Resources for 334

Recommended Materials *

• Adobe Creative Cloud (1 year license through Stony Brook University - $75.00)
https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/adobe-creative-cloud

• Adobe Creative Cloud is also available for student use without purchasing a license at select SINC sites
https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/sinc-sites

Other options for using Photoshop:

• Mobile app
(A modest set of tools for use with the free app. Note that you will have to create an account, but will not be required to enter payment information.)
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/app.html

• Photoshop free trials
(Note that free trials do require you to entry payment information, and billing begins at the end of the free trial without cancellation. Cancellation of the subscription after the trial period within 14 days entitles you to a full refund according to Adobe.)

Free 7 day trial (download application):
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/free-trial-download.html

Free 7 day trial (online application):
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/online.html

* For certain assignments, instruction in the multimedia lab is exclusively conducted with Adobe Creative Cloud applications, such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Suggested Materials

As an alternative to Adobe CC students can use the following free applications:

GIMP (Photoshop alternative)

GIMP Essentials: Practical Guide for New Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-I7XYFlB8

Inkscape (Illustrator alternative)

Inkcape Beginner Step-By-Step Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_NagE_y_IhLKK1jUdXxaOpe18oMUeTgn

Required Materials

Audacity

Blender

Wolfram Tones - online audio generator based on one-dimensional cellar automata:
http://tones.wolfram.com/

DeepDream Online Image Generator:
https://deepdreamgenerator.com/

Stable Diffusion Generative AI:
https://stablediffusionweb.com

Luv Voice Text-to-Speech audio generation
https://luvvoice.com

Comic Life for generating storyboards (free trial)
https://plasq.com/apps/comiclife/macwin/

Applications training

Supplemental skills training is available online with a LinkedIn Learning account (instructions for obtaining a free subscription)

Submitting Media Files to Brightspace

To upload media to a Brightspace assignment at SBU, navigate to the assignment, use the "Add a File" button to browse your computer or cloud storage (like Google Drive), select your video/audio file, and click Submit.

For File Uploads (Audio/Video/Images) 
1 Go to the Assignment: From your course, find the assignment link and click on it.
2 Find the Upload Area: Scroll down to the "Submit Files" section, where you'll see options like "Add a File" or an upload button.
3 Select Your File: Click "Add a File," choose "My Computer," and browse to select your media file, or drag and drop it.
4 Attach & Submit: Click "Add" to attach the file, then add any comments and click the final "Submit" button. 

The following links are provided to facilitate independent research by students:

Communication Arts magazine on-line
http://www.commarts.com/

The MIT Media Lab
http://www.media.mit.edu/

ACM MMSIG: Multimedia Special Interest Group
http://www.acm.org/sigmm/

Links to exemplary multimedia production studios:

PIXAR: The 3D animation company that created Toy Story (and many other feature-length movies, such as Bug's Life and Monsters Inc.), and the venerable rendering software, Renderman
http://www.pixar.com/

Industrial Light and Magic (LucasArts): The special-effects team behind Star Wars and many other movies
http://www.ILM.com/

Flipside Studios: QuickTimeVR and digital photography
http://www.flipsidestudios.com/

Recommended supplemental reading: