Corel Academic Site Licence

CASESTUDY

Dare To Be Digital 2012 at the University of Abertay Dundee
For talented students and recent graduates, the annual Dare to be Digital video games
development competition offers an exciting international challenge. Held at theUniversity of Abertay Dundee in Scotland, it's closely watched by the video games®
industry and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Thanks to a Corel Academic
Site Licence (CASL), the latest graphics and digital media software was made available
for all contestants.
The two-month event saw ClockinRock, the Irish
team, developing a magic duelling game called
Liminal Magibrawl for two players on Microsoft
Xbox 360 with Kinect. Tony Murphy, the team's
character modeler, was then studying for a
Computing in Games Development degree.

"If you are trying to teach someone how to be adesigner, they're not going to feel like a designer ifthey are using Microsoft® Paint. I would definitely
recommend CorelDRAW. What it imparts to thestudent is that they are using something professional to create something that looks much morepolished," says Murphy.

OVERVIEW
NAME:
Dare to be Digital 2012 project
ORGANISATION:
University of Abertay Dundee
LOCATION:
Scotland, UK
INDUSTRY:
Higher Education
PRODUCT:
Corel® Academic Site Licence (CASL)

PROJECT SUMMARY
Flexible licensing
The official Irish team was selected from several
competing groups by The Digital Hub in Dublin.
Murphy felt that having Corel graphics programs
available at the university was essential so he added
them into a team request.
Corel provides educational institutions with flexible
and easy-to-administer licences covering one or
three years. The affordable pricing is related to thenumber of full-time equivalent staff while upgrade
protection ensures the latest versions are available.
CASL offered the teams in Dare to be Digital accessto Corel's industry-leading software for creativegraphics, digital art, video and photo editing.

Poster for Dare to be Digital video game designcompetition

As a mature student with teaching qualifications,
Murphy had long relied on Corel technology
including CorelDRAW® to design stained glass
windows. He also taught evening vocational classes
in graphic design, photography and computing inCounty Meath, Ireland.

The ClockinRock team found everything in place
upon their arrival including Microsoft® Xbox®
consoles with Kinect, workstations, graphics tablets
and Corel software. Over the next two months, 15
teams of five students worked long hours developing their own games.
Murphy found that Corel software made it easy toimport or export different textures for editing.

Liminal Magibrawl promotional flyer and team logo designed using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

When the University of Abertay Dundee received arequest to provide Corel graphics software for its
Dare to be Digital games development competition,
it asked Corel Corporation for help. Thanks to aCorel Academic Site Licence, the university ensured
that participants had access to all the software theyrequired.

ISSUES
Quickly deploy the latest Corel graphics software

SOLUTION
Corel Academic Site Licence, comprising:®
 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite®
®
 Corel Painter®
®
 Corel VideoStudio®
®
 Corel PaintShop ProCorel® PDF Fusion™

"Thanks to the Corel Academic Site
Licence for Dare to be Digital 2012,
we were able to ensure that competitors
who had requested Corel graphics
software could use it."
University of Abertay Dundee

CASESTUDY

The game in action, the colloseum and the finishedcharacters, textured using CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Making the most of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite - creating the textures on the final character models"The teams were also given the use of Wacom®
Intuos® graphics tablets and this worked wonderfully with CorelDRAW, Corel Painter and Corel
PHOTO-PAINT," says Murphy. "It was because of thisthat I got a chance to use Corel software to createtextures. I would frequently have Autodesk® 3DSMax®, Pixologic ZBrush® and Corel programs open
on my workstation."

Latest software
CorelDRAW also helped produce the team logo,t-shirts, a large display banner, games documentationand even business cards. Murphy enjoyed the latest
versions of Corel software too, helping generate
stunning effects.
The event culminated with the Dare ProtoPlay video
games festival where the teams were voted for by
the public and games industry professionals.
Although ClockinRock didn't win, taking part was avaluable learning experience.

Only limited by their imagination.
The team designed logos, t-shirts andbusiness cards to promote their game

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Murphy is actively looking for work while keepinghis graphics skills up-to-date. "I use Corel software
pretty much every day. If I'm doing my CV I'm notdoing it in Microsoft® Word®, I'm doing it inCorelDRAW."For educational institutions requiring the latest
creative graphics, digital art, video and photo
editing software, the Corel Academic Site Licenceensures predictable budgeting in tough economic
times. And with no annual reporting requirements,
licensing your software doesn't get any simpler thanthis.

"If you are trying to teach someone how to be a designer, they're not going to feellike a designer if they are using Microsoft Paint. I would definitely recommend
CorelDRAW. What it imparts to the student is that they are using something
professional to create something that looks much more polished"
Tony Murphy, participant

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