Each quiz should have at least one question with embedded video and multiple choice or T/F answer links. Each possible answer links to a new page with an explanation of why that answer was correct or incorrect.

Examples:

neighborhood from Vera Danilina on Vimeo.

This video serves as the inspiration for our own “Neighborhoods” video project. Each student will document their neighborhood with pre-determined set of shots. Then the videos will be displayed side-by-side, offering a comparison and contrast of the diverse neighborhoods that make up the student body of HTHMA.

Each video will include the following 10 5-second shots in order:

1. Static MS of sign w/name of neighborhood.

2. Tracking shot of how people transport themselves

3. Ext. static WS of where people eat

4. CU of something beautiful

5. CU of something ugly

6. Static WS of nature

7. MS of people exercising/recreating

8. MS kids playing

9. MS of a crowd.

10. CU of yourself

Reply to this post with your final image.

Click here for a great tutorial by Melissa Evans.

Shooting your still images

Plan your shots. You will need to take at least 50 pictures of your subject in mid-air. Lock down your camera on a sturdy tripod. Set the camera to “Sports” mode and hold down the shutter release button to shoot in continuous mode. This will help you capture the perfect moment. You will need to discard the images you won’t be using.

Creating Stop Motion Video with Photoshop

1. Open Photoshop and go to File > Open

2. Navigate to the folder in which you saved you pictures.

3. Select the first image. Make sure you only have the images in this folder you want to use for your movie.

4. Check the “Image Sequence” option at the bottom, and then click “Open”

5. A new pop up opens in which you have to enter the frame rate of your movie (the number of photos shown every second). Select 10 photos per second.

6. Go to File > Export > Render Video.

7. Save your rendered video file in the appropriate folder on Rosskopf Shared.

Wiggle 3D Example

Incredible Wiggle 3d by By David Fitsimmons from: adorama.com

Anaglyph 3D Example

Background:

Depth perception is the ability to view our surroundings in three dimensions – length, width and depth (in Cartesian coordinates, x, y, and z).

Seeing our world through the slightly different viewpoints of our two eyes is called stereopsis. Viewing scenes from two different angles (binocular disparity) allows us to triangulate and converge on different focal points, which lets us calculate distances and spatial relationships between objects.

Photographs are a two dimensional representation of the real world. One can achieve some depth perception through techniques like perspective (converging parallel lines), relative size, occlusion (blocking), and focus blur, but the brain has to be “fooled” into seeing 3D when viewing a 2D image.

The most common method of 3D imaging is stereoscopy, which combines two offset images.

The two types of stereoscopy we will create are anaglyph images and wiggle stereography.

Anaglyph images are created by applying colored filters (typically red and cyan) to offset images, then viewing the images with similarly tinted glasses. Wiggle 3D images are created by animating between two offset images. Both methods can be applied to the same set of original photographs.

Taking the photographs

-Take two photographs from eye-width apart (approx. 2.5 inches).

-Your subject should be in the middleground with foreground and background elements to create parallax for depth perception.

-Your subject must remain in the same position between shots.

Keep the camera horizontal (use a tripod if available).

Photoshopping the Images

For Wiggle 3d:

- Open both images in the same Photoshop Document and name the appropriate layers “right” and “left”

- Lower the opacity on the top layer and align you subject (all other elements of the photo will be misaligned – you want this), then increase the opacity back to 100%.

- Open the “animation” window. Switch to “frame” view. Whatever is visible in your canvas will appear in the first frame. Copy the frame and lower the opacity of your top layer to 0.

- Adjust the timing and experiment with inserting “tween” frames for maximum 3D effect.

- When finished, go to file > save for web and save as a .gif. Large Gifs load slower, so be sure make you image size no larger than 500 pixels wide.

For Anaglyph:

Repeat the first two steps for Wiggle 3D.

Select the right eye and go to Image > Adjustments > Levels. This will open the following box.  Drop down the top menu and select the Red channel.

Now, at the bottom where it says Output Levels: change the 255 to 0 and click OK.  This should change your layer to a green-blue color (cyan).

Now select the left layer and open the Level… dialog box again. Select the Green Layer. Change the Output Level to 0.  Select the Blue Layer and change the Output Level to 0.  Click OK.  This should turn the top layer to bright red.

Select the top layer (left or right) and in the box where it currently says Normal change it to Screen.

Save your image.

To create a Photoshop silhouette:

1. Open a photograph of yourself that you will turn into a silhouette.

2. Use the pen tool to carefully outline your shape.

3. Fill your shape with descriptive words. Use a bold typeface, fill as much of the shape as possible, and extend beyond the border of your shape.

4. Select all of your text layers and group them.

5. Make a copy of your grouped text layers and Merge the group.

6. Turn your text group folder invisible.

7. Command click on the Vector mask thumbnail to turn your shape into a selection.

8. Highlight your merged text layer, select the inverse, and delete.

9. Make your original image and shape layer invisible, and replace with a new background. Add layer styles to taste.

10. save you final image online and post below.

Create a logo to use in the header of your Digital Portfolio and reply to this post with your final image.

Here is a link to some Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials for inspiration.

Choose a clip from Rosskopf shared and use this tutorial to isolate one color. Upload your clip to a video hosting service and post the link below and embed the edited video on your DP.