The Fuse Factory | Columbus, Ohio

[ October 27, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. November 3, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Blender is an amazingly versatile 3-D animation program that is absolutely FREE.  (That’s right.  FREE.)

It can be used to create animations for a wide range of media, including its own game engine, interactive applications, technical simulations and, of course, storytelling.  This workshop is an introduction to the Blender interface.  You’ll learn how to model and [...]

[ September 15, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] If you like making movies one frame at a time and love working with your hands, you’re in for some fun.

Participants will work in teams using pre-made, rigged characters to animate a short sequence with.

Join us at the Fuse Factory to learn how to…

Survey works in stop motion
Discuss and utilize basic animation, cinematography and [...]

[ December 7, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] JavaScript 301 will pick up where 201 left off focusing on the more graphics intensive capabilities.  We will use plain JavaScript, jQuery and Raphael to make interactive graphics that you would think were made with Flash. What’s the advantage of making interactive graphics in JavaScript? You will learn about this [...]

[ November 23, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] In this series, we will focus on using JavaScript and two super-helpful JavaScript libraries to make websites interactive and animated.  In the past JavaScript had a bad reputation as being gimmicky and the code was hard to manage.  We will focus on aspects of JavaScript that are useful and help [...]

[ November 10, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] This course will pick up where HTML5 + CSS3 101 left off.  We will not review the new web standards or features, but instead dig right in to tricking out our website to make sure it looks every bit as awesome on an Android phone or an iPad as it does [...]

[ October 13, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] HTML5 and CSS3 are the new web standard.  It isn’t coming, it’s here now and already being used on websites like YouTube and TED (a favorite of instructor Jason Gonzales).

But HTML5 and CSS3 are not just about us coders having more geeky fun. The new web standard is concerned with making [...]

[ October 6, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Whether you are interested in recording your great Aunt Pearl as she talks about her past life as a can-can dancer to share with the family or orating about your deep knowledge of Go programming to help you land a job at Google, podcasting is a simple and dynamic way to create [...]

[ May 30, 2010; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Are you in the middle of a job search and in need of programming savvy to add to your core skills?  Or do you just want to know how it works?  Back by popular demand, we are offering a crash course in JavaScript and the DOM for beginners or experienced programmers.   Instructor Paul [...]

[ February 4, 2012; 7:31 am; June 26, 2010; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]

Tips for Making the Transition from Print to Web Design

Get the inside scoop from veteran Print Designer Katawi McKinney on making the switch from the paper world to the web world.  You will learn Photoshop tips and web standards to help you understand and conquer web design.

This workshop is for [...]

[ June 8, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] This workshop will cover the general basics of being a producer on a short form movie project – covering: pre-pro, production and post.  You will learn how to…

turn your idea (or someone else’s) into a script
hire a crew
find a director
organize the paperwork
cope with setbacks
build contingency plans
barter
everything in between.

In the end, you will have a [...]