Archive for October, 2012

When I was first starting out with Photoshop, I spent a lot of time trying to figure things out for myself. That’s all well and good, but because the learning curve is so large, it helps to have some resources to turn to. So, after a few years of creating my own textures and images using Photoshop, I’ve amassed quite a few quality tutorials that I’ll share.

If you’re wanting some interesting text effects, check out:  http://www.webdesignbooth.com/40-really-useful-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/

Or, if you’re wanting some photo realistic textures: http://beeex.net/photoshop/tutorials-photoshop/77-essential-photoshop-techniques-for-photo-realistic-textures

My personal favorite for all of the above is: http://planetphotoshop.com/category/tutorials . Most of these are high quality video tutorials explaining in detail everything to need to know and guide you through the process.

I hope these help. I’ll be posting more of my resources on different mediums here in the next few weeks. Feel free to comment if you have a request.

Watch our new Intro to Mobile App Development Course Promo Video.

This spring we’ll be having an online Introduction to Mobile App Development Course.  The course is designed for current college students and advanced high school students  who wish to develop mobile applications.  Students will learn basic mobile development concepts that apply to multiple platforms.  The course includes a final project where the students are challenged to create a small application of their choice.

ACU students will be enrolling in the upcoming weeks, and applications for Dual-Credit students will be accepted on a space available basis until January 13th.

For more information, contact us at: SITC@acu.edu

Beginning Fall of 2012, the DET program now has multiple licenses of ToonBoom’s Harmony animation software in the DET Lab.  Harmony is used in many of the top-rated, award nominated (and winning) cartoons and animations in both TV and film.

If you are itching to make the next great cartoon or animation, stop by and check it out!

Now that our degree has experienced some significant growth (with new DET majors and minors being declared each week), we’ve finally got the manpower to get the DET Club going again!

Our first meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31st at 4:00 pm in COBA (MMB) room 201. If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about video game development, film production, animation, or any other form of digital entertainment or digital media, be sure to come to the interest meeting.

We’re particularly lucky to be joined by guest speaker Dan Selec, Founder/CEO of nonPareil Institute who will share his insights and experience in game development.

And hey, considering that our first meeting will be held on Halloween, why not come in costume? (The possibility exists that I may come bearing candy.)

We hope to see you there! If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to contact either Dr. Burton or myself –

Dr. Brian Burton: bgb07a@acu.edu
Ashley Dillin: and07a@acu.edu