{"id":10570,"date":"2017-07-12T17:55:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2023-10-18T08:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:21:50","slug":"surface-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/surface-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"New Surface Studio Computers at the Seminole Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you had the chance to play around with the new Microsoft Surface Studio\u00a0computers on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/locations\/seminole-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College\u00a0Seminole Campus<\/a> yet? If not, you need to check them out!<\/p>\n<p>I am a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/degrees-training\/arts-humanities-and-design\/digital-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Arts<\/a> student and have used the new computers, and they are so cool!<\/p>\n<p>I am a hands-on person and using the mouse to trace and draw is a bit challenging for me because there is just something different about the motion your hand makes when using a pen to draw.<\/p>\n<p>These new computers are not only touch screen but also come with a stylus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kVFawJNu3eI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I spoke to Dr. Barbara Hubbard, chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/degrees-training\/arts-humanities-and-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Arts and Humanities<\/a> at the Seminole Campus,\u00a0 and asked her a few questions about them:<\/p>\n<h6>How was SPC able to obtain these Surface Studio computers?<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThey were part of our leasing refresh for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/degrees-training\/arts-humanities-and-design\/digital-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Arts program<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>What are some things about the computers that most people might not be aware of?<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThey are adjustable to 20 degrees and help facilitate a natural way to draw and animate\u2026 since they replicate, in tablet form, a piece of paper with an electronic pen stylus.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>How will these new computers benefit the students?<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOur drawing and animation students will have the benefits of working electronically while remaining in a natural drawing rhythm&#8230; eye-hand coordination will be the same as using traditional paper and pencil while students have a full complement of tools and digital programs in the Adobe Suite as well as others.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Are there any special features that set these computers apart from simply using the Macs?<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMacs do not have the features the full complement of programs in the iPad Pro\u2026 only \u2018Lite versions\u2019\u2026 students will be hard pressed to find that availability with iPad pros.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>What is your favorite thing about these new computers?<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI think they are totally fabulous, and we will be able to implement them into our program with much anticipated success.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you stop by and check them out, especially if you are a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/degrees-training\/arts-humanities-and-design\/digital-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Arts<\/a> student!<\/p>\n<p><em>About the author :<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SPC student (and blogger) Faith Olmstead works for the college&#8217;s Marketing &amp; Strategic Communications department and is a Digital Arts student, with a focus on graphic design. You might see her out photographing events or shooting video at some of the college&#8217;s campuses or have viewed some of her designs on the college&#8217;s social media accounts.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the new Microsoft Surface Studio computers at SPC&#8217;s Seminole Campus that will benefit the college&#8217;s drawing, animation, and digital arts students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1006,"featured_media":10579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13277,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions\/13277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}