Art Training and Seminars

Graphic Design Foundation Certificate The Graphic Design certificate program focuses on creating intelligent and powerful visual communication. Students build a strong foundation for a graphic design career by learning design techniques, visual thinking, concept development, color, composition, and typography, through case studies and hands-on exercises. Graphic Design students learn the professional applications for Adobe Photoshop  more...

Graphic Design Advanced Certificate The Graphic Design certificate program focuses on creating intelligent and powerful visual communication. Students build a strong foundation for a graphic design career by learning design techniques, visual thinking, concept development, color, composition, design training, and typography, through case studies and hands-on exercises. Graphic Design students learn the professional applications  more...

Graphic Design Masters Certificate The Graphic Design certificate program focuses on creating intelligent and powerful visual communication. Students build a strong foundation for a graphic design career by learning design techniques, visual thinking, concept development, color, composition, and typography, through case studies and hands-on exercises. Graphic Design students learn the professional applications for Adobe Photoshop  more...

Multimedia Foundation Certificate The Multimedia program focuses on providing the conceptual, technical, and visual design skills required to create multimedia applications and environments. Students wanting to become a multimedia designer will build a strong foundation for a multimedia design career by learning design principles, digital imaging, Flash, basic ActionScripting, video and sound editing, animation, and interaction  more...

Digital Arts Advanced Certificate ...Arts Certificate program focuses on developing technical skill and creative artistry in digital photography and imaging. Students learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent digital imaging and vector drawing tools. Advanced Certificate students select a single area of professional concentration. Concentrations include: Digital Illustration, Graphic  more...

Digital Arts Master's Certificate This certificate program focuses on developing technical skill and creative artistry in digital photography and imaging. Students learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent digital imaging and vector drawing tools. Master's Certificate students select two areas of professional concentration. Concentrations include: Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, and  more...

3D Modeling Using Form_Z Course ...dynamic. You'll learn the how 3D graphics can be used in cartoons, on the Internet and in interactive games. Looking at examples from Hollywood, the Web and popular computer games, you'll learn about the state of the art techniques used to create all that 3D magic, and then you'll create your own 3D movie. LESSON 6 Using Advanced Techniques The last lesson will cover some more advanced  more...

Advanced Graphic Design Course ...art of visual communication, the visual representation of ideas or concepts. How do you succeed as a graphic designer? Study the movements that shaped today's visual world, and learn how to conceptualize projects, reinvent clich s, create balanced layouts, distill complex information, and motivate your audience. In this advanced, hands-on course, you'll build skills for the toughest graphic  more...

Advanced Layout Design Course ...s or communicates like a great layout. Layout design, the art of what goes where on a page or editorial spread, is a creative challenge for any graphic designer. In this intensive 3-lesson course, you'll tackle advanced-level layout projects that push your design skills to the limit. You'll learn how to build strong foundations for your page design, explore creative applications for lines and  more...

Advanced Logo Design ...y or individual saying "I'm friendly" or "strong" or "smart." Lesson Four explores the various techniques logo designers use to create identity: spacing, color, shape, and letterform. You'll learn tricks of the trade to add impact and personality to your logo designs. In the exercise, you'll design a visual identity for a movie studio, working from a brief. LESSON 5 Contraction and  more...

Advanced Packaging Design Course ...ating customers to buy? In this course, you'll learn the art and craft of package design from a seasoned pro. Working from detailed briefs, you'll experience how to design packages for a wide variety of projects, clients, and customers. Key course concepts will include seeing and designing in three dimensions, mass vs. prestige design, designing for target markets, playful design, product  more...

Advanced Typography Course Typography, technology, and culture are intertwined. The letterform (in the right hands) has the power to communicate meaning and mood through its quirks and beauty, its history and diversity. In this 6-lesson course, you'll learn advanced concepts in typography, building your portfolio through hands-on projects. You'll experiment with type fusion, learn the details of text layout and  more...

Color Correction Course ... how to get the best out of your digital images? As every art director knows, even the best photographs (on the best of days) can be plagued by problems such as color casts, unnatural tones, dull highlights, murky shadows, or low contrast. That's why color correction is such a critical step in preparing high-quality images for print or the Web. In this challenging 6-lesson course, you'll learn  more...

Color Theory Course ...art. Each color has a specific property, whether it's the particular wavelength in optical perception, the molecular construction of pigments or an RGB value for a monitor. Though each of those properties may be fixed, the expression and perception of a color may change within different contexts. Understanding color requires that you understand its systems, interaction even a bit of physics!  more...

css essentials Tired of coding HTML, one tag at a time? Then consider CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), a technology that allows the Web designer precise control over almost every aspect of page's design and layout. In this practical 3-lesson course, you'll learn how CSS works to give you fast and easy control over such page elements as: fonts, lists, color, backgrounds, borders, relative positioning, even  more...

database and dynamic web design ...yntax of PHP, how to design and administer a database as part of a relational database system, set up mailing lists, build discussion forums, create a storefront, and even build a working shopping cart. No advanced Web technology background is required for this course just a basic working knowledge of HTML, a Web hosting account, and some interest in writing neat code! Learning from an  more...

design and composition ...iterally the assembly or construction of elements, is the artful arrangement that guides the viewer's eye and unifies your work. In this 3-lesson hands-on course, you'll develop your compositional skills by analyzing everything from Grand Masters to Madison Avenue ads to tubes of toothpaste. Through a series of artistic workouts, you'll learn the principles of effective composition,  more...

design for non-designers Need to think like a designer? This course gives you a primer on the basic elements of design: typography, images, color, and layout. Through a series of real-life case studies, you'll go inside the design process and learn how to evaluate designs using such time-honored principles as consistency and alignment. Through interaction with the instructor and other students, you'll with develop your  more...

digital art photography ...ays, weeks, or months that went into creating the work of art you admire in a gallery or exhibition? This course, produced by renowned visual artist Cecilie Dahl, guides you through the creative process behind making digital art photography. You'll explore each step of the endeavor from the genesis of an art concept through its exploration, selection, treatment, and presentation. We'll  more...

digital illustration advanced ...but expressive area of graphic design. It brings out each artist's unique personal style. If you've mastered the basics in Illustrator, it's time to challenge yourself and boost your skills. In this 6-lesson course, you'll learn advanced methods for communicating your creative concepts. Through step-by-step lectures, you'll explore how an expert Illustrator creates icons, characters, line art,  more...

digital illustration basics ...art of graphic design since its inception in the 1920s. Today, most of those friendly little graphics and icons that give order and humanity to the world around us are created digitally, using powerful software applications such as Adobe Illustrator. In this hands-on introductory class, you'll learn the tricks of the trade for creating illustrations that intrigue and delight. The course  more...

digital photography I ...ill for any digital designer today. Whether you're a fine artist, graphic designer, or Web developer, a mastery of digital photography gives you creative control of the medium. If you've outgrown the basic features of your digital camera, and you're looking to take professional-quality photos, zoom in on Digital Photography I. In this hands-on course, you'll discover how photography  more...

digital photography II ...dium is hot, the technology changes daily, and designers, artists, and photographers are all rushing to get up to speed. To take great photographs every time requires both technical and aesthetic mastery. How and when to use your advanced camera's features? What shooting or composition techniques will get the best results on location? And once you're safely home, how will you handle image  more...

digital photography using camera raw Are you getting the most out of your digital photographs? If you're not using your camera's RAW format and Adobe Photoshop's Camera Raw feature you're missing a whole world of picture quality. Developed by noted digital photography expert Ken Milburn, this advanced 6-lesson course explores every facet of editing RAW images in Adobe Photoshop CS2. You'll learn when, why, and how to incorporate  more...

digital video editing I ...ut psychology. In this 6-lesson course, you'll learn the art and craft of editing videos from two award-winning filmmakers. The course explores techniques that can be applied in a range of non-linear editing programs, including Avid, Final Cut, and Premiere. But the main focus is not just on developing software skills it's on exploring the magic behind video modification. Challenging  more...

dreamweaver I Macromedia's Dreamweaver is the preferred HTML editor of professional Web designers and not just because it has a cool name. Dreamweaver integrates a host of design tools in one easy-to-use application. Without any advanced HTML knowledge, you can design sophisticated sites, creating advanced layouts by using tables, colors, style sheets, frames, and more. This intensive 6-lesson training  more...

dreamweaver II If you love the ease and flexibility of designing sites with Dreamweaver and are ready to tackle more sophisticated projects, Dreamweaver II is your ideal next step. Some powerful features lie just below the surface in Dreamweaver, including precision layouts through Cascading Style Sheets, templates and asset management, and even the ability to create high-end interactive features without  more...

e-commerce ... technology, hosting, architecture, accounting, shopping cart, security, and legal issues, it's no wonder most designers leave e-commerce Web design to the pros. In this hands-on course, you'll learn how to build a well-conceived, fully functional e-commerce Web site for your own business or your small business clients. Studying with one of the leading voices in Web site design, will help you  more...

figure drawing ...artistic challenge. Capturing the human figure in all its infinite, intricate variations requires both a mastery of technique and a thorough understanding of the body. In this six-lesson course, the artist Anki King will help you make your figure drawings come to life. Following traditional methods, you'll learn the standard measures and proportions artists use to achieve naturalistic and  more...

fireworks basics Creating graphics for the Web? Throw away those competitive products, because you can do it all with Macromedia's Fireworks. In this 6-lesson course, you'll learn how to import, manipulate, and export Web graphics, optimizing and animating them, creating image slices and hotspots even combining graphics with HTML and javascript. You could build an entire site using Fireworks, and just to prove  more...

flash actionscript programming Love creating animations and sites in Flash and scripting basic interactive actions? Then you're ready to take Flash to the next level by learning programming with ActionScript. Unlike basic scripting, programming with ActionScript allows you to create highly interactive and entertaining applications that can be infinitely modified. You can build fully-featured interactive games and other dynamic  more...

flash animation Deep down, every designer wants to be an animator. But fear not Flash is here to save the day! In Macromedia Flash, you can learn how to create stunning animations using just basic tweening and frame-by-frame techniques. In this hands-on 6-lesson course, you'll learn how to draw simple but compelling characters, prepare them for animation, add expression and motion, and storyboard and animate a  more...

flash basics When Web designers think dynamic, they think Macromedia Flash. The vector-based tool, rapidly taking over the Web, can create everything from simple animations to entire sites. In this 6-lesson course, you'll develop a deep understanding for basic drawing and animating tools in Flash, mastering such critical interface elements as layers, scenes, nested symbols, and movie clips. You'll create an  more...

flash experience design Macromedia Flash provides us with the tools to create new forms of interaction, involving and engaging Web users in ways only hinted at in television and theater. In this project-based training course, you'll learn how to design interactive Flash environments that deliver a message or tell a story. Narrative tools explored will include Flash event-driven functionality, movie clips, non-linear  more...

flash & typography To capture your target audience, you sometimes need to create motion on your page. You can add interest with animated graphics, of course, but don't forget that type can move, too. And Macromedia Flash is probably the most effective and the most widely used tool for adding movement. This course teaches you how to turn type into high quality motion graphics, adding visual excitement to your pages.  more...

flash web site design ...king to create Web sites with punch and panache? Look no farther than Macromedia Flash, the top technology for designing and presenting multimedia on the Web. Once just an animation program, Flash has evolved into a tool for building entire Web sites with visual, highly interactive features that HTML simply can't match. If you're familiar with basic Flash animation techniques, learning to  more...

freehand basics Macromedia Freehand is the vector program of choice for many graphic and Web designers. It's used to create razor-sharp illustrations that print or enlarge to any size with little or no degradation. In this 6-lesson course, you'll explore the wide horizons open to Freehand users. You'll create illustrations, Web graphics, animations, newsletter layouts for print and Web, and more. Once you've  more...

fundamentals of digital photography Digital Photography Course: Digital cameras can be easy to use but confusing to learn. What are all these controls, buttons, knobs, dials, features, and functions for? How can I take better photographs? How can I transfer images from my camera on to my computer or the Web? The Fundamentals of Digital Photography course is designed to answer all these questions and more. You'll get a hands-on  more...

fundamentals of logo design Logos are the front line, the identity of a company. They are ubiquitous, and they are vital. But how many of us understand the philosophy and process behind designing a logo? In this logo design online course, learn the importance of corporate identity, and how to design logos that will strengthen the visual image of your own or your client's company. The course is theoretical in focus,  more...

fundamentals of javascript This course will show you where to find thousands of JavaScripts and how to adapt them to your Web pages. You will see what JavaScript can do, its advantages and limitations. You will even learn how to create a simple JavaScript from scratch in order to understand the basic JavaScript syntax. Practical course exercises give you the chance to see your interactivity in action. Tuition: $329 US  more...

fundamentals of typography ...art from other artists. In visual communication, typography must be integrated (every last loop, bowl, and descender) into a total design. In this 3-lesson course, you'll explore the anatomy of the letterform. Through interactive lectures and hands-on exercises, you'll learn how to classify typefaces and use them creatively. Understanding the fundamentals of typography will give your work  more...

golive basics Looking to create beautiful Web sites, without all that tedious coding? Look no further! Just about anything you can publish on the Web, you can create in Adobe GoLive. In this 6-lesson course, you'll gain a strong working knowledge of GoLive, from FTPing basic Web pages to creating advanced layouts, using frames, implementing CSS, adding multimedia files, and more. You'll be surprised at how  more...

graphic design I ...d negative space and grids adds logic to the lessons. Start training in the three major graphic software tools available today efficiently: Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark XPress (optional). You will learn how the different softwares INTERACT with one another and how to apply them to real graphic design projects and traditional offset printing. According to the US Bureau of Labor  more...

graphic design business ...u're going freelance, setting up your own shop, or just starting out with a big company, this course will set your career on the right track. Course projects are hands-on: you'll create a business plan, respond to an RFP (request for proposal), test-drive accounting software, create a budget, and customize your own business forms. When your first customer walks through the door, you'll be  more...

illustrator basics ...of vector software, you can produce detailed and scalable art for almost any application. In this 6-lesson course, you'll build a solid foundation in Adobe Illustrator, learning from a master teacher. You'll start with a tour of important menus, tools, and palettes, then explore selection tools, drawing tools, layers, the pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as transformations/  more...

illustrator by example Learn how to design using Illustrator. Complete a professional design project and master Illustrator's most important features. Students will design a series of Swatch watches faces, bands, promotional materials, and all with a design plan based on a fictional client's brief from Swatch headquarters. The course also covers many essential features of Illustrator and how it interacts with its  more...

illustrator advanced ...art application at your fingertips. But most digital designers only scratch the surface of Illustrator. To make a splash, one must delve deeper. If you've mastered Illustrator basics and you're ready for the next level, this course is for you. Move beyond the prickly Pen tool to explore gradient meshes, symbols, actions, filters, and more. An industry-leading professional will guide you  more...

indesign basics ...lop your print design skills. The training course will impart a working knowledge of the main InDesign tools and features, everything from basic features to using master pages, importing and manipulating objects, controlling text flow and style, to graphic effects such as transparency, drop shadow, and feathering. Projects give you training in a range of desktop publication applications from  more...

information design I Everyone is flocking to get up on the Web. But where does the crush of information leave bewildered users? Left to spend hours scrolling and clicking, wading through whatever is dished out along their way inconsistent navigation schemes, slow-to-load or distracting graphics, dead-end pages, broken links, dull or uninformative messages all in the hope of finding worthwhile information. Clearly  more...

interface design Interfaces are crucial to the success of your design in essence, they link your audience to your material. Good web interface design is intuitive, easy to navigate, user-friendly, and built on past user experience (on-line and off). Bad interfaces turn away visitors like the plague. On a VCR, you know the red circle means "record" and the green triangle means "play", right? The internet has  more...

internet marketing ...ommercial Web site for yourself or a client is just the start. To grow any business on the Internet, you'll need to market strategically to your customers, using a range for tools from content sharing to email marketing, search engine optimization, co-branding, ad buys, and more, to reach your target audience. In this 6-lesson Internet Marketing course, you'll learn practical skills for  more...

intro to graphic design New media has created a serious need for talented graphic designers. Explore the history of graphic design, learn how it has evolved, and discover what the future holds for one of the fastest growing careers in the world. This course will give you thorough understanding of the field and a good idea of how you can make your mark in it. You'll read lectures, review case studies, develop your  more...

intro to digital arts ...your mouse as your paintbrush, you too can create digital art. In this creative and fun 3-lesson course, you'll explore the tools and technology used to create digital art today. You'll get familiar with key concepts in bitmap and vector art, learning how leading artists develop creative approaches to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and digital photography. Case studies from the art and design  more...

intro to drawing ...out form and space as it is about technique. The drawing part itself is just marks on paper. But those marks come together to tell the viewer something about the world that you, the artist, have experienced. Drawing also gives you a deeper understanding of the subject you are trying to capture. As you progress through the excercises in this class, you will develop a better understanding of  more...

intro to marketing Tired of walking the walk, without talking the talk? Understanding marketing can add a whole new dimension to your design services. Sure, talent is important. But today's business clients are looking for designers who can apply their creative talents in ways that enhance strategic business goals. This is a three-lesson introductory course for designers who want to understand basic marketing  more...

intro to multimedia The world of multimedia is thriving with the growth of Internet and other new technologies, offering a range of new directions for people who just aren't satisfied with plain old text and images. This highly interactive course is an excellent primer. You'll learn where multimedia comes from, where it is now, and where things are headed. Through real-life examples and exercises, you'll explore the  more...

intro to web design The field of Web design rewards a unique blend of technical skills, creativity, visual communication, information science, and entrepreneurship. In this introductory class, you'll learn how the Web evolved, cover the technical fundamentals, and learn the design principles that characterize the leading sites. Through exposure to best (and worst) practices on the Web, you'll learn how to  more...

photo retouching It doesn't matter how great a photographer you are nearly every photograph can benefit from retouching, whether it's to correct subtle color problems or make major changes to the subject or background. In this 3-lesson course, you'll learn how to turn good photographs into showstoppers. Using Photoshop's tools and filters, you'll learn to make seamless changes, realistically enhancing your  more...

photoshop advanced How well do you know Adobe Photoshop, the pro designer's tool of choice? If you've mastered the basics of Photoshop but you're still hungry for more, this course is for you. Transcend your current skillset to learn advanced illustration effects, 3D effects, photo-realistic painting, professional montage and color correction, and high-impact presentation methods. An extreme Photoshop expert  more...

photoshop basics Adobe Photoshop is the premiere image manipulation tool for both print and the Web. If you are planning on working with images in any way, you need to know it. Learn the basics of Photoshop in this thorough six-lesson beginner help course. You will learn how to select, enhance, distort, color, scale and manipulate scanned images and artwork or create them from scratch. Even if you just took  more...

photoshop by example Like learning on the job? In this course, you'll tackle three professional digital imaging assignments using Photoshop, learning techniques and tips used by the professionals. Course projects include a CD-ROM cover, an optical illusion, and a cover for a documentary video. Each exercise is deconstructed (and reconstructed) step-by-step, to give you a thorough understanding of how to create  more...

powerpoint design In this 6-lesson hands-on course, you'll learn PowerPoint training techniques for designing effective presentations: ones that are clean, clear, visually appealing, and engaging in their delivery of content. You'll learn how professional presentation designers develop custom slideshows with impact and edge, avoiding common design pitfalls. The course provides a thorough grounding in PowerPoint's  more...

print production For many designers and desktop publishers, sending a job to the printer is a mysterious (and expensive) process of trial and error. Guesswork doesn't cut it. That is why we offer this distance learning course in Print Production so that you can achieve your desired results when printing all of your graphic design projects. To manage a print job effectively, you must understand how printers work,  more...

quark basics Book publishing, magazines, newspapers, corporate reports, catalogues, promotional materials . . . there's almost no limit to what can be done using QuarkXPress, Quark's tried-and-true layout, design, and production tool. In this six-lesson course, you'll master all the basics of this "must-know" program. Through a series of hands-on projects, you'll create a flyer, a brochure, a newsletter, a  more...

sketchup basics Want to create 3D graphics for architecture, construction, landscaping, interior design or more? Then try SketchUp, a powerful program that makes 3D modeling intuitive and easy to learn. A powerful new tool from Google software, SketchUp makes creating 3D sketches and creating professional-looking renders as effortless as drawing on a napkin. In this 3-lesson course, you'll learn how to draw  more...

sketchup intermediate ...n architect, builder, planner, interior designer, or game artist using SketchUp, you'll want to get the most out of this powerful application. In this 3-lesson course, you'll build on the skills for creating 3D objects developed in SketchUp Basics and learn how to use groups and components, tap the potential of inferences, interconnect forms, create lathed and extruded objects, and more. To  more...

web design I Web design today is an increasingly challenging creative environment. To compete in this field, you'll need not only a mastery of graphic design, navigation design, and page layout, but also a basic proficiency in Web foundations like HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Sounds like a tall order? This distance learning course equips you for the challenge through industry-foundation online,  more...

web graphics using photoshop/imageready It's often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. An image can communicate powerful ideas and emotions that simple words can't always explain. Nowhere is this more true than on the Web, where graphics enhance a site's experience, support its content, and create a visual hierarchy. Logical and intuitive designs help us to figure out (often subconsciously) how content is organized and what  more...

web project management ...nd client management strategies for everything from the start-up meeting, to the project's planning, execution, and closure. Since thorough documentation is key, we'll show you how (and when) to create and present your project proposal, budget, schedule, sitemap, look and feel "comps", contact lists, change orders, QA plans, and more. Case studies will explore how such principles play out in  more...

web portfolio design You're a designer, and you're good at designing. But design skills are one thing, and selling these skills is another story entirely. Suddenly, you'll find that you also have to be a marketer. This course is a practical guide for designers who want to successfully present their work to potential clients via the Internet. You'll learn how to identify your strengths and weaknesses as a designer,  more...

Web Site 101 ...arted on the Web can be intimidating. A host of technical questions need addressed: How do I obtain Web space? How do I create and structure my site? How do I post pages and graphics correctly to the Web? In this 3-lesson course, we offer a one-stop solution: a painless start to establishing your Web presence. We'll help you select and register your domain name, set up a Web hosting  more...

writing javascript and dhtml If learning the basics of JavaScript and CSS just whetted your appetite from more interactivity and functionality, read on. This 6-lesson course will take you way past the fundamentals in Web coding. You'll learn how to code highly interactive and functional JavaScript and DHTML from scratch, creating floating navigation menus, browser detectors, animated text and image objects, dynamic content,  more...