Wednesday 12 December 2012

AutoCAD Annotation and Excel import

Two video's that explain both sequences far better than I

Annotation Scaling






Import Excel spread sheet into AutoCAD

Sunday 11 November 2012

iMovie: An introduction

A basic look at composing a movie in iMovie

If you don't have a mac, its still worth a look as principles apply to 'movie maker' for windows.
I have put chapters with timings so that you can skip to specific chapters as required.

Please note I am not expecting a really polished film, but I am expecting a good sketch up model with an excellent fly through, three pauses for a photoshopped rendered scene showing each of the three principles of design (annotated as 'Ice cold in Balham' video) that you have used for your design. A title and end credits also required.

The rest is for you to use your creativity and skill to get what you can out of the  movie programmes for each of the operating systems, though only a small percentage will be on your ability to operate a movie app. The benefit of a movie is to break the ice and conquer the fear, plus have a Vimeo account for future use.



I have put the chapter page for reference





DL imovie instructions from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.


Windows Movie Maker

Instructional video for the Windows user's.Not that different from iMovie.


CS6 Photoshop: Trees,Grass and Reflection

Instruction and example

Four videos working through the time spent in class. The final one different from the example shown in class as the refection scenes are more dramatic.


Well done to all on the watercolour and sponge exercise. Just goes to show that  with practice, thoughts and tips shared have helped us all (thanks to Sid for the blotting technique). After the lesson I suspect many of us have conquered yet another fear and are curious as to what can be achieved with more practice (google 'how to paint in watercolours' and 'painting trees in watercolour').




CS6 photoshop plan from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.



CS6 Photoshop plan grass from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.




CS6 Photoshop Grass perspective from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.



An old video showing trees in plan

Photoshop CS5 Graphic Trees from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.



An overview of reflections and the build up of an image.

CS6 Photoshop reflection image from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.

Monday 29 October 2012

Ice Cold in Balham

Gateway to the South

As Peter Sellers stated. 

I have put together and updated the video as an example. Still some transition issues and the Photoshop work is a bit sparse, buts its to give you an idea of what I require.


  • Opening titles relevant to the work
  • Some kind of angle/story
  • Fly through with three scenes
  • Three titles of the Universal Principles of Design that have been used
  • Music relevant to the scene
  • A conclusion/end of story
  • Finishing titles with reference to music/film clips 
I have only done two Photoshop stills within the piece, but three need to be submitted. Try and keep it short and snappy.Plus the Photoshop is a bit sparse so I am sure you can all do better.


Ice Cold in Balham from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.

3 Memorable Videos

The Three Examples

In no particular order, just a good reference of pace, visual strategies and originality.



Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.






Two Laps from Passion Pictures on Vimeo.




Little Boat from nelson boles on Vimeo.

Updated Assignment Two

Don't Panic

I forgot to add the setting up of a Vimeo Account and the loading of your video to it. Providing a link on your PDF






Sketchup scenes and movie settings

Movies from FE class

All relevant (save me making a load more saying the same thing) including all the settings and some that I forgot in class, so please watch.

Plus instructions for Vimeo, to join and upload your movie. Must be in HD.

  • Free to join
  • 1 HD vid upload per week
  • You can update that HD video as much as you like

When you do upload your video don't forget


  • Title
  • Description
  • Tags


SU set Movie 1 from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.




Sketch up to Photoshop 2 from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.


Mac users note, iMovie and Final Cut Pro X have a plug in that connects you directly to Vimeo once your account is set up. Min upload 720 (HD)






Sketch up to Vimeo 2 from Grant Beerling on Vimeo.