[Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 77, Issue 3

Sat Mar 31 18:06:10 CEST 2012

Hi Matt,

    I appreciate your suggestions and would welcome any notes you would be willing to share.  I think your point is well taken because any student going into any of the entertainment or gaming industries will need to know a little about everything and then attempt to keep up in what is being used or developed.  Staying on the cutting edge is one thing developing your own curve is where the challenge will be for our young people.  

    In my department, which is a four-year program, students are introduced to layout, digital photography, Web Design, Animation (Blender), film production and editing, and special effects.  Besides Blender I use another free program called Celtx (Celtx.com), which I have found exceptional for organizing storyboards, scripts, sound clips and documents.  It has a calendar so the boys start learning more about project management too!

    My hope is to introduce motion capture soon.  This will add one more dimension to the animation program.  Thanks again for your offer and support.  I hope to return the favor soon.  Take care,  Peter

Peter Romero, Dept. Chair
Media Arts & Technology
promero at boscotech.edu
Office: 626.940.2042

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener"  Robert Frost

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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:05:46 +0100
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Hi Peter

I'm an animator and effects artist by trade and have been working in the TV
industry for the last 24 years. During that time I've used all the major 3d
packages (Softimage, Maya, Max, Lightwave etc.) and many of the effects
packages (After Effects, Matador, Digital Fusion etc.) Recently my company
has also started making games for the likes of the BBC as well as releasing
our first iPhone game.

I think Blender now stands up against the industry standard packages well.
It is now possible to produce broadcast or film quality productions with
free software.

The fact that it also integrates with a game engine so seamlessly is
astonishing and I think that as a package it will begin to gain more
credibility within the film, TV and games industries very soon.

Consequently, giving your students a brief taster of the entire package
would be a good first step in my humble opinion, then allowing them to
choose an area to specialise in. I know that doesn't make it easy for you,
having to be an expert in all disciplines, sorry.

I'm attempting to put a "course" together myself for school kids here in the
UK, I will send you my notes when they are written up if you wish?

cheers

Matt

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From: Peter Romero
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I am teaching a Blender 2.62 course to my seniors in this last quarter.  If
all works well next year, the course will spring into a full semester.  I am
not sure, at this time, if I should move more into gaming or video
compositing with motion capture.  Any thoughts?

Peter Romero, Dept. Chair
Media Arts & Technology
promero at boscotech.edu
Office: 626.940.2042

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener"  Robert Frost

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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:51:42 +0000
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Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group still
active?

James Halliwell

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Agree

On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:51 AM, "James Halliwell"
<james_halliwell at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group
> still active?
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From: Guillermo J Ferro P <gferrop at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18
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yes i'm active I'm waiting for the dates of the courses blender

El 29 de marzo de 2012 12:21, James Halliwell
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> still active?
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:46:28 +0530
From: abhishek singh <mailmeavi at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18
To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
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New to the group...
Some good resources on game dev.... On blender.

Thanks a ton

--Abhishek
On 29 Mar 2012 23:29, "Guillermo J Ferro P" <gferrop at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes i'm active I'm waiting for the dates of the courses blender
>
> El 29 de marzo de 2012 12:21, James Halliwell <james_halliwell at hotmail.com
> > escribi?:
>
>>  Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group
>> still active?
>>
>> James Halliwell
>>
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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:44:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: "dthomp7271 at aol.com" <dthomp7271 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1
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Hi, Peter and Matt -

I am so excited to hear that the two of you are working on further developing course content for Blender.  My program currently teaches Blender to elementary and high school students here in the States.  We use it now for video game development.  But, I am also interested in having them integrate it with Film.

I would love to learn more about your ventures and results.

Debi

Debra E. Thompson
Executive Director
GenTech
773-324-7772

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Howarth - Puppetman Productions <matt.howarth at puppetman.net>
To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education at blender.org>
Sent: Sat, Mar 31, 2012 5:06 am
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1

Hi Peter

I'm an animator and effects artist by trade and have been working in the TV
industry for the last 24 years. During that time I've used all the major 3d
packages (Softimage, Maya, Max, Lightwave etc.) and many of the effects
packages (After Effects, Matador, Digital Fusion etc.) Recently my company
has also started making games for the likes of the BBC as well as releasing
our first iPhone game.

I think Blender now stands up against the industry standard packages well.
It is now possible to produce broadcast or film quality productions with
free software.

The fact that it also integrates with a game engine so seamlessly is
astonishing and I think that as a package it will begin to gain more
credibility within the film, TV and games industries very soon.

Consequently, giving your students a brief taster of the entire package
would be a good first step in my humble opinion, then allowing them to
choose an area to specialise in. I know that doesn't make it easy for you,
having to be an expert in all disciplines, sorry.

I'm attempting to put a "course" together myself for school kids here in the
UK, I will send you my notes when they are written up if you wish?

cheers

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Romero
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:08 AM
To: bf-education at blender.org
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1

I am teaching a Blender 2.62 course to my seniors in this last quarter.  If
all works well next year, the course will spring into a full semester.  I am
not sure, at this time, if I should move more into gaming or video
compositing with motion capture.  Any thoughts?

Peter Romero, Dept. Chair
Media Arts & Technology
promero at boscotech.edu
Office: 626.940.2042

"I am not a teacher, but an awakener"  Robert Frost

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   2. Re: Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18 (cheuk yupo)
   3. Re: Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18 (Guillermo J Ferro P)
   4. Re: Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18 (abhishek singh)

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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:51:42 +0000
From: James Halliwell <james_halliwell at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18
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Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group still
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Agree

On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:51 AM, "James Halliwell"
<james_halliwell at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group
> still active?
>
> James Halliwell
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:29:39 -0430
From: Guillermo J Ferro P <gferrop at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18
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yes i'm active I'm waiting for the dates of the courses blender

El 29 de marzo de 2012 12:21, James Halliwell
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> still active?
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> James Halliwell
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:46:28 +0530
From: abhishek singh <mailmeavi at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Bf-education Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18
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New to the group...
Some good resources on game dev.... On blender.

Thanks a ton

--Abhishek
On 29 Mar 2012 23:29, "Guillermo J Ferro P" <gferrop at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes i'm active I'm waiting for the dates of the courses blender
>
> El 29 de marzo de 2012 12:21, James Halliwell <james_halliwell at hotmail.com
> > escribi?:
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>>  Curious, no postings in two months? Did I miss something? Is the group
>> still active?
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>> James Halliwell
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