Spring 2012
(Workshops meet Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm in the Thaddeus Street Education Building in room 207)
| January 24th: | Graphic Design Basics |
| (Learn to create shapes, borders and textures) | |
| January 31st: | Animation with Keyframes |
| (Put your graphics into motion using keyframes) | |
| February 7th: | Cutting, Cropping, Moving, Pasting |
| (Learn the navigational tools of photoshop) | |
| February 14th: | Make your own Valentine’s Day Card |
| (Use Photoshop to create a custom card) | |
| February 21st: | Intro to Video Editing |
| (Get started on Final Cut Pro software) | |
| February 28th: | Digital Painting |
| (utilize digital paint brushes in Photoshop for graphics) | |
| March 13th: | Guest Speaker: Liz Vaughan |
| (Local artist will speak about animation) | |
| March 20th: | Guest Speaker: Karen Ann Myers |
| (Local artist describes digital workflow of graphics) | |
| March 27th: | Guest Speaker: Hunter Hegler |
| (Local artist explains pen tool in Adobe Illustrator) | |
| April 3rd: | Guest Speaker: Dennis Trapani |
| (Local video producer explains motion graphics) | |
| April 10th: | Graphic Design Basics |
| (Learn to create shapes, borders and textures) | |
| Charleston International Film Festival | |
| April 11th 1-2 p.m: | Guest Speaker: VW Scheich |
| Learn about VFX Filmmaking from Director VW Scheich | |
| April 11th 3-5 p.m: | Movie Editing 3-5 p.m |
| (Learn the fundamentals of editing using Final Cut Pro. | |
| April 12th 3-5 p.m: | Soundscapes 3-5 p.m |
| (Learn the tools used to create lush soundscapes.) | |
| April 13th 3-5 p.m: | Animation 3-5 p.m |
| (Virtual cameras, rotoscoping and keyframing will be covered.) | |
| April 17th: | Guest Speaker: Chad Garrett |
| (Local artist explains graphics from concept to computer) | |
| April 24th: | Photoshop Photographs |
| (Enhance photos with filters and effects) | |
| May 1st: | Sound-scape Design |
| (Build a sound-scape from scratch) | |
Fall 2011
| September 13th: | Animating a Logo |
| (learn to separate graphics by layer to animate) | |
| September 20th: | Digital Sandpaper |
| (avoid pixelated graphics from start to finish) | |
| September 27th: | Photoshop Filters |
| (turn ordinary photos into extraordinary graphics) | |
| October 4th: | Cutting to the Beat |
| (learn to sync audio tracks with video) | |
| October 11th: | Puppet Tool and other Animation tricks |
| (learn time-saving animation strategies) | |
| October 18th: | Cubes and 3-D |
| (discover the possibilities of creating a 3-D digital world) | |
| October 25th: | Digital Painting |
| (utilize digital paint brushes in Photoshop for graphics) | |
| November 8th: | Green Screen |
| (learn how to key and composite media with green screen) | |
| November 15th: | Monster vs. Robot |
| (assemble and animate characters) | |
| November 22nd: | Charcoal to Pixels |
| (scan and clone stamp organic objects into digital media) | |
| December 6th: | Virtual Lighting |
| (learn to add that special touch with digital lights) | |
| December 13th: | Rotoscoping |
| (learn the technique used in “Roger Rabbit”) | |
Past Semesters…
Summer 2011
May 19th: CIFF: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro 3-5PM
May 20th: CIFF: Animation Workshop 3-5PM
June 7th: X,Y,Z: Virtual Cameras in Computer Animation
June 14th: Green Screen to Cartoon
June 21th: Painting with Pixels
June 28th: Creating a Digital Flyer
July 5th: Syncing Picture to Sound
July 12th: Photoshop Editing to Photographs
July 19th: Photoshop to After Effects Pipeline
July 26th: Virtual Lighting
August 9th: Digital Graphic Design Fundamentals
Spring 2011
February 1st: Graphics for Video
February 8th: Graphic Design
February 15th: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
February 22nd: Cinematography
March 1st: Mixed Media & Digital Graphics
March 8th: Computer Animation
March 15th: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
March 22nd: Sound Design
March 29th: HDR Digital Photography
April 5th: Graphic Design
April 12th: Hand-Drawn Animation
April 19th: Charcoal to Pixels
April 26th: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
May 3rd: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
Fall 2010
Summer 2010
Spring 2010
