Converting FLV’s to SWF’s

The Development work that I have covered during lesson:

This lesson I converted my FLV's to SWF files, I found this to be a very easy process. To do this I had to reopen the files that I created in Windows Movie Maker. I then had to click file, then publish, this then saved a the file as a separate file that was formatted as a SWF. I converted my films to SWF format because when I am ready to link my buttons to the videos that I want the buttons to load I will already have the files ready to use.

How this met the client brief:

This met the client brief because it states that my front end must have buttons linked to videos on it. By adding buttons that load the films on separate screens makes the front end look much more professional and makes the navigation of the front end much simpler.

Skill Number:

13

Converting WMV to FLV

The Development work I have covered during the lesson:

This lesson I had to convert my finished film that was saved as a WMV. file, to a FLV. file, this is because by converting the film to FLV. I could then import my video files into Adobe Flash. To convert my video files I had to open Adobe Media Encoder CS4. After the program had loaded i had to click on the 'Add' button on the top left of the program. This then brought up a screen that asked me to locate the file that I wanted to convert. After I had selected the file that I wanted to convert, I then had to chose what format that I wanted to convert the film files to, which was FLV. This then added all of the film files to a queue ready for conversion, I then had to click 'Start Queue' this then started the conversion of the files. I then had to wait approximately 1 minute per files to be converted. This was the final step in the conversion of the WMV. to FLV. process.

How this met the Client Brief:

This met the client brief because it says that i must use Adobe Flash to produce my front end, and by converting these files to the correct format that Adobe Flash can open I can now start to produce my front end on Adobe Flash.
Skill Number:

11

Saving film in correct format

The Development work I have covered during the lesson:

This lesson I completed my fully edited film, I then had to save my film. I had to make sure that i saved my film in the correct format so that I could then convert my films in Adobe Media Encoder. To save my film in the correct format I had to click on file, then save as a WMV. file. This is because if I saved my film in a different format Adobe Media Encoder would not be able to convert my film files. I then had to chose which folder i wanted to save my film in, I created a special folder in the Student Shared drive so that I could save all of my film files in the same location.
How this met the Client Brief:

This met the client brief because it says that I have to produce my film in Adobe Flash, by saving my files in this correct format it allows me to convert my film in Adobe Media Encoder so that I could then import the files into Adobe Flash.
Skill Number:

10

Converting WMV files to FLV/F4V

To make my film files the correct format so that I could put my files into Flash I had to convert the files from WMV to FLV/F4V using Adobe Media Encoder CS4. This was a very good piece of software to use to convert the files as it is very easy to use and navigate.
To start the process of converting I had to open up Adobe Converter, I then had to locate the files that I wanted to convert. I then had to import the files from the folder inot the converter. I then had to select which new format I wanted the files to be converted to, which was FLV/F4V. I then had to select 'Start Queue' which started the process of converting, i then had to wait several minutes for it to convert and then the process was over.

Converting FIles from .MOD to .AVI

The Development work I have covered during the lesson:

This lesson I had to convert the files that I had uploaded from the camera to the pc. I had to convert these files because the format of the files was MOD, this is the standard format the files from the camera are produced in. Whilst the file format was .MOD I could not import the files into movie maker as the program did not run .MOD files and only runs .AVI files. This meant that I had to use CS4 Adobe Media Encoder, this program allowed me to convert my files from the .MOD format to .AVI. I found the process of converting the files extremely easy, this is because the program is extremely easy to use as all of the options are easy to find and use.

How this met the Client Brief:

This met the client brief because now that I have converted my files to the correct format I can make a start on producing the actual film using Windows Movie Maker.

Skill Number:

4