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This workshop introduces techniques for editing and managing digital photos using Google Picasa. During this workshop, participants will edit flawed photos taken with a digital camera. These images will be straightened, cropped, and resized, and corrected for contrast, color, red eye, and dark areas. Finally, participants will save the finished images for print, email, and Web.
This workshop introduces techniques for editing and managing digital photos using Photoshop Elements. During this workshop, participants will edit flawed photos taken with a digital camera. These images will be straightened, cropped, and resized, and corrected for contrast, color, blemishes, and dark areas. Finally, participants will save the finished images for print, email, and Web.
Photoshop is an ideal application for creating high quality digital images for print or the web. This workshop provides participants with little or no experience in Photoshop with a comprehensive introduction to its basic features and capabilities. Participants learn how to paint new content, touch up digital photographs, create pixel selections, composite images, and apply numerous creative effects, such as filters. (read the full description)
This workshop is especially for people who want to learn to create photo collages and for those who are interested in refurbishing digital images of aging photographs. Designed for people with some experience using Photoshop, this workshop delves more deeply into Photoshop image-editing strategies and practices. Participants will learn the most beneficial way to modify images, using channels and masks to preserve and edit their work. While doing the exercises, participants will save and re-use complex pixel selections, colorize grayscale photographs, learn the best method to create collages, and explore the ways Photoshop digitizes color. (read the full description)
In this workshop, participants will learn how to do photo retouching and color correction in Photoshop. Working with three digital camera projects, participants will enhance snapshots by adjusting color and contrast and removing red eye. Using layer blending and masking techniques, participants will learn to selectively apply effects to different parts of a photo. Users will learn to work with three different techniques for color correction, and will also add color to a grayscale photo. (read the full description)
In this workshop, participants will be challenged to master the various Healing Tools Photoshop offers. The Healing Tools in Photoshop enable users to remove damaged or distracting portions of an image, and even replace sections of an image that may be missing. Participants will spend time in this workshop learning how each tool behaves and examine situations in which it would be the most appropriate tool to use. Participants will also spend plenty of time practicing with these tools and mastering the techniques required to get the most out of them. (read the full description)
Adobe Illustrator is most commonly used to create logos, complex shapes, text effects, and technical diagrams to be used in both print and web publishing. Its vector drawing capabilities make it ideal for creating the smooth curves, bright colors, and clean transitions commonly found in these types of art. This introductory workshop is intended for anyone interested in learning how to use an array of Illustrator’s drawing tools to draw complex, eye-catching illustrations quickly and intelligently. (read the full description)
In this workshop, participants will learn about paths. Paths are used as the building block for all vector objects in many graphic design programs. Once participants are comfortable with paths, we will learn how to use one of the most challenging and powerful path creation tools: the Pen tool. This tool is difficult to master, but in this workshop, we will build up specific skills slowly, and by the end of the workshop, partipants will be comfortable using the tool. We will also examine differences of the tool in several Adobe applications, including InDesign, Fireworks, Flash and Photoshop.
This workshop introduces basic page design theory. It is not a "hands-on" experience; there will be no interaction with computers. The workshop is designed to provide basic instruction on how plan a publication's layout. (read the full description)
This workshop is intended to be a four-hour hands-on experience. In the context of constructing a basic newsletter, participants of this workshop will manipulate text and graphic objects using a broad range of InDesign tools. Brief references to basic design principles and terminology will be incorporated into the process. (read the full description)
This workshop will allow users to take a newsletter that has been created in InDesign and refine it using advanced page design techniques and InDesign tools. Building on what they have learned in InDesign: Basic Page Layout, participants will create a more readable and attention-grabbing publication. As participants work, they will be learning some graphic design terminology. (read the full description)
In this 3-hour lab session, you will integrate the skills you learned in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to independently create a design project. You will work with predetermined materials and your own design ideas. (read the full description)
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You can only register for this workshop as part of the Desktop Publishing Fundamentals Certificate Series.
Fireworks was built from the ground up for the creation of web graphics. This workshop is intended for anyone who wants to use Fireworks to create beautiful, editable graphics from scratch, intended for use on the web. This workshop also provides basic coverage of optimizing graphics for web distribution. (read the full description)
This introductory workshop is intended for anyone interested in learning how to create basic drawings and animations in Flash. The workshop also provides extensive coverage of key multimedia concepts, such as the timeline, symbols, file architecture and asset management, and the role of scripting in the creation of interactive projects. (read the full description)
Intended for experienced Flash designers ready to learn the basics of programming ActionScript, Flash's native scripting language. This workshop covers the basics of ActionScript 3.0 and provides an overview of using it to create interactive, non-linear Flash movies. Topics covered include how to architect Flash movies for optimal flexibility and maintainability, deploying movie clip and button symbols, and displaying text messages dynamically, based on user activity. (read the full description)
This workshop is intended for Flash developers who have the basic skill set introduced in Flash: The Basics and Flash: Interactivity Basics and are ready to take the next step. ActionScript 3.0 is the most recent iteration of the ActionScript language and is incorporated into Flash CS3. ActionScript is the basis of creating interactivity in Flash and a strong foundation in the basics of the language is necessary to create useful Flash applications. (read the full description)
Adobe After Effects is an animation program focused on video production which allows you to combine video and animations into a single project and then export it into many common video formats. In this workshop, participants will create a 30 second movie trailer in After Effects. While working, participants will spend time learning how to work efficiently in the After Effects interface, as well as learning how the basic animation and effects tools work. Eventually, we will combine all of these skills to build a more complex set of animations.
