VDMX Tutorial: Live Video Processing

Instructor

David Lublin

Location

Gallery

Dates

Thursday May 15

Registration Deadline

May 15

Times

7:00pm to 10:00pm

Member Price

$Free

Non-Member Price

$Free

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VDMX5 is a revolutionary environment which enables you to construct a custom video processing pipeline as well as an interface to control it. This workshop is ideal for any visualists who are looking to expand their horizons by creating the custom realtime video processing applications of their dreams.

Participants will gain a solid overview both of VDMX5's general workings as well as a walkthrough of the individual elements which may be used to build their own video instruments. The class will being with an introductory lecture covering several practical applications of VDMX, followed by an informal workshop and Q&A session. Topics will include interfacing with hardware controllers, working with multiple live video inputs, and using Quartz Composer to create interactive motion graphics and effects.

Students are encouraged to bring laptops, questions, and ideas. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. To register, click here or give us a call at 718.715.4961

Textile Design

Instructor

Joanne Sherrow

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Sunday May 18 and 25 - FULL!

Registration Deadline

May 14

Times

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Member Price

$120

Non-Member Price

$150

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Acquire a lucrative skill in this 6-hour intensive through learning the basics of textile design. Students will create original, digitally produced, production ready designs for printed fabrics marketable for women's, men's, and children's wear, home furnishings and paper products. Professional methods of designing patterns, repeats, and color combinations will be explored using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Students will also gain knowledge of how to market themselves in the various industries where these skills are applicable.

Joanne Sherrow is a Textile and Graphic Designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her clients include Victoria's Secret, Calvin Klein, Anthropologie, Seamen Schepps, and Liz Claiborne. Joanne teaches Adobe Illustrator for fashion design and digital archiving for artists and collectors at the Fashion Institute of Technology and fashion digital studio classes in Parsons School of Design's undergraduate fashion department. Joanne has also been involved in recording and performing experimental electronic music with the bands Confetti System and Tic-tac-oh. She has her BS from Pennsylvania State University and her AAS from the Fashion Institute of Technology. http://www.funkyjewels.com/

Photoshop Intensive

Instructor

Mara Taber

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Sunday May 11

Times

1100a-200p

Registration Deadline

May 8

Member Price

$80

Non-Member Price

$100

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Whether you are a non-photographer, novice photographer, artist, non-artist, art director, designer, publisher, or writer you will know how to perform digital miracles on your photographss upon completing this 4-hour workshop on the basics concepts of the Photoshop environment. Even photographers leery of the digital realm can get their feet wet with this no-nonsense introduction to the best digital-darkroom in the industry.

Instruction will cover image manipulation, resolution, file size, bit depth, image adjustment, color correction, brush settings, cloning, healing, layers, type, filters, effects, the difference between raster and vector graphics, as well as creating and retouching images.

All sessions include hands-on practice on Mac computers. Participants may bring their own laptops, provided Adobe Photoshop CS3 is already installed. This class is an introductory class and is not appropriate for students at the intermediate and advanced levels.

Mara Taber an artist and photographer specializing in fantastic imagery inspired by the legacies of classic horror, studio era Hollywood, vintage portraiture and gothic literature, using parody in her work. She was trained as a filmmaker, and has a successful career in photography and web design. Notable clients have been the award-winning journalist-filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, bands such as The Bloodsugars and Atomic Mint, and small businesses such as Queen Doll. To view her work please visit: http://stellamara.net

Final Cut Pro Workshop

Instructor

Thomas Dexter

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Thurdays May 22, 29, June 5

Times

7:00pm-10:00pm

Registration Deadline

May 12

Member Price

$180

Non-Member Price

$225

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This is a beginning to intermediate level class designed to create a supportive learning environment for students that have their own projects shot and ready to cut. All skill levels and all manner of projects are welcome, from art films to infomercials, the only prerequisite being your desire to expand your skill set and participate in a workshop environment.

Over the course of 3 weekly sessions and lab time, we will focus on learning / reviewing the fundamentals of composing with Final Cut Pro through in class exercises and assignments, as well as exploring some advanced finishing techniques; color correction, effects, and outputting. Additionally, we will discuss relevant aesthetic topics as they pertain to your individual projects.

While not required it is strongly encouraged that students bring their own DV cameras or capture devices to the first session so that we may best coordinate our time together.

Thomas Dexter is a film/video editor and visual artist / performer based in Brooklyn NY. He has exhibited and performed at venues throughout NYC including Roulette, Issue Project Room, The Tank, Sideshow Gallery, Monkeytown, 3rd Ward and others. Thomas has been teaching private and corporate clients for 5 years and is an Apple certified instructor.

Intro to Flash CS3

Instructor

Randy Miller

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Tuesdays May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17

Registration Deadline

May 9

Times

7pm-10pm

Member Price

$360

Non-Member Price

$450

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This class will introduce students to the basics of Adobe Flash CS3, the most ubiquitous plugin on the Web, capable of delivering interactive graphics, text, animation, audio, and video over the web in completely customizable environment. Freed from the conventions of HTML/CSS, you'll gain the fundamental tools to push your ideas to the web. Yes, your site CAN look like the third level of Galaga, a dissected frog, or a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, no problem!

Since this will be an introductory course, Flash's internal scripting language, ActionScript, will be covered minimally. Almost all animation/transformations/filters demonstrated will be timeline based, although the ActionScript alternatives will be mentioned. The main goal of this course is to open up the program to the beginner willing to go through an in-depth overview.

Students will build and upload an interactive "portfolio" site that will display their experiments in the following sections: textual layout, imported graphics (vector and bitmap), character animation, audio, and video.

Randy Miller is a freelance Flash designer. You can see his work at http://www.randymillerdesign.com