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TuesAug12Class, originally uploaded by HVX Silverstar.

Hi Bill, we love PowerPoint... well, in Second Life we do! It's a great tool for creating images that can be shown on screens, placed against the dark skies of midnight.... and super for signage.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606685932797/
This set includes Class #1: Camera Controls, and Class #2: Machinima Workflow & much more.
Held on Camera Controls 1 Islet, Machinma Institute Island in the very beautiful Second Life.

Pan, Orbit, Alt-zoom and feeling the breeze in your hair...

machinimaIslandCameraControlArt9j, originally uploaded by HVX Silverstar.

Am I that transparent? Extreme concentration while navigating Daruma Picnic's extraordinary interactive/immersive art experiences on the Camera Controls I islet, Machinima Institute... as always... "in the very beautiful Second Life"

SLURL for Machinima Institute Camera Controls One islet

SL MachinimaInstituteSLURL, originally uploaded by HVX Silverstar.

Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks and I (HVX Silverstar) will be covering the following topics in the University of Illinois continuing education class being offered in Second Life through the Graduate School of Library & Information Science and the Alliance Virtual Library in the very beautiful Second Life.
www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/tech.html

Class: Technical Skills for the Virtual World of Second Life
Dates/times: (Tuesdays, August 5, 12, 19, and 26) to be held from 6-8 pm Second life time.
The first two classes, Aug 5 and Aug 12 to be held on Machinima Institute Island. Teleport directly OR IM me for a teleport: slurl.com/secondlife/Machinima%20Institute/218/114/23
You will land on the Camera Controls One island where we will be working.
Location: Weeks 1 & 2: Machinima Institute Island
Weeks 3 & 4: Eduisland 3 (next to Machinima Institute). IM us for a teleport or use the SLURLs.

Let's begin on Camera Controls One

SnapshotCameraControlsOneAdvertisement, originally uploaded by HVX Silverstar.

IM me for a teleport if you need it.
On Machinima Institute Island, I have 3 of the 12 islets populated with prims of all sorts to be used for introductory machinima classes. Take a look around: Krull Aeono's wonderful virtual reality environment is at one edge of the island; the Machinima Factory and Cafe is at the other end (complete with lots of junk scattered around on both floors). Try out the machiniAlliance Virtual Library, building, camera controls, Education and Machinima, GSLIS, HVX Silverstar, libraries,ma sets by Pendullum on the lower level and second story of the factory.
Class slides: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606554895495/
Find out more about the class offered by UIUC GLSIS Continuing Education series with Alliance Library System: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/VW/tech.html
Look forward to more classes from UIUC/AVL in the autumn!