Comments on: Snow 2010 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/ Free Materials For Teachers Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:13:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-17390 admin Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-17390 Tracey, I used several applications to do the snowballs. The final results, as you have figured out, are QuickTime movies. I often create the initial artwork in Bryce 3D, a fairly inexpensive yet powerful 3D CAD program. I think I used v. 5.5 and 6, but 7 is out now. Basic shapes like a sphere are included, and Bryce lets you map any texture onto the shape, so I just put snow on a sphere. You also can easily rotate shapes. And, Bryce lets you create animation by changing the position, size, rotation etc of the shapes over time. Bryce animation is saved in QuickTime format. I open the animation in QuickTime Pro, and paste in a soundtrack. This option has been in QuickTime Pro probably as far back as v. 4. You can copy a sound track and paste it in scaled to fit a movie, so that the sound ends at just the right moment. That's in the Edit menu in Pro. And, you can open common sound files (.wav, mp3) in QuickTime, and just copy and paste them into your movie. QuickTime Pro is only $30, and I find it really handy! You can export in a format to use on the web from QuickTime Pro, and they include a little bit of html you could put into a page to make your movie display. If you are interested in giving Bryce 3D a try, go to daz3d.com. You can actually download Bryce 7 for personal non-commercial use FREE! You really need a class to learn to do scenes and animations, and you can find that for free also. Here's the link: http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceTutSet.html Though the course was written for v. 5, everything is still applicable.The teacher, Robin Wood, says she hasn't used Bryce in a long time, and won't answer questions. But I use it still, and if you try the course, I'd be happy to help you. I still have all my notes and lessons. Tracey,
I used several applications to do the snowballs. The final results, as you have figured out, are QuickTime movies. I often create the initial artwork in Bryce 3D, a fairly inexpensive yet powerful 3D CAD program. I think I used v. 5.5 and 6, but 7 is out now. Basic shapes like a sphere are included, and Bryce lets you map any texture onto the shape, so I just put snow on a sphere. You also can easily rotate shapes. And, Bryce lets you create animation by changing the position, size, rotation etc of the shapes over time. Bryce animation is saved in QuickTime format.

I open the animation in QuickTime Pro, and paste in a soundtrack. This option has been in QuickTime Pro probably as far back as v. 4. You can copy a sound track and paste it in scaled to fit a movie, so that the sound ends at just the right moment. That’s in the Edit menu in Pro. And, you can open common sound files (.wav, mp3) in QuickTime, and just copy and paste them into your movie. QuickTime Pro is only $30, and I find it really handy! You can export in a format to use on the web from QuickTime Pro, and they include a little bit of html you could put into a page to make your movie display.

If you are interested in giving Bryce 3D a try, go to daz3d.com. You can actually download Bryce 7 for personal non-commercial use FREE! You really need a class to learn to do scenes and animations, and you can find that for free also. Here’s the link:
http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/BryceTuts/BryceTutSet.html
Though the course was written for v. 5, everything is still applicable.The teacher, Robin Wood, says she hasn’t used Bryce in a long time, and won’t answer questions. But I use it still, and if you try the course, I’d be happy to help you. I still have all my notes and lessons.

]]> By: admin http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-17389 admin Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:47:42 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-17389 Tracey Gaver writes: I have a question regarding movies. Specifically in SNOW: Building a Snowman, you've got a movie for each snowball, etc. How in the world did you create them? I cannot figure this out -- they appear to be Quick Time? what software are you using (including version, please) and is there anything I should know -- I really want to be able to replicate this technique for some work we are doing with Space and Wetlands, as well as our reading series. Tracey Gaver writes:
I have a question regarding movies. Specifically in SNOW: Building a Snowman, you’ve got a movie for each snowball, etc. How in the world did you create them? I cannot figure this out — they appear to be Quick Time? what software are you using (including version, please) and is there anything I should know — I really want to be able to replicate this technique for some work we are doing with Space and Wetlands, as well as our reading series.

]]> By: Karen Sheehan http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-9035 Karen Sheehan Wed, 12 May 2010 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-9035 Hi Anne, Nice SNOW book and activities! Great work. It's nice to see you still at it creating and taking wonderful photos. Karen Hi Anne,
Nice SNOW book and activities! Great work. It’s nice to see you still at it creating and taking wonderful photos.
Karen

]]> By: admin http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-770 admin Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:07:21 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-770 Beth, I've downloaded the zip file, and there are definitely movies in there. They are in a folder named Media, there are four movies, and I've gotten them when I downloaded on two different computers. The movies play, too. It's possible the links have broken so that you aren't seeing them in your activity, though. Try downloading again and unzip the file just to make sure you see a Media folder. Maybe that particular download was bad. Also, I've discovered through trial and many errors that all .avi files are not the same. There are various .avi compressions, and depending on which little bits of add-on files called codecs are in your system, some may play and some won't. For example, Indeo .avi compression, which was a very common file type used on XP, won't play on Vista or Mac OSX 10 since there is no codec included in those systems for that one anymore. So the next question might be, which system are you using? Beth,
I’ve downloaded the zip file, and there are definitely movies in there. They are in a folder named Media, there are four movies, and I’ve gotten them when I downloaded on two different computers. The movies play, too.

It’s possible the links have broken so that you aren’t seeing them in your activity, though. Try downloading again and unzip the file just to make sure you see a Media folder. Maybe that particular download was bad.

Also, I’ve discovered through trial and many errors that all .avi files are not the same. There are various .avi compressions, and depending on which little bits of add-on files called codecs are in your system, some may play and some won’t. For example, Indeo .avi compression, which was a very common file type used on XP, won’t play on Vista or Mac OSX 10 since there is no codec included in those systems for that one anymore.

So the next question might be, which system are you using?

]]> By: Beth Poss http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-226 Beth Poss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:20:36 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-226 Ann--were there movies with the ICS activities? They did not seem to come through with the zip file. Great stuff--thanks! Beth Ann–were there movies with the ICS activities? They did not seem to come through with the zip file. Great stuff–thanks!
Beth

]]> By: Donna Jordan http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/2010/02/15/snow-2010/#comment-214 Donna Jordan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:08:01 +0000 http://www.annbrundigestudio.com/?p=32#comment-214 Thanks for making this activity. It is perfect for students and is a HUGE timesaver. You are awesome! Thanks for making this activity. It is perfect for students and is a HUGE timesaver. You are awesome!

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