The Digital Lab is holding a workshop today on “Prepping for Laser Cutting” in BVAC Room 109 from 5:30PM-7PM.
We’re going to talk about some laser cutter basics, how to take a pre-existing Illustrator/vector file and make it laser cutter ready, and how you might choose settings when cutting/etching.
No registration required, but limited available computers. Feel free to bring a laptop, with Illustrator or other vector software installed.
The Digital Lab is happily back in person this Fall! The Digital Lab is a
computer lab for the Studio Art and Film & Media departments, but workshops
posted in the Vox are open to all of the Dartmouth community!
The first workshop this term is the Digital Lab Q+A today (9/14), from
5:30-6:30PM at the Black Family Visual Arts Center in Room 109. Bring any
questions you have about about digital art and film software!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a “Make a Podcast” workshop from 5-7PM ET on August 16th, open to everyone!
We’ll talk about building the story, choosing a tone and style, basic recording and audio editing skills, and talk about the different options to share a podcast with the world!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is looking at rotoscoping in Adobe After Effects on Wednesday August 11 from 5:30PM-7:30PM ET.
Rotoscoping is a method of drawing on top of film footage to create realistic looking animated action, and we’ll briefly look at the process in Photoshop. In After Effects rotoscoping tools are used to selectively mask moving objects in videos, and to track that mask through a video clip.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the Zoom info.
Join the Digital Lab (brought to you by BVAC) virtually over Zoom to learn about making repeat patterns in Photoshop and Illustrator from 5-7PM ET on Monday August 9th. Open to everyone!
Repeat patterns appear everywhere around us, from fabric to wallpaper and more. We’ll chat about different methods to prep a design for repeats, and look at the relevant tools in PS and AI!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on sound editing in Audacity from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET on Wednesday August 4th on Zoom, open to all!
Audacity is an open source audio editing software. We’ll talk about how to record, edit the audio to reduce noise and make the audio as clear as possible, bring together outside tracks to make an interesting audio track, and add some cool effects.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on audio editing in Adobe Audition from 5-7PM ET on Monday August 2, over Zoom open to all!
Adobe Audition is a great audio editing software and we’ll cover recording from a microphone, how to clean up extra noise in the audio and as well as other edits, and how to use external audio to create a mixed audio track.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on publishing and typesetting in InDesign from 5:30-7:3PM ET on Wednesday, July 28 on Zoom, open to all!
Learn how to use InDesign to layout resumes, theses, or pamphlets in an organized and cohesive way. We’ll go over the basics of how to use the interface, then delve deeper into some of the tools that make it a great software to use for text setting.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding another Photoshop Basics workshop covering beginning digital drawing and photo editing from 5PM to 7PM ET today (7/26) over Zoom, open to all!
We’ll get to know the Photoshop interface, learn some basic digital drawing and photo editing tools, as well as working with layers, importing other images, removing and replacing backgrounds, and more.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on advanced video editing techniques in Adobe Premiere Pro from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET today (7/21) over Zoom.
We’ll cover color correction tools, keyframing and effects, and audio levels and cleanup! A basic knowledge of the Premiere Pro interface is required.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session and more info!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding an animation workshop in Adobe After Effects from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET on Wednesday June 14, open to all!
We’ll get to know the After Effects interface, learn about keyframes and effects, importing Illustrator components, and use these tools to make a short animation.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on vector editing in Adobe Illustrator from 5PM to 7PM ET today (Monday, 7/12) on Zoom, open to all!
We’ll get to know the Illustrator interface, as well as learn how to create and edit vector shapes, work with strokes and fills, patterns, effects, import images, and finally how to save and export your vectors.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.
The Digital Lab (brought to you virtually by BVAC) is holding a photo editing workshop on Adobe Lightroom Classic from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET on Thursday July 8th over Zoom, open to all!
We’ll cover importing and organizing your photo files, basic editing options, and how to export your images! (We’ll be looking at Lightroom Classic, but many of the mechanics will transfer to Lightroom CC.)
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a Photoshop Basics workshop covering beginning digital drawing and photo editing from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET on Wednesday July 7th over Zoom, open to all!
We’ll get to know the Photoshop interface, learn some basic digital drawing and photo editing tools, as well as working with layers, importing other images, removing and replacing backgrounds, and more.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.
The Digital Lab (brought to you virtually by BVAC) is holding a workshop on the basics of video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET today (6/30) on Zoom, open to all!
We’ll get to know the Premiere Pro interface, learn organization tools, and basic editing tools, and discuss how to export the finished file to a viewable format!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session and more info!
Join the Digital Lab (brought to you by BVAC) virtually over Zoom to learn
about the WordPress interface, and how to make and edit a WordPress website
using Dartmouth’s website hosting opportunities. We’ll look at pages and
posts, how to change your themes, and more! “Bring” your own website, make
one or borrow the example one from the Lab!
The workshop runs from 5-7PM ET today (on Monday June 28)! Email Jess at
jess.smith@dartmouth.edu for the Zoom link!
Happy first day of class! The Digital Lab (brought to you by BVAC) is holding
an informal drop-in Zoom session today from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET to answer
questions you might have relating to digital art and film software, to discuss
any projects you might be working on that you need help with, or to chat about
your digital projects in general! Open to all!
Email Jess at jessica.l.smith@dartmouth.edu for the Zoom link!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is making coloring book pages in Adobe Illustrator over Zoom on Monday 5/24 from 5-7PM ET, open to all!
Looking for something to take your mind off final projects? Make a coloring book page and color it in digitally, or just print it out!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is breaking down the special effect of “cloning” a subject in film from 5:30-7:30PM ET on Thursday 5/20, open to all!
We’ll start with a demo of how to film a scene, and how to composite them together into the finished scene in Premiere Pro. Then we’ll talk about how to boost the effect in After Effects. Then you’ll get to try it out yourself!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a digital paint night at 5PM ET on Monday May 17, open to all!
Jess will be demonstrating using Photoshop, any painting software that uses layers will work!
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on audio editing in Adobe Audition from 5:30PM to 7:30PM ET on Thursday May 13, open to all!
Adobe Audition is an excellent audio editing software and we’ll cover recording from a microphone, how to clean up extra noise in the audio and do other edits, and how to use external audio to create a mixed audio track.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on sound editing in Audacity from 5PM to 7PM ET on Monday May 10th on Zoom, open to all!
Audacity is an open source audio editing software. We’ll talk about how to record, edit the audio to reduce noise and make the audio as clear as possible, bring together outside tracks to make an interesting audio track, and some cool effects.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on typesetting in Scribus from 5:30-7:30PM ET on Thursday May 6th, open to all!
Scribus is an open source publishing and page layout program that is useful for making lovely PDFs and can be used for pamphlet, magazine, and booklet production! We’ll look at the interface and lay out some text and images.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on publishing and typesetting in InDesign from 5-7PM ET on Monday May 3rd on Zoom, open to all!
Learn how to use InDesign to layout resumes, theses, or pamphlets in an organized and cohesive way. We’ll go over the basics of how to use the interface, then delve deeper into some of the tools that make it a great software to use for text setting.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session!
The Digital Lab (virtually brought to you by BVAC) is holding a workshop on rotoscoping in Photoshop and After Effects on Thursday April 29 from 5:30PM-7:30PM.
Rotoscoping is a method of drawing on top of film footage to create a realistic looking animated action, and that’s what we’ll take a look at in Photoshop. In After Effects rotoscoping tools can be used to selectively mask areas of videos, and to track that mask throughout a video clip.
Email Jess at Jessica.L.Smith@Dartmouth.edu for the link to the Zoom session.