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This comprehensive Adobe Photoshop class enables students to create professional complex graphics and edit images. Learn to manipulate photos and graphics for both print and web. Whether you’re new to Photoshop or have been using it for years, you will come away solid skills and be able to create, edit, and manipulate images with ease. Getting...

In this class you will learn to launch your website quickly with the help of a quick WordPress installation guide; create a quality website with a proper assembly of important subpages; install and work with plugins and widgets; install and create attractive themes for your website; create custom menus to improve the user experience of your website;...

Learn CSS 3 layout techniques, including the syntax and structure and how to control multi-column, flexible box, grid and regions layout. Explore relative and absolute positioning, floated layout, block and inline display, and table layout techniques. Learn how to speed up workflow by using CSS libraries and frameworks.

A strong understanding of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is vital to producing websites that look good, load quickly, and are easy to maintain. CSS gives you control over the appearance of your Web sites by separating the visual presentation from the content. It lets you easily make minor changes to a site or perform a complete overhaul of the design....

In the Intro to Adobe Illustrator course you will learn the essential skills of the world’s leading vector illustration software. You will learn the program interface and tools and will turn one of your own hand-drawn sketches into a completed vectorized piece.

In this class we will cover basics of graphic design using Adobe Photoshop, with a focus on dynamic publications, posters, and other printed materials. Using various analog and digital tools, we will experiment with image layouts, layers, effects, typography and type design.

Learn from the top professionals to create high quality logos, icons, infographics and more. Learn to create and format a vast variety of objects, shapes and text. Understand how to apply patterns, gradients and use Adobe Color for cohesive color systems. Add special effects, and combine images. Use your new skills to create powerful imagery that can...

This class will cover advanced modification of PDF's, create complex forms, create indexes, manage large number of PDF's, create links, customize PDF output using compression, and more. Course Outline: Lesson 1: High Quality PDF’s PDF File Attributes PDF Settings Image Options Lesson 2: Color Management Color Shifting Color Profiles ...

In this class you will learn to launch your website quickly with the help of a quick WordPress installation guide; create a quality website with a proper assembly of important subpages; install and work with plugins and widgets; install and create attractive themes for your website; create custom menus to improve the user experience of your website;...

AutoCAD®: Beyond the Basics course is designed for those using AutoCAD® with a Windows operating system. This learning guide is not designed for the AutoCAD for Mac software. AutoCAD®: Beyond the Basics course continues on from the topics covered in the AutoCAD®9: Essentials class. It covers more sophisticated techniques that extend your mastery...

Our UX design course helps you follow a user-centered process. Course Outcomes Master the design process for web, application, and product design. Recognize the difference between good and bad UX design. Learn best practices around UX design, UI design, prototyping, wireframes, and information architecture. Get hands-on experience designing...

You will learn the basics of the Photoshop work area and image manipulation. You will work with color, retouch images with filters and other methods, create layered images, and use masks. Lesson 1: Getting started Topic A: Using Adobe Bridge Topic B: Organizing & Customizing the Photoshop Workspace Lesson 2: Basic Images Topic A: Image...

This course is intended for students who want to expand their entry-level knowledge of Adobe InDesign by using advanced features and collaboration tools.  Students will learn how to prepare documents for multiple formats, manage advanced page layouts, manage styles, build complex paths as well as manage external files and create dynamic documents....

The Autodesk® Revit® software is a powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) program that works the way architects think. The program streamlines the design process through the use of a central 3D model, where changes made in one view update across all views and on the printable sheets. This class is designed to teach you the Autodesk Revit...

This class introduces you to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and is the fastest way for professionals to get up and running on Creative Cloud. Pre-requisites: Solid computer skills, Mac or PC Understanding the Creative Cloud: Understand how the subscription-based service for Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign works. Which programs...