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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Titles and Transitions: Assignment
Titles and Transitions
Today we will be taking a look at all the other wacky things that can be done with iMovie. Well – not all of them, really there are always more. But we are going to look at a few more things.
So far you know how to put images into the file (provided that they don’t glitch and turn black when the file is finished rendering. If that does happen, it’s because iMovie doesn’t like you, deleted the file, and left you with a blank husk. Open up the trash, find your image there, delete the one in the time line, and use the previously trashed, but now all better, version. I know, it’s complicated. It’s easier in practice, and hopefully it won’t happen at all, yeah?)
You also know how to put in a sound track. So that’s great.
Step one: Direct your web browser over to http://mrbarltrop.blogspot.com/
There you will find an example video, and all the work files you’ll need to complete this project.
Step two: Download “Fade to Black”. It’s under the example video, see that handy little link there? Yeah. Go get it. Then import that song into iMovie by dragging it from the download location to the soundtrack bar. Now you’ve got yourself a sweet six minute long file, all music, all black.
We’ll need to do something about that. We’ll need to add – I know, I know, you want video, but not yet – we’ll add images. But what images will you use? That’s partially up to you. Back over at mrbarltrop.blogspot.com you’ll see a second post below the example video called Titles and Transitions: Work Files.
It’s here that you are to grab any six images you want for your movie. You can just drag and drop them right into the clip box like you’ve done in the past.
Then, drag those six clips into the video timeline and select them all (apple key click, click, click, without letting go of any of the button until you have them all selected.) Right click, and set the length of each clip/image to 7 seconds long.
Now you have a movie with six images and a song in the background. Fantastic. But you’ve done this before. So what’s next? Next we will be adding – wait for it… wait for it… Titles and Transitions.
Ohh – and should you lose this sheet, or – you know – want to pass the information and assignment on to people who are not in class today for whatever reason that may be, you can tell them it too is available from the mrbarltrop.blogspot.com website. How convenient!
Scrolling Titles
Click on the Editing box in the bottom right. Now look to the top right and click on the Titles box. Select Scrolling / Rolling Credits.
Some of the boxes will be filled in. It will say a movie name created by you, and some other stuff. Change the name of the movie to “Titles and Transitions” and then you will need to change the second set of information to read “Image 1” with the second part as a description of the image (street fighter, lady gaga, etc…)
See beside the white boxes? See the plus and minus icon? Click on the + That will give you a new set. Keep creating and filling in new sets for all six of the images.
Make sure the check box that says “Over Black” is selected, and add these titles to the beginning of your film.
Typing Credits
Get ready for some changes! O.K. see the final image in your movie? Click on it, right click on it, and set the length of that image to 30 seconds. Wow crazy, yeah? But no – there’s a reason for it. You’re about to put a title over it.
Click on the final, thirty second long image, and then navigate the boxes back to Editing / Titles. Here you’re going to now select Typing / Video Terminal. In the white box you can type in anything you want. It doesn’t matter. Just keep it classroom appropriate.
Make sure you have “Over Black” unchecked this time. If it’s checked, you’ll get a black title box. But we don’t want that. We want the titles over the image. You’ll see the typing appear on the screen now.
Transition Effects
Fade to Black
Here you go, you understand why you have that song in the background now? We’re going to fade images in and out. Navigate to Editing / Transitions.
After the first title set, which is Over Black, drag a Fade In between that title set, and the first image. This will make the image fade in from darkness. Then drag a Fade out between image 1 and image 2. Drag a fade in after the fade out. You could fade in without the fade out, but it will look odd. Fade out and in between 2 and 3 as well.
Between Image 3 and 4 drag in a Wash Out and a Wash In. This is like fade but it’s white. Wash out and in between 4 and 5 too.
Between image 5 and 6 choose a transition of your choosing. It could be warp, or dissolve. Play around with it. See what they all do, and see how you like them.
There, save the file, and select File menu at the top of the screen. Then click on Export. Select Compress Movie for Web Streaming, and you’re done. You’ve made a – well, almost a, movie. Good for you. Project finished. Only one more class of “tutorials” left. Then you’ll know it all.
Today we will be taking a look at all the other wacky things that can be done with iMovie. Well – not all of them, really there are always more. But we are going to look at a few more things.
So far you know how to put images into the file (provided that they don’t glitch and turn black when the file is finished rendering. If that does happen, it’s because iMovie doesn’t like you, deleted the file, and left you with a blank husk. Open up the trash, find your image there, delete the one in the time line, and use the previously trashed, but now all better, version. I know, it’s complicated. It’s easier in practice, and hopefully it won’t happen at all, yeah?)
You also know how to put in a sound track. So that’s great.
Step one: Direct your web browser over to http://mrbarltrop.blogspot.com/
There you will find an example video, and all the work files you’ll need to complete this project.
Step two: Download “Fade to Black”. It’s under the example video, see that handy little link there? Yeah. Go get it. Then import that song into iMovie by dragging it from the download location to the soundtrack bar. Now you’ve got yourself a sweet six minute long file, all music, all black.
We’ll need to do something about that. We’ll need to add – I know, I know, you want video, but not yet – we’ll add images. But what images will you use? That’s partially up to you. Back over at mrbarltrop.blogspot.com you’ll see a second post below the example video called Titles and Transitions: Work Files.
It’s here that you are to grab any six images you want for your movie. You can just drag and drop them right into the clip box like you’ve done in the past.
Then, drag those six clips into the video timeline and select them all (apple key click, click, click, without letting go of any of the button until you have them all selected.) Right click, and set the length of each clip/image to 7 seconds long.
Now you have a movie with six images and a song in the background. Fantastic. But you’ve done this before. So what’s next? Next we will be adding – wait for it… wait for it… Titles and Transitions.
Ohh – and should you lose this sheet, or – you know – want to pass the information and assignment on to people who are not in class today for whatever reason that may be, you can tell them it too is available from the mrbarltrop.blogspot.com website. How convenient!
Scrolling Titles
Click on the Editing box in the bottom right. Now look to the top right and click on the Titles box. Select Scrolling / Rolling Credits.
Some of the boxes will be filled in. It will say a movie name created by you, and some other stuff. Change the name of the movie to “Titles and Transitions” and then you will need to change the second set of information to read “Image 1” with the second part as a description of the image (street fighter, lady gaga, etc…)
See beside the white boxes? See the plus and minus icon? Click on the + That will give you a new set. Keep creating and filling in new sets for all six of the images.
Make sure the check box that says “Over Black” is selected, and add these titles to the beginning of your film.
Typing Credits
Get ready for some changes! O.K. see the final image in your movie? Click on it, right click on it, and set the length of that image to 30 seconds. Wow crazy, yeah? But no – there’s a reason for it. You’re about to put a title over it.
Click on the final, thirty second long image, and then navigate the boxes back to Editing / Titles. Here you’re going to now select Typing / Video Terminal. In the white box you can type in anything you want. It doesn’t matter. Just keep it classroom appropriate.
Make sure you have “Over Black” unchecked this time. If it’s checked, you’ll get a black title box. But we don’t want that. We want the titles over the image. You’ll see the typing appear on the screen now.
Transition Effects
Fade to Black
Here you go, you understand why you have that song in the background now? We’re going to fade images in and out. Navigate to Editing / Transitions.
After the first title set, which is Over Black, drag a Fade In between that title set, and the first image. This will make the image fade in from darkness. Then drag a Fade out between image 1 and image 2. Drag a fade in after the fade out. You could fade in without the fade out, but it will look odd. Fade out and in between 2 and 3 as well.
Between Image 3 and 4 drag in a Wash Out and a Wash In. This is like fade but it’s white. Wash out and in between 4 and 5 too.
Between image 5 and 6 choose a transition of your choosing. It could be warp, or dissolve. Play around with it. See what they all do, and see how you like them.
There, save the file, and select File menu at the top of the screen. Then click on Export. Select Compress Movie for Web Streaming, and you’re done. You’ve made a – well, almost a, movie. Good for you. Project finished. Only one more class of “tutorials” left. Then you’ll know it all.
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