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