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Research guides to help with your research skills, and Course guides to help you with relevant resources.
All GuidesLooking for some help with your media creation needs? Not sure how to remove the green screen from a video background? Need some direction on how to create a podcast? Have a look here. You might find what you need.
Unless specified as an "offline link", most tutorials posted here have been created by Lyons staff. Feel free to print off any PDFs you need to refer to at a later date if you don't want to bookmark them.
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Download: Using our video cameras PDF version (with images) | Using our video cameras Word .docx version (no images)
Download: Assemble the Portable Green Screen PDF version (with images) | Assemble the Portable Green Screen Word .docx version (no images)
Or, watch the video:
Download: Set up in the Green Screen room PDF version (with images) | Set up in the Green Screen room Word .docx version (no images)
Getting Started with Comic Life (Official PDF - offsite link)
GIMP Tutorials (offsite link) - GIMP is often used as a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop and is often used for creating digital graphics and editing photos.
Inkscape Tutorials (offsite link) - Inkscape is often used as a free alternative to Adobe Illustrator, and is used primarily for creating vector-style graphics.
Unity is available on all the computers in the main Centre of Lyons, as well as the two Edit Studios.
Free Online Tutorials for Unity (offsite link)
Download: How to Storyboard PDF version (with images) | How to Storyboard .docx version (no images)
