Creative Multimedia Programming and animation

Animation is a combination of the skills learned in a creative multimedia programming environment - interface design and user experience are combined with scripting language to create dynamic multimedia pieces. Sound editing, graphic design, and programming all come together to create a finished product. For example, I created this animation in Flash . I create the illustrations using Adobe Illustrator and used Flash's inbuilt programming language, ActionScript, to get my animation moving. I also used Adobe Audition to edit and clip the sounds. This animation is intended to enhance learning for young children, hence the nursery rhyme theme of Pop Goes the Weasel.

Creative Multimedia Programming uses - game design

Creative multimedia programming often gives students their first taste of designing for video games, and many graduates go on to develop games as a career. There are many excellent conversion courses available in Ireland which would suit creative multimedia programming graduates or anyone interested in the fields of game design and creative multimedia. Courses include:

http://www.gamedesignireland.ie/
http://www.pulsecollege.eu/galway/

Anyone with a foundation in 3d graphics (as taught by many creative multimedia programming-based courses), Photoshop, and basic programming, will find these courses build well on their existing skills. However, beginners may also find them useful, and will be challenged into using their creative skills for something different.

For images of what you can do using some simple modelling techniques, click here:

Creative 3d Graphics 

Creative Multimedia Programming on Facebook

To get up to the minute information on Creative Multimedia Programming at LIT, check out the frequently-updated Facebook page here:

Multimedia at LIT on Facebook

Here you can find example of the work of current students on the Higher Diploma in Creative Multimedia Programming, as well as offerings from undergraduates studying for the BSc in Creative Multimedia. These include multimedia portfolios, interface design, short films, and more. Social networking has become a huge part of many jobs in the creative multimedia industry, and it is important to use it to the best advantage. It's also an excellent way to promote your own multimedia work.

Creative Multimedia video award

The public vote is still open for dare2Bdrinkaware.ie's annual multimedia film competition. Three students from the Creative Multimedia Programming H.Dip in LIT are up for an award for creating a video about drinking at your own pace. The video employs a number of creative techniques, such as editing with graphic, good use of sound, and a concept tying in with the role multimedia plays in our lives. It really shows what you can do as part of the Creative Multimedia Programming H.Dip - it's a great way to broaden your skillset and learn technical skills to back up your creativity. You can vote in the dare2Bdrinkaware.ie multimedia film award here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/dare2bdrinkaware. Voting is open until 5pm, April 23.