TheGuidebook

A digital media resource for students

Digital Media Fundamentals

Fundamentals

  1. 1: A Handful of Computer Tips
  2. 2: Binary
  3. 3: Notes on File Management
  4. 4: Using a Package Manager

Media Tools

  1. 1: Capture Tools
  2. 2: Markdown

Working In Media

  1. 1: Confusion vs. Complexity
  2. 2: Creativity vs. Execution
  3. 3: How to Start Big Projects
  4. 4: Order Of Development

Images

Working with 2D image data is foundational to most other digital media workflows, such as 3D and video

  1. 1: Aspect Ratios
  2. 2: Color Theory

Audio

Working with audio.

  1. 1: Recording A Voice-Over in Audacity

Getting Started with the Unity Game Engine

Fundamentals

New to Unity? Start with the Intro Lectures and then focus on the fundamentals.

  1. 1: The Intro Lectures
  2. 2: Unity Project Basics
  3. 3: Assets
  4. 4: Components
  5. 5: Parent-Child Relationships
  6. 6: Prefabs
  7. 7: Creating Builds
  8. 8: Meta Files and How the Asset Database Works

Setup

  1. 1: Installing Unity and an IDE
  2. 2: Packages, Assets, and Modules
  3. 3: Configuring Git with a Unity Project: Setup Checklist and Walkthrough
  4. 4: Using Unity Recorder for Video Capture
  5. 5: Setting up Git & Unity with GitHub Desktop

Unity Editor Interface

  1. 1: Adjusting Layouts
  2. 2: The Game View
  3. 3: The Hierarchy Window
  4. 4: The Scene View

Unity Development

Unity Systems and how to implement mechanics.

Unity UI Systems

Flat, screen-space UI in Unity.

  1. 1: UI System Basics

3D Models & Environments

Working with 3D Models in Unity

  1. 1: A Quick Overview of Lighting in Unity
  2. 2: From Sketchfab To Unity
  3. 3: Lighting Fundamentals
  4. 4: Setting up a Rig with Mixamo

Unity Code Features

  1. 1: Serialization and Attributes
  2. 2: Collision Events
  3. 3: Input System
  4. 4: String Formatting
  5. 5: Timers
  6. 6: Vectors

Toolbox

  1. 1: A Basic Level Manager
  2. 2: Clicking On Objects in 3D
  3. 3: Instantiating GameObjects
  4. 4: Scene Switching
  5. 5: Simple LERP with Coroutines

3D Graphics

Concepts, principles, and tools for working with 3D data and computers.

Blender Toolbox

  1. 1: Useful Add-Ons
  2. 2: Blender Quick Tips
  3. 3: Blender Tutorials
  4. 4: Helpful Blender Shortcuts
  5. 5: Preferences Setup

How 3D Works

How 3D data work in digital media systems.

  1. 1: Elements of a 3D Model & How Mesh Data works
  2. 2: Face Orientation and Back-Face Culling
  3. 3: How 3D Models Work
  4. 4: Perspective Distortion and Projections

Textures and Materials

  1. 1: Bringing Textures into Unity
  2. 2: How to Bake Procedural Materials (Blender to Unity)

Using Blender

  1. 1: Installing Blender
  2. 2: Learn Blender
  3. 3: Blender YouTube Creators

C# Programming

Fundamentals

  1. 1: Syntax of Variables and Functions
  2. 2: Conditionals
  3. 3: Syntax of Code Flow
  4. 4: Arrays
  5. 5: Classes and Components
  6. 6: Jetbrains Rider Features & Plugins
  7. 7: A Few Metaphors
  8. 8: Collapsing Code Exercise
  9. 9: Hierarchical Data Structures
  10. 10: Types of Error Messages

Advanced

  1. 1: C# Actions & Event Syntax
  2. 2: Coroutines
  3. 3: Interfaces
  4. 4: Object Oriented Programming
  5. 5: Object Oriented Syntax Reference
  6. 6: Static Objects in C# and Unity

Building Code Systems

Working with Unity and C# to build more complex and more complete systems, and be able to iterate effectively.

“There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.” - C.A.R. Hoare.

Architecture

  1. 1: The Architecture Lecture
  2. 2: Accessing Data Across Scripts and Objects
  3. 3: Data-Oriented Design with Scriptable Objects
  4. 4: Event Systems
  5. 5: Follow-Along Project
  6. 6: Namespaces
  7. 7: Refactoring a Basic Script Example

Code Patterns

Code Patterns are generalized common solutions to common problems in programming.

  1. 1: A Simple State Machine
  2. 2: Command Pattern
  3. 3: Strategies For Managing Dependencies
  4. 4: The Singleton Pattern

Python

Learning programming with one of the most popular and most accessible programming languages

Python Fundamentals

Python is a popular general purpose programming language with large community of creators and educators.

  1. 1: Introducing Functions
  2. 2: Loops
  3. 3: Modules
  4. 4: Tuples
  5. 5: Files & The Python IDLE

XR Development

Working with virtual reality, augmented reality, and other immersive technologies.

Virtual Reality Project Setup

  1. 1: Zero to Quest - Interaction Toolkit
  2. 2: Zero to Quest - Ultimate XR
  3. 3: Hand Tracking in Quest 3
  4. 4: How To Use Ultimate XR
  5. 5: UltimateXR UI Options
  6. 6: Zero To Quest - Meta XR SDK

Computer Vision

  1. 1: Setting up Computer Vision Libraries in Unity

Creative Coding

Making art with technology.

Getting Started with Creative Coding

  1. 1: What is Creative Coding?

Tools for Creative Coding

  1. 1: Libraries, Frameworks, and Software
  2. 2: Visual Creative Coding Tools

Hardware

Arduino

  1. 1: Communicating from Arduino Devices into Unity