4D Learning Studio - University of the Arts London...2013/04/04 · 4D Learning Studio 4D Workshops • Digital Media • Physical Computing • Animation • Digital Access Print

4D Learning Studio

4D Workshops• Digital Media• Physical Computing

• Animation• Digital Access Print

• Post Production

4D Workshop locations1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

Post Production

Digital Media& Physical Computing

Digital Access Print

4D Staff

Tyrone Messiah Ray Barker

Kevin Potter Angus MainSion FletcherDarryl Hutchison

Steve Radmall Kimmo Moykky

Anne Kuhn

Suzie Scott Martina Paukova Tanya WhiteSteve Hill

TCO Digital Media

Post Production

Daniel Copley Ed Lucas

Digital Access Print Animation Web & Open Source Physical Computing

Paul O’Hara David Tatnell

Who Are We?

Majority have come through Art School

Many have Higher Academic qualifications

Some have taught (or are teaching) at other institutions and / or qualified through the PgCert

Some have or have had a successful creative practice

We offer skills, knowledge & experience to our communities

We enjoy what we do

Our Mission

To provide a First Class learning experience for our students

In a community of practice that involves all users of digital

To help develop skills / knowledge of all stakeholders through appropriate engagement and participation

To work closely with academic teams in developing longer-term strategies for including digital in their curriculums

History (pre-restructure)

Pre-existing or traditional technical posts converted

Specialist support bought in on VP / AL / Consumables

Little or no ICT infrastructure in place

Systems, practices & processes developed in response to pedagogic needs – disparity of experience

Courses developed relative to ability to afford specialist support

Local ICT / digital staff developed into core components of some courses

Our journey (We are no strangers to change)

Developing electronic tools (OTTeR)

Formats, platforms and software versions

Technological revolutions every 3 to 5 years

Curriculum changes on courses / routes / pathways

Shifts in student & staff expectations (including numbers)

Wider ITOT and local organizational changes

Kings Cross & Staffing Restructure

Current UAL IT Transformation project

What WE DON’t WANT

The ‘Brown Coat’ culture

Separated from the learning community

Continue contributing positively in our communities of practice

To be research active and be recognized for our successes and achievements

A flexible but well developed approach to supporting electronic learning (one which reflects the changing needs of our students & communities)

Help develop an aptitude / attitude towards digital literacy across the College and beyond

Rethink and redesign our induction offer – better alignment with stakeholder needs

Develop integrated briefs / projects to help develop residual interest in digital tools

Move away from digital tourism / sweetshop window or the pick n mix approach to digital tools. Link digital more strategically to course design & direction

What WE DO WANT

Where to from here?

Regular features on the digital landscape / Learning Studio / OTTeR / New initiatives

Better communication / interaction with our stakeholders

Rethink and discuss our induction offer

Support for staff (digital and beyond) knowledge sharing.

Physical Computing Angus Main

Physical Computing projects mix together digital and physical elements. We help students create interactive, kinetic and electronic objects and installations.

Arduino (programable electronics) Sensors, lights, and other electronics Soldering Microsoft Kinect (interactive environments)

We can help students with:

Arduino Electronics and soldering Using real time data Incorporating sensors into projects

We Offer inductions and lessons in:




Web & Open Source Sion FletcherScreen based programming projects. We teach students the fundamentals of programming, so they can navigate and utilise a wide range of open source frameworks.

Websites Desktop and Mobile Applications


HTML, CSS, Java, Javascript PHP, MySQL C, C++, Objective-C GLSL, OpenGL, OpenGLES

Programming languages we support:

jQuery, Processing, Paper.js, three.js CakePHP, Code Igniter, Wordpress, Stayce Cocoa, Phone Gap GPUImage, Cocos2D, Unity, UDK

Open Source frameworks written in these languages we often use:

Web & Open Source Sion Fletcher

Web & Open Source Sion Fletcher

Animation Darryl Hutchison

Animation broadly covers just about any sort of moving image that isn't live action. We can help students across a broad range of experience and ability to create short films, motion design and experimental animation using a variety of multi-media techniques and processes.

Understand workflows, techniques and software applications used for different types of animated work. Critically use principles of timing, observation, and editing to refine their work Explore and use appropriate resources to continue develop their work independently

We can help students To:

Adobe After Effects & Flash - 2D animation/motion design/visual effects/compositing Autodesk Maya & Mudbox - 3D animation/3D sculpting/matchmoving Dragonframe - stopframe animation / time-lapse Adobe Premiere - storyboarding and editing Adobe Audition - audio basics for animation workflows

We Offer inductions and Workshops in:

Animation Darryl Hutchison

Desktop Publishing Steve Hill

Desktop Publishing is the modern way to get our ideas out into the big wide world, either as Magazines, Books, eBooks or online. We help students create publications, both traditional and electronic that are dynamic and varied.

Laying out publications. Creating Logos labels Creating all types of images for every kind of project.


InDesign (World standard in desktop publishing) Photoshop (Image manipulation) Illustrator (Graphics)

We Offer inductions and lessons in:

Desk Top Publishing

(DTP)


Desk Top publishing came into being in the early 1980’s and by the 1987 was beginning to become the way to make publications.

It was almost exclusively done on a Macintosh computer and the one piece of software that dominated the market was Quark express

A short history


Times Change!

Quark has been beaten down from its 97% market share in 1998 to 14% now.

by

INDESIGN


InDesign Produces:

•Magazines

•Books

•Posters/flyers/ Look books/Trend forecasts

•PDF’s (For print and Interactive)

•Web pages

•eBooks

•Tablet Apps


Magazines


Books


Trend forecasts / Look books / Posters / Flyers /Theatre programmes / Colour ways


Digital formats


4D WORKSHOPS

That’s InDesign

So what do we actually offer in 4D

Instruction and support for Adobe CS6 creative suite including In Design.

Which covers.•Preparation of Images for InDesign project for any of the publication outlined. Placing them in InDesign•Loading of all texts fonts and layouts including character paragraph formatting using grids etc•Outputting to various formats required by courses, the Canon Printers and DAP centre.•Guidance to learning aids prepared by us or available on line through Library services (Lynda.com) and the greater web tutorials and guides out there.

4D WORKSHOPS

Idea, The Brief, Target Audience, Market, Purpose etc

Create a Document

Printing

Initial Decisions

For example our suggested Workflow for most InDesign projects.

Size Fonts Style

4D WORKSHOPS

Create a Layout

Scan, Draw,Digital Photography Movies Downloads

Import ContentImages, Objects, Text…..

Image Capture

Create a DocumentMargins, Bleeds, Primary text Frames, etc…

Create Master Page(s)Page No's, Margins, Columns, Guides….

Prepare / EditContent

Word Docs, Pages doc, PDF

Text

4D WORKSHOPS

Package

Create a Layout

4D WORKSHOPS

Output

PDF

Package

Print Interactive Other Image File

Folio

Tablet App eBook

4D WORKSHOPS

We also make available layout style aids.

4D WORKSHOPS

The breakout session today to show how to set up a document to eventually print as a Booklet on the Canon MFD around the building.

Hopefully not only will you get an insight into our delivery of software teaching support but learn how to navigate the MFD’s to produce booklets for yourselves.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.

4D Post Production is a suite of production studios and editing workshops based on the 1st. Floor at Kings Cross. Moving image and time-based work has become part of the vernacular and practice of many disciplines and pathways across the College. We work creatively across a broad remit: with those who are wholly new to the area, to high-end users who wish to work at broadcast or cinematic level.

people working in the area on editing practice, software issues on video or film installation work on planning shoots and productions including risk assessment and safety issues on production equipment (cameras, audio acquisition)

We can assist and advise:

Post Production Steve Radmall

Premiere, Final Cut, After Effects, digital colour grading software, DVD and BluRay creation Audio production with Audition, Pro Tools, Logic; audio recording technology

(theory and practice) Lighting and cinematography; studio practice including risk assessment etc. Animation technique with DragonBlade (digital) and with film cameras or rostrum Digital video cameras; film (motion picture) cameras Film editing, printing

We offer/give inductions and technical lectures in:







Digital Access Print Anne Kuhn

Digital Access Print combines large format print facilities and open access computer area. We offer various technical support and print A2 and larger on our thermal wax printer.

How to prepare files for Prints Set up indesign documents for booklet/double sided printing on the MFD's

(A4 & A3 paper only), Advise students on which papers to use in the MFD's, Support all other

software enquires (Video, Design, Photography).


We do not offer lessons in the area as it is a non bookable space but we do give group inductions as to what facilities and media is available for the students.

Students have access to the facilities from 8:30am-9:30pm Monday - Friday with technical support available between 9am-7pm and printing available from 10am-5pm.

Otter Ray Barker

otter.arts.ac.uk - officially live from next term

Available via UAL login outside university

Much content to be added before 2013 - 2014

Additional content such as timetabling and language support

Close integration with Moodle

The future of Otter.. And Beyond!

UAL based rather than college based (and supported centrally)

Not solely for technical areas ???

Lecture capture ???

Can be interrogated from various viewpoints

Hands On Sessions

Physical ComputingAngus Main

AnimationDarryl Hutchison

Web & Open SourceSion Fletcher

Post ProductionRay Barker

Desktop PublishingSteve Hill

Documents

4D Learning Studio - University of the Arts London...2013/04/04 · 4D Learning Studio 4D Workshops • Digital Media • Physical Computing • Animation • Digital Access Print