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Creating 3D Videos from Photos Using PhotoAnim
1. Final Draft
PhotoAnim:
A step towards creating your
own 3D world
Shatha Muhsineh
COL 270-510
2. Table of contents
- Video creation and editing tools:
• Definition
• Overview
• PhotoAnim Application
- PhotoAnim & Operating modes
- Editions
- Installation
- How to use it
- Advantages
- Limitations
• References Click on the
• Quiz subtopics to
navigate
3. Video creation and editing tools
• Definition:
Applications which enable the user to
create videos from images and allow the
user to add effects to the digital video
footage
• Examples:
Apple iMovie, Windows Movie
Maker, PhotoAnim
4. Overview on video creation and editing
tools
• 1895: Introduction of first motion
pictures, without editing or sound
• 1903, Edwin Porter: Film editing became
more dynamic
• 1927, Warner Brothers: First film with
sound
5. PhotoAnim application
• Overview
• Operating modes
• Editions
• Installation
• How to use it?
• Benefits
• Limitations
6. PhotoAnim App.
• A full platform allowing to
edit/animate photos and
produce videos
• Not specialized application –
anyone can use it
• It takes a few minutes to get
started
7. Operating Modes
• Image Edit mode
- Enables the user to extract subject from
background, draw shapes and text
• Animate mode
- Enables the user to warp animation on
multiple regions
• Movie mode
- Enables the user to control camera position
and produce video
11. PhotoAnim 3DX edition
• Allows the user to make
- 3D model from 2D images
- Framework animation of 3D regions
- Framework animation of a full image
12. PhotoAnim 3DX Installation
- Configurations required:
• PC running at least at 1.5 GHz
• Min. 512 MByte of RAM
• Windows XP or above
• No specific graphic card required
• Free memory (min 500 MB)
13. • How to install?
1) Go to http://www.photoanim.com/
18. 7) Go to the next step to download, then the
download should start
19. 8) When the download is done, choose install
now to get the app on your PC
20. 9) Accept the agreement, then click next
10) Choose file to save the app in, then click
next
21. 11) After that, the installation should start
12) When it is done, you will get the app icon
on your desktop
Now you can run it
22. How to use it?
• Getting started with 3DX:
1) Double click on the app. icon on your
desktop
2) Go to File, Add blank image to make your
own 3D shape
23. 3) Select the shape you want from the
options on the right side of the window
24. 4) Draw the
shape you
have chosen
in the blank
area
5) Go to the
toolbar and
choose
“Animate
Mood” to
make it 3D
25. 6) Go to Animation, Initialize, then 3D
from front view image
26. 7) You will get a preview window, and a 3D
builder window
27. 8) Tick the symmetry box in the 3D
builder window
28. 9) Go to the
“movie mood”
From the
toolbar
10) Start to move
the camera and
create tags using
the options on
the right side
29. 11) You can edit the light and shading of
the image
30. 12) To save
your work as
movie, go to
file, export
movie
13) Choose
the location
you want to
save the
movie in
32. Now, you can create a movie for your
Chemistry course!
33. • Links to helpful tutorials
- Transforming real photo to 3D:
http://www.photoanim.com/documentation.htm?par=1_3_
2
- Creating 3D animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded
&v=WgyxEauNpqg
34. Advantages of PhotoAnim app.
- It can be used to create 3D animations in
different areas
- It provides a creative way to utilize
technology in majors
- Can be used to design logos, animated
text, presentations and cartoons
35. Limitations
• Can’t be used to produce more than
1minute video
• Limitations related to the free trial of
PhotoAnim:
- It provides access for 30 days only
- The movies created by the app. will always
have PhotoAnim watermark
36. References
2012 Best Video Editing Software Comparisons and
Reviews. (n.d). Retrieved April, 1, 2012, from
http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Dancyger, K. (2011). The technique of film and video
editing: History, theories and practices (5th ed). UK:
Focal press.
O’leary, T. & O’leary, L. (2012). Computing Essentials 2012:
Making IT work for you. New York: McGraw- Hill.
Ohanian, T. (1998). Digital nonlinear editing: editing film
and video on the desktop (2nd ed). UK: Focal press.
PhotoAnim specifications. (n.d). Retrieved March, 27, 2012
from http://photoainm.com/specifications
37. Quiz
Are you ready to test your knowledge of
PhotoAnim?
• Yes, I am Ready
• No, I am Not ready yet
38. Question 1
• PhotoAnim 3DX is mainly used to:
- Create 3D videos from 2D pictures
- Wrap images
- Produce posters
39. Question 2
• The main disadvantage of using the free
trail is:
- You can’t make 3D videos with it
- Watermark will be always shown on your
videos
- You can access it for 90 days only
40. Sorry
you got it wrong!
Go back and learn more about the app.
41. Congrats!!
Now you are ready to produce
your own 3D video using
PhotoAnim 3DX!!
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