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Dear all This October JISC Digital Media is running 5 exciting courses in Bristol: 06 October 2009 Digitising Analogue Video Recordings This workshop investigates the challenges associated with the preservation of videotapes. Through practical exercises, we will look at how digitising materials to archival standards can both safeguard and help develop a collection. 07 October 2009 Building a Departmental Image Collection This course will provide you with a hands-on experience of creating, managing and delivering a departmental image collection. You will acquire the foundation knowledge required to make well informed decisions about building an image library. 13 October 2009 Finding Free-to-Use Images Online If you’ve ever needed to find images online that you can use in your work materials then this course is for you. It will guide you to all the best places to locate free-to-use, copyright cleared images for use in both teaching and learning. You’ll never use Google to find images again! 27 October 2009 Digital Photography - Getting started with your SLR This entry level course will provide you with an understanding of the techniques and skills needed to produce great quality images from a digital SLR camera with ease. Some illuminating background theory will be supported by hands-on practical exercises in photography. Weather permitting you'll be doing some photography outside to hone your skills. 28 October 2009 Digital Photography - Taking Control of your SLR This action packed course looks in depth at using a digital SLR's creative controls to put you in charge of your photography. You will also have plenty of hands-on practice with the camera and be shown how to effectively illuminate 2D and 3D objects using tungsten and fluorescent studio lighting. To see a full listing of our courses up until Christmas please visit: http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/ If you have any questions about our training programme please feel free to contact me. Best wishes Dave Kilbey ........................................................................ Training Officer and Co-ordinator JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advisory Service Still images, moving images and sound advice Free Helpdesk for UK Further and Higher Education: <[log in to unmask]> Online advice documents: <http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/> Hands-on training: <http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/>