Blog 05: Scaling and Animation
Introduction:
Our first look into animation with a still image video has been eye opening. I have used various programs in small settings over the years but I am in no way an expert in any form of video editing. This was my first time using Premiere and I found it a little intuitive because of my use of other Adobe products in Professor Heagney's class. For this project we were to tasked to edit our rough draft of 10 still image photos with a voice over or music underneath it and animate at least 5 of the photos.
Our Topic:
Will Harris and I came up with the idea to make a sort of spoof on the crocodile hunter or discovery channel by talking about the "wildlife and habitat" of HPU. We will "explore" the campus to find the best way to survive while meeting all the new people and places.
Editing:
The biggest challenge I had to overcome was how to find everything in Premiere. It seems like there are endless settings in each of the 4 windows and what you do in one window effects everything else. Animating was difficult at first but once I understood how scaling and position worked it was not that bad. Setting key frames at first often resulted in doing the complete opposite of what I intended. Scaling out instead of scaling in or moving too much laterally by accident. I finally succeeded when I learned to "position the Timeline playhead at the start of the clip and select the Motion effect heading in the Effect Controls panel." (Abobe, 2017)
Editing the audio was easier then expected because some of it was very similar to Adobe Audition. Fading in and fading out, Cutting, and volume control were all skills I have learned in this class.
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