This is a constantly growing list of workshops introducing some of the techniques and technologies used in Electronic and Time-Based Art:

Electronics
Basics of Electricity/Electronics (.pdf, 4.3MB): Introduction to electronic circuits for artists, includes circuit examples and a useful appendix of conversion tables and component symbols.

Solar Sound Module (.pdf, 700KB): A sun powered circuit that emits buzzing, chirping and whistling noises, similar to the sounds of birds or insects.

Arduino/Processing
Arduino/Processing Workshop (.pdf, 284): a collection of circuits and code interfacing the Arduino board with Processing, from simple push-button interactions to more advanced media control with analog sensors. Download a folder with media for the examples in the workshop: media_for_Processing_examples.zip (.zip, 2.2MB)

Digital Still Images
Photoshop CS3 - Basics (.pdf, 3.3MB): Introduction to Adobe Photoshop - pixel resolution, working with layers, image formats. Download test image: surf_xl.jpg (.jpg, 536KB)

Scanning (.pdf, 1.9MB): Integration of Photoshop and Canon CanoScan LiDE 600F (available in the ETB Mac lab, STEW B31).

Color Printing (.pdf, 456KB): Printing digital still images from within Photoshop using color printing resources on campus.

Batch Processing in Photoshop (.pdf, 456KB): Using Photoshop Actions to process a large number of still images in preparation for a stop frame animation. Download folder with sample sequence of still images: Money_animation_stills_highres.zip (.zip, 8.8MB)

Digital Video
Introduction to the Digital Video Camera (.pdf, 64KB): a general overview of the functions of a digital video camera, how they work and what they do.

Final Cut Pro 6 Workshop – Digitizing (.pdf, 2.8MB): Introduction to Final Cut Pro 6 with a focus on digitizing video material from mini-DV tapes.

Video conversion with MPEG Streamclip (.pdf, 788KB): A workshop on converting digital videos from a variety of different formats to Final Cut Pro compatible files.

Basic editing in Final Cut Pro (.pdf, 1.9MB): An introductory workshop to editing video in Final Cut Pro applying strategies of montage theory.

Sound editing for video (.pdf, 2.1MB): a workshop on editing sound along with images in Final Cut Pro, making use of diegetic sound and crossfades.

Final Cut Pro stop frame animation (.pdf, 932KB): introduction to using Final Cut Pro for animating a series of still images. Download folder with sample sequence of still images: Money_animation_still_720x480.zip (.zip, 9.1MB)

Keyframe-based Animation in Final Cut Pro (.pdf, 1.6MB): loosely based on Oskar Fischinger's "Kreise" (circles) animation this workshop animates a series of Photoshop images using keyframes. Download a folder with sample still images: circles.zip (.zip, 272KB)

Exporting Quicktime videos from Final Cut Pro (.pdf, 492KB): exporting a standalone Quicktime movie for further conversion in Compressor / DVD Studio Pro.

Compressor (.pdf, 472KB): Converting Final Cut Pro Quicktime videos for inclusion in DVD Studio Pro projects.

Introduction to DVD Studio Pro (.pdf, 3.1MB): an introductory workshop on authoring a video DVD with a simple menu structure.

Non-linear narratives in DVD Studio Pro (.pdf, 2.4MB): create non-linear storylines and database narratives using the scripting features in DVD studio Pro.

Sound
Audio Recording (.pdf, 456KB): Introduction to recording digitial audio, either with the iKey Plus USB recorder or your own computer using Audacity.

How to build a contact microphone: please see Collins, Nicolas. Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking. New York: Routledge, 2006. Chapter 7, pp. 27-36 (Purdue HSSE library has a copy of the book - call number: 786.71923 C695h).

Sound Editing (.pdf, 268KB): workshop on how to edit recorded sounds with Audacity and introduction to burning Audio CDs with iTunes.

2009 Purdue University Electronic and Time-Based Arts