From what I've heard in the news recently it seems that some or all of this year is going to be online, so in preparation for working from home I've decided to make sure I am able to model, code, and render if needed for anything we will do this year. Since I'm at home I'm using Blender instead of 3DS Max so it is slightly different but still gets the job done, though I've never rendered an animation with it. In order to become more familiar with rendering animations and get a feel of where all of the required options were to do so I made an animation of rolling dice with the help of a tutorial as I have still not mastered Blender. I ensured to watch and then do in order to retain as much knowledge as possible so that I would be able to do this if needed in the future and it helps to work with a sense of independence rather than hand holding the entire way through. Once I got the hang of the keyboard shortcuts and processes required to create the animation it was much simpler, so though it took some time initially I feel that if need be I could repeat the process with ease. I'm not entirely sure what this year will entail though I'm rather sure we will be doing a lot of coding to develop 3D games but who knows rendering may come in handy at some point as well. Even if I end up not needing to create any 3D animations this year I feel it still helps to keep myself up to date on all the different skills I've learned so that I don't put perfectly good skills that took time and effort to learn to waste. Main Points
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Now that we understand photography we've moved on to creating and editing videos with audio. Our first video assignment was similar to our photography assignment in that it had to be an exact duration and all relate to one theme. This has been one of the funnest assignments this quarter because we are working with moving images, editing a still image can get monotonous because it is not as dynamic. I've also never worked with editing videos before, but even being my first time I felt like I understood most of it. I always thought video editing would be over complicated, but in reality it was actually pretty easy. It sort of reminds me of making a PowerPoint presentation because you work with multiple slides and have to decide the order in which they are presented to the viewers. It also includes my favorite part of PowerPoint which was the slide transitions, I always used transitions in all of my presentations whether I needed them or not. In the case of making this video in Premiere though transitions were required so I had fun exploring the different effects I could use and remembering the best ones from PowerPoint. After doing some additional research I found out that small additions such as music and sound effects can greatly enhance a film. Music, sound, camera angle, and lighting all create the mood of a movie and can tell a story much greater than just the film alone. Even lessening dialogue to enhance other effects is a great way to make an overall better film.
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Citations: https://nofilmschool.com/2016/02/6-elements-great-film http://learnaboutfilm.com/making-a-film/ We've finally moved on from Illustrator and into photography by first learning about the exposure triangle. The three parts of the exposure triangle are ISO, Aperture, and Shutter speed, which each alter the image in a different way. ISO can increase or decrease how much grain/noise is in a photo, the less grain it has the darker the image will be. Aperture changes the depth of field of an image, increasing it makes the image overall clearer but darker, while decreasing it brings the depth of field in closer and makes the image brighter. Shutter speed can make an image of movement sharper, the higher the shutter speed is the sharper but darker the image will be. All parts of the exposure triangle change the lighting of an image, if they are all set to max the image would technically look really good, but they all increase the darkness so it is instead pitch black. To avoid this problem, the options of the exposure triangle need to be balanced, so it must be decided which options will benefit the image the most. For example, a picture of someone running would probably need a high shutter speed in order to keep the runner sharp, while the other two options could be used to balance the lighting of the image or put the runner into focus depending on how far away they are. After doing some additional research I found out that some people don't like the exposure triangle and say it could actually be detrimental to new photographers. This is because the exposure triangle isn't exactly equal and doesn't always balance the settings to fit in a triangle. It would make more sense to new photographers if the elements were just listed instead of put into an unequal triangle. As for my opinion on this, I'm not entirely sure if it helps/hurts because I haven't done much with photography yet and don't completely understand the triangle, but I'm sure it will end up helping once I can understand it.
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Citations: https://petapixel.com/2016/07/18/never-teach-exposure-triangle-beginners/ https://digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography/ |
AuthorMy name is Andrew Prichard and the this is my first digital arts class, I look forward to a good year with lots of hard work. Archives
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