What I did and learned this past month:
I did and learned a lot of stuff this past month in Infotech 12. I mainly focused on the Video Editing this month and learned a lot of new things. Now, it may not seem like it now, but I plan to use these things I learned in the future coming months. I learned a lot of things this month about editing.
I learned about a new editing software called Adobe After Effects. I learned that It was much different than the traditional editing software like Movie Maker. Unlike Sony Vegas or Movie Maker, After Effects has a lot more utility for exactly that "After Effects." What I mean is that if you want to edit a video that is already made, I would recommend After Effects because it has a lot more utility in that It has a lot more options for editing. However, for the average user that would like to make montages or youtube videos, I recommend Sony Vegas for one reason in particular. You can narrate and use voice-overs in Sony Vegas. I was surprised to learn that there is no voice-over effect in After Effects and that's real big turn off for people that would like to narrate projects. I spent a few days learning the basics in After Effects and even learned how to make my own transitions in there. However, I found out that it isn't the program for me since I'm a commentator more than an editor.
Next, I moved onto learning Sony Vegas things. I am already familiar with Sony Vegas but I only used it for basic editing and I didn't go too much into the whole pro editor mindset because I only used it for splitting, narrating, and fading. However, I learned a lot more this past month about the program. First, I learned about keyframes and transitions in Sony Vegas. Prior to learning this, the only transition I used was a basic fade transition which can be applied differently than blur or flash transitions. A fade can be done in the timeline alone and I learned that to add transitions, you have to go the transition panel and drag them into the clip to apply them. I know this seems weird but I didn't know how to do it before. You can check out my transitions post here. I also learned about keyframes and how to animate a picture. I found this slightly more difficult in Sony Vegas than I did in After Effects but nonetheless I did it. You can find the keyframes post here. Next, I learned how to change the speed of clips in Sony Vegas and it was pretty simple Holding "CTRL" and dragging the edge in the timeline changes the pace of the video. You can click here to get my insight into it. Then, I learned how to motion track. The main thing I learned from this is to not try to motion track a video that has a lot of motion because that's not what motion tracking is for. It's mainly for a zooming out clip where everything the same but it's just zooming out slowly. You can hear more about my motion tracking experience here. Finally, I learned about the Hollywood effect how to do it. I learned a lot about colour correcting and how to add black bars to your videos to give it a cinematic effect. This really helped for future reference and how I plan to bring this together at the end of the year. You can see the Hollywood effect here. That is what I learned in Sony Vegas this month.
Alright, so that's what I learned this past month. I focused only on VFX (Video effects) because that's the route I am going with this Independent Studies course. Now onto my future plans.
What I plan to learn in April:
So, the whole basics part of my independent studies course is done. These past two months were only there so I could learn new things that I plan to use near the end of this course. I did not originally know what to do in May but since I am taking English 12 this semester, there is a big project that is due in June and I think I've found what I'll be working on this month. For the first little bit of this month, I plan to do some more things with Sony Vegas to learn more about it. I may even plan to do cinemagraphs in April for a bit and learn how to make them. However, near the end of April, I plan to start working on my English project which involves me making an animated video in Sony Vegas. I will create the characters myself in Photoshop and will bring together all the things I've learned in Photoshop and Sony Vegas. The montage will be happening later on after this project but that is my goal for the month of April 2017. I'll see you all around in the next few weeks. Till then, Later.
I did and learned a lot of stuff this past month in Infotech 12. I mainly focused on the Video Editing this month and learned a lot of new things. Now, it may not seem like it now, but I plan to use these things I learned in the future coming months. I learned a lot of things this month about editing.
I learned about a new editing software called Adobe After Effects. I learned that It was much different than the traditional editing software like Movie Maker. Unlike Sony Vegas or Movie Maker, After Effects has a lot more utility for exactly that "After Effects." What I mean is that if you want to edit a video that is already made, I would recommend After Effects because it has a lot more utility in that It has a lot more options for editing. However, for the average user that would like to make montages or youtube videos, I recommend Sony Vegas for one reason in particular. You can narrate and use voice-overs in Sony Vegas. I was surprised to learn that there is no voice-over effect in After Effects and that's real big turn off for people that would like to narrate projects. I spent a few days learning the basics in After Effects and even learned how to make my own transitions in there. However, I found out that it isn't the program for me since I'm a commentator more than an editor.
Next, I moved onto learning Sony Vegas things. I am already familiar with Sony Vegas but I only used it for basic editing and I didn't go too much into the whole pro editor mindset because I only used it for splitting, narrating, and fading. However, I learned a lot more this past month about the program. First, I learned about keyframes and transitions in Sony Vegas. Prior to learning this, the only transition I used was a basic fade transition which can be applied differently than blur or flash transitions. A fade can be done in the timeline alone and I learned that to add transitions, you have to go the transition panel and drag them into the clip to apply them. I know this seems weird but I didn't know how to do it before. You can check out my transitions post here. I also learned about keyframes and how to animate a picture. I found this slightly more difficult in Sony Vegas than I did in After Effects but nonetheless I did it. You can find the keyframes post here. Next, I learned how to change the speed of clips in Sony Vegas and it was pretty simple Holding "CTRL" and dragging the edge in the timeline changes the pace of the video. You can click here to get my insight into it. Then, I learned how to motion track. The main thing I learned from this is to not try to motion track a video that has a lot of motion because that's not what motion tracking is for. It's mainly for a zooming out clip where everything the same but it's just zooming out slowly. You can hear more about my motion tracking experience here. Finally, I learned about the Hollywood effect how to do it. I learned a lot about colour correcting and how to add black bars to your videos to give it a cinematic effect. This really helped for future reference and how I plan to bring this together at the end of the year. You can see the Hollywood effect here. That is what I learned in Sony Vegas this month.
Alright, so that's what I learned this past month. I focused only on VFX (Video effects) because that's the route I am going with this Independent Studies course. Now onto my future plans.
What I plan to learn in April:
So, the whole basics part of my independent studies course is done. These past two months were only there so I could learn new things that I plan to use near the end of this course. I did not originally know what to do in May but since I am taking English 12 this semester, there is a big project that is due in June and I think I've found what I'll be working on this month. For the first little bit of this month, I plan to do some more things with Sony Vegas to learn more about it. I may even plan to do cinemagraphs in April for a bit and learn how to make them. However, near the end of April, I plan to start working on my English project which involves me making an animated video in Sony Vegas. I will create the characters myself in Photoshop and will bring together all the things I've learned in Photoshop and Sony Vegas. The montage will be happening later on after this project but that is my goal for the month of April 2017. I'll see you all around in the next few weeks. Till then, Later.
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