Shot 3 Composited

Heres Shot 003 all done and dusted.

I really like how this shot came out, as you can see I fixed the dodgy animation on the first bump. I just feel that the shot although incredibly simple, is really nicely effective. I added the unfocused buildings in the foreground last minute, without them it seemed as thought the tower existed to far away and secluded, which obviously isn't true.

Shot 002 Composited.

Shot to all finished, the great thing about this shot is that it can be sped up easily if Sophie feels the intro is getting long. I really like this shot, it reminds me of some of the flying dinosaurs from the flint stones.

Shot 001 Composited

So heres the Hi Def Composite of Shot 001, it took absolutely ages to upload to YouTube, and I've got the other 6 in the works. Literally have had them uploading for about 6-7 hours. Note to self, don't upload huge files to you tube.

Composited in After Effects, we wanted to go with a childrens book sort of style, simples shapes etc... This isn't the final edit of the shot, but this is what will be handed in for submission.

Camtasia Test 003 and Toon Boom

For my 3rd Camtasia test I thought I would actually do something useful. I decided to post the process of rendering out a toon boom shot so that your animation is an alpha and can be imported backgroundless into software such as After Effects or Final Cut.

I hope it makes sense, I discovered today that there is the option to add audio and record yourself whilst doing the tutorial. I have taken the liberty of abandoning this idea as my voice is horrific.

Enjoy

Camtasia Test 002

Another Camtasia test, this time whilst creating a background for the Charles I shot.

I've been playing with the focus and zoom tools, which enable you to zoom in on certain aspects of the screen. It's a great tool especially when working on something like photo shop and you want to give people a clear view of the tools used when working, and how you go about utilizing them.

Camtasia

Yeah I finally found me a copy of camtasia, and it's pretty fun/wonderful/a little confusing.

It's a recording software, where you can capture your screen and (hopefully) show your process etc... It also enables you to edit together your performance and cut out the mistakes (There are many).

So I had a little play, which can be seen below, just some silliness, getting to grips with the software and editing etc...

So far so good, the software is easy to use and has a nice simple interface. 10/10

UPDATE

I've been a very busy boy, and as deadline are looming it's about time I posted a little update to show where I am at.

I am still working on the Animations for the Raven Project, and working on compositing all my shots together piece by piece. A lot of what i'm doing currently consists of colour correction and positioning in After Effects. Here is a sneak preview of the Introduction so Far.

I kept the sound on, so you can gauge how much is left to do, and after showing sophie I have some more tweaks to make to this part of the intro. We want to see if we can perhaps make it seem faster by having the building pop up before moving, like a book. We also want to experiment more with the way the portrait falls.

I am still working on finding a copy of camtasia as I want to post process shots of how I composite the shots. I also want to use it to perhaps show some processes in toon boom.