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Welcome to School of the Arts online IT, Photography and Creative Digital Technologies video tutorials, timetable and online bookings website
PhotoShop Digital Image Editing
Illustrator Digital Drawing
InDesign Desktop Publishing
Flash Interactive Animation
DreamWeaver Advanced Web Design
iWeb Basic Web Design
Maya 3D Modelling & Animation
Vectorworks Technical Drawing
Final Cut Pro Video Editing
Motion Motion Graphics
After Effects Video Post-Production
Garage Band Basic Sound Production
iDVD Basic DVD Production
DVD Studio Advanced DVD Production
Soundtrack Advance Sound Production
PowerPoint Digital Presentation
Keynote Digital Presentation
Stopmotion Animation
QuickTime Pro Video Player & Encoder
Mac Tips
New Online Video Tutorials
Maya Nurbs Tricycle Project
PhotoShop Paths
Frequently Asked...
2D into 3D: Vectorworks and Maya
Maya: Modelling a Human Head
• Printing In the Fairbairn Building Computer Labs - Networked Printing
• Large Format Printing In the Fairbairn Building
Online Facility and Equipment Booking Request Form
• Video Camcorder and Sound Equipment Booking Request Form
• Photographic/Video Continuous Lighting Studio, MoCap and Animation Rostrum Booking Request Form
Online IT and Photography Technical Tutor Tutorial Booking Request Form
• Ben Dolman : IT tutorial booking request
• 2010-2011 BOOKING SLOTS Ben Dolman : IT tutorial booking request
• Alan Duncan : Photography tutorial booking request
• Stuart Franey : IT tutorial booking request
• Matthew Fray : IT tutorial booking request
• You can also contact Darren Weaver : D.P.Weaver@lboro.ac.uk and book a slot with Darren who can give instruction and assistance in PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign on Wednesday morning and all day Thursday and Friday in the Fairbairn. John Mack is also available for IT and Creative Digital Technologies tuition on Monday and Tuesday in the Fairbairn and can be contacted at W.J.Mack@lboro.ac.uk. Matthew Fray can be connected at M.Fray@lboro.ac.uk and is based in Frederick Street and covers DTP, Illustrator, PhotoShop and looks after the departments large format scanner.
Lectures and Workshops for 2009 & 2010
• IT and Creative Digital Technologies Lecture Series Dates for Year A Undergraduates
• IT and Creative Digital Technologies Workshops for Undergraguates and Postgraduates
• Open Access IT & Creative Digital Technologies Workshop Series with Ben Dolman
LUSAD IT Labs
• Fairbairn Bookable IT Teaching Lab : 14 seat Mab Lab
• Fairbairn Visualisation Open Access Mac IT Lab for all students and staff : 15 seats
• Fairbairn Postgraduate and Research Mac IT Lab for postgraduate students and staff only : 4 seats
• Fairbairn Building Open Hours : Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm and Wednesday 9.00am - 1.00pm
• Current software supported in the Fairbairn IT Labs : Adobe (PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, After Effects & Fireworks) Apple (Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack, DVD Studio Pro, Quicktime Pro, iLife, Pages, Numbers, Keynote) Vectorworks, Maya, Modo, Dragon and Real Flow.
IT, Photography and Creative Digital Technologies Staff
• Ben Dolman - IT Technical Tutor based at the Fairbairn Building
• Alan Duncan - Photography Technical Tutor based in LUSAD main building
• Stuart Franey - IT Technical Tutor at the Fairbairn Building
• Matthew Fray - IT Technical Tutor based at Frederick Street
• John Mack - Technical Tutor at the Fairbairn Building [Monday & Tuesday] and LUSAD main building [Wednesday, Thursday & Friday]
• Darren Weaver - IT Technician based at the Fairbairn Building
Recent Student Projects
Textiles Yr 1 Scarf Digital Print Project
Textiles Yr 2 PhotoShop Repeat Workshop
Hardware and Software Useful Links Page
Useful links page provides links to websites that cover most requests for information regarding hardware and software in IT and Creative Digital Techologies in LUSAD
About the online IT video tutorials and tips website
This website has been designed to support the learning and teaching of new creative digital technology in the School of the Arts and on the left hand side is the main index to all the topics to be covered. Starting in 2007 the aim is to provide a comprehensive video tutorial resource that covers all the different software application used for teaching and research in the school.
It is best to view this web site on campus as the video files are large but if you wish to view the video tutorials off campus and do not have access to a fast broadband network with an unlimited download quota the School can supply all the learning material on a DVD.
You need Apple QuickTime installed on your computer to view the video tutorials.
• For Mac go to : http://www.apple.com/uk/quicktime/download/mac.html
• For Windows PC go to : http://www.apple.com/uk/quicktime/download/win.html
I hope you enjoy the lessons and feedback is most welcomed on this new exciting teaching development in the School, please e-mail B.Dolman@lboro.ac.uk your thoughts and suggestions so we can continue to develop and make this resource pleasurable and useful in your studies and research.
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Links be inspired
Visualisation Tools: ParaClouding and Gem3 http://paraclouding.com/WP
Visualisation Architecture Approaches at The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia: http://www.iaacblog.com/2009-2010/MAAphase1/digitalfabrication
Adobe TV : http://tv.adobe.com/# Collection of online video tutorials and case studies compiled by Adobe to support learning Adobe applications.
Animation World TV : http://www.awntv.com Animation World TV showcases independent animation from accross the world and offers you the opportunity to submit your own work to be presented online.
Gestalten : http://www.gestalten.com Publishers of cutting edge art and design books that host an excellent community blackboard where up and coming artists and designers can showcase their work.
Twenty 120 | Truth vs. Deception : http://www.twenty120.com 20 films, each 120 seconds based on the theme of Truth vs. Deception
Inhabitat : http://www.inhabitat.com Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
Tokyoplastic : http://www.tokyoplastic.com A wonderful example how flash, interactive design and sound can be used to create a online portfolio.
Platform : http://www.platform-net.com The Platform website showcases experiments with new technologies, processes and computer aided design used to produce stunning designs by Gernot Oberfell and Jan Wertel.
lifeiscarbon : http://www.lifeiscarbon.com/weblog This website has been chosen as it showcases different creative disciplines that are treated with equally and are interestly juxtaposed and distiunctions becomes sometimes blurred or offer other alternative insights.
Mark Newson : http://www.marc-newson.com Mark Newson is most certainly a renaissance person, orginally trained in silver and jewellery he now designs every from chairs, cars to futuristic space craft and exhibits in art galleries across the world. He uses drawing, rapid prototyping, traditional craft skills, old and new materials and the latest computer aided design to create some of the most cutting edge designs, environments and sculptures.
MediaStorm : http://mediastorm.org MediaStorm create visionary journalism using the raw power of documentary still photography overlaid with a spoken narrative to create photographic essays using Aperature, Final Cut Pro and Logic Studio. A profile of there workflow can be seen at Apple's creative profiles http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/mediastorm/?sr=hotnews.rss
This new teaching resource is supported by The School of the Arts Learning and Teaching Committee.