FUDcon Blacksburg FLOSS design tools outreach workshop

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi,

Ben Williams proposed the idea that members of the design team attending
FUDcon Blacksburg could hold a 1-2 day workshop for Virginia Tech (the
host of this FUDcon) students, faculty, and staff to introduce them to
free & open source design tools & techniques. Here are some ideas of
things we could do (please feel free to respond with your own):

- An overview of all of the tools that are available with demos of each
and a questions & answers period for each (Gimp, Inkscape, Blender,
Scribus, MyPaint, Alchemy, SwatchBooker, Xournal, Darktable, Shotwell,
LibreOffice, etc. etc. etc.)

- A few project-based deep dives into specific tools:
  - Creating charts & diagrams with Inkscape
  - Creating comic books with Inkscape
  - Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp
  - Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp
  - Creating a flyer in Scribus
  - Your idea here

- A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.:
  - Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the
logo, and Scribus for the layout
  - Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it
into Gimp or Inkscape for painting
  - Your idea here

I have taught courses / have content for *some* of the above ideas
(charts & diagrams, comic books, celebrity portraits) so those would be
quicker to prep for I think.

If you are planning / hoping to attend FUDcon and would be interested in
helping out with such a course (which is a great outreach opportunity to
help more folks make use of our tools) would you mind replying to let me
know?

I'd like to put together a proposal for Ben by Monday (24 Oct). He needs
to know what we can do no later than Nov 1 I think because he has to
book a room(s) and get the word out before the end of the semester
there.

~m

[Emily Dirsh]

On Thu 20 Oct 2011 02:06:19 PM EDT, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ben Williams proposed the idea that members of the design team attending
> FUDcon Blacksburg could hold a 1-2 day workshop for Virginia Tech (the
> host of this FUDcon) students, faculty, and staff to introduce them to
> free&  open source design tools&  techniques. Here are some ideas of
> things we could do (please feel free to respond with your own):
> An overview of all of the tools that are available with demos of each
>
> and a questions&  answers period for each (Gimp, Inkscape, Blender,
> Scribus, MyPaint, Alchemy, SwatchBooker, Xournal, Darktable, Shotwell,
> LibreOffice, etc. etc. etc.)
>
> A few project-based deep dives into specific tools:
> Creating charts&  diagrams with Inkscape
> Creating comic books with Inkscape
> Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp
> Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp
> Creating a flyer in Scribus
> Your idea here
>
> A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.:
> Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the
>
> logo, and Scribus for the layout
> Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it
>
> into Gimp or Inkscape for painting
> Your idea here
>
> I have taught courses / have content for *some* of the above ideas
> (charts&  diagrams, comic books, celebrity portraits) so those would be
> quicker to prep for I think.
>
> If you are planning / hoping to attend FUDcon and would be interested in
> helping out with such a course (which is a great outreach opportunity to
> help more folks make use of our tools) would you mind replying to let me
> know?
>
> I'd like to put together a proposal for Ben by Monday (24 Oct). He needs
> to know what we can do no later than Nov 1 I think because he has to
> book a room(s) and get the word out before the end of the semester
> there.
>
> ~m
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

Count me in

[Elad]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ben Williams proposed the idea that members of the design team attending
> FUDcon Blacksburg could hold a 1-2 day workshop for Virginia Tech (the
> host of this FUDcon) students, faculty, and staff to introduce them to
> free & open source design tools & techniques. Here are some ideas of
> things we could do (please feel free to respond with your own):
> An overview of all of the tools that are available with demos of each
>
> and a questions & answers period for each (Gimp, Inkscape, Blender,
> Scribus, MyPaint, Alchemy, SwatchBooker, Xournal, Darktable, Shotwell,
> LibreOffice, etc. etc. etc.)
>
> A few project-based deep dives into specific tools:
>
> Creating charts & diagrams with Inkscape
>
> Creating comic books with Inkscape
>
> Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp
>
> Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp
>
> Creating a flyer in Scribus
>
> Your idea here
>
> A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.:
>
> Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the
>
> logo, and Scribus for the layout
> Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it
>
> into Gimp or Inkscape for painting
> Your idea here
>
> I have taught courses / have content for *some* of the above ideas
> (charts & diagrams, comic books, celebrity portraits) so those would be
> quicker to prep for I think.
>
> If you are planning / hoping to attend FUDcon and would be interested in
> helping out with such a course (which is a great outreach opportunity to
> help more folks make use of our tools) would you mind replying to let me
> know?
>
> I'd like to put together a proposal for Ben by Monday (24 Oct). He needs
> to know what we can do no later than Nov 1 I think because he has to
> book a room(s) and get the word out before the end of the semester
> there.
>
> ~m
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

I would really like to help, although my inkscape skills are fairly minimal.

[María Leandro]

> A few project-based deep dives into specific tools:
> Creating charts & diagrams with Inkscape
> Creating comic books with Inkscape
> Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp
> Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp
> Creating a flyer in Scribus
> Your idea here

- Create blender shapes
- Photo-retouch with Gimp
- Standar info about banners, flyers, wallpapers and other design items
(basic so anyone can know the sizes, DPI, prints, etc)
- Creating text animations in Blender
> A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.:
> Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the
>
> logo, and Scribus for the layout
> Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it
>
> into Gimp or Inkscape for painting
> Your idea here

- Create a website template in blender and construct an html/css based
template

[Klaatu]

I've been using Kdenlive quite a bit lately for video editing at my job.  I'd 
be happy to give a howto on that.

Otherwise, I am available to do presentations on GIMP and/or Scribus.

-- klaatu
> > A few project-based deep dives into specific tools:
> > Creating charts & diagrams with Inkscape
> > Creating comic books with Inkscape
> > Correcting red eye in photos with the Gimp
> > Creating a celebrity portraits in Gimp
> > Creating a flyer in Scribus
> > Your idea here
> Create blender shapes
> Photo-retouch with Gimp
> Standar info about banners, flyers, wallpapers and other design items
>
> (basic so anyone can know the sizes, DPI, prints, etc)
> Creating text animations in Blender
> > A project-based workshop that crosses tools, e.g.:
> > Creating a newsletter using Gimp for photo manip, Inkscape for the
> >
> > logo, and Scribus for the layout
> > Creating a 3D character using Blender for modeling and bringing it
> >
> > into Gimp or Inkscape for painting
> > Your idea here
> Create a website template in blender and construct an html/css based
>
> template

- klaatu