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Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute 6/30/2014

FINAL-LY (The Final Project Template)

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Anderson

And our semester is approaching its end… The only homework you have left is to kick the final’s @ss!  To do this you’ll need the following link: FINAL TEMPLATE: https://github.com/EliCash82/final_template/blob/master/template.html Thank you all for a great semester, and good luck … Continue reading →

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HW: Using Vocat

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Anderson

app.vocat.io This week we discussed VOCAT.  I spoke about the tool’s history, contextualized its construction in relation to the techniques we’ve been using in class, and demonstrated how one uses it. For homework I want you to find a YouTube … Continue reading →

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HW and DEMO: Blender or Ruby/Git/Middleman

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Anderson

HW: For Thursday, November 20th: You can either * take a screenshot of your Blender interface where you have replicated the green screen based node canvas from last week (See last blog post for screenshot of suggested setup, for in-depth … Continue reading →

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DEMO: Green Screen Compositing with Blender

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Anderson

On Thursday we took a look at chroma key compositing in Blender.  For more information on green screen compositing take a look at this wikipedia page and this Art of Keying article.  For review of the process we looked at in class, … Continue reading →

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HW: Feminist Frequency & #Gamergate

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Anderson

Yesterday in class we talked about the multifaceted #Gamergate, and the problems facing women in the video/computer gaming space.  We watched some news footage and a few interviews with female game developers that have been under attack by a niche … Continue reading →

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HTML/CSS Video Tutorial Playlist

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Anderson

I want some of you, especially those of you that have had struggled with learning HTML and CSS, to take some time and follow this video tutorial playlist. I think the author does a good job of moving from very … Continue reading →

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Tumblr Theme Demo

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Anderson

To view the markup that corresponds to the simple tumblr theme build we will be creating in class on 10/23 please access the following link: https://github.com/EliCash82/tumblr_theme_demo/blob/master/demo_theme.html

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Homework: RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Anderson

For homework I’d like you to watch the above documentary RiP! A Remix Manifesto.  You have two options for your homework: You can either… 1. Take 2 screenshots and write 200 words about each.  (400 words total) or 2. Create … Continue reading →

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Mini Demo: Using Gimp to Create Text Effects

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Anderson

During our last class we discussed the use of Gimp to manipulate text.  Learning how to create an interesting text effect in an image editor is a great skill to have when styling a blog or a website.  Those of … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Blender

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Anderson

Hopefully you all enjoyed the Blender demo in class yesterday, but I realize I did zip along pretty quickly. I encourage all of you, but especially those of you interested in video and sound production, to watch the following playlist … Continue reading →

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