGET AUDIENCE: do-it-yourselfers who share expertise, software, and diagnostic hardware.
Every auto has MANY self-diagnosing computers, networked to a single OBD2 diagnostic port.
Industry and Toyota-specific practices will be discussed.
(Attendees may apply these principles to their own car)

FURTHER INFO:
- "Mirror Link" standard to connect Smart Phone to autombile diplays and buttons ; Part2
- Toyota technical training: overview ; subscription ($15/2 days or $55/2days with software); www.autoshop101
-Prius GenIII (2010+) chat/technical information (then search ELM327 USB OBD-2 scanner tool
- Camry hybrid discussion groups
- how auto software is designed & tested for "0" defects
- inverter-converter-unit (prius/camry...)
- old EV batteries to backup power houses backup

- intelligent highways

- stop driver distraction
- autos to use multi-core processors and MEMS sensors ; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- By 2019, 55% of new cars will have voice recognition (esp. HVAC control, sending text messages and e-mails)

AUTOMATED CARS:
Overview-car automation- NYTimes, 1/12/2013
Overview - "9 trends in your new car" , usaweekend.com 1/10/2013
CARS Center for Automotive Research at Stanford
Automated Driving Project at Carnegie Mellon Univ

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