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Dec 07 2007

CorelShares: free animation training

Published by Blogie under Corel, animation & CG design, government, graphics design, training programs

Ray Rubio of Cubepixels Design Studio, in partnership with Corel and the Office of the Vice Mayor, has initiated a very laudable campaign to provide essential training to Davao’s out-of-school youth. This is called the CorelShares Program.

The Progam was launched yesterday at the Sangguniang Panlungsod, where Vice-Mayor Sara Duterte expressed her commitment to the program. CorelShares, as envisioned by Rubio, is a private- and public-sector community project that will hopefully engender skills in graphics design and animation among Davao’s next generation. (more…)

CorelWORLD in Davao 2007

Published by Blogie under IT events, IT industry development, animation & CG design, graphics designers

Cubepixels Design Studio’s Ray Rubio has done it again! Last year’s Corel-centric event for graphics designers in Davao is now followed-through by this year’s CorelWORLD in Davao 2007. In cooperation with Canadian software giant, Corel, and WordText Systems Inc. (WSI), Cubepixels has organized another successful event for the benefit of Davao’s graphics designers and animators.

From 5 to 6 October 2007 at the NCCC Mall, CorelWORLD featured poster and logo design contests; technical seminars on the latest in graphics design; and talks by Rubio, Corel’s Ram Kumar (Regional Manager, South East Asia and India), the city government c/o Vice-Mayor Sara Duterte and Maikee Aportadera, WordText’s Jane Orejola, and yours truly. (more…)

Multimedia to your heart’s content

Published by Blogie under AVS4YOU, Online Media Technologies, Reviews, animation & CG design, software

In the electronic world, Filipinos are known for spending an inordinate amount of time on computer games, mobile phones (SMS, MMS, ring tones, what have you), YouTube, and other newfangled digital stuff. I guess it’s due to our penchant for communication, for keeping in touch, but especially for letting our friends and family know what we’re up to.

The perfect answer to the Filipino’s thirst for multimedia solutions might just be this new service that I found on the Web: AVS4YOU. Basically, it’s a set of software that lets you create and manage digital video & audio, as well as do multimedia processing.

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