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Video Production for Education & Training Bill Duff, Jr. Copyright 1999 College of Human Resources & Education West Virginia University
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Creating Text Graphics generators create text in order to display titles, locations, or other information over the screen that is being viewed by a process called keying.
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Creating Text Titles character generator (CG) - create text on a television screen –software based systems, (which use a desktop computer as a platform), –dedicated equipment (built to perform one task only, in this case creating television graphics
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Creating Text Titles –called “lower thirds” –“keyed in” –layers
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Creating Text a. Backgrounds should be colorful. Flat white backgrounds avoided. b. Font size no smaller than 24-point. c. Text not exceed six words per line & six lines per page.
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Creating Text d. Text & images not be placed within 1 inch of any screen edges. e. All pages prepared in landscape.
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The World Of Graphics
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Creating Text Graphics variables: –a wide range font (typeface) styles –variable font sizes –colors for letters, figures and backgrounds –edging and drop shadows –ability to scroll words vertically (roll) or horizontally (crawl) –Anti-aliasing capabilities
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Creating Text: What looks good! Mr. John Smith Director
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Creating Text: What looks good! Mr. John Smith Director
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Creating Text: What looks good! Maria Torres Cosmetic Specialist
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Creating Text: What looks good! Maria Torres Cosmetic Specialist
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Creating Text: What looks good!
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Designing Graphics TV Aspect Ratio 4:3
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Designing Graphics Resolution - video always 72 dots per inch (dpi). http://www.hypermaths.org/quadibloc/other/aspint.htm
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Designing Graphics Design - text as large as possible, 36 to 48 points. One point is 1/72 “ 36 point is ½” text avoid thin typefaces or serif typefaces with single- pixel serifs
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Designing Graphics CAT CAT CAT Freestyle script 48 Helvetica 48 Ariel 48 Bold
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Designing Graphics Points or size 72 point text 48 point text 36 point text 24 point text 12 point text
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Designing Graphics Topography –avoid placing any text or important objects too near the edge of the image bec
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Designing Graphics - safe area
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Creating Text Typography(Cont’d) –Anti-Aliasing – blur edges –Title placement and background – don’t make it look like a bumper sticker on a face –Gradient and solid backgrounds work best –Avoid busy backgrounds –Keep fonts simple and bold Use letter edging and drop shadows
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Creating Text Typography(Cont’d) –Anti-Aliasing – blur edges Take a look at these images. The letter a on the left is un-anti-aliased and looks coarse compared with the letter on the right.
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Creating Text Typography(Cont’d) –Anti-Aliasing – blur edges
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Creating Text Typography(Cont’d) –Anti-Aliasing – blur edges –Title placement and background – don’t make it look like a bumper sticker on a face –Gradient and solid backgrounds work best –Avoid busy backgrounds –Keep fonts simple and bold Use letter edging and drop shadows
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Creating Text: What looks good! Maria Torres Cosmetic Specialist
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Creating Text Typography(Cont’d) –Anti-Aliasing – blur edges –Title placement and background – don’t make it look like a bumper sticker on a face –Gradient and solid backgrounds work best –Avoid busy backgrounds –Keep fonts simple and bold –Use letter edging and drop shadows
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Graphics E E
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Animation Bunch of still frames played back Morphing software http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dynamic/off site.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mo rpheussoftware.net%2F
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Creating Text - CG Makers Adobe Chyron Newtek Abecas Extensis Pinnacle Animatek Grass ValleyPositron Artbeats Hash, Inc. Rhinocerous Artel Boris ICE Scala Auto F/X InscriberSima Autodessys JASC Strata AVID Macromedia Ultimat FocusMatrox Videonics Corel Multidyne Visual Inspiration Crystal Graphics MGIDynamic Realities
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Graphics Link http://www.webreference.com/graphics/
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