Autodesk Visualization Award
 

In the AVA, does the storyboard need to be in color? Also, are there limits to the size of the storyboard (how many pictures are wanted, if any)?

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I know the storyboard doesn't need to be in color, and I believe that it can be as long as you want, but I'm to to sure on that second one.

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More on 3DS Software: We're a rookie team in this area and lacking in mentors for this program; is anyone aware on how to set up a background for the rendering/exporting format? :confused:

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Ahh yes this took me a while to. up on the main toolbar there is a picture of a teapot with a square menu bar on it. click that button and another complex menu will pop up. :ahh: Stay calm and remember the wise words of Douglas Adams "dont panic." Anyway scroll down until you should see a bar that says "save file as" or something to that manner. After you click browse and tell the computer where the file is going to go, right below where you type the name of the file there is a tab where you can choose the format of the file to be rendered.

hope this helps

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Thank you! This might help our animation be passable. Thank you! :)

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The storyboard can be color or black & white. Most teams (and most professional animators & directors) make B&W sketches. For some good examples do a Google Image search of "storyboards".

You should have a picture representing every scene and/or major movement (including camera pans & zooms) in your animation. It might be 4 or 40 sketches. You can have 4 or 6 small sketches on a sheet.

Autodesk's main reason for the storyboard requirement was to encorage us to plan our scenes out & have a logical flow. I guess they've seen way too many chaotic animations. Think of the storyboard as the plan for your animation.

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Any other rookie teams that stumble across this thread, please feel free to post your own questions. If I fail (which is highly likely) to answer your question, maybe another will! :D

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Does anyone know how to submit a storyboard or what an electronic storyboard is?

I understand that storyboards can be sent in, but I would much prefer not doing so with ours. No one seems to quite know what a storyboard is, we reckon it is just pictures of each frame in a powerpoint presentation. Can anyone verify this?

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No upper limits, but I suppose the minimum would be 1. ;) I can't see how someone can draw a 40-panel storyboard for a 30-second animation. :D

The storyboard should be a series of picture panels that sequentially depict the general action, camera angle, miscellaneous notables (i.e. voiceover) of your animation.

Here's a quick example of one scene from my team's 2006 animation:


To submit your storyboard electronically, install and go onto FIRST @ Streamline, find the appropriate folder, and upload the storyboard file (.jpg preferable). I have only seen a few teams submit PowerPoint files last year.

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I don't know how submit a storyboard but If you go to google image search and type in "storyboard" you can get some examples. Good luck. :)

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Has anyone been able to upload their forms yet on the streamline? if so how? if not, is there only a certian time it can be done? same for the animation, is there a certian time it can be uploaded?

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Hmm, looks like no one can yet. Autodesk will enable the feature at some point in time, of course. :rolleyes: If things are still the same as last year's, then the animation and storyboard can only be uploaded AFTER you have submitted and Autodesk has approved your paperwork.

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yes, sometime. I'd just like to get the paperwork out of the way for now, but looks like i have to wait till closer to feb. 6. Please let me know if anyone gets it to work. I don't assume soon, but when it does happen.

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Where do you get the proper paperwork for Autodesk Visualization and where do you send it? (Does it have to be through the internet (if so, what's the URL) or actual paper (what address should it be sent to)?)

Also, in what form does FIRST prefer the animations to be in. A CD or just a file sent to them over email? Again, what email address and/or what mailing address?

Where can you find this information? I haven't been able to find it at www.usfirst.org

Thanks!

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yeah, i had a question too. I understand you ARE supposed to submit online, but in that case how are you supposed to get the signatures on it? there are sig blanks for the Music artist, etc. do i get that person to sign and then scan the form back in? i wanna get this out of the way asap, as well.

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I believe the site is https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/client/FIRST. However the site was down for schedule maintenance so I am not sure. It will prompt you to download their client and then you use their client to upload everything. As for the documents, a .doc file or a scanned .jpg should both be fine, as long as they can read it. The user name for it is "(public)" and more information can be found under the Autodesk Visualization Award in the awards section on the FIRST website. Hope that helps.

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On the length limit on the animation for the AVA, is the 30 seconds a general guideline or concrete rule (the animations for '04 often go longer but the rules imply otherwise)?

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Concrete!

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Koko Ed is right. The rules are very clear. 30 seconds maximum. Plus the 5-second title screen and 1-second black screen at each end, plus the credits (optional).

If you saw any past animations that were longer I'll bet Autodesk disqualified them in the final round of judging (assuming they made it that far).