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Are You a CG Whiz? Show us Your Skills and We’ll Make You a Star… October 29, 2009

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http://www.escapestudios.com/cgwhiz/index.html

sorry its late only just found it….DEADLINE TOMORROW….maybe send them a link to you weblog?

5.1 Surround Sound with Soundtrack Pro October 29, 2009

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The application Soundtrack Pro version 2 & 3 which comes with Final Cut Pro allows you to assemble and mix surround sound for video and audio projects. You can find a useful tutorial on this here:
Surround Sound Mixing in Soundtrack Pro 2
Also check out the information on the Apple site.:

This is another useful article using the now discontinued Firewave card but this can be substituted for any other six channel audio card.

Here is a useful video on Soundtrack Pro:

1st Year - AFX October 26, 2009

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hi,
just a reminder that the photoshop document you started with me in our first session should be complete before the start of our next session this Wednesday so we can get straight into it.

We will be covering importing psd’s into after effects, more masking…, moving image imports and 3d, including lights and cameras within after effects.

After Effects Project October 22, 2009

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Hello,
i would like a “sting” created using after effects It must be 3-4 seconds long, include audio (royalty free) preferably your own, and display the AUCB logo and the words “e-learning with” or something to that effect…

AUCB logo (you choose)

Please create your composition in HDV/HDTV 720 25

please upload your creations to your weblogs and send me the link at jwatkins@aucb.ac.uk

This is not part of a unit, there is no prize, but the chosen animation will be used to top and tail all e-learning tutorials online.

All entries welcome.

Thanks
Jay

Update…….

I have had……ONE entry so far.

Course Trip Friday the 23rd October October 21, 2009

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A must see experience for ALL First and Second Years.

First port of call will be SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution (cost £4 with a student card)

A major exhibition staged at London’s Somerset House in Autumn 2009, SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution is a retrospective of nine years of online innovation, invention and creation. Based around the themes of ‘Process’, ‘Performance’ and ‘Participation’, the exhibition showcases over twenty projects from SHOWstudio’s archives alongside unique new films, artworks and live fashion shoots and events specifically devised for this groundbreaking exhibition.

Second port of call will be Mutate Britian “One foot in the Grove” (cost £1)

A 15000 square foot open air exhibition of Street Art, giant Sculpture and Installations, fully licensed for 1250 people, underneath the West Way Road Bridge next to Portobello Road, Ladbroke Grove, London.

Following the success of their debut show ‘Behind the Shutters’ at the infamous Cordy House, the Mutate Britain team are pleased to announce One Foot in the Grove, an exhibition of painting and sculpture located in the heart of West London on the Portobello Road.

Since artists such as Futura 2000 (then touring with The Clash) and Mode 2 first painted the huge walls supporting the iconic West Way in the early 80s, they have been cited as a birthplace of British graffiti/street art culture. Almost 30 years later Street Art is a global artistic movement, rich with talent, diverse aesthetic styles and momentum sustained by passion. Now over 50 of its old school pioneers, infamous names and future masters are back to build a show that celebrates the depth and heritage of the movement. Expect surprise announcements to add to the mix of works by Mode 2, Matt Small, Dr. D, Part2ism, Best Ever and too many more to mention here.

http://mutatebritain.wordpress.com/

We will leave at 08.30 from the University Bus Stop

And return at 8.00pm approximately

Future Cinema Tutorials Monday October 26th October 20, 2009

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Future Cinema Tutorials Monday October 26th
With Phil Beards in First Floor Enterprise Pavilion (our new studio space)(change of room).
Please turn up in advance of your Tutorial time to ensure times do not over run.
09.45 Alastair Hyde-Tetley, Adam Skelton
10.10 Jack Collins, Mike Wakefield
10.50 Simon Hutchins, Josh Pollard
11.20 Mat Brewer
11.40 Mike Cosgrave, Phil Andrews, Elliott Trent
12.10 Ron Henry
13.30 Filippa Gustaffson, Damien Willamson, Gary Wilford.
14.00 Mike Campbell, Jamie Milligan
14.30 Jamie Wilkinson, Ewan Robertson
15.15 Sam Ibrahim
15.35 Nick Reardon
15.55 Steph Wilson

First Year Blog Links October 20, 2009

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Abbott, Catherine
Ashley, Jack
Ayles, Kieran
Bartlett, William
Bowdery, Graham
Briede, Kavi
Campbell, Alex
Jakob, Juno
Dalton, Lisa
Darrell, George
Dubery, Samuel
Emmett, Oliver
Evenden, Mark
Fuller, Daniel
Grierson, Sam
Hamling, Max
Hume, Daniel
Kerley, Dominic
Lewis, Alice
Liu, Lynne
Mills, Jemma
Simmonds, Alexander
Sullivan, Daniel
Tratt, Gina
Trinity, Toria
Wakeford, Luke
Wallace-Smith, Sam
Willmott, Daniel
Wright, Felix
Yeo, James
Lo, Katherine
Cusack, Chance
McCall, Evan

Interactive Swedish Piano Stairs October 15, 2009

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I love this idea which has just appeared on youtube. Funnily enough I read an interview with guitarist Les Paul who died recently about when he first started making guitars, he was interested in the sound properties of wood. He took the wooden treads off the stairs at home and planed them down to different thicknesses so that when he ran up the stairs they sounded like a marimba.