Congrats! You have (nearly) completed your first animation class! At this point you only have one thing left to do, showcase your art! Below is a list of steps to get you started showcasing your animation art via the web! For this you will need the following:
A: A blog! (any blog is fine. As an example, I am using blogger below!)
B: A youtube or vimeo account. (http://youtube.com or http://vimeo.com)
C: Your video files!
STEP 1: Prepare your video files!
If you have been keeping track of your animation files, this is already working! You need each of your video files arranged in a project folder ready to go!
If any of your video files stutter, you will need to compress your video files. Compression takes videos that are large in file size and makes them small enough to run on any device! Instructions below:
STEP 2: Compressing any video files:
Click FILE -> OPEN FILES and search for your movie, or CLICK and DRAG your movie into the main window.
After hitting play to look through your movie, click FILE -> Export to MPEG 4.
Below are the settings you want. The frame size should match the size we are working with in class. The quality determines the quality of the image we export. Lower quality equals smaller file sizes! (Every video on the internet goes through compression. This quality number defaults to 50, but select what works best for you!)
After that, click MAKE MP4. You will be asked for a name for your new file. Save this one, and keep it!
After you do this: Next is uploading videos!
STEP 3: Uploading Videos!
Make a youtube account, and sign in to youtube! (automatically comes with a gmail account. If you make a new account, you will receive the following message below:
On youtube, once you’re signed in, click UPLOAD. If this is your first time uploading a video, you will receive the following message: It asks for whatever name you would like to go by as a content creator. Type the name you want, review their terms of service, and click Create Channel.
Next you will have a window that tells you to select videos to upload. You can either click on that window, or drag videos into the window.
You will get an uploading screen, much like this one! Give the video a name, a description, and any tags you want to attach to your video. Keep the link for your video!
Once done, click PUBLISH.
Your video is ready! Be advised, large file sizes may take a while to upload. If you ever upload anything that is 5 minutes or longer, expect about a 20 minute wait. Go get some food or something!
After that, you want to take the video and add them to your blogger page!
STEP 4: MAKING A PORTFOLIO
On the internet, you can make a portfolio with any blogging website if you’re smart about it! Below I have a sample blog page I made, with a simple layout. This way, when someone comes to check out my animation work, they can get straight to the videos! (Granted, showcase your work however you see fit.) Take your blog, and follow the steps below to add your videos to your page!
In blogger: Click NEW POST.
Under post settings, name the post whatever you want this image in your video to be. You have two options: Divide each video into a separate post, or make ONE BIG POST that contains a lot of videos!
After this: you want to go back to your YOUTUBE VIDEO, and click the EMBED link:
A little window will come up with a line of text. This text will let you put your video into your blog post! Copy the text.
On your blog post, click the HTML BUTTON, HERE. When you do, you will get a huge window that you can paste information into. Past your code here. (this tells the blog you want to play something from youtube.)
When you’re done hit PUBLISH!
You now have the beginnings of a solid portfolio! To showcase your work in its entirety, upload every movie file for your projects into youtube! You can type a description below each one. Check the link to see my example!
http://mikemakescartoons.blogspot.com
http://mikemakescartoons.blogspot.com
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