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I just presented this video in the class, while others are still presenting, I managed to upload this video on YouTube… so here is the final video… =)

For the poster, I used these images to enhance the poster. Credit goes to each of the websites.

source : http://www.pixelapex.net/weathericon.html

source : http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/203271

source : http://wallpapers.free-review.net/wallpapers/12/Green_Hill.jpg

source : http://www.solidshack.com/2008/08/05/palm-tree-1/

I also used by all the 3D Max files, export it into PNG format and put it into my poster. Basically I’ve made two versions of the poster, but I choose the peach colour to be submitted today.

1st Version

2nd Version

For the introdcution of the video where the 3D logo is animating, I used the beginning part of 2PM’s Again & Again song…

After that, the rest of the video I just used the instrumental version of Nobody by Wonder Girls… 

The scenes of a moving road & a moving steering, I used a car accelerating sound…and for the buckling sound of the seatbelt & helmet, I used a clicking sound…

In the DS video, I also inserted a scene that shows a heartbeat wave…I put this to show that our life is very precious…the wave I did it in After Effects CS4 using stroke & glow effects by just following a tutorial video from YouTube…I also put a voice “Can you feel my heartbeat?” by 2PM – Heartbeat…

I also put some lightning effects in certain scenes to stress the importance of the scenes…again I learnt it from a YouTube tutorial

It is also a requirement to do a video for the PSA. Since I’ve did the logo in 3D Max 7 and all the elements that I think are suitable were inside the logo, I decided why not I just use back all the elements in the 3D logo, use the 3D files back, modify it a little and animate it to make the video? So I ended up doing my video using all the 3D elements from the logo, animated it a little. So, basically my PSA video is a 3D animation video…I just did it according to my capability since I learnt 3D Max during my degree & enhanced back the knowledge in MIT class…it just a simple 3D video animation & not so perfect at all…

Since the road is the most important source for the DS logo, I created back a road in 3D Max. I used plane to create the pavement & box as for the white “dot-dot” divider in the middle of the road. Then I bend some segments using the bend tool. For the camera, I followed tutorials from YouTube. The road’s camera will be moving along the road. I created a path according to the road’s shape. Then, I used target camera and in the motion panel, I select parameters>pick target(the created path)

Since it shows that as we are driving, I created a steering to show that we are driving. For the steering, I trace it using a picture as for the viewport background. I traced it by using lines (for the middle part), bevel it and torus knot>circle (for the circle steering holder). As for the upper part of the steering holder, I used line, bevel it and put a texture. Then I animate it statically, change the degree-level of the steering to left and right as to show that as someone is driving.

As for the seat-belt, I also traced from a picture using lines for the buckle and bevel it. For the belt, I just used plane. I animate the seat-belt as someone is buckling it up together by create movements along the X-axis, move both together until it together as one.
For the helmet, I created it using sphere and boolean it using another smaller sphere to create space inside the helmet. Then I used back the seat-belt as for the helmet’s buckle. To animate the buckle to be tucked in, I created a circle line as for the path, use patch deform>pick path(the circle)>change the percent (to make it moving align with the circle) by X-axis.
As the for the meter indicator, I just used box for all the shapes, shape it into rectangular box. I organized all the small boxes on the major box and bend it together. The for the yellow pointer, I again used patch deform method to animate it moving up and down.

The traffic lights I just uses spheres for the lights, box for the boxes. I played with the light, to fade in and fade out each of the light of the traffic lights.

As for the ending scene, I just use text, DRIVE SAFE, animate it and play the effects by using the shatter effects in After Effects CS4.  I learnt the method from several YouTube tutorials about 3D Text in After Effects in CS4.

Okay..i suppose to update this blog on my DS 3d logo along with every progress of it but i guess i only can do it after i finalized all the stuff since my style is do on the spot & when i’m doing it, ideas started to pop-out in my mind…here I want to explain what influences me to do such logo & what are the elements that I put into my logo.

As I had chosen Drive Safe as the theme, the road is automatically was on my mind.

Then, there were the traffic lights on the road since some of us, Malaysians, do not follow the simple rules of the traffic light, so i stressed that I have to put traffic light in my logo.
When we were driving, we also tend to forgot to wear the seat-belt and then I remember about motorcyclists as they also tend to forgot to buckle-up their helmet.

The speed also was a major concern to me since I also (sometimes…. =p) drive over the speed limit. So my idea was to put the meter dashboard to tell the viewer to watch out for our driving speed.

So, I mixed it all together in 3D Max 7 to produce the logo and animate it too. The circle road will be moving circling statically 360. The meter will show the pointer is moving up & down. The seat-belt will be showing as it buckling up & down too… maybe i will upload some scenes of the animating logo later here…

As the logo is in a circle form, most of the animation like for the meter & the seat-belt, I used patch deform method to animate it.

okay, I finally made the logo.  I don’t think its perfect but this is what I did my best. The circle road will be moving according to the circulat, anti-clockwise.
The meter-shower will be moving too and the seat-belt will be animated from unbuckle to buckle… =)

since i’ve already decided to do drive safely PSA, I had imagined how my logo will looks like…

there should be a steering…a smiley face…wheels perhaps? hmmmm…
will do something about it… =)

I decided to do safety driving or drive safely public service announcement for MIT7123′s final project…

1) Will record video footage by myself.. hopefully

Apa khabar, 你好？, hello &  سلام  to everyone.

You guys can read my previous posts that I made for my degree subject, Legal Framework last time. Those are all my personal writings about reality in Malaysia.

Now I will continue this blog for one of my master’s subject, Multimedia & IT for the final project.

Terima kasih, 谢谢, thank you & متشکرم