Week 5

07-10-2010 Encore Tutorial

 Exercises

To further our understanding of encore, we completed exercise 1 independently. This exercise involved importing video and linking it to a menu.

Steps taken to complete exercise

• Create a new project on our external hard drives.
• Set up the project correctly by selecting the correct settings such as choosing DVD, and setting PAL as the Television Standard.
• Next thing was to import the video as a timeline.
• After having done this, I selected the blue notes menu as my front end menu.
• I then selected the first button of the menu and used the pickwhip tool to link the button to the video file.
• Then, I set the Menu as first play by clearing first play from the video file, and setting first play to the menu. First play is indicated by a little yellow arrow in the top right hand corner.
• We then previewed the menu,and exited the preview.
• After this , we checked the menu and video and it listed end action not set as a problem. To resolve this, I set the blue notes menu as the end action so after the video stopped, the menu screen shows. This was done by using the pickwhip tool. I dragged the pickwhip from the end action to the blue notes menu.

 One of the most useful things I have learnt from this exercise was how to set up a new project. This screen shot is of the set-up screen with the settings set correctly. The naming of the project is up to the user.

07-10-2010 Digital Graphics

Photoshop User Guide

 We gathered information today to put in our Photoshop user guide. We had to research...

• the difference between the file formats .bmp , .psd , .jpg , .tif , .gif
• the differences between Raster and Vector images
• how images are displayed on screen compared to paper ( CMYK and RGB colour modes )
• explain the different ways to capture an image eg scanners, memory cards, cameras, and the different resolutions that should be used to display captured images on the internet.

I gathered some information and made a start on my article, however I will need more time to complete it.

05-10-2010 DVD Menu Research

Contingency Plan

A contingency plan is a document that identifies potential problems and resolutions specific to what is being created or produced. We produced a contingency plan specific to producing our DVD Menus. We listed three potential problems and resolutions under the three stages of production. The stages of production are...

• Pre-production (planning)
• Production (filming, photography)
• Post-production (editing)

This was very useful as it makes us think about how to avoid problems and what to do if they occur. Overall, I know this will make the project run more smoothly.

05-10-2010 DVD Menu Research

Initial Ideas

 
After producing the contingency plan, I came up with three initial ideas for my independent thriller themed DVD Menu. I came up with either a spy themed menu, a gambling themed menu, and a superhero themed menu.

05-10-2010 Encore Tutorial

 Introduction to Encore cs3

We looked at Adobe Encore cs3 software today, a package used to create DVD and Blu-ray projects. It was only a short workshop, giving us some time to get used to what the software does, by learning what tools and features are available, and we completed a short task of importing video and linking it to a play button. It looks like a good software package and I look forward to using it more.