NMAD351
DIGITAL DOME PRODUCTION I
FALL 2011
Tuesdays/Thursdays 9:30am to 12pm
Suggested Books:
Practical HDR by Jack Howard
Practical HDR by David Nightingale
Course Outline
Week 1 - Tuesday, August 23
Review Syllabus and Introductions
Conceptualizing for the dome (View existing dome content)
File Formats and Resolution
Homework:
Read: Intro - Creating for the Digital Dome
Bring in: 3 digital photos or 1 -3 videos of past work to load and preview on SkySkan software
(must have been tested on DomeTester). Stills must be corrent format - see "file formats" link above. Videos must be h.264 codec and no longer than 2 minutes each. Files must be on external hard drive.
Week 1 - Thursday, August 25
dome tester
10:25am Convocation at IAIA plaza
Homework:
read: Digital Dome File Transfer Protocol
bring your test files for Tuesday. You may want to update what files your bring based on todays dome tester tests
Week 2 _ Tuesday, August 30
Digital Dome File Transfer Protocol
Placing Images on the dome
View Student Tests on the Dome
conceptualizing for the dome
(backup database)
Homework:
Read: HDR
HDR in Photoshop - how to
Canon 400D users manual
Suggested to review:
Shooting composition
DSLR Mini Course
Apeture and F Stop Explained (start the video at 2:20 to avoid blah blah)
Some more on F
Stops (with some nice photos)
Shutter speeds explained
More on Shutter speed (video)
ISO (video)
Week 2 - Thursday, September 1
F-Stops, Shutter Speed, ISO/ASA, lenses, DSLR
8-bit vs 16-bit vs 32-bit
RAW
Project 1: HDR Photography
History of HDR
Shooting HDR with the Canon 600D
Homework:
Read: Pradeep's White paper
Shoot HDR photos have three (x3 bracketed photos) to use in class
HDR in Photoshop (video)
Note: How to open RAW in Photoshop (plugin needed)
Week 3 - Tuesday, September 6
Why HDR on the dome? (Photons, ...)
Compare HDR vs. non-HDR examples on dome
What is HDR video?
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Pradeep's white paper
HDR Photography: Processing HDR and Tonemapping
HDR shot photos
HDR 1
HDR 2
HDR 3
HDR Toning in PS CS5
Homework:
work on assignment for thursday review
Week 3 - Thursday, September 8
Midterm project overview
DigitalSky Software - placement and previsualization (previs will have to happen later - software issues!)
Place images on the dome
Homework: work on HDR project. Begin conceptualizing your midterm.
Week 4 - Tuesday, September 13
Midterm project assigned
Load HDR rough drafts onto dome
Review HDR rough drafts
Future of the Digital Dome
Homework: Review the making of Tales of the Maya Skies Producer link
History of the Geodesic Dome
and Planetariums
Things that may help with your projection:
How to generate ideas
Dome Storyboard Examples
Dome Storyboard tips
Dome storyboard (use these upsidedown)
Dome storyboard 2
How to do a pitch
Narrative Structure
Sample release form
Sample Model Release
Shotlog
FCP Shotcuts
Animation on the Dome
Ethan's delicious.com account look at anything tagged "dome"
Week 4 - Thursday, September 15
NO CLASS - Attendance will be taked at the conference!
IAIA Student Success Conference
"Ready! Aim! Achieve!"
9 am – 3 pm
(Students and Faculty will attend conference instead of classes for the day)
LTC Auditorium
Week 5 - Tuesday, September 20
Load images onto dome
Project 1: Due today
Review Project 1 and critique
Week 5 - Thursday, September 22
Discuss and decide on balloon fiesta trip
Project 2: Panoramas (revised)
How to shoot standard pano (video)
Homework read: History of panoramic photography
Week 6 - Tuesday, September 27
Great Photographs - The story
examples of Panos and gigapixel images (xrez, etc.)
HDR fisheye nagitable pano
Test shoot in Plaza files folder
HDR Pano Online Video Tutorials (there are 5 parts)
Week 6 - Thursday, September 29
Shooting Wide Angle
Stitching your Panos
How to shoot and stitch wide angle horizontal pano
Shooting wide angle panos (video)
PTGUI Pano stitching (video)
FYI: HDR Panos
Saturday October 1 Balloon Fiesta!!
van leaves SCITECH circle at 4pm
bring with you:
-$10 entry fee
-packed picnic or money for food
-jacket for cool night
-your senese of adventure
Week 7 - Tuesday, October 4
Assignment 2 revised!
PT GUI manual stitching
Week 7- Thursday, October 6
HFSExplorer and The New File Transfer Protocol
Digital Sky2 workstation setup
Digital Sky 2 - Buttons and scripting
Basic Scripts txt document
How to run a dome show
Week 8 - Tuesday, October 11
Work on projects
Week 8 - Thursday, October 13
Midterm presentations
Week 9 - October 18 and 20
View Assignment 2
Final project assigned
Week 10 - October 25 and 27
view various projects and review
Week 11 - November 1 and 3
work on final projects
Week 12 - Tuesday, November 8
Look at other work on the dome
and critique - What else is out there?
Week 12 - Thursday, November 10
Planning the end of semester show
Research, Resources
and experimentation
Making masks for dome projects
digital fisheye effects
Week 13 - Tuesday, November 15
Shooting Gigapan Panos - we will be outside, dress accordingly
Final project grading rubric
Week 13 - Thursday, November 17
Work on final projects in class
HDR Video Techniques
in post- Tutorial (reference)
Week 14 - Tuesday, November 22
Making the fulldome master
Work on final projects in class
Week 14 - Thursday, November 24
Thanksgiving Holiday- No Class
Week 15 - November 29 and December 1
preview final projects and critique
Week 15 - Thursday, December 1 -
preview final projects and critique
Work day
Week 16
- Tuesday, December 6
FINAL PROJECTS DUE - no late projects!!
Ethan will slice all projects for Thursday
Week 16 - Thursday, December 8
Final Presentation as public display