Laboratory work № 11- PART 3

Objectives:

Ø Creating a Collection – Video and Audio

Ø Optimizing for the Web

For this tutorial we will be creating a promotional movie for the Aston Martin DB9 sports car using videos, sound and text (instead of images as in the previous sections).

1. Create a new project and save it as db9.wlmp  in your lab11 folder on your memory stick.
   
   
2. Click on the Home tab on the Ribbon and then select the Add videos and photos button. Browser till you find the vid folder in your lab11 folder and select it:

1. Then click on the first video clip:  db8_clip_000.avi and hold down the shift key and select the last video clip: db9_clip_005.avi  to make sure they are all selected and then click on the Open button.

1. Click on the Add music button, then click on the Add music… option:

and this time browse to the snd folder in your lab11 folder and select the file called db9_track.mp3  and click on the Openbutton.

1. Click on the Animations tab from the Ribbon bar and click on the first clip (. Add a transition to this first image (transitions will be at the top left, pick the one Blur – through black. (it has a blurred image of the silhouette of a head, hover over it to see the name).  Change the duration to 3.00.

1. Click on each of the remaining clips and add a transition between the clips (add the Diagonal box out effect between each clip)

1. Preview your movie on the media player, the play button below the video (move the play head back to the beginning of the video) to make sure your video plays properly and in the correct sequence.
   
   
2. Let us add some text to our promotional movie. Add the text below where indicated, using the given styles and effects::
   
   

a. Add a TITLE at the beginning of the movie

Effect:Swing down à

Font: Verdana (Bold)

Size: 28

Text:

o Text Line 1 à Aston Martin DB9

o Text Line 2 à A striking balance

b. Db9_clip_000 - Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Effect: Zoom in - big à

Font: Verdana (Bold)

Size: 16

TextAlignment: right

Ø Text à Technical Innovation Tested Meticulously

c. Db9_clip_001 - Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Styles and Effects: Same as in (b) above.

Ø Text à Understated Elegance

d. Db9_clip_002 - Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Styles and Effects: Same as in (b) above.

Ø Text à Two-Way Communication

e. Db9_clip_003 - Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Styles and Effects: Same as in (b) above.

Ø Text à Designed to Stir the Soul

f. Db9_clip_004 - Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Styles and Effects: Same as in (b) above.

Ø Text à Reassurance in an Unpredictable World

g. Db9_clip_005 -Add CAPTION on the selected clip

Styles and Effects: Same as in (b) above.

Ø Text à DB9: 100% Aston Martin

h. Add CREDITS at the end of the movie

Effect: Scroll (the default effect)

Font: Verdana (Bold)

Size: 20

TextAlignment: centre

Ø Text Line 1 à DB9

Ø Text Line 2 à Aston Martin of Ontario

Ø Text Line 3 à www.astonmartin.com

1. Now let’s try to play with the audio. Double click anywhere on the green audio track below your video:

This will bring up the Music Options tab:

a. Change the Start time for the audio to be 6 (it will start 6 seconds into the movie)

b. Change the Fade out to be Slow (this will slowly fade the sound out at the end of the movie)

1. Save your file and preview your movie.
   
   
2. Export your movie to a file format that is compressed and can be used on a webpage:

a. Click on the top left dropdown arrow to get the file menu and select Save Movie>CS1033movie. 

b. The filename of your movie should be DB9_Final and should be saved under your lab folder.

1. Go to your lab folder and preview your movie. You’re done!

LABORATORY EXERCISE №12