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Web pages and links
Adobe K12 Curriculum
1. Digital School Collection Teacher Resources:
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/
2. Calorimetry Simulator & Video Tutorials:
http://blogs.adobe.com/educationleaders/2008/07/using_adobe_
flash_in_chemistry.html
3. Sarah Martin's Teaching Tutorials:
http://www.hartransom.org/PSElements/index.htm
Adobe Higher Education
1. Adobe Development Center:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/
2. Adobe TV: http://tv.adobe.com
3. Solutions for Higher Ed:
http://www.adobe.com/education/solutions/hed/index.html
Toon Boom Tutorials
1. Storyboard 1.5 Tutorial:
http://www.toonboom.com/products/storyboard/eLearning/
tipsTricks/
2. Studio 5 eLearning:
http://www.toonboom.com/products/toonBoomStudio/
eLearning/?utm_source=WelcomeScreen&utm_medium=in
SoftwareAdvertising&utm_content=LearningMaterial&
amp;utm_campaign=Studio5
3. Studio 5 Tutorials:
http://www.toonboom.com/products/toonBoomStudio/
eLearning/tutorials/?utm_source=WelcomeScreen&utm_
medium=inSoftwareAdvertising&utm_content=FreeTutorials&
amp;utm_campaign=Studio5
where users can incorporate various still
objects (toys, models, plants, etc). Besides
traditional digital and paper animation,
animators can use rotoscoping, which
allows importing live video and
synchronized character movement per
frame. Studio 5 also allows scanning in
hand-drawn animation, capturing live
images and importing existing artwork.
And Toon Boom reports animation
projects can be published by print, TV,
HDTV, the Web, Facebook, YouTube
and iPod.
Studio 5 does require some familiarity with
digital illustration tools and functions.
Users can download the Quick Start
tutorial pdf , lesson files and online
tutorials that teach different features and
animation tools. Under eLearning, Toon
Boom offers a variety of tutorial pdfs, tips
& tricks and character templates.
Toon Boom also offers the Studio
Animation Curriculum, which includes
cross curriculum lessons, lecture notes and
activities. Students and teachers can
develop specific skills in basic animation,
timing, squash and stretch, walk cycle
animation, scene planning, drag and
overlap, animating a jumping character,
the take, visual breakdown and lip-sync,
plus storyboard and staging. For license
pricing, check online.
Today, and beyond, students and teachers
require flexible, interactive tools that help
communicate key stories and ideas to
meet critical professional standards.
Creativity is not limited by the tools we
use, but how we apply these tools to
express individual ideas and stories.
