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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

January 14, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

January 14, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

January 14, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

January 14, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

read more

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

January 14, 2019

Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]

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After Effects Crash Course- New!

January 14, 2019

Explore Adobe After Effects, one of the most powerful and intricate programs for motion graphics, animation and visual effects. After Effects is an industry-standard application used in major Hollywood movies, on network television and all over the internet. Each week, we’ll explore an aspect of this program, explain how it’s used and provide a short […]

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Animation (Ages 9-10)

January 14, 2019

Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs, and clay. Learn the steps required to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.

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Animation (Ages 11-12)

January 14, 2019

Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs, and clay. Learn the steps required to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.

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Animation (Ages 11-12)

January 14, 2019

Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs and clay. Learn how to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.

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Animating GIFs– NEW

January 14, 2019

Learn how to create animations in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll create several GIFs (short repeating animations) to share with friends and family using a drawing tablet.

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Animating GIFs – New!

January 14, 2019

Learn how to create animations in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll create several GIFs (short repeating animations) to share with friends and family using a drawing tablet.

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Audio Postcard: Sound Story Basics- NEW!

January 14, 2019

Learn the basics of storytelling through sound by making your own audio postcard. We’ll listen to examples of the audio postcard and learn how to record sound using a portable recorder. We’ll explore ways to layer everyday sounds to create a rich soundscape, and learn digital editing techniques. By the end of the class, you […]

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Build Your Own Website – NEW!

January 14, 2019

Learn the basic skills to build your own website using WordPress. This course will cover web hosting concepts and principles including managing your own domain, file transfer protocol (FTP), mySQL and more. Explore the foundations of the most popular content management system on earth, WordPress, including basic tools such as posts, pages, the appearance panel, […]

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Break the Rules of Your Medium – NEW!

January 14, 2019

Stuck in a rut? Trying to find a new groove? Through a series of discussion, and class-guided creative assignments, we’ll take a critical look at the framework of rules that we as artists create and follow in our work. This class is open to artists working in any medium. Expect to complete creative exercises outside […]

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Animation (Ages 11–12)

January 14, 2019

Jump into the world of stop-motion animation. Work with drawings, paper cut-outs and clay. Learn how to produce 2-D and 3-D animation sequences and bring inanimate subjects to life.

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Creating a Graphic Novel (Ages 11-12)

January 14, 2019

Explore the techniques and planning that go into creating a multi-chapter comic book. We’ll discover what makes a good story and how to best tell that story with drawings. Topics include comic history, drawing techniques, and communicating visually.

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Digital Painting

January 14, 2019

Learn the fundamentals of digital painting, a 21st–century art medium. We’ll use Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to create both figurative and still life works in a medium that incorporates classic disciplines with new age techniques.

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Digital Illustration- New!

January 14, 2019

Adobe Photoshop has become an indispensable tool for today’s illustrator. Through a combination of demonstrations, class discussion and weekly projects, we’ll explore the many ways Photoshop can help you create successful imagery.

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Digital Hand Lettering – NEW

January 14, 2019

Think outside the font and create your own custom lettering designs by hand. We’ll explore hand lettering from the sketching phase to a polished, finished piece. We’ll be using both traditional and digital tools to explore the basics of lettering. Students will leave the class with a few finished lettering projects, knowledge of lettering and […]

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Digital Hand Lettering

January 14, 2019

Think outside the font and create your own custom lettering designs by hand. We’ll explore hand lettering from the sketching phase to a polished, finished piece. We’ll be using both traditional and digital tools to explore the basics of lettering. Students will leave the class with a few finished lettering projects, knowledge of lettering and […]

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Digital Filmmaking Basics

January 14, 2019

Have you ever wanted to create your own digital film? Learn the basic concepts of filmmaking and then shoot your own digital film. We’ll learn how to use Adobe Premier to edit our footage so that each student will create a finished short film.

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Digital Character Design and World Building (Ages 11–12)

January 14, 2019

Build a fictional world and create the characters that live in it. Using a Wacom tablet and a variety of both digital programs and traditional media, we’ll develop fully imagined characters and the environments that they live in. This course is great for students looking to jump into digital arts and bring their imagination to […]

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Digital Painting – New!

January 14, 2019

Learn the fundamentals of digital painting, a 21st-century art medium. We’ll use Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to create both figurative and still life works in a medium that incorporates classic disciplines with new age techniques.

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Digital Character Design and World Building (Ages 13–14)

January 14, 2019

Build a fictional world and create the characters that live in it. Using a Wacom tablet and a variety of both digital programs and traditional media, we’ll develop fully imagined characters and the environments that they live in. This course is great for students looking to jump into digital arts and bring their imagination to […]

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Editing the Digital Photograph in Adobe Lightroom

January 14, 2019

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We’ll cover its most useful features and show you how to add and organize, search for and edit your photographs. Learn how to adjust color and sharpness, apply local adjustments to only part of an image, straighten crooked horizons, […]

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