NMAD 392F
Colloquial: Creating for the Dome
SPRING 2011
Fridays 9:30am to 12pm
-01: 01/21, 01/28, 02/04, 02/18 (?)
-02: 02/18, 02/25,
03/04, 03/11
-03: 03/25, 04/01, 04/08,
04/15
Week 1 - 02/18
Introduction and Syllabus Review
Questionaire
Brief History of the dome
Review of existing dome content
Future of the dome
How to place your work
Homework:
watch: What the Hell is a Full Dome
read Buckmeister Fueller wiki page
Bring in 3 digital examples of your work (objects can be scanned or photographed to become digital) by Thursday by 12pm - stop by my office to transfer digital examples of your work to put on the dome (must be on external source (drive or CD/DVD). The three files must be named as "yourname"_test1, "yourname"_test2, "yourname"_test3 (and include the file extension).
Files can in only certain formats. See File Formats
Week 2 02/25
when can we do week 4?
Review digital work
File formats
Splicing
explained
Resolution
Making Gigapixel images
(shooting and stiching)
Homework:
read Fulldome Tutorial by Hue Walker
read: How to Make a Pano and GigaPixel Image
Review:
example 1 - two brothers
example 1b
example 2
example 3
example 4
example 5
example 6
example 7
example 8
example 9
example 10
create new work or manipulate your existing work (moving images max. length 5 minutes). Drop by my office by Thursday at 12pm - stop by to transfer digital examples of your work to put on the dome (must be on external source (drive or CD/DVD)
Week 3 02/04
test images on the dome
student feedback
homework: tweak images accordingly
Thursday by 12pm - stop by my office to transfer digital examples of your work to put on the dome (must be on external source (drive or CD/DVD)
Week 4 02/11
Review student work
Fill out post-questionaire
Note: Students are welcome to join the following colloquial course to help out and take in more information. Student may want to learn how to run the software to create a show, etc., which can be arranged. The registered students will receive the majority of attention during class time.