The use of computers is very compulsory and mandatory in all of the fields of media. Whether you talk about audio-video film production or journalism, some ad agency or content writing it is required in every field. Another important area in which the use of computers is very important is the Graphic Designing and Animation. It also requires the computers as all the work is totally computer based. The animation is required in mostly all of the films and TV shows. The opportunities are also very much in this area. The animation sector has a great scope in working. Many students has opted this animation field as their serious career track in life. There are many advertising agencies also who are looking forward for these kinds of professionals.

They have to prepare ad films which are print as well as electronic. For that they need aspiring professionals who can work for them as per the need and taste of their client. In the film industry also, there is a new trend of animated movies. Films like Hanuman, Avatar, Dashaavtra; Ghatothkach etc were very liked and appreciated by the people. It is just due to the increased trend of animation in the media industry.

There are also many institutes who are offering various different courses to the students. These courses vary from audio-video post production, to graphics and animation. Rest it all depends upon the taste and interest of the student. As the media industry is expanding its roots and stems in the Indian media market so more and more TV channels and production houses are coming. Many Ad Agencies are also coming into existence as the trend for animation and film making with never end and will always multiply.

Digital camcorders are less costly nowadays and so you can simply capture film footage of high quality. If you have a capture card, good editing software, and computer indoors, you can start editing the videos you’ve collected in recent times. Once you have the final output, you will now be able to take care together with your friends.

Magic needs you to have windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP as a way to use such program. It supports media formats like WMA, AVI, ASF, SND, WMV, AIFF, MPEG, AU, and QuickTime.

What can you do using Magic?

You can capture film footage by simply using FireWire or USB input device. You can likewise give good grade effects to the film footage you’ve collected. The video and audio components can be edited individually although it is a lone file only. Like other editing programs, you can also decorate the film footage with over 150 transitions. It is in addition potential to overlay tracks with the application of Magic. Video files can be additional with voiceover and background score. The timeline is one the most important window panes in the editing software. In Magic, you can combine different file formats on the timeline.

If you feel like it is these that are the all the points that Magic are able to do, you’re wrong. Other features that Magic offers are the next C comprise text titles, trim audios and film recordings, create DVD or VCD file formats, change contrast and color, rotate and zoom in/out video angles, and export videos to digi-cams.

Your film footage will look such as the videos designed by the pros very quickly. With Magic, professional editing is no longer high priced. The interface is drag and drop which makes it easier to capture the footage into the timeline. This is in addition the time to add background music, title effects, scene transitions, and other effects to conclude your masterpiece. On the timeline, you can also add others file formats like WMV, AVI, JPEG, MPEG, and ASF. You can establish a unique video or movie output in a point of minutes.

The MPEG format is required if you want to create DVDs, SVCDs, and VCD. You can create a movie in PAL or NTSC standards.

The volume of the tracks in the video can likewise be displayed so that you are able to instantly change the audio clip’s volume to create Doppler effects, fade outs, fade ins, and other volume effects.

With Magic, you can split, join, trim, crop, merge, and modify color of the video files. The transitions make it even more interesting for users to create ordinary film recordings which appear as if great art works.

It doesn’t really matter whether you’re a pro or an amateur. You see, with Magic, the fundamental principles are easily discovered and in no time, you can start working on your video productions. It outlays $39.95 but you can likewise try the trial version by downloading it.

Is Magic for you? Try it now and see if it works great.

Up
Why not start with Pixar. In the last years their films have dominated this category and there have been rumblings that some of their films should in fact compete with life action films for Best Picture of the year. Their films are that good. Winners in the past few years have included The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and Wall-E.

This year, their film Up has garnered the highest praise from critics being called the best animated film since, well…since Wall-e. An old widower sets out to achieve his wife’s lifelong dreams by floating his house with thousands of balloons and travelling to South America.

Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest and most successful film makers in Japan’s history. Like Pixar, Miyazaki’s movies are constantly on lists for the best films of the year, each and every year and if you come across a list of the top 10 animated films of all time chances are there will be more than one of his films represented. Miyazaki has won only once before in this category for the masterpiece, Spirited Away. This year his retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid garnered praise from all circles, even if not quite living up to his previous best.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Adapted from a children’s book with the same bizarre name this film is about honouring the strange and unique facets of humanity and how human ingenuity has the opportunity to solve seemingly impossible problems. At least that’s my take on it. Also a lot of big food falls from the sky. Highly regarded by most critics the film was produced by Sony Pictures Animation who have had previous nominees including Surf’s Up.

Coraline
Adapted from a book by Neil Gaiman this is a stop motion animated film produced by Laika films and directed by Henry Selick. Coraline is the story of a young girl who discovers an alternate reality where she finds another set of parents who at first seem to be everything she has ever wished for. As this is a rather gothic dark piece you can imagine things don’t stay that way. The film was highly regarded by critics not only for its story but the beauty of the animation technique.

Princess And The Frog
Surely this will be the academy’s sentimental favourite. Disney Animation Studio’s first 2D animated film in six years and their first since amalgamating with Pixar, garnered praise from critics worldwide. A twist on the traditional tale where a young princess kisses a frog who turns out to be a prince under a curse, this film is notable as its protagonist, Tiana, is Disney’s first African-American princess character. Given the studio’s salient place in animation they have never won the Oscar for best animated film.

It has been a rich year for animated feature films in 2009 and other possible films in contention include The Fantastic Mr Fox with outside chances from Astro Boy and Monsters vs. Aliens.