3D Video to Make Your Ideas Pop Out

What is a 3D video ad?

A 3D video ad is an ad in which something appears to pop out of the screen.  In the example below, the girl zooms out and into the white space with a message.  There are more examples at the bottom of this page under Related Videos.

How to make a simple 3D video in 18 steps

      1. Go to a stock photo site and get an action picture with no background.  In this example, I went to Adobe Stock and searched for “action no background”.
      2. I opened up my new action photo in GIMP.
      3. Using the instructions in the online tutorial, I changed the white background into an invisible background.  (Here is a screenshot for you in case you are having trouble finding color erase.)
      4. The final scene of the video requires a speech bubble.  To find a free speech bubble, go to images.google.com.  Search for “speech bubble” and right click on the image you like.  Select Save Image As.
        Save it in your pictures file with a descriptive name.  Then use GIMP to add a message into the speech bubble.  Export as a PNG file.
      5. Find a good background for your action and insert it onto a Keynote slide.  Copy and paste the background into each of your 3 or so Keynote slides. Note that when you copy the image into your clipboard, you are also copying the location into the clipboard.  Also note that there should be white space on the left side of your background.  That is so that part of the image can move there to give it a 3D effect.
      6. Drag your action picture with the invisible background onto
        your first Keynote slide.  Make it very tiny. Note that it must be a PNG file.
      7. Select your action picture.  Then click on Inspector > Action.  Set the effect to scale at 200%.
      8. Now this is a bit tricky.  Click the play button and click again to play your action.  You have to figure out where the figure is at its maximum size.  Then you save the image in your clipboard and paste it onto slide 2.  Looking at the tiny lines on the ruler to the left of your Keynote slide, double the size of your image. 
      9. Move the figure to the place you think the image from the previous slide was at its maximum size.  The 200% scaling action would have been saved when you copied the image into your clipboard.  So, select slide #1 and play everything you have.
        Make note of how you will have to move the image in slide #2 so that it will be in the same position as the image as the #1 image at its maximum size.  Keep moving the image around until you are happy with the position.


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    1. Repeat the same procedure with slide #3.  Note that you will want your final image to scale so that it partially moves into the white space left of your background image.
    2. Drag you new speech bubble file onto your last Keynote slide.  Build it in to appear as the final item.
    3. Open ScreenFlowhttp://freewebdesign.club/screenflow-2/, select slide #1 in Keynote, start recording your screen with ScreenFlow and play your entire slideshow.
    4. Edit out any extraneous material.
    5. Upload to YouTube.
    6. Wait an hour or two for YouTube to finish processing your video.  Then right-click on it and click on Copy Embed Code.
    7. The code for showing the YouTubevideo on your web page will be copied into your clipboard.  Paste it into your web page’s HTML code.  
    8. You want your video to start playing as soon as someone opens your page.  So, between “detailpage” and the closing quotation mark, add this code: &autoplay=1.  You do not want YouTube to show related videos at the end.  So, add &rel=0 next to the other code you just added.

Related Video

In this V-Ray demo you will see many other examples of giving your videos a three dimensional effect.

Capture 3D video for less than $100

The ZDNet website says
Want to capture your kids in all their three-dimensional glory? This sub-$100 lens is a budget alternative to the growing list of more expensive stereoscopic video options. And the footage, which you can check out on the site with a 3D viewer, actually looks pretty amazingRead more.

3D bouncing balls delights child

A Baby Beavers Google+ post has a 9 second video with a 3D effect.  Their post says
We received another video of one of our Busy Beavers Fan & he Loves our new Super Circus 3D with Fun Cars & Color BallsWatch it now.

One amazing 3D video

Kwojo the Infinite tweets about Taking 3D art to the next levels.  Watch this 3D video now.3d video

 

 


Peter Enns has been developing websites since 1996. He is a social media blogger and author of the free YouTube video-creation tutorial called 7 Day YouTube.

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Graphics Toolkit for Your Website Promotions

The best graphics package

Are you looking for some amazing graphics for your websites?  This Marketing Toolkit is your answer.  And the price is lower than you would ever imagine.  Keep reading.

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Professional artist created shortcuts for you

Max Rylski has been a commercial graphics artist for years.   During that time, like all other graphics designers, he created and compiled his own set of shortcuts to make his job faster & easier.

Max turned his shortcuts into  a do-it-yourself set of tools that others can use to do what he does.  Just look at some of the things these tools can do.

Page templates and navigation bars

There are page templates with built-in headers and footers.  You can add your own custom navigation bar to it.  The templates come with clean CSS styling for things like text, bullets, boxes and more.

You can literally put together a great looking mini site sales page in just a few minutes with these templates.

There is even a squeeze page template that allows you to capture email leads.

Banners

There are 5 different banner sets, and each banner set consists of 12 different banner sizes.  You can edit all text and images.

Web shadows

There is a collection of shadows that you can add to your various web graphics such as boxes, images, buttons, etc.  They’ll make any design POP and have that professional 3D look.

 

Premium badges

There is a set of six premium quality badges for you.  Just look at the amount of detail that goes into each badge.

They are with or without text.  To add text, all you have to do is use a free graphics editor such as GIMP.

 

PowerPoint backgrounds

Do you want to make a YouTube video or otherwise make an amazing PowerPoint or Keynote presentation?  Use a background such as the one on the right.  Notice how the hardwood boards go to the right or to the left.

 

Visual headlines

Make your main headlines, sub-headlines and section headings really pop.  You can modify the text, change fonts,  change colors, etc.

For much more information including how to get a copy of Marketing Graphics Toolkit for under $20, click here.

 

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Squeeze page

The Wordstream website says that a squeeze page is a landing page designed to capture opt-in email addresses
from potential subscribers. The goal of a squeeze page is to convince, cajole, or otherwise ”squeeze” a visitor into providing one of their most sought-after and coveted pieces of personal data: the email address
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Sample squeeze page

Below is a mockup of a sample squeeze page. As you can see, it is very simple. Remember, more is less. It has

  • An eye-catching headline that makes people want to read more.
  • A few pictures to help tell the story.
  • A minimum amount of text to tell the story.
  • A place for the visitor to leave their name & email address.

Click on the graphic now.  You will see how the original squeeze page also has a video.

 

 


Peter Enns has been developing websites since 1996. He is a social media blogger and author of the free YouTube video-creation tutorial called 7 Day YouTube.

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Social Marketing and Graphics

Graphics in your social marketing posts

Speaking Balloons tweet like blog moreIf you want to promote your business online, you MUST use graphics.  You must hone your social marketing skills.  And you must use graphics in EACH of your social marketing posts.

Look at three of the social media to which I post regularly: Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.  Notice that virtually every post has an interesting graphic.

Sources of graphics

Man in black writingYou can be sued thousands of dollars. Don’t download graphics from a website and use them without permission.

Often I will buy a $3 photo from Adobe Stock.  I go to their website.  (It has over 30 million catalogued photos.)  I will search for descriptive terms.

For instance, the title of this post is Social Marketing and Graphics.  I wanted a good picture that I could use near the top of the post and within each social media.  So, I entered this into the search box: social marketing graphics.

Using that method, I purchased the “Tweet Like Photo” graphic you see in the first paragraph of this post.

That graphic will be in my Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc. posts.  Each of those posts will link to this blog post.

Here is a link to a blog post that gives you 10 different websites that give away free stock images.

5 visual contents to supercharge blog posts

The BizCommunity website says

Target 3 orange dartsVisual contents are a powerful way to keep your readers engaged.  So if you’re looking to supercharge your blog posts, here are five visual contents you should consider. Read more.

Social media cover photos

Facebook cover photoThe TwelveSkip website says

One of the best ways to improve your social media presence is to take advantage of your profile headers.  Use this space to show off your products or services or your brand’s personalityRead more.

Pictures speaking a million words

The Canva website says

Gold laptop with money fallingYou’ve heard that images speak 1,000 words, right?

Well, on social they speak a million. When you design them with the intention of engaging your followers, you can seriously increase conversions and engagement, and boost your overall brand experienceRead more.

Social media infographic  for a non-sexy business

The Who is Hosting This? website says: The adage “sex sells” might be the oldest, dustiest piece of marketing advice still in existence, but it remains true….A trip to the local office supply store is generally not a sexy event (although your sexy mileage may vary). So companies such as Staples embrace humor and dialogue with customers as a key component of their social media strategy. In addition to their humorous commercials, the company relies on their @Staples Twitter account to connect with the public, mixing funny observations with engaging conversations (and very little direct product promotion). The result?More than 268,000 followers, many of whom will likely think of Staples first when it comes time to review their company’s office supply budget.
Their website has an infographic showing how to promote non-sexy products  on social media.

 Pinterest and social marketing

Pinterest posts can be much more valuable than Facebook or Twitter posts.  Months after a Pinterest picture is published, it can still be sending people to a website.  As a matter of fact, it can gain MORE visibility over time.  If you are serious about social media marketing, you must use Pinterest.

Click on the “Pin it” button to add the pin below to one of your Pinterest boards.

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For more information including how to get a copy of Marketing Graphics Toolkit, click here.

Other social media promoting the graphics toolkit

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