Instagram

The CIDOS Inspiring Learning Awards (eDOLA 2015) is a game production tool and teaching materials (ABBM) in digital form or 'eCONTENT', organized by the Division of Instructional Model and Learning, Department of Polytechnic and Malaysia Polytechnic are open to Malaysian citizens. In the year 2015 CIDOS Award Inspiring Learning Awards 2015 was held at Hotel Equatorial Melaka and JPP in conjunction with PMM Merlimau, Melaka with 5th semester Event Management students. The organizer for e-DOLA 2015 was DEV 5A, Polytechnic Merlimau, Melaka, Diploma in Event Management Students.

      In this e-DOLA 2015 event, social media also plays vital role in doing the promotion. Social media is a computer-mediated tool that allows people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Social media is defined as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0 and that allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. They introduce basic and widespread changes to communication between businesses, organizations, communities, and individuals. 

    There are several social media’s used during the e-DOLA in promoting the event to public. We chose instagram and blog to promote the event. Instagram is the new revolutionary photo-sharing program, making it easier ever to share your best pictures to the world. The social media program allows you to upload, add digital filters, and then post your pictures on your Instagram-feed, as well as other social networking sites. You can connect your Instagram account with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Foursquare and your email account. This makes it easy to share your pictures on multiple platforms all at once.

     As visual content becomes more popular on Social Media, it also becomes increasingly important for brands to create and leverage. This shift to visual social media means that more and more businesses, big and small, are starting to communicate visually with their fans, followers and customers. One of the most popular platforms that will enable you to leverage the power of this shift is Instagram. Instagram is one of the best and most-used photo sharing platform, enabling you to share photos, as well as short videos, with your followers.

There are lots of perks that Instagram can generate for our event, so let’s have a look at the top 6 key benefits. The following benefits are:-

1. Increased Engagement

Depending on the quality of the post, branded updates on Facebook and Twitter are sometimes overlooked by the user. However this isn’t true for Instagram users having an active Instagram account with useful and interesting content can earn crazy levels of engagement with audience.

2. Building Trust And Personality

With branded content being more popular for generating engagement, one of the key benefits of Instagram is that it can help you build trust. People buy from people and Instagram will help you to create that emotional connection with audience. The great thing here is that it allows us to share the day-to-day experiences of our event in an informal and casual way. Behind the scene photos and employee images tend to rank well on Instagram, especially if you’re a specific service provider. Such photos can make our company more attractive and trustworthy which in turn can have positive effects on your bottom line.

3. Increasing In Traffic

Although you cannot add clickable links to every Instagram update you publish, Instagram can be a powerful source of traffic. Plus with the higher levels of engagement than on Facebook and Twitter, creating and maintaining a strong profile could be hugely beneficial for your site’s visibility.

4. Gaining A Competitive Advantage

There is still far less competition on Instagram than on Facebook or Twitter. An American Express survey showed that only 2% of small businesses are currently embracing Instagram, giving them an advantage over their competitors. Plus the businesses that incorporate Instagram into their marketing strategy will more likely reach their target audience far easier than with Facebook or Twitter where the competition is much bigger.

5. Reaching Target Market

If you’re targeting people born from 1980 to the early 1990s (the so called millennial) then Instagram is the place to be as over 37% of people in this age group use Instagram (Source: JennsTrends). So if you want to reach and connect with the under 30 crowd you should definitely create an Instagram account. 

6. Free Advertising 

Yes, you’re reading it correctly the great thing about Instagram is free advertising. You can showcase your events and services in action which generates huge exposure. It gives you a chance to show off more of what you have to offer.

How To Get Started

You can easily create your new Instagram account in just two steps:

Step 1

At the moment, you can only create your account by downloading the Instagram app to your phone. Once installed, click on the Icon and sign up using your email of Facebook profile. Don’t forget to use the same brand name as you have on other Social Media networks.

Step 2

Get the setting rights. Before you share your first photo or video on Instagram you need to fill out all the information Instagram is asking you – such as a short Bio, website URL and a profile image or logo.Search for relevant and interesting photos and start following people.

What To Post ?

If you’re just starting on Instagram, here are a couple of content ideas to get you started. The key thing to Instagram success is to be active and spontaneous. This means that your photos don’t have to be of high quality, instead they should capture the emotion.

You can post photos and videos of:
a) Your new products
b) Your new products in action
c) Teasers or sneak peeks into your brand new products and services before the official launch
d) Behind the scene photos and videos
e) Photos of your employees as well as your customers
f) Events you organised or attended
g) Day to day life at your offices
h) Photos and videos from company trips
i) Special offers on your products or services
j) Run regular competitions
k) Before you start you can also have a look at some of the big, as well as small companies, which           are successful on Instagram.
l) Big Brands

So we chose Instagram to promote our event e-DOLA 2015. The event crew used Instagram to update the activities that we did before, during, and after the event. We are supposed to achieve minimum 700 followers in Instagram before the event started. So each 32 of us as event organizer we promoted in our own social media, such as Instagram, Facebook, Wechat and Whatsapp. During the event, the media bureau did the live updates. The person in charge covered the live updates from the entrance of the Hotel Equatorial, Melaka ballroom until the back stage. Meanwhile, the other updates such as photo booth also covered by other event crews. Few days after the event, we achieved more than 700 followers in Instagram as the target of event organizers.

Instagram follower 

After the event the Blog bureau were asked to create a Blog page to update all the details from the beginning until the end of this event. Furthermore, the other event organizers were given a task to prepare the articles about the event. 

Blog of Event Management 

In conclusion, event crews of   DEV 5A faced challenges   in   planning,   organization   and implementation of events due both participants and artists. At the end of the day, the whole event crews contributed to a better understanding CIDOS Inspiring Learning Award smoothly with amazing cooperation from all. Thanks to God who helped and gave us full blessed from major nor minor problems before, during and after our event.

Credit to : NAVEENA KANDASAMY

                 JECELA VANI A/P BHARATHAN

Being Usher of The Day

Introduction

On the 7th of October 2015, Cidos Inspiring Learning Awards or is widely known as e-DOLA 2015 was held at Hotel Equatorial, Melaka. This event was held to celebrate the online educational practices and rewards those practitioners who have succeeded and able to create quality e-CONTENT materials to be used by Malaysian Polytechnics. We managed to take part in the event as the organizer. During the event, we are divided into certain bureaus and the bureaus we are going to highlight in this article is the usher.

There were many memorable experiences during the event that we can highlight. Usher plays a really big role in this kind of event. Usher needs to know everything related to the event as the guests present will need assistance and the usher will be the one who assisting. As the usher of that night, we could see how important an usher for an event. 

An usher is a person who helps visitors in large buildings and responsible of the public reception usually in theater and cinema. In this case, it would be during an event. Ushers assist visitors by formally showing the way in a large building or to their appropriate seats. The usher is responsible for the seating and the safety of event attendees.

For a formal event, an usher is a very crucial role during the event. They play a big part of the event because they were on duty before, during and even after the event ended. This basically means, if ushers did something wrong and make many mistakes, it will affect not only the event, but also the organizers’ reputation. Being an usher, there are many do’s and don’ts that should be taken seriously. For instance, if you are given a task, it is not supposed to be taken for granted, because every task, even small tasks are indeed, important. 

Making mistakes are part of being human but we can try to minimize the mistakes as much as we can. Since being an usher is so crucial, these are type of responsibilities of an usher and the dos and the don’ts you need to remember if you’re destined to be an usher for future event.

Responsibility

• Politely directing and escorting attendees to their seats

• Providing attendees with programs and other relevant materials.

• Checking assigned section for cleanliness

• Be aware of and enforce appropriate house rules.

• Remain at assigned post throughout the event unless taking an assigned break

• Must be aware of, and follow, the proper procedures for assisting patrons with disabilities

• Understand evacuation procedures form all points within each venue

• Ability to repeatedly climb stairs – up and down – to provide effective staff coverage in all areas during an event

• Ability to stand for long periods, sometimes for the duration of an event

• Work all assigned shifts and arrive at posted call time (or obtain replacement.)

• Adhere to dress code

• Ushers may watch the event, seating available, but should always be aware of patron movement and needs

DO’S AND DON’TS ON USHERING

1. DO’S

• You need to dress well and look good in front of the guest (grooming)

• Good communication skill

• Be friendly

• Smile all the time

• Walk, talk and act properly

• Be extremely courteous and respect everyone present

• Need to know how to differentiate between VIP’s and other guests

• Know and recognize all the VIP’s

• Know and understand well about everything related to the event (tentative/flow)

• Know the layout of the venue and aware of every facilities such as toilet 

• Be diplomatic when referring to guests and use the terms, "Sir," "Madam" or "Child."

• Assist guests in every way possible. Be especially courteous to ladies, children and elderly                   people. Crippled people should be extended every possible courtesy

• You must keep your hands off the guests

• Never leave your post unless given permission by the man in charge

• When referring to one of an organization always uses title and name of his position

• You are warned not to carry on conversation unless it is in the line of duty. In cases of necessity,         be brief.

• In answering questions, take time enough to look directly at your guests and reply in a manner             that is direct to the question asked

• Friends and former employees are to be treated by you as a guest. Excuse yourself from them            and see them after working hours

• Mothers with crying children should be treated with the utmost courtesy and care. If the child             continues to cry after you have spoken to the mother, say, "I am very sorry, Ma'am, but I must             ask you to take the little one to the rest room."

2. DON’TS

• Not following the dress code

• Not well groomed

• Show bad attitude 

• Disrespect everyone present

• Make noises and disturb the event

• Doesn’t understand the flow of the event

• Doesn’t recognize the VIP’s/VVIP

• Doesn’t know the layout of the venue

• Improper walking and talking style

• Be over-friendly/extremely talkative

• Never give guests any orders. Communicate your desires in the form of a request. Accompany              the acceptance of your request by, "I thank you, sir."

• Do not say "shush" to anyone. If a guest is creating unnecessary noise, say, "Excuse me sir, you           are disturbing other guests," and then leave immediately. If the guest persists in making noise,             call an executive at once.

• When wishing to attract a guest's attention, never summon but step directly up to the guest and            say, "I beg your pardon, sir."

A GOOD USHER

Ushers are often used to ensure the event runs smoothly. Being an usher is not everyone’s job but everyone can be a good usher. Event can be ruined if the usher doesn’t do their job properly. For instance, if a guest asked questions regarding the event and ushers could not answer properly or even worse answer wrongly, it could give bad implications towards the event/organizers. Being an usher, there are few things that need to be remembered. 

First of all, you need to be extremely good in communication skill. Communication skill is the first requirement in being an usher. If you couldn’t communicate well with other people, how could you possibly going to be a good usher? 

Secondly, you need to have confidence. Not everyone has high level of confidence and those who possess such confidence should be proud of themselves. Confidence is something that wouldn’t appear within a day.

Good usher possess good grooming skill and would look good all the time. Since they are basically the face of the event, they need to appeal to everyone present. They do not have to put so much make-up or wear 10 inches heels. Minimal make-up would be just nice since you don’t want to look like an opera singer who got lost. 

Besides that, a good usher talks/speaks, acts and walks properly. You need to give a really good impression about yourselves to others. Good first impression would give you a lot of benefits. You don’t want to go around and hearing negative things about yourselves. 

Other than that, being an usher you need to be good in many things. This is because the guests might ask you to do things you are not supposed to do.. You need to be prepared mentally and physically since it will be quite challenging if you are not used to it.

In conclusion, usher plays a really big and important role in an event. If the usher gives full commitment towards the task given, it will give a great impact and if the usher doesn’t do well, it will affect the reputation of the event.

If you are given a task to be an usher in the future, below are the characteristics of a good usher that you need to know:

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD USHER

• Good communication skills

• High level of confidence

• Manage their time well

• Good in multitasking

• High level of patience

• Neat and tidy (well groomed)

• Use proper language

• Act and walk properly

• Manage to understand everything fast

 Credit to : Amni Khalida and Izaz Emyra

Photography

I was assigned as the official photographer for CIDOS Inspiring Learning Awards 2015 - eDOLA 2015 event organized by students of Diploma of Event Management semester 6 Polytechnic Merlimau, Melaka. The event was held at Equatorial Hotel on 7 October 2015. The CIDOS Inspiring Learning Awards 2015 is an event that celebrates the online educational practices and rewards those practitioners who have succeeded and able to create quality eCONTENT materials to be used by the Malaysian Polytechnics. The tagline is ‘Changing the Way We Learn!’ There were three separate competition awards; eMICRO CONTENT COMPETITION; SCORMKING COMPETITION and CIDOS Doodles Competition. Each competition focuses on different aspects of eCONTENT development, while the main underlying objective is to address Digital Literacy.  

I used DSLR camera model Nikon version D1300 to capture great moments during the event such the moment of VVIP and VIP arrival, the guests moment during registration, the speech of VVIP, the moments during the event when the organizer committee is on work, the view of the ballroom, the lighting view during the event and others moment that be highlight during the meeting. It was a tough work because there are many of VIPs during the event and I have to be flexible to capture different pictures. 

The protocol during event also is too tight that I have to work properly and don’t make any mistakes to avoid obstructing the view. During the event also I have to take the pictures of our organizer’s work such behind the stages about how our members handling the prizes arrangement and also how our stage manager handling the stage with all of the performance and VVIP speech. I also captured the moment of how our organizer members work at the registration table, the usher work on how they welcoming the guest, and also the moment how our members arrange the seating arrangement for the night. 

After the event, I have to analyze and choose all of the pictures that should be handed to our bloggers and to Jabatan Pengajian Politeknik (JPP) to be uploaded. At the same time I have to finalize the scope and objective that I’ve done is success and the feedback will be heard by lecturer that teaches the subject Event Project 1 as the event planned.

More Details On Photography

Photography is the science, art and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. 

      About the camera controls in all but certain specialized cameras, the process of obtaining a usable exposure must involve the use, manually or automatically, of a few controls to ensure the photograph is clear, sharp and well illuminated. The controls usually include but are not limited to the focus. The position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image in focus and out focus. Then, aperture adjustment of the lens opening, measured as f-number, which controls the amount of light passing through the lens. Aperture also has an effect on depth of fielding diffraction – the higher the f-number, the smaller the opening, the less light, the greater the depth of field and the more the diffraction blur. The focal length divided by the f-number gives the effective aperture diameter. Also, the shutter speed adjustment of the speed (often expressed either as fractions of seconds or as an angle, with mechanical shutters) of the shutter to control the amount of time during which the imaging medium is exposed to light for each exposure. 

Then, the shutter speed may be used to control the amount of light striking the image plane; 'faster' shutter speeds (that is, those of shorter duration) decrease both the amount of light and the amount of image blurring from motion of the subject and/or camera. The white balance, on digital cameras, electronic compensation for the color temperature associated with a given set of lighting conditions, ensuring that white light is registered as such on the imaging chip and therefore that the colors in the frame will appear natural. On mechanical, film-based cameras, this function is served by the operator's choice of film stock or with color correction filters.

          Lastly, autofocus point on some cameras, the selection of a point in the imaging frame upon which the auto-focus system will attempt to focus. Many Single-lens reflex cameras (SLR) feature multiple auto-focus points in the viewfinder.

Figure1: Back of the camera

Figure 2: Lens and top of the camera

Figure 3: Front of the camera

The Step

1. Make sure your camera lens is clean and if you are using a Digital SLR, you also need to makesure that the sensor is clean. This is easy to do and will avoid your images having any unwanted dots, smears or marks on them. Use a lens cloth that is only going to be used on the lens. Frstly, breathe on the lens and then clean it with a circular motion. For the sensor, to reduce dirt getting onto it, always turn the camera off before changing the lens and try to do so in a ‘controlled’ environment like the back of a car. Essentially, try not to change the lens on a really windy beach or in the desert. Most DSLR cameras have automatic sensor cleaning when you turn the camera on and off so that helps a lot.

2. Read your camera’s manual. It sounds boring, but 1-2 hours with the manual and your camera in hand will guarantee that you will learn to understand it quickly. The sooner you can operate in full manual mode the better. It is the only way to start pushing your photographic skills.

3. Get your subject in the right spot. If you are shooting a portrait or a group of people, position them where you want them. Make sure there is nothing growing out of their heads and if you want to feature your background then do so. Ask your subject(s) to move forwards or backwards and framing your shot with your subject framed hard left or right can work really well. Never be shy to move your subject(s) around, it is the best way to learn.

4. Framing, this is what 80% of photography is all about. Look at images in magazines, watch movies and see how they are framed. You need to allow enough headroom, but not too much otherwise the image can look clumsy. Don’t crop half a hand or part of their head. Try not to place people directly in the centre of the frame. Soon your eye will get used to framing and you’ll know what looks good.

5. Get the lighting right. Lighting is really important and helps set mood and atmosphere. While using additional flash units can be a little advanced, setting your internal flash to the correct level for your lighting environment makes a big difference. This is where we come back to reading the ‘dreaded’ manual. On most cameras accessing the flash control is only a few clicks away on the menu. Learning how to do this will definitely help. If you have a DSLR, get an external flash and experiment using it off the camera.

6. Control the exposure. Being able to control the aperture size (exposure) and shutter speed manually will mean that you can expose what you want to expose for and not what the camera thinks you want to expose for. When the camera is in auto exposure mode it will expose whatever is largely in frame. For example, if you are taking a picture of your subject and a waterfall is in the background then the camera will close down the iris to expose for the white waterfall and as a result your subject will be under exposed/ dark. By knowing how to use exposure and shutter manually (which each directly affect each other) this will allow you to take control and make decisions on what part of your image you want to expose for.

7. Understand about Depth of Field. Learning the basics of depth of field (DOF) and how exposure (Aperture or 'F Stop') increases or decreases what is in focus will expand your creativity no end. Learning about how slow and fast shutter speeds can affect your work will increase your creativity. Switching to manual focus for specific shots is also very helpful especially with macro (close up) work. This means you can set the focus to exactly where you want it to be.

8. Have your camera to hand. Again this might sound obvious, but Photography is all about catching a moment and moments only last a moment… So leaving your camera in your bedroom or buried deep in your bag is never a winner.

9. Lighting: If you are shooting in daylight and want the best picture possible, then use the sun to your advantage. Backlit photography can look fantastic, and is very helpful to separate your subject from its background and can give a much more 3D image. Just be aware of lens flare entering the lens and decide if you want that effect. You can flag the flare by using a lens hood or simply using your hand. When possible use a piece of white card or a reflector to bounce light back onto your subject's face. You will be surprised how effective this method is and it will dramatically lift the shadows from your subject's face and improve your images.

10. Try to use a prime lens. It doesn't mean you should go and buy an expensive fixed focal length lenses; just set your camera lens on the zoom to about 50mm, which is approximately what our eyes see. Then, rather than zoom the camera in and out, keep it fixed and physically move yourself around. Get close to your subjects and down on their level. Don’t always shoot from standing up, just because it is the most convenient.

11. Don’t be frightened to shoot vertical. Vertical can really suit certain shots, especially portraits. 

12. If you are taking pictures of people you don’t know, then make sure you smile! Sounds simple, but people always appreciate it. You are taking their image so it’s the least you can do. It will help them feel more comfortable and they might even smile back.

Credit to : Khairul Amirin and Jamadil Azra ( DEV5 2015)

Montage (film Making )

Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. The term has been used in various contexts. It was introduced to cinema primarily by Eisenstein, and early Soviet directors used it as a synonym for creative editing. In France the word "montage" simply denotes cutting. The term "montage sequence" has been used primarily by British and American studios, which refers to the common technique as outlined in this article. The montage sequence is usually used to suggest the passage of time, rather than to create symbolic meaning as it does in Soviet montage theory. From the 1930s to the 1950s, montage sequences often combined numerous short shots with special optical effects (fades, dissolves, split screens, double and triple exposures) dance and music. They were usually assembled by someone other than the director or the editor of the movie.

Two common montage sequence devices of the period are a newspaper one and a railroad one. In the newspaper one, there are multiple shots of newspapers being printed (multiple layered shots of papers moving between rollers, papers coming off the end of the press, a pressman looking at a paper) and headlines zooming on to the screen telling whatever needs to be told. "Scroll montage" is a form of multiple-screen montage developed specifically for the moving image in an internet browser. It plays with Italian theatre director Eugenio Barba's "space river" montage in which the spectators' attention is said to "[sail] on a tide of actions which their gaze [can never] fully encompass."[4] "Scroll montage" is usually used in online audio-visual works in which sound and the moving image are separated and can exist autonomously: audio in these works is usually streamed on internet radio and video is posted on a separate site

The motion picture's script to find out the story and action, then take the script's one line description of the montage and write his own five page script. The directors and the studio bosses left him alone because no one could figure out what he was doing. Left alone with his own crew, he constantly experimented to find out what he could do. He also tried to make the montage match the director's style, dull for a dull director, exciting for an exciting director.

Medium making the video. 

Making video montage is the same with specification for making video editing. Medium or application for making the montage is using a Computer or personal laptop that has Intel Inside more that i5 the higher the core is the best for making a video or montage. According to Mr. Abda Abdul Nasir (Professional Montage editor) using an Apple laptops or PC is more suitable because it is not usually hang during making the video according to former Platinum Apple Communication editor Mr Aizzuddin He has been changing his laptop many times because of the internal problem by making a montage and video using the lower Laptop specification.

Application

There are a lot of applications that can be used for making a montage such as 3D maker, movavi editor Redshark editor and etc.  During the study at Platinum Apple Communication   a few things that need to be considered before making a montage such as the software application. The suggested application is adobe. The adobe application needs came version in their sub application as it links each other in adobe CS6 the application that will be used in the making of the montage is:

• Adobe Photoshop Cs 6 

• Adobe premiere pro Cs 6

• Adobe after effect Cs 6

• Adobe prelude Cs 6

• Adobe illustrator Cs 6

Resolution 

Resolution for the montage needs to be considered as medium that will be used for display such as Television, laptops, Led screen, or Projector. If the chosen resolution does not match the Display platform resolution it will appear a black panel either on the left and right video or the upper and the lower video played. The calculation for resolution such as 

• 1600x900 wide screen

• 1240x720 square screen

• 800x600  square screen

Pixel for the picture or video  

The pixel for the video is more that the width x height such as for a picture:

• 1280 (width pixel) x800 (height pixel)

The pixel in after effect needs to be adjusted by their progressive (DVCPROHD 1080p) that is suitable for Asian and the international for Europe (DVCPROHD 1080i)

Rendering video

The rendering video codec is H.264 because the codec are suitable for the player such as window media player, GOMS, VLC the best choices for codec is DXV but not all the player could play the video format. It is crucial to choose accurate video format because not all video players can play the video.

Step edit a Montage using Adobe after Effect creative studio 6

IMPORT SLIDESHOW, VIDEO, OR PICTURE ASSETS 

In After Effects, double-click in the Project panel to bring up the Import File dialog, then locate and import the images you wish to use. For our project, I imported three folders of photos of yours one paper-texture image downloaded from iStockphoto or in google to use as a background. 

Note: Though not imperative, ensuring your snapshot images are all the same pixel size will make this project a breeze to complete at the end

Any video or picture must be import into Project Panel 

CREATE COMPOSITION

Select your chosen background texture image (ours is called “Paper 1280.psd”) and drag it onto the Create a New Composition icon at the bottom of the Project panel. This creates and opens a new Composition at the size of your image—ours is 1280 pixels square with a Duration of 10:00 (Composition>Composition Settings). Now, choose any one of your snapshot images and drag it into the Timeline above the texture image. Press S on the keyboard to reveal its Scale property, and adjust it down to 20% (or close to the visual).

Choosing the suitable composition that suits your images 

Add photo edge 

Probably 99.99% of digital images don’t come with a white edge, so we need to add one—but not in Photoshop on every image! Here’s a neat trick: With the snapshot layer selected, double-click on the Rectangle tool in the Toolbar to add a mask automatically around the layer. Now, go to Effect> Generate> Stroke. In the Effect Controls panel (ECP), adjust the Brush Size to 50 px, Brush Hardness to 100%, and Spacing to 0%. Nice thing is, we can reuse this on the other images.

Adding a photo edge to make a frame of the photo

 KEYFRAME POSITION & ROTATION

At 00:20f on the Timeline, press P and Shift-R to reveal the snapshot’s Position and Rotation values, and click their Stopwatches to add keyframes. Now press V (Selection tool) and move the image to the bottom of the Comp, then hit W (Rotate tool) and adjust its angle a touch. At 00:00f, rotate the image in the opposite direction as much as you wish, then press V and drag it to its off-screen starting position (as shown). While you’re here, click the layer’s Motion Blur switch also (circled).

Key frame is where is the pictures will be appear

EASE IN KEYFRAMES & ADJUST VELOCITY 

Drag a marquee across the keyframes at 00:20f to select them, then choose Animation>Keyframe Assistant>Easy Ease In. If you scrub the Timeline now, the spin and movement do slow down, but not “heavily” enough. Click the Graph Editor icon in the Timeline, then click just the Position value to show its motion velocity curve. Select that second keyframe to show its handle, then Shift-drag the handle to the left to force the velocity to decelerate very quickly from the start and slowly ease into the second keyframe. Repeat the exact same process for the second Rotation keyframe

DUPLICATE LAYER & ADJUST ANIMATION 

With Steps 3–6, we’ve prepared a single layer which can be reused many times, and whose core image can easily be replaced later on. Press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to duplicate the layer and, ensuring you’re at 00:20f (to avoid adding intermediate keyframes by mistake), move and rotate this layer to a different end position and angle. Then, go to 00:00f (the Home key does this) and move and rotate (keep using those tool shortcuts!) this layer to a different start position and angle.

RINSE & REPEAT 

Now, repeat Step 7 (duplicate and adjust) as many times as you wish, making sure to only adjust the Position and Rotation values when you’re at 00:00f and 00:20f. Feel free to have the images come in from any position around all four corners of your comp, spinning as many times as you desire—this is your photo montage! Try to position the “rows” of images so they build upward from the bottom of the texture background to the top, perhaps leaving a gap for titles (or DVD menu buttons) later on.

SEQUENCE LAYER TIMING 

Now to make the layers animate in an offset sequence: Press F2 to deselect all layers, then select your bottommost layer first. Now, hold down Shift and select the topmost layer (this is important as it sets the sequence order). Now go to Animation>Keyframe Assistant>Sequence Layers, turn Overlap to On, Transition to Off, and set the Duration to 10 frames less than your Timeline length (in our example, the Timeline is 10:00f, so we’ll key in 09:20f). 

LAYER REPLACEMENT 

Now for the easy part—replacing all the images! Scrub along the Timeline to 08:00, or to where you can see all of your images, and select one of the layers. In the Project panel, select the image you wish to replace it with, and simply press Command-Option-/ (PC: Ctrl-Alt-/) to replace the animated layer’s contents, but retain the border, shadow, keyframes, and velocity control. “Rinse-and-repeat” this step for all your images, and when you’re done, be sure to Save your work.

NEST COMPOSITION 

All the hard work’s now done, so let’s wrap this up quickly and easily. Close this composition, then press Command-N (PC: Ctrl-N) to create a new composition. Choose your desired size and format from the Preset menu (in our case, HDTV 720), Name the comp “Final Comp,” and click OK. Now, drag your master animation comp from the Project panel into the Timeline of the new comp, then Shift-drag it upward so its bottom edge aligns with the bottom edge of the new composition

ANIMATE POSITION 

At 00:00f, press P to reveal the nested layer’s Position value, and click the Stopwatch to add a keyframe. Now scrub along to 08:00f, and Shift-drag the nested layer down (or adjust the Y Position value in the Timeline) until its top edge aligns with the top of the composition. Be sure to choose Animation>Keyframe Assistant>Easy Ease In again on that second keyframe, then hit 0 (zero) on your keypad to create a RAM Preview and see your beautiful composition in motion.

FINAL EMBELLISHMENTS 

Go to Layer>New>Adjustment Layer, then Effect>Color Correction>CC Toner, and set the Midtones swatch to a mid gray. Now choose Effect>Color Correction>Photo Filter, and choose Warming Filter (81) from the Filter option. Press T to show the layer’s Opacity property, go to 04:00f and add an Opacity Keyframe. Go to 07:00f and change the Opacity to 0% to bring the original colors in at the end

ADD FINAL TEXT 

Add your final titles and this reusable, very cool photo-montage project is complete. 

Recommended effect

There is a lot of technique to make a montage such as masking, adding effect, and making 3D motion pictures. The effective medium to make the montage is adobe after effect. According to Wikipedia: Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and is used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Among other things, After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, rotoscoping , compositing and animation. It also functions as a very basic non-linear editor, audio editor and media transcoder.

The basic technique is masking process. the masking process is one of the process where an effect were added to make the footage become more life look alike such as adding a moving cloud in a plain picture to make it look moving during it played. There is also has many effect that we could make such as dissolving a footage or even using a green screen effect. Before make a masking process the main sources is background. The background can be the plain background or any pictures that you wanted to make as effect. 

The other effect that commonly used is green screen effect. The green screen effect or known as Chroma Key is a special effects technique for compositing or layering two images or video streams together bas on color hues. The techniques have been used heavily in many fields to remove a background from the subject of a photo or video. Chroma keying can be done with backgrounds of any color that are uniform and distinct. The most common color that has been use for chroma key is green and blue. It is commonly used for weather forecast, broadcast where in news presenter. Chroma keying is also used in the entertainment industry for special effects in movies or video games, the advanced state of technologies and much commercially available computer software, such as Autodesk smoke, final cut pro, or adobe After Effect.

Other than that, common effect that usually been used by editor is rain effect, smoke effect, 3D channel, transitions, color corrections, moving parts, text, slide and dozen more .Adobe After Effect can be combine with Premiere Pro to give more effect on the footage or pictures. Other than that is the Adobe illustrator. It is used to create an image, or smart art for create a new version of smart art by your own. Adobe Photoshop are also has been used in cut or edit for a pictures that need to be used in after effect.

 Masking process Adobe after effect CS6

 Cutting an pictures to create a effect places using Adobe Photoshop CS6

Chroma key or green screen effect.

Text and moving part effect

Credited to: Fadzmil Asri and Asyraf Farnizal