kcDigitalArts

all year 2 – on monday at 9am please bring with you a small digital camera – small compacts and even phone cams providing they are minimum 640 x 480 resolution are just fine

make sure they are charged and you have the cables / readers with you to transfer to the macs – don’t expect to use bluetooth – too slow

if you have digital slrs then great but these are not suitable for what we will be doing to start with – compacts or phones only please

can you also get hold of a craft knife with new blades and a tube of super glue and a CD (used or otherwise) in a plastic box

it will be fun

cheers

mark

in the end I have had to arrange this myself – so this is what we are going with

year one timetable

year two timetable – the wednesday 10am session will be arranged on one to one basis – I’ll let you know when I need to see you but be prepared to come in at 10 at short notce

year three timetable – wednesday one to one appointments will be arranged by mark or by request – you need to be able to come in when asked so be sure that if you have arranged work on wednesdays you may need to take an hour out every now and again

on today – saturday and tomorrow

don’t miss it – link here

also see on bbc site

absolutely unmissable

my special rant just for you all, is in folder 182

set aside 10 minutes and watch these two carefully

see if you can understand how and why each bit was done in the ways they were in the making of version

spyfilms

message from jamiec for info

Me and jacques have booked all our stuff and are ready to go joe – we are getting the train.

Found a early one from kingscross that is £16 or £10:50 with young persons rail card. Only 2 hour journey so not sure if you wantto post it up as it migh be more attractive then a 4 hour coach journey.

It’s east midlands trains. At 6:30 from st pancras international.

object lesson in pacing and control of the camera – black and white and depth of field – way to go!!!!

anyone interested in doing a simple website for a local charity?

no payment but may be good experience and portfolio

could be wordpress based even

let me know

mark

if you don’t know what blender is – you should – go to blender.org and find out

have a look at the open projects above as examples of what it is capable of

anyway I am teaching it to the foundation degree students as an experiment and I have the first set of videos available in folder 181 if you are interested

and it is open source of course

a great list of C4D tutorial sites – with a few I wasn’t aware of

check out the excellent AE top 10 too on the same site

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lovebytes is an important annual digital festival held in sheffield each year – probably the UKs most important in this area

the website is here

it is REALLY important for all of you to be seeing this stuff but especially relevant the closer you are to finishing and for yr3 who have a new module – professional practice about to start and will be exhibiting their own work and submitting to shows like this it’s vital – if you are not going to go you need to convince me why not I think

it is too short notice to organise an official college trip however there is nothing to stop us heading up under our own steam

a key weekend of events is coming up soon – friday 12th feb and saturday 13th feb

read on for more info about the events I think you NEED to see

cost
the conference on friday costs £20 (and includes lunch)
if you search (I can help with this) you can get a central twin bedded modern hotel room for £25 each for one night
exhibition and workshops are free

transport – I’m driving and am prepared to take 3 or depending on your size 4 in my car and split the petrol
or if you are worried about being driven on the motorway by an epileptic the coach is £18 return

I think this is cheap and sheffield is a great city

email me immediately if you are going or if not why not

my car is first come first served – let me know

If you can’t read I could see why you might not want one
Otherwise start saving

just read it – it’s good

What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow

you should know that apple are making a BIG announcement today – should because the chances it will be a game changer in the way that the iPod/iPhone was – and the impact it has on your lives and future career cannot be overstated

if you have been following the news and the slow decline of print media you will know that those traditional paper based media are struggling to come to terms with digital technologies

iTunes shook up the music industry and the music industry struggled (and is still kicking as it twitches in the coffin) to come to terms with downloads, paid for or otherwise

the buzz is that something similar is about to be announced that might have an impact on traditional print media – think newspapers, magazines textboks etc, perhaps streaming video

if this happens it will affect you as designers, content makers

apple never does things that are technically that new – before the ipod there were mp3 players, before the iPhone there were PDAs and phones that did more than make calls (hello windows mobile – ha ha ha) but apple know how to do it right and with an undeniable style and understanding so that the product is light years ahead of the competition

if the announcement today reveals a product (hardware and software) as rumoured it will be another landmark product that will change everything again

apple has driven the change in the music industry, apple has driven the change in the phone industry and now perhaps they will be doing similar for delivery of print (and possibly video)

all this is pure rumour of course – beyond announcing a press event apple have not said a single word about what today is about – no hints, no pre announcement photos, nothing – they however very clever at manipulating others in a complete control freak way

every bit that has been written is just a stab in the dark with no substance to back it up and today may just be to announce that the iPhone will be available in red, in a 128Gb version with a 5MP camera including flash in june (i’d be happy with that – I’m due an upgrade at the end of this month and for most companies this WOULD be a big announcement – hello nokia – but such is the expectation surrounding apple announcements) however I suspect not

so given the hype and that we have 1 apple employee (soon to be 2) on the course – with all that inside knowledge – attached is a little quiz of predictions to test your awareness of the issues and whether you read around the issues you might discuss at an interview

fill it out and email back to me before 5pm today

box of chocolates to the winner (sorry it is pdf only – do the best you can – dratted print media)

Prediction Score Card.pdf

just did an update ( to the theme ) and I have broken everything (well the mods I had made anyway) – it’ll just have to stay for the time being and I’ll put things right when I get the chance

idiot