Day 69 - The End Of The Year Post :)

What I did this year:
So, here we are. I've accumulated a total of 69 posts on this blog and I'm very happy for that. I originally thought I would only have like 40 but through perseverance and hard work I got a lot done. I was really busy with calculus and badminton this year. I would have to stay over 12 hours at school on Tuesdays back in April and I would frantically have to start working on homework when I got back. I always put off Info-tech for the weekends because that was the only time I actually had time to do that. So for majority of this school year, I had no life. I even had to go to summer school last summer because I wanted to take physics. I am really happy to say that I've persevered through all this. It was very difficult but now I'm done and this summer is going to be insane. For my YouTube, Health and just me as a person. There's a lot I'm going to do.

So, I learned a lot this semester. I focused my Independent Studies on Photoshop and Sony Vegas because I have a YouTube channel which I will definitely focus a lot more on this summer. Doing this course taught me a lot about these two programs because I got to do something I loved combined with getting a pretty decent mark in this class. I learned things from distorting photos to colour correcting videos. There's so much I learned in this class. I also learned about fully animating your own video in Sony Vegas for one of my projects. Overall I learned way too much this semester so if you want to check that out, you can view all 69 posts to see something new every day.

Now I come to the part where I give advice to people that want to take Independent Studies or something related to Photoshop/Sony Vegas. Basically what I recommend is that if you want to take Independent Studies make sure you're ready to put the effort in because it definitely is a tough course. Now if you take it during class hours, it shouldn't be as difficult but if you do what I did, which was take it outside of class but that's the main piece of advice. Make sure  you choose something you actually want to do like more it was editing videos. I know for my friends it was creating games or sprites or whatever their passion was. But seriously, this course isn't for the faint of heart so tread carefully. A piece of advice for the people taking Photoshop or Sony Vegas is that not everything is going to work. Not everything is going to be the way you imagined it and that's what I had to accept a couple of times. Yes, if you put the effort in, it will pay off but maybe not how you imagine it. Example: a video you're creating might not work out well such as transitions or something but if you put in effort, it will be positive in another way. Finally, my main piece of advice for anyone taking this course is to manage your time wisely. If I hadn't managed my time wisely, I would have been done for in April but I did and it paid off big time for me because I'm at 100% right now in this class and hopefully that's how I end it.

I have a 100% in this class right now and that's because of hard work. If you go back to my first post I made on this blog, I have a quote saying "I am going to try very hard to get a 100% in this class" and that's what I did. Remember perseverance pays off and I'm so happy it did. Now for the sad part, the farewell....

Alright, so this is going to be my last post on this blog. If anyone has been following it properly, you would know that I have a youtube channel and that's the main reason I created this blog so it could help me learn things about editing. I am really glad I took this course because it really did teach me a lot and about myself. I want to thank Mr. Bilesky for being a true G with this independent course.
Now I said I would send the link to the video and here it is:

                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZaH86KZqDo

Now if you want to keep up to date with my shenanigans, here is the link to that.
My youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrnWXkGNuutMkAFYsQQ_hHg
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dizasterhero
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dizasterhero/

That's where you can find me online. It will become very successful this summer and I promise you that. And with that, I'm saying peace.

- DiZasterHero out

Day 68 - Photoshop - Final Project - Montage - Day 5

What I did:
Today, I did my last thing for Independent Studies, program wise. I made the thumbnail for the montage. I am going to uploading it and posting it to my Facebook which I will show you tomorrow. This thumbnail involved taking a picture from the video and editing it in Photoshop. I added a sunburst effect and made  the thumbnail for pristine than I have in the past. You can see what it looks like on my YouTube channel tomorrow. It looks way better than all my other thumbnails in my opinion.

What I learned:
Today, I didn't learn a whole lot about Photoshop other than some simple opacity things. There wasn't that much to learn to be honest because I have basically learned all that I need to for my videos in the future. I did however, add these little yellow features on the thumbnail by dabbing the brush and changing the blend mode to "screen." But to be honest, I knew most of this stuff.  I think that's a fair point to make in that I have created 67 other posts with me learning something. I hope you enjoyed.

What I plan to do tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to create my year end post. It's going to be a sad time even though I wasn't technically in a class but it's always sad when school comes to an end. However, there is a way to keep updated with and that will revealed tomorrow. That's my goal for tomorrow's class.

Day 67 - Sony Vegas - Final Project - Montage - Day 4

What I did:
Today, I finished the montage. I added color saturation to some of the clips, added some tones and all that fun stuff. I added the transition that  I learned a few months ago where you can weave the clips together so it smoothly transitions into the next clip. I am pretty proud of this montage with the amount of time that I had. Considering that I had a few final projects for this class, I think I made a pretty decent montage. I didn't really slow anything down because it messed up the entire thing with the sound so I chose not to do that. However, it really does look a lot better than what I created in my first video which was in August of last year.

What I learned:
Today, I learned why the filters weren't working yesterday. It was because there was a setting active which made it so the colours didn't show. It's basically a feature which doesn't allow any effects to show up because it's supposed to be a "before and after" thing. That is what I learned today in Sony Vegas and I'm glad I did because that would've been devastating if I hadn't.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to make a thumbnail for the video. The video is finished right now but I will post the link in my very last post because it seems suiting that way. Tomorrow, I want to create a sick thumbnail for this video.

Day 66 - Sony Vegas - Final Project - Montage - Day 3

What I did:
Today, I gave a cinematic look to the clips. I did this because that's how montages are supposed to be. So basically I added black bars to the top and bottom of the video. I tried giving the clips a filter but the black and white one wouldn't work and I'm not sure what happened to make it not work but hopefully, I'll find out in the next few days.

What I learned:
Today, I didn't learn much. What I did learn was that every clip comes with the maintain aspect ratio aspect so when I was adding the black bars by condensing the video down, it shows that the clip has aspect ratio because black bars start to form on the right as well. That is what I learned in today's class.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to continue with my montage and hopefully learn why the filters weren't working. I plan to colour correct as well and probably do some more velocity shenanigans. That is my  goal for tomorrow's class.

Day 65 - Sony Vegas - Final Project - Montage - Day 2

What I did:
Today,  I continued my montage making. I have a cool idea of how I want to make this montage. My very first video that I created on this channel was a compilation of clips with me talking over them to explain what was going to be on my channel so I think it would be a cool idea to recreate that video but as a montage rather than a commentary. So I plan to put the clips in the exact same order but montage-ify it.

What I learned:
Today, I learned a little bit more about velocity in Sony Vegas. This is something that I have touched on before but very briefly. In a montage, you want to create slow-mo bits so basically what I did was I took velocity and slowed it down for a part of a clip. This is mainly used when you pull the trigger so people can see what is happening and for the dramatic effect. I didn't use too much of it today but I will definitely do a lot more tomorrow.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to continue creating this project. I will learn more about editing the clips together and making clips black and white. I will also add filters to some of the filters and I also plan to "Hollywood-ize" it.

Day 64 - Sony Vegas - AVID Project - 2/2

What I did:
Today, I finished up the Avid project that I started in last days class. Today, I added all the clips and edited them together. Since my group couldn't transfer the files to me through their phones we had tried sending them over the internet and that did not work because the videos got cut off so we created a google drive folder with us in it so we could download the clips. Let's just say the videos took forever to download so I stayed up till 1.am to finish this. Basically, I finished editing the project today.

What I learned:
Today, I learned about how to add the credit roll. Basically, you have to go to the "Media Generators" thing and select "credit roll" and you choose whichever one you want for the project. I chose the first one which has a black background but you can choose to make it transparent. When you select one, it gives you a bunch of options for text and you can do whatever suits you! That is what I learned today!

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to finally continue my montage. No joke or anything. I actually plan to finish my montage or at least continue it because it will take a few days for me to finish it. That is my goal for tomorrow's class.

Day 63 - Sony Vegas - AVID Project - 1/2

What I did:
Today, I did an avid project for info tech. I decided to do this because right now I am very condensed for time. I didn't have time to edit this and make a montage so I hope this will suffice for two posts while I get myself sorted out. So basically this is a project which involves making a dish for university and what people can make so they don't starve. We named our project "A Very Intricate Dish" and made chicken with parmesan noodles. I edited this project and made it like how it is.

What I learned:
Today, I learned that when you put the clips into the composition, if you have a clip that is behind a clip you are moving, it will move the whole thing back rather just the clip. I'm not sure why it happened for this. I'm not 100% sure if it happens when I make my videos but I will be sure to find out when school ends.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to continue this avid project and learn how to add a credit roll. That is my goal for tomorrow.

Day 62 - Sony Vegas - English Project (29) - The Final Countdown

What I did:

Today, I finished the project. I added the last bit of audio and added a little more to the animation. I also fixed up the sound effects. It turns out the whole video is about 15 minutes long and I am talking for literally all of it. I also added the adagio the the background music and it sounds so nice. I also summarized pretty much the story and I hope I get a good mark in it since I put so much effort into it.
Here is the credit to every single backdrop I used:
https://wallpapersafari.com/destroyed-city-background/
http://metallized.deviantart.com/art/Destroyed-City-221502350

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/156500155770943231/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/432486370437914357/

What I learned:

Today, I learned that the music that is played by the cellist is the Adagio in G Minor (Albinoni). This is the music that is played by the cellist throughout the story but it is never mentioned which version he played so I had to do a little research and I learned that it was this one. That is pretty much all I learned today because I was just finishing some things up. However, there is a mini thing that I learned. I don't know why this happened but whenever I tried to insert something I between things in the same layer, it would push the stuff behind it further back

What I plan to learn tomorrow:

My goal for tomorrow's class is to continue working on my montage. I did one day of the montage back in April but I haven't touched it since and that is my goal for tomorrow's class. I am not sure what I will be learning but I got a pretty cool idea for how I'm going to make it now. It's going to be nostalgic for me :D

Time: 4 hours (including rendering)

Day 61 - Sony Vegas - English Project (28) - Commentary

What I did: 
Today, I added some commentary to the composition. I am about half done but I worked really hard today to do it. I added commentary to a lot of scenes and whenever I mumbled or messed something up, I restarted the whole thing. That is pretty much all I did today. There's not much to it but I am finishing up the project tomorrow.

What I learned:
Today, I learned a new thing in audio section and that is that when I started to add more commentary to the composition, it makes a new layer even though I have the commentary layer selected. It also adds the layer into a "non-solo" mode, So basically, I have the commentary in two different parts and since I haven't made a video in weeks now, I don't know if it's just for this composition or if it's for every composition but I will try to get it fixed.

What I plan to learn tomorrow:
Tomorrow, I plan to finish this entire project. I have add the rest of the commentary and quickly say goodbye to the people watching and then I need to start refining some things. My goal for tomorrow is just to finish up but I will also try to learn something. Not sure what that is though yet.

Time: 1 hour 1/2 hours

Day 60 - Sony Vegas - English Project (27) - Finishing some things up

What I did:

Today, I finished the animations and went back to add sound effects to a few things. This was a really big task but it was worth it because I got a lot of stuff done. I made the rest of the story in Sony Vegas and I added the explosion and gunshot sound effects. Other than that, there wasn't much to do but I wrapped up the story and I tried to get in as many of the things I could. Now, the only things I have left to do are audio and refining. 

What I learned:

Today, I learned about the audio track. I tried to place gunshot sounds and explosion sounds in them but it turns out i had the "solo" option off which makes it not sound anything and the audio track turns black. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong but I messed around with the layer settings and finally figured it out. So if you're not in "solo" mode, the audio track will be silent. I have no idea how I got there but it really was a new thing that I learned that will be helpful in the future. 

What I plan to learn tomorrow:

Tomorrow, I plan to add the rest of the commentary. I am a perfectionist so hopefully, it won't take that long to add commentary but I know I'm going to be tempted after every screw-up. My goal for tomorrow's class is to learn something new about audio, hopefully how to distort it and everything because I could use that in the future for videos and make them funny. That is my goal for tomorrow's class.

Time: 3 1/2 hours