Tutoring Resources

Special Notice - For All Students Planning to Take Experimental Dual 511 course on Interactive Video/Motion Based Events

This course is designed for students who ideally have prerequisite experiences:

1. Basic skills in programming interactive events in Director (via Lingo) - either through Art 412 or equivalent

2. Working with Digital Video - either through Art 511 Digital Video or equivalent

Other students will be allowed in on a space available basis with instructor consent. These students will be expected to engage in self-initiated tutorials to build basic skills in these skill levels. Below are listed web resources to tutorials that students will be expected to complete. Students will be expected to complete a major part of this self study during the winter break.

============================= Director ===============

- Dean's Tutorials University of New South Wales (skip 3-d for now)

http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director/

-Desmond Lewis Tutorials -uk

http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/mmedia/directortutorial/

-Macromedia site for download of free trial version

http://www.macromedia.com/go/try_dmx2004

- Steve Wilson links to art 412 examples and other online information

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/%7Einfoarts/technical/director/wilson.director.tutorial.html

================ Digital Video ============

-What is digital video? Digital Video Tutorial by Andy Rush

http://www.mwc.edu/training/inte/multimedia/video/tutorial/

Digital Video Tutorial DV Terminology

http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/Challenge/VStudio_Class/digital_video_tutorial.htm

A short course in digital video -- (see 4. Anatomy of a mini DV tape)

http://www.shortcourses.com/video/

Editing

Multimedia iMovie Tutorial by Nona Weiner

http://etc.sccoe.k12.ca.us/i2000/00mod/l_mm/imov.html

Final Cut introduction (for FC Pro 3, but elements are basically similar to FC Pro HD 4.5)

http://www.sjmclib.umn.edu/viscomm/finalcutpro/

Final Cut Pro Basics

http://www.atomiclearning.com/finalcutprox.shtml