Sunday, November 11, 2012

Panel Types


Pardew, Les (2005). Beginning Illustration and Storyboarding For Games. Boston MA 02210: Thomson Course Technology PTR.

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  1. I find the multi-panel type the most useful to fit a quick storyboard onto lesser pages.

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    1. Yes, that is true but as with anything it also has drawbacks. Putting more panels onto a single paper also means each panel is smaller which means the picture has less detail the text is harder to read and any camera effects become difficult demonstrate effectively.

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  2. You mention a computer screen panel. Is storyboarding sometimes done on computers? I'm used to thinking about it taking up a big wall somewhere.

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    1. Traditionally yes, in presentations it can also be projected onto an empty screen. However sometimes it is necessary to send a storyboard to someone via electronic means. In such a case the computer screen panel makes it easier to see the picture as well as the description.

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  3. Do you use a specific program to create these storyboards? It seems like it would be simple enough to do a mockup in Photoshop, but it seems like there would probably be a separate program to do this in, too.

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    1. Oh I'm certain there is a program out there for it, but for my purposes I use Photoshop. It does however make editing small errors far more time consuming.

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