Learning Lab schedule for SU11

room 172. Free peer tutoring. No appointment required. Take advantage of this great resource if you need it! Check the schedule below to find out when a tutor is waiting for you to help you on the topic you need.

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Fluid Effects workshop on Saturday 1-5pm

Floyd is telling all of you to come to his Fluid Effects workshop in room 165 this Saturday August 6th. Obey!

Diagram of open labs

Many of you have found this diagram helpful. It shows the computer labs not being used for classes. Keep in mind a lab might already be reserved for special functions, events, etc.

You may work quietly in any classroom, even if a class is in session.
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Summer schedule of Free workshops

Students!

Check out the latest workshops offered this quarter. Free, as usual.

Please attend so we can continue to offer this resource.

I've highlighted ones most related to our field of study.

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MAA Department Social this Thursday July 28th 12-1pm

Hi everyone,

sorry for any confusion regarding our postponed department social!  We postponed to this Thursday 12-1pm so we could wrap with Comic-Con first. Tara Steinke from CTN Animation Expo will be here again to talk about CTN and raffle off some free 3-day passes. I'll bring pizza.

Rooms 145-6-7.

See you there!

-Jason

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation on Friday night!

summer break activities

If you want to participate in some free activities with other students check out these upcoming events. I'll be at the movies on Tuesday 6/28 to see "Bad Teacher" and I'll be at Boomer's on Tuesday July 5th. I challenge you to air hockey, skee ball, or go carts!  --Jason

Summer Quarter event: Week 2 Pizza & CTN Animation Expo

On Friday July 22nd from 12-1pm, Tara Steinke from the CTN Animation Expo will make her yearly visit to tell us about the Expo which is held in November up in Burbank. 

It's a worthwhile convention and all students should attend. I will nominate volunteers to help out at the show so if you're interested let me know.

We'll have some pizza and she will raffle off some tickets to the Expo.

See you there!

Jason

Spike & Mike "New Generation of Animation" screening Fri. July 15th 7pm

For those of you unfamiliar, Spike & Mike was one of the original animation festivals. Spike is a hardcore old dude who, back in the day, helped many animators get recognized by the public. 

The screening will be on our campus, in rooms 145-6-7. Spike will talk about his experiences in the animation community before he screens the latest compilation.

All attendees will get a free DVD as well. The cost is $5 on the day of the show, while they last!

Jason

Comic Con Guest Speakers

Hey everyone,

I am working on the details to get Stephen Silver (Character Designer for Kim Possible, Danny Phantom, and everything cool) to come in for a workshop just before Comic Con. He will be bringing in books to sell, so start saving your money now.

Be sure to let us know what type of workshops you would like to have before next quarter starts. All workshops are scheduled the first week of classes. You can email Jason with your requests.

MaaAiCasd,
Harry

Kung Fu Panda 2 screening: Friday June 10th 7:15pm

MAA Students and Faculty!

Please join us for the free screening of Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D! 

We'll see the 7:15 showing on Friday June 10th at Ultrastar Cinemas Hazard Center. 

(same theater as usual)

Arrive early and I'll hand you a ticket in front of the box office.

-Jason

Saturday Workshop: HD-DSLR Cinematography for VFX

Hey Falconites and other budding VFX artists!

Sean Falcon is hosting a workshop on using DSLR cameras for VFX. Bring your own DSLR or use the ones we will have on-hand from the Cage: our two Canon EOS Rebel 2Ti's.

Video Encoding Tutorial

http://vimeo.com/21914670

Beldon has created a tutorial and posted it on Vimeo for everyone to access. It describes how to encode and compress your work using Adobe Media Encoder and the h.264 codec. Soon that will be our MAA department's standard so get a jump on it now. If you're already using this then good work-- you are ahead of the game.

Jason

send me your blog URLs!

Hi students,
I'm in the process of updating the "blog roll" on our MAAAICASD blog. In the left-hand sidebar are many of your blogs. If yours isn't in there or is not correct please email me.

Jason

Workshops this quarter

We have some really great workshops offered this quarter. Please view the image below (click for larger) and plan to attend the workshops, especially the ones highlighted.

Maaaicasd is on Facebook!

Hey MAA students. We are now on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maaaicasd/223834470967211

Use the link to find us or search for Maaicasd


Be sure to like us. The blog will be fed to Facebook for those of you that prefer to receive notifications there.

Maaaicasd!

Workshop: Nuke's 3D system. This Friday 6-10pm

Sean Falcon is hosting a workshop this Friday night. I suggest you attend!      (click to view larger)

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Students are advised to submit their projects for every academic term from May 2010 through June 2011.

Faculty and staff category submissions close on June 24, 2011. 
Semifinalists will be announced in July 2011.

http://www.adobeawards.com/us/?trackingid=IETQI

Contest: Win a Trip to Bonnaroo

Deadline is May 1st!
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let's go see "Rio" this Saturday April 23rd at 9:30am

I have some free tickets to see "Rio" in 3D for the first 26 people who meet outside the UltraStar Cinema in Hazard Center. The movie starts at 10am but let's meet at 9:30am. Bring a friend or family member. I'll buy your ticket, you buy theirs.

Official Site: http://www.rio-themovie.com/
Theater website: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/ultrastar/movies?v=2819

See you there!
Jason