Test 2, 19 March 2010

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    Import this 3D model of a house into Sketchup and places several copies of it side by side, as if they were neighbouring houses along one side of a street. Then choose a view of the entire street that will be suitable for the animation specified below and export this view as a 2D image, into a JPG file called street.jpg. Save your Sketchup document into a file called street.skp.
    Start a new Sketchup document. Import this 3D model of a car into Sketchup and export some view of it that will be suitable for the animation described below as a 2D image. Import this image into Photoshop and replace by transparency all parts of the image except those which represent the car. Save the result as a PNG file called car.png.
    Now, taking car.png, produced a file called layeredCar.psd, in which there should be one layer for each wheel whose spokes are visible in car.png, as well as a layer that contains the rest of the car.
    Import layeredCar.psd into After Effects and produce an animation movingCar.mov in which each of the spoked wheels rotates.
    Use street.jpg and movingCar.mov in Final Cut to create an animation in which the car drives along the street. Export your animation as a QuickTime movie called driving.mov.
    Convert the files movingCar.mov and driving.mov into .flv files called movingCar.flv and driving.flv
    Place copies of street.skp, street.jpg, car.png, layeredCar.psd, movingCar.flv and driving.flv into your home directory, from where they will be uploaded immediately after the test session. Ensure the you use the correct letter-case when you name the files or the upload script will not find your files and you will receive no credit.