Motion FX

Use your LaunchPad to find the Motion FX app and drag it to your dock. Spend some time investigating the various setting and effect possible - they are pretty amazing.

Once you have some time to get acquainted with the App, now test out the following features:

(both pictures and video are saved in the Movie folder on your computer, in a new folder called Motion FX.. there is also a button called "Reveal Movies" to help find them)

TRY RECORDING A FEW PRACTICE MOVIES WITH YOUR EFFECT..

1. Take a Snap Shot

2. Take A Movie (keep it short < 30 seconds)

Some Ideas:

The hardest part is coming up with some cool, creative idea. Here are some things

that students have done in the past if you are stuck... but put your own creative spin

on it.... or even better come up with something totally different!

KEEP IN MIND YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING IN THE VIDEO,JUST ACTING, THERE IS TOO MUCH NOISE IN THE CLASSROOM TO RECORD VOICES

1. Time Traveler - use of different backgrounds

2. Not So Magic Mirror - face distort effect

3. Magic Disappearing Kid or changing kid

4. Anything with Fire :)

5. Commercial: for example anti-smoking/vaping campaign, picante hot sauce

6. Wizard, Sorcerer, Witch

Note: Stay away from Blue and Green smoke, effects etc.. as the will not show up on the Green Screen

Getting Started

1. Find the Background Picture for your Idea on Google Images and drag it to your desktop

2. Practice your Motion FX plan

3. Film your idea in Motion FX with the GREEN SCREEN

4. Go to the "Reveal Movies" folder, find your video and drag that on to the desktop so you can easily find it.

Putting it all together in using "WeVideo"

You guys all have access to WeVideo thru PUSD and you Google PUSD Gmail

Follow these steps below "IN ORDER" and you will be amazed at how EZ it will be for you to produce high quality Green Screen videos. Here is a sample Green Screen Video Demo with moving background :) Do you recognize the actor??

1. STEP ONE: Sign in to "WeVideo" and choose "SignUp", use your PUSD GMAIL to login and create an account

Go to www.wevideo.com and choose LOGIN with GOOGLE

2. Start A Project

Once in your Dashboard, start a new project by clicking the big "+" sign.

3. Import your Files: Your Video with the Green Background and Your Background image.

Click on the FOLDER with the STAR, then the GREEN UPLOAD button:

Now you can DRAG or BROWSE your computer for the files you need.

1. Your Motion FX video with the GREEN SCREEN in the background

2. Your BACKGROUND picture for the web.

**you can also use videos for backgrounds, check out what they already offer in WeVideo, maybe it will match your special effect plan**

4. Turn on the GreenScreen Effect

Place GREEN SCREEN video on TOP of your BACK-GROUND picture (see below)

NOW DOUBLE CLICK on your Green Screen Video and this window will pop open!!

CLICK ON THE BUTTON THAS HAS A PICTURE OF A PERSON'S HEAD.

TAKE the COLOR DROPPER and click on the GREEN COLOR in the DISPLAY window to the right, this will sample the color for the GREEN SCREEN.

CLICK "DONE EDITING"

5. Add Some Back Ground Music in the AUDIO TRACK

look around in WeVideo they have all sorts of cool music.

Adjust/EDIT the clips so they are all the same length

6. FINISH Your Movie

Almost Done! Click Finish, choose the highest resolution (HD) and the final processing with start.

When it is complete you will be able to watch or video and DOWNLOAD to your computer, then you can move it to your Google Drive. WeVideo will also send you an email link to the Video!!

These instructions are for using iMovie

Putting it all together in iMovie

Drag your Background First!!!

Then Your Green Screen Movie On Top!!!

Follow These Steps in iMovie

1. Find your picture on Google Images and Drag to desktop

2. Open new "movie" in iMovie (no theme)

3. Drag your PICTURE into iMovie first!!!!

4. Film your self in Motion FX

(Have a friend hold the green screen)

5. Drag the video on top of the background picture

6. Select the video and "turn on the green screen effect"

7. Remove the Classroom noise.

Under the video is the soundwave

(the background classroom noise) -

reduce the soundwave line to "0%"

8. Add some back gound music..... (keep it low)

look for "sound effects" in iMovie then choose the "jingles" folder...drag down a sound you like. You can trim the length by dragging the sound file right to left.