MOTION
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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Don Bergland
bergland@uvic.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquiring MOTION

 
1. MOTION
  Motion can be applied to photos, images, and text. We usually call the result, film, video, or animation.
 
2. MOTION (VIDEO & ANIMATION) PLAYERS
  In order to play back (or hear) video and animation files on your computer, you need certain player utilities. These players are free and can be easily installed from the host website:
  01 QuickTime Player 02 Windows Media Player
  03 Real Audio Player 04 Flash Player
  05 Shockwave Player  
 
3. MOTION (VIDEO) SEARCH ENGINES
  The following sites provide search tools for finding specific video and animation:
  01 Google Video Search 02 AltaVista Video
  03 Singing Fish Video 04 All The Web Media Search
 
4. DOWNLOADING VIDEO & ANIMATION
  Video and animation is downloaded the same way as audio (See Audio - A. Audio - 3. Downloading Audio
 
5. FREE ANIMATION
  These sites provide free animation files for your productions:
  01 Animation Factory 02 Animation Library
  03 Best Animations 04 Syruss Animations
  05 Animations Galore 06 Shockzone Animation
 
6. FREE VIDEO
  These site offer free video files for you to use in your work:
  01 Video Backgrounds 02 Free Stock Footage
  03 Open Source Movies 04 Free Streaming Video Clips
  05 Discovery Viewing ($) 06 (Not Free) United Streaming 
 
7. ONLINE ANIMATION GENERATORS
  These online programs will generate simple animations for you to use:
  01 3D Textmaker 02 Cool Text Logo Maker
  03 Animated Banner Maker 04 Web-based Graphics Editor
  05 Button Maker 06 Button Maker
  07 Animated Banner Online 08 Flaming Text Generator
 
8. ANIMATION PRODUCTION SOFTWARE
  There are many animation programs, but the most popular is currently Macromedia Flash.
  01 Macromedia Flash  02 Photoshop Elements - GIF
 
9. ANIMATION TUTORIALS
  These sites provide tutorials for Flash and Photoshop GIF animation.
  01  Adobe Photoshop - GIF Anim    
     
10. VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
  These direct you to video editing software:
  01  Avid Free DV (Free) 02  Jahshaka (Open Source)
  03  Adobe Premiere Pro 04 Adobe Premiere Pro Free Trial 
  05 Adobe Premiere Elements 06 Adobe Premiere Elements Free Trial
  07 VJ Software  
 
11. VIDEO TUTORIALS
  These sites provide tutorials for Avid, Jahshaka, and Premiere Elements.
  01 Avid Free DV Tutorials 02 Windows Movie Maker - Atomic
  03 iMovie 2 - Atomic 04 Storyboard Pro - Atomic
  05 United Streaming - Atomic  
   

 

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