Computer generated mountain scene. Cinema 4D.

Welcome to the Parish Episcopal Upper School Computer Studies site. This blog site has been created to allow both students and the Parish family to engage and participate in the creative discussion that leads our minds to originality and creative expression through the use of computers and their applications. Please visit the links to the right to see the discussions taking place within the rich offerings in the Parish Upper School Computer Studies program. If you would like to ask a question regarding the program, please click here.

Please note that this site is constantly evolving, so visit often! :)

Thank you and welcome!

Students of the digital fashion design course complete their first sewing project which entailed the creation of cancer caps. The caps will be donated to a cancer center located in one of the local hospitals.

 

Architecture students learn to draft using traditional tools before using current technologies and CAD applications such as Google Sketchup. Students will create a 3D and scale model representation of their designs.

 

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A new full-year course will be made available to students who have met one or more of the following pre-requisites/requirements:

1. Concurrent enrollment in AP Computer Science
2. Passed Introduction to Programming and/or AP Computer Science


3. Successful completion of the summer AP Computer Science Primer (also need instructor approval)
4. Strong letter of recommendation from previous computer programming instructor (also need instructor approval)

Students in the 2D Animation course learn how to animate in using the traditional frame by frame technique. This method is regarded as the classical method of animating and has made a come back with the recent production of The Princess and the Frog by Disney. The course demands that students create original artwork and designs.

Students will be using a wonderful 2D animation software called TVPaint Animation. The programs a feature-rich set of tools that will enable the artist to create beautiful animations in color, textured, with sound and camera movements. Stay tuned for more creative animations from this year’s creative group of students.

The 3D Modeling & Sculpting course allows students to create virtual/digital sculptures that is limited only by their imagination. Below are two images of a wooden sculptures. One is a photo of the actual wood sculpture created by one of our very own art teachers and the other is a 3D modeled facsimile that has been textured, lighted to add realism.

Which is the real sculpture?