Resources for 334

Supplies students should provide:

1. Students are expected to maintain current backups of their files.

2. A pad of grid paper is useful for sketching, taking notes, etc.

3. Students should upgrade their home PC's with multimedia plug-ins for their web browser. They may also want to download trial versions of the development and production software (Adobe suite):

http://get.adobe.com/reader/
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

http://support.apple.com/downloads/#quicktime
(download QuickTime)

4. Students may want to download open source tools for digital media design and production:

Audacity audio recording and editing tool:
http://www.audacityteam.org

Blender 3D modeling, animation, and video editing tool:
http://www.blender.org/download/

GIMP image processing tool:
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Inkscape vector drawing tool:
http://www.inkscape.org/en/download/

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

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

DreamScope App:
https://dreamscopeapp.com

Many of the SINC site labs maintained by TLT run the same software as the CS Multimedia lab:
http://it.stonybrook.edu/services/sinc-sites

Applications training:

334 course work requires the use of many software applications. Independently acquiring skill in the use of these tools is the student's responsibility.

Free-of-charge internet training resources:

Adobe CS6:

http://tv.adobe.com/channels/

Blender:

http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/

GIMP:

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Inkscape:

http://www.inkscape.org/en/learn/tutorials/

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 SIGGRAPH: HyperGraph home page
http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/toc.htm

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/

Rythm & Hues: Digital media production studio
http://www.rhythm.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: