Directions for Converting Your Storyboards into a Storyreel
IDS252: 3D Animation

Scanning

It is assumed that your storyboards are on 8.5x11 sheets of paper. These will be scanned 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 Start and then Devices and Printers.
  • Double click on hp scanjet scanner
  • In the window that opens, change the settings so that:
    • Source is set to feeder.
    • Paper size is set to Letter 8.5 x 11 inches.
    • Change the Resolution to 100 (or something close to this unless you need high resolution). This will keep your images from being huge.
  • Click scan.
  • In the small window that opens, enter a name for your scanned images and then click Import.
  • At this point, the scanning should begin. When the scanning is done, a window will open to a folder containing your scanned files.
  • 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.
  • Look through them to make sure that they all turned out readable. You may need to rescan some of the boards.
  • Copy your images over to an appropriately named folder on cs-render.
  • Log off and move to a different computer so that someone else can use the scanner.

Creating the Storyreel

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

• Open up Premier and create a new project (same as you did for the previous animations) on cs-render.
• 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 as before, preferably 720x480 in size. Your animation should be exactly 1 minute long.