DMDS

Photoshop Basics Workshop Today 2/16

There are still spaces available for the Photoshop Basics Workshop today. Photoshop Basics 2/16 @ 11:45am-1:25pm Let us teach you the basics of image adjustment and editing. In this workshop, you will learn how to paint, draw, and edit in Photoshop. After all the separate pieces are created, learn how to bring it all together to make a dynamic multi-layered project. [Register Now!] Workshop Flyer (PDF)

Spring 2011 Digital Media Workshops

Northeastern University Libraries’ Digital Media Design Studio (DMDS) is a collaborative and interdisciplinary learning environment for creating course-related multimedia presentations, projects, and portfolios. Check out our Spring 2011 workshops where participants can familiarize themselves with the technology and possibilities offered in the Studio. Photoshop Basics Wednesday, 2/16 @ 11:45am-1:25pm Let us teach you the basics of image adjustment and editing. In this workshop, you will learn how to paint, draw, and edit in Photoshop. After all the separate pieces are created, learn how to bring it all together to make a dynamic multi-layered project. [Register Now!] After Effects Basics Wednesday, 3/2 @ 11:45am-1:25pm This workshop is designed to teach you the basic tools used to create a composition. Learn how to create, edit, and bring your ideas to the screen using the basic tools of After Effects. [Register Now!] Introduction to Editing in Final Cut Pro Wednesday, 3/16 @ 11:45am-1:25pm This workshop will teach you about video and editing in Final Cut Pro. Learn how to capture video, and find out how to apply filters and color corrections to create a professional quality video. [Register Now!] For more information about the DMDS and our workshops visit our website or contact Thomas Bary at 617-373-3399.

Game Design and Interactive Media Lecture Series

Today, January 18, at 1:30pm there will be a lecture in the Raytheon Amphitheater (240 Egan) by Ed Fries. Ed Fries is awesome because he is co-creator of the Xbox, the creator of “Halo 2600” for the Atari 2600, founder of FingerPrints, and is a former Microsoft Vice President of Game Publishing. This event is open to both students and professionals in the area and should be an amazing talk with Mr. Fries. If you are interested in game design, interactive media, animation, or if you have just played on an Xbox before you should attend! Also, this lecture is part of an ongoing event series by the Creative Industries Program and College of Arts called the 2011 Game Design and Interactive Media Lecture Series. Keep an eye out for more terrific events like this in the future! UPDATE, 5:10pm, 1/18/11: Unfortunately, this event was cancelled due to bad weather. Hopefully it will be rescheduled. Check the lecture series’ website for further updates.

Welcome Library Co-ops Jessie, Kirsten, Elizabeth, Grace

Where would the Library be without the talent of our co-op students? This spring we welcome four co-ops who will help us with graphic design, events and marketing, digital media support and instruction, and archival processing. Jessie Contour, the new graphic design co-op in the Library Advancement Office, is from San Diego originally (but can’t surf, so she came to Boston instead!). She’s majoring in animation, so she watches a lot of animated movies and draws all the time. Kirsten Kirsten Forsberg is our Marketing and Events co-op. A middler studying graphic design, she is also thinking about trying a double major with business. Feel free to contact Kirsten at x7339 if you have any questions about upcoming events being hosted at Snell. Elizabeth Ochse is our new co-op in the Digital Media Design Studio, where she will be supporting creation of digital media as well as the digital media instruction program. Grace Rosinski is our new Archives and Special Collections co-op. Grace is pursuing a BA in international affairs and history. During her spare time, Grace is an active member of the Northeastern Debate Team. She also enjoys crossword puzzles, movies, and thrift stores. Welcome to all our co-ops! We look forward to working with you!

Wed. Dec. 8: Fixation Collaboration at the DMDS

A week from today, on December 8th, the Digital Media Design Studio will celebrate the opening of a new student photo exhibit. The photography collection, Adverse Collaboration, will be unveiled and on display through February 2011 and will feature the work of Joyce Lin and Misha Thomas, two student photographers with very different styles.  Their pictures will display contrasting world views and lifestyles through images of New England and Ghana. Accompanying the unveiling will be a performance by the Nor’easters who are releasing their new CD, “Aural Fixation.”  The Nor’easters are the premier co-ed a capella group at Northeastern University, and also the oldest student group on campus.  “Aural Fixation” is 100% Northeastern-made, recorded in Northeastern University studios with the help of other NU students.  All of the photography and promotion for the CD has also been made through the efforts of the Nor’easters, their fans, and fellow students. Be sure to attend this special event, Fixation Collaboration, and support the work of your peers! It’s all happening on Wednesday, December 8 from 11:45am to 1:30pm in the DMDS, located at 200 Snell.  Refreshments will be served.