This course provides an introduction to working with images and working with color, layers, and photographs. A student will learn how to use the selection tools and the basic image manipulation tools in Adobe Photoshop 7.0. At then end of the course, the students will the basics in working with color, layers, and filters. They will be able to modify and retouch photographs using creative visual techniques. Audiences can consist of graphic designers, artists, photographers, and Web developers that are involved in re-touching photographs, manipulating images, and creating original artwork. The audience may also be involved in creating graphics for the Web. No formal prerequisites are stated for this curriculum. Previous graphics design experience would be beneficial.
Adobe Premiere
6.5 is a professional digital video editing application ideal for aspiring
producers as well as video professionals. This hands-on computer workshop
will introduce you to digital video imaging and non-linear video editing with
Adobe Premiere. It provides native DV support allowing easy transfer to a
computer, excellent editing tools and one-step output to any of the leading
web streaming video formats or to any type of medium. The course include lessons
on complete high-end tasks like three point editing, slip and slide, and key
frame audio and video filters. At the end of the course, students can choose
from a variety of transitions including spins and wipes to enhance their movie
projects. At the end of the workshop, students will be able to assemble their
own mini video presentation for class viewing.
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Flash is the solution for producing and delivering high-impact
vector based animation, presentations, and Web sites. Web developers use Flash
to create beautiful, scaleable and extremely small and compact navigation
interfaces, technical illustrations, long form animation, and other dazzling
effects for websites and other web enabled devices. Flash graphics and animation
are vector based which can be created using Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Illustrator.
Flash also enhances and support bitmap images from Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia
Fireworks. Flash can import audio files and converts them to MP3 that can
be easily synchronized with animation. At the end of the course, the students
will be able to create their own web-based animation.
Alias/ Wavefront MAYA
Maya is an industry-standard 3D software that created box-office hits such
as Toy Story, The Antz and Final Fantasy. This hands-on course introduces
the Maya 3D animation environment to the student. With an emphasis on strong
fundamental animation skills, participants learn key frame animation and manipulation
of animation curves. Short projects include a logo animation, walk cycle,
facial animation and bouncing ball. Methods of previewing and rendering animations
are covered, and participants set up hierarchical models and animate them
using forward and inverse kinematics. Also covered briefly are space warps,
dynamics and particle systems.
Macromedia
Director
Director is the authoring environment of choice for the majority of multimedia
and web developers. This hands-on course teaches participants how to create
interactive CD-Rom multimedia presentations incorporating sound, image and
text using Director's animation and presentation tools. A short introduction
to Lingo, Director's scripting language, is also provided in this course.
The students will be able to learn how to create interactive kiosks, computer-based
trainings (CBT) and computer-assisted trainings (CAI).
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Dreamweaver is a professional HTML editor for designing, coding,
and developing websites, web pages, and web applications. Whether you enjoy
the control of hand-coding HTML or prefer to work in a visual editing environment,
Dreamweaver provides you with helpful tools to enhance your web creation experience.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to create their own personal
web sites, design web pages using tables, use templates and libraries, test
and deploy their web pages, and add interactive elements and graphics in totality.
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe AfterEffects is the tool to use for video graphics, special effects,
and 2D animation where digital video is concerned. And because mini-DV cams
are becoming so popular these days, AfterEffects is undoubtedly the Photoshop
of the video designer's toolset. It's also a useful tool for web designers
of the present, because it can be used to create some great gif animations
and Quicktime movies. It can also be used to create simple 2D animations and
titles. At the high end, AfterEffects is used as a compositing and special
effects application by major motion picture and television studios. At then
end of the course, the students will be able to create animated compositions
from simple transformations using Keyframes, Effects, Masks, and Track Mattes,
to more advanced concepts covering Photoshop and Illustrator integration,
3D Layers, Lights, Multiple Cameras, Expressions, Parenting, and Compositing.
Basic Photography
Basic Photography is a hands-on workshop which covers all the fundamentals
of photography and is a good starting point for people who want to pursue
specialized photography, like wedding, advertising, and studio portraiture.
At the end of the course, the students will be able to learn the elements
of composition, camera's basic parts and their functions, different types
of lighting environments, different types of films and how to develop the
creative eye.
Certificate
Course Fees:
Photoshop 7,600.00
Premiere 8,500.00
After Effects 8,000.00
Maya 12,000.00
Flash 7,700.00
Dream Weaver 7,700.00
Director 7,900.00
Photography 9,000.00