Product
The PRODUCT you are selling in your commercial is from your company that you are the president of. You decide what kind of item/product/service you sell. It can be completely fictional but it is easier if it isn't.
MixCraft 7 Your music must be at least 3 tracks and at least ONE of the tracks must be a virtual instrument track (played on your piano).
Pictures
Images (Saving images for you commercial)
HOW MANY PICTURES?
You may put as many or as few pictures into your commercial as you want/need. (E.G. - one picture that lasts the entire 30 seconds or 30 pictures in 30 seconds).
Open Google and click on “Images” found at the top right of the screen.
In the search box, type in a specific kind of picture you are looking for. Click on “Search Images”. The more specific your description, the better the images will appear for your topic.
Select a picture, click on the image and the screen will change and show a pop up pic.
If you want to save the image, “Right Click” on the image and select “Save Picture As”
Select “MY PC, AC150, 8th Grade”, and follow the folders to your piano folder. Name the picture using a name you recognize (ex: Dog Running.jpeg)
Mixcraft Setup
Open the “START” menu and then “ALL APPS”, then select “MIXCRAFT 7”
Change the "Audio Tracks" to 3, the "Instrument Tracks" to 1, select the "VIDEO TRACK" by putting a check in the box, and set the "Mode" to Time, unclick the "PERFORMANCE PANEL" box, then hit ok.
At the bottom left, select the “LIBRARY” tab
Sort the Library by any method you would like (I suggest using "SONG KIT" or "STYLE")
To add the music, simply drag the loop sound up into the top to a track and release.
Remember that most loops are 2,4, or 8 measures so add new tracks after the 2, 4, or 8 measures. This is important for knowing what measures to add new sounds/tracks at (usually after 2, 4, or 8 measures)
VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT TRACK: you may drag the piano track to any track you want and play the piano for that track (percussion, bass, or melody)
Inserting Pictures (images) into MIXCRAFT 7
At the top of the page, select "VIDEO", select "Add Still Images..."
Select the images you want to import and import them (add up to 5 images at a time)
Move the images around by "drag & drop" to change the order of the images and to increase or decrease the transitions
There is no set number of images needed. Just whatever fits your personal 30 second commercial.
If you are adding Video, select "VIDEO", select "
Length of Music
Above Track 1 select the button labeled "TIME" (not "BEATS") so you can see the time length of your music.
Your Music should be 30 SECONDS EXACTLY!!! That is the length of your average commercial. The music is at least 3 different tracks (3 different instruments). ONE OF YOUR TRACKS MUST BE MADE USING YOUR PIANO KEYBOARD. After you check your music, change back to "BEATS" so you know what measures to add your music to again. This is the hard part, to make music that is only 30 seconds long.
FINISH YOUR COMMERCIAL BY "MIX DOWN TO" METHOD.
At the top of the page, select "FILE", select "MIX DOWN TO", select "WMV"
Save this to your seat folder.