Category: Tutorial Resources
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Paper Architecture
If you can’t make it to campus, we’ll bring the campus to you!
Scroll down to find three models in PDF format for you to download, print, and fold.
We recommended printing on a heavier paper or card stock, if possible. Good luck and send us a picture of your finished model!
Mary Lyon Hall — NOW WITH WINTER FROSTING! Difficulty level: beginner
Williston Memorial Library Difficulty level: intermediate
Abbey Memorial Chapel Difficulty level: advanced
Setting Up 3D Prints on the Ultimakers using Cura
Adobe Tutorial Resources
LinkedIn Learning (formerly lynda.com) has hundreds of Adobe and other graphic tutorials. These are nicely structured with read-along transcripts and downloadable practice files.
Members of the Mount Holyoke community can log in for free with their campus username and password.
Photographer Terry White has an extensive site with many tutorials from beginner to advanced.
For more detailed (but still intro-level) tutorials, look at his “Back to the Basics” series:
Do you have questions about which Adobe app to use when? Here’s a rapid-fire explanation of what they’re all for:
A very quick overview of Adobe Illustrator:
Threading the Janome Sewing Machines
Working with frame sequences in After Effects
Basic procedure for creating animation in Photoshop and After Effects.
Import Excel spreadsheet into Adobe Illustrator for laser cutting
Adobe Illustrator basics for laser cutting
Tutorial: How to laser-cut hand drawn images
Thanks to Trinity Kendrick ’21 for creating and sharing this lesson with us!
Tutorial: coloring drawings in Photoshop
This simple technique makes Photoshop coloring more natural-looking and easier to edit
Tutorial: making artwork wrappable in Photoshop
A simple Photoshop trick to make your artwork wrap seamlessly in a tiled pattern. Great for animators, textile designers, and everyone else.
Tutorial: build a tab-and-slot box for the laser cutter
In this 4-part tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an open-top box in OnShape CAD
Illustrator skills: bike wheel
Learn: Transform and Align functions, Compound Paths, the Shape Builder tool.
Illustrator skills: teapot
A simple Illustrator tutorial to help you get familiar with some basic tools: direct selection tool, compound paths, shapebuilder, and blending modes