PRESENTING YOUR FINAL ARTWORKS

Presentations of your final folio of artwork will take place in your final class (week 12 for Jenna's classes, week 13 for Michael's).  

Please upload all of your finished artworks to your blog.

Your images need to be jpeg format. Export from Illustrator as a jpeg. Or Save As in Photoshop as a jpeg.

You may need to make the images smaller (72 dpi) to be able to upload them. Refer to previous blog post about how to change the image size in Photoshop for how to do this.

Remember that you may need to upload your video to Youtube or Vimeo and link or embed your video on your blog.

If you have difficulties uploading your artwork to your blog, you will be required to hand your work in to your lecturer on a CD/DVD. Or if you do not want to upload your work to the internet for privacy reasons please notify your lecturer and hand in your work on CD/DVD.

To present your work in class, you can show your images from your blog, usb, cd or external harddrive. You do not need to create a powerpoint presentation unless specified by your lecturer.

Present and critically discuss your final folio to the class with critical discussion (i.e. the formal and aesthetic qualities of the work, the subject matter, your intention and the digital techniques explored), with provision for class feedback and discussion. The presentation should be approximately 5-10 minutes long. 

You will also be required to actively participate in the discussion on other’s works.

FOR STUDENTS ON PLACEMENT

**Please discuss with your lecturer regarding how you will present you works in place of the oral presentation.**

For students in Jenna's class, please upload all of your artworks to your blog and write a brief statement on each one (what you would have talked abot had you presented orally). 
 

Uploading video to your blog

It is unlikely that you will be able to upload your video straight to your blog, so you may need to use a video hosting site like Youtube or Vimeo, then link it or embed it in your blog.

It is unwise to upload a video the internet with copyrighted images or sound/music. Please be aware of the copyright of other works. If you have used copyrighted materials, it is probably best to hand your work in directly to your lecturer. If you have used material with a creative commons licence please credit accordingly.

iDVD - Publishing your video to DVD

Open iDVD
Create new project. Name and choose location to save project.
Select relevant aspect ratio (standard or widescreen)

Before doing anything else, we need to make sure the settings are correct. In the menu bar > iDVD > Preferences > General > Uncheck show Apple watermark.
Projects > Video Mode: PAL


When it opens it will look like this:

 

         ^ Info button     ^ Show Drop Zones     ^Play

Playing in the centre is what the DVD menu looks like. Running along the right hand side is the menu themes you can choose from. Select a theme if you want a menu. You will notice grey 'drop zones', these are areas where you can drag and drop still images or video to play like previews before the the DVD plays. Be sure to drag and drop the image/video directly into the drop zone, other wise you will be adding a video or image to be played. Depending on which theme you have chosen there may be more than one drop zone. Click on the show drop zones button to identify all of them.

Click on the Info button (bottom left of the screen). It will give you the menu info where you can choose the music or the loop duration of the background for example.

It is not necessary to have a menu, as you can set the DVD to play as soon as it is inserted into the drive or player.

Click on DVD map (first button of the three in the middle)

                              ^ DVD map  

                                          

This shows you the flow of the DVD. As you can see you can drag contents into the first box to play automatically when inserted. I would use this option if I were showing a video piece at an exhibition on a loop. 

 

            ^ Info button

Here I have dragged my video directly into the first box, then clicked on the Info button bottom left. The grey movie info dialogue box opened, I clicked on Loop Movie. This means that my movie will automatically play looped when inserted into the player. 

If you do not want that to be the case, you can click on the Add (+) button next to the info button. Add movie. This will add a box after the menu into which you can drag and drop your video.

You can add multiple videos or slideshows. It will look like this in the DVD map view:

Or like this if you unclick DVD map:

If you click on the video titles (seen here under Revolution Main), then the info tab you can change the font, colour etc. 

If you click on any of that text (ie Revolution main, sequence 2, test) you can rename them too. 

You can preview your DVD at any time by clicking on the play arrow.

Once you are happy with your DVD, click on the burn button directly next to the play button.

It will direct you to insert a blank DVD. Then it will proceed to burn the DVD. You can make multiple copies easily by inserting another blank DVD when it has finished the first.

Burning a Data CD/DVD

If you are going to submit all or part of your final folio on a data CD or DVD, please follow the steps below for using the Burn program on the Macs at Uni.

Open the Burn application from the Applications folder.

Ensure the 'Data' button is selected from the 4 choices along the top.

Title the disk with your name.

Change the format to Mac + PC (this means you will be able to view the contents of the disk on both operating systems).

Drag and drop your final artworks from the desktop onto the Burn window.

Please ensure the works are titled clearly. Your still images should be .jpg and your video should be .mov files.

Click Burn. Insert disk. You can check the 'allow more sessions' box. This will allow you to continue to burn files onto the disk until it has run out of space. 

Click burn.

Wait for the magic box to put your pretty pictures and video onto the shiny round thing.
Label shiny round thing clearly with your name and student number.
Include a stamped self address envelope if you would like you disk returned.
Hand in to your lecturer with relief and a smile on your face.

Sound resources for video

If you are wanting to use legally free sounds, sound effects or music you can download from sites such as
https://www.freesound.org/
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos

Just be sure to check the instructions of the artists to ensure you credit correctly.

FCP - Exporting your finished video

Find out the frame size of your video prior to exporting to ensure you do so at the correct size. To do this, control click on a clip in your timeline > Item Properties > Format.

Next to Frame Size, it will give you the dimensions of the clip (eg 1290 x 1080). Take note of this size. Click cancel.

Deselect the clip in the timeline by clicking on any of the grey area just above the video line.

Make sure the correct Sequence is selected in your browser (other wise you will only export what you currently have selected). 

File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion

Name and choose location

Format: Click on Options.

Video Settings > Compression type > H.264

Frame rate: Current

Compressor Quality > High or Best

OK

Size:

This will depend on whether you shot in Standard Definition or High Definition

For SD choose SD 768 x 576 or SD PAL 720x576 4:3 or 16:9 for widescreen

For HD choose 1280 x 720 HD

(If you are unsure of the format of your video, command click on a clip in your sequence > item properties. In here you will see the format and the size of the clip, eg 1920 x 1080)

OK

Sound - You can leave the sound settings as is, they should be fine for our projects.

OK. 

The amount of time it takes to export your video will depend on the length and how much editing and effects you've added. 

You can watch a Youtube tutorial on exporting your video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpJCgL-_7YA

Compressing video using Handbrake and Streamclip

An alternative method to Compressor
You will need to complete both steps

STEP 1: HANDBRAKE

Whilst compressing your HD video into an Apple ProRes 422 file using Compressor is ideal, there is an alternative for students who do not have access to the program or are finding it confusing.

Handbrake is an open source video transcoder, meaning you can download it for free on to your own computer and convert your videos quickly and easily. Available for Mac and Windows.

http://handbrake.fr/


Open Handbrake. You will be prompted to select a source video. This is the video you want to compress. Navigate and select the video clip. Click Open.

Browse for the destination (where you want your converted video file to be saved).

Output Settings:
Format - MP4

Video
Video Codec: Mpg4


Press the start button (top left, next to the source button).

You will then need to convert this clip into a video file editable in FCP.

STEP 2: MPEG STREAMCLIP

Download Mpeg Streamclip for your Mac or PC.
 http://www.squared5.com/

File > Open File
Locate you mpg4 video you just transcoded in Handbrake

File > Export to Quicktime
Compression: Apple Pro Res 422
1920 x 1080 (unscaled)

Click on 'Make Movie'
Re-name file


Your videos should now be editable in FCP