Storyreels
IDS252: 3D Animation, Fall 2009

Items to place in your group folder on \\home\enfuzion:

• Your 1 minute storyreel. Note, the directions for converting from your storyboards to a storyreel are given below.

• A copy of your story (Word format is fine).

• (Once final groups are formed) A shot list (Word) with each shot assigned to a group member.

• (Once final groups are formed) A task list (Word or Excel) identifying who is going to be doing what.

Directions for Converting Your Storyboards into a Storyreel

• If your storyboards were done on 8.5x11 sheets of paper, you will need to scan them into the computer. In Ford 202, there is a scanner with a document feeder which makes this process very easy:

  • Log onto the computer that is sitting next to the scanner in rm 202.

  • Place your storyboards in their proper order face up on the document feeder of the scanner.

  • On the Windows side, go to the start menu, and:

    • Select Settings and then Control Panel.
    • In the window that opens, select "Scanners and Cameras".
    • In the window that opens, select "HP Scanjet 4500c/5550c"

  • Click next in the Welcome page that appears.

  • If your storyboards are black and white, choose Grayscale picture. Otherwise, choose Color picture. The Paper source should be set to Document Feeder and the Paper size should be set to Letter 8.5 x 11 inches.

    Click on the Custom settings button and change the Resolution to 100 (or something close to this). This will keep your images from being huge. Click OK to return to previous window. Click next.

  • In the next window, enter a name for your scanned images.

    Choose the file type jpg. You might want to experiment with other file types but remember that different formats will vary in image quality as well as file size. It is always a balancing act.

    Choose the location (i.e. your group folder on enfuzion) where you will store your files.

  • Wait for the pages to be scanned.

  • On the Other Options page, choose the Nothing option and click next.

  • In the next window, click finish.

  • In Windows, go to the folder where the images were save and make sure that they all look ok. If not, you may need to rescan. If you drew the images in landscape, you will need to rotate them so that they are properly oriented. Select all of the images, right click on them, select either "Rotate Clockwise" or "Rotate Counter Clockwise" depending on what is needed.

• To generate an animation from your storyboard images, use Adobe Premier:

  • Open up Premier and create a new project on \\home\enfuzion in your group folder.

  • As before, use the Get Media button to load in the images. However, this time do not check Numbered Stills. Instead, just select all of the images by shift-selecting. Click the open button.

  • Drag all of the storyboard images down to the video timeline. You will need to adjust the duration of each frame individually. Remember that the total length should be exactly 1 minute. You can change the time length for each image by dragging the image along the video timeline. To precisely change the duration of an individual storyboard, right click on the storyboard in the timeline. Choose Time Stretch.... Change the duration either by directly typing in a number, or by placing the mouse over the duration time, press and drag down the left mouse button to change the value.

  • Once you have all of the timing set, save to a quicktime movie. preferably 640x480 in size.