Illustrator Intensive

Instructor

Jon Ehinger

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Tuesday October 28

Registration Deadline

Oct 24

Times

7pm-10pm

Member Price

$80

Non-Member Price

$100

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Calling ALL PEOPLE interested in GRAPHIC DESIGN. Want to tighten up your drawn illustrations? Want to put together graphics for the web or high-resolution images for business cards, t-shirt designs, cd covers or posters? One of the core tools used to create and manipulate web or print graphics is Adobe Illustrator. This workshop will cover all the application's basic functions. Oh how your life will be changed by the power of scalable vector graphics, as well as some recipes & tricks of the trade!

In this Intensive, you will learn all of the basics of the application including the drawing and reshaping tools, combining objects, fill and stroke, applying color, and adding type. The class will also explore different ways to prepare files for printing and the difference between print and screen resolution, as well as converting bitmaps to vector artwork, which can be blown up without losing resolution.

We will go through a shared project together, or you can bring your own images and files to work with. The goal is to establish a comprehensive workflow within the application, starting from importing and converting graphics, to printing and exporting for web. However, we'll be hip-hopping around based on interests and needs.

Adobe Photoshop experience is a plus, but not a requirement.

Students are encouraged to bring files.

Intro to Flash

Instructor

Sebastian Masuelli

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Thursdays Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30 Nov 6, 13

Registration Deadline

Oct 7

Times

7pm-10pm

Member Price

$360

Non-Member Price

$450

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This class will introduce students to the basics of Adobe Flash CS3, the most ubiquitous plugin on the Web, capable of delivering interactive graphics, text, animation, audio, and video over the web in completely customizable environment. Freed from the conventions of HTML/CSS, you'll gain the fundamental tools to push your ideas to the web. Yes, your site CAN look like the third level of Galaga, a dissected frog, or a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, no problem!

Since this will be an introductory course, Flash's internal scripting language, ActionScript, will be covered minimally. Almost all animation/transformations/filters demonstrated will be timeline based, although the ActionScript alternatives will be mentioned. The main goal of this course is to open up the program to the beginner willing to go through an in-depth overview.

Students will build and upload an interactive "portfolio" site that will display their experiments in the following sections: textual layout, imported graphics (vector and bitmap), character animation, audio, and video.

Intro to Compositing / Green Screen.

Instructor

Jon Ehinger

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Wednesdays 22, 29 Nov 5

Registration Deadline

Oct. 17

Times

7pm-10pm

Member Price

$180

Non-Member Price

$225

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In this class students will be introduced to the basics of filming using a green screen and compositing using either final cut pro or after effects. Using the rules of the surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, students will be taken through the steps of filming, importing, chroma-keying techniques, compositing of multiple video files onto one frame and exporting for dvd or the internet.

Members will be asked to work in small groups for completion of several projects or several weeks. Focus will be on the completion of a few small class projects, so students leave having developed their own work flow for the compositing process. Interpersonal directives will also be assigned. Prior knowledge of digital editing/shooting is encouraged but not required.

Formats include iMovie, iDVD, AfterEffects, and Mini-DV Video Camera work.

Photoshop Intensive This Class is Full!

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Instructor

Mara Taber

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Saturday Oct 18

Times

1100a-200p

Registration Deadline

Oct 16

Member Price

$80

Non-Member Price

$100

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Whether you are a non-photographer, novice photographer, artist, non-artist, art director, designer, publisher, or writer you will know how to perform digital miracles on your photographss upon completing this 3-hour workshop on the basics concepts of the Photoshop environment. Even photographers leery of the digital realm can get their feet wet with this no-nonsense introduction to the best digital-darkroom in the industry.

Instruction will cover image manipulation, resolution, file size, bit depth, image adjustment, color correction, brush settings, cloning, healing, layers, type, filters, effects, the difference between raster and vector graphics, as well as creating and retouching images.

All sessions include hands-on practice on Mac computers. Participants may bring their own laptops, provided Adobe Photoshop CS3 is already installed. This class is an introductory class and is not appropriate for students at the intermediate and advanced levels.

Textile Design This Class Is Full

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Instructor

Joanne Sherrow

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Sundays Oct 19, 26

Registration Deadline

Oct 16

Times

3:30pm to 6:30pm

Member Price

$120

Non-Member Price

$150

 

 

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Acquire a lucrative skill in this 6-hour intensive through learning the basics of textile design. Students will create original, digitally produced, production ready designs for printed fabrics marketable for women's, men's, and children's wear, home furnishings and paper products. Professional methods of designing patterns, repeats, and color combinations will be explored using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Students will also gain knowledge of how to market themselves in the various industries where these skills are applicable.

Joanne Sherrow is a Textile and Graphic Designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her clients include Victoria's Secret, Calvin Klein, Anthropologie, Seamen Schepps, and Liz Claiborne. Joanne teaches Adobe Illustrator for fashion design and digital archiving for artists and collectors at the Fashion Institute of Technology and fashion digital studio classes in Parsons School of Design's undergraduate fashion department. Joanne has also been involved in recording and performing experimental electronic music with the bands Confetti System and Tic-tac-oh. She has her BS from Pennsylvania State University and her AAS from the Fashion Institute of Technology. http://www.funkyjewels.com/

Final Cut Pro Export Workshop

Instructor

Mark Read

Location

Digital Media Lab

Dates

Monday Oct 20

Times

7:00p-10:00p

Registration Deadline

Oct 17

Member Price

$80

Non-Member Price

$100

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In this class students will learn how to move their movie out of the editing room and into the real world, whether that be online, in the theater or in the living room. The ins and outs of compressing for the web will be covered, as well as the essential basics for DVD authoring for both television viewing and live projection.