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Unlock your creativity and master the art of graphic design with graphic design classes in NYC. Learn industry-standard software, typography techniques, and unleash your visual storytelling skills to gain a competitive edge in today's digital world.

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Essential Lighting and Studio (6 weeks)

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This methodical approach to learning studio photography begins with analyzing lighting in well-known photographs and breaking down the setups, tools and techniques required to accomplish these images.    Each week we'll tackle one essential factor of lighting, from single-light setups to complex multiple-light setups, using modifiers, backgrounds, and various light sources to deliver precise and amazing results. Through a combination...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$350

6 sessions

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Illustrator Essentials

New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY

This class teaches the most important skill needed to create vector graphics and illustration. Students will learn to manipulate vector drawing tools for 2 and 3 dimensional illustrations and to create brushes and repeat patterns. At the end of this class, students will be able to create vector art and place it in an illustrator design, export to Photoshop, or save it for a web site. Note: Price Includes $20 Registration Fee

(106) All levels 18 and older
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$415

6 sessions

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Intro to Photoshop

New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY

Photoshop is an essential skill for photographers, web developers and designers. In this 24-hour class, learn the fundamentals of image editing with hands-on exercises that use Photoshop’s powerful tools. You’ll learn to create files, work with layers & masks and to add adjustment layers. You’ll understand the concepts of resolution, canvas versus image size, master the selection tools and learn to import images edit them in Camera Raw...

(106) Beginner 18 and older
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$415

4 sessions

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Photoshop for Photographers

New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY

Have you recently purchased a digital camera, or would you like to learn to enhance your personal, travel and family photos? This course introduces photographers to the essential tools needed to edit, enhance and color-correct images. Your friends and family will be asking, "Who's your photographer?" Learn to Organize your files in the Adobe Bridge Understand file size and resolution Edit and retouch Work with the Layers palette Understand...

(106) All levels 18 and older
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$315

6 sessions

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Adobe InDesign QuickStart

New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY

This InDesign training class is ideal for those with a basic knowledge of Adobe Programs and Microsoft Office. Students will create an in-class brochure assignment and will learn to manage master pages, thread text, place and wrap images, and publish a pdf document. Students are asked to bring high-resolution photos and text documents to the workshop. Note: Price Includes $20 Registration Fee

(106) Beginner 18 and older
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$245
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Introduction to Lightroom

PhotoUno Photography School @ Online, Online, NY

This Lightroom course is designed to teach students how to import, export, organize, edit, and share their photographs. Adobe Lightroom is an amazing program that has been designed to offer an end-to-end solution for photographer’s workflow (downloading, organizing, editing and sharing). Now you can learn exactly how to get started, and see how it can help you achieve the quickest, easiest results for your digital workflow needs. In this class...

(322) Beginner 18 and older
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$220

5 sessions

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Photoshop: Learn the Basics for Your Everyday Needs

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Tired of asking your friends for design help? Need to put together your own banners, marketing, ads, logos, or just edit some images? All that is covered in this latest class, where we learn all the necessary skills needed to become comfortable with Adobe Photoshop as well as the free design program, Gimp.

(252) Beginner 18 and older
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Intermediate Adobe Photoshop

Plexus Creative @ 198 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY & Virtually Online

Unlock the power of advanced image editing and masking techniques in Adobe Photoshop with an experienced multimedia artist and creative technologist at Plexus Creative. Elevate your skills with a hands-on course focused on placing linked files, using clipping masks, adjusting images with curves, and more. Dive deeper into the world of digital imaging with a renowned instructor who has worked with prestigious clients like Apple, Spotify, and The New York Times.

(468) Intermediate 18 and older

Lightroom (Private)

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LightroomNYC @ 59 Wycoff St, Brooklyn, NY

In this class, you will learn how to get the most out of Lightroom, including catalog management, importing and exporting images, developing photos, making books as well as setting up backup workflows and keeping a well organized catalog. If you need help getting the most out of Lightroom or you want to take total control of your catalog, then David Mark Erickson is the Instructor you need. He has been certified by Adobe as an Expert in Lightroom...

All levels 18 and older
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$135
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Beginner Digital Art for Adults

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

This is a foundation class which explores the basics of digital painting using the iPad with Stylus. Each class will begin with a warm up sketch using outline interface, brushes, layers, color picker & preferences for 5, 15, 60 minute sketches.  We will work on line: mechanical drawing, brush dynamics, the importance of light & surfaces, rendering techniques & painting from real life. We will also explore the anatomy of color, line...

(179) Beginner 18 and older
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Teens: Introduction to Graphic Illustration & Design

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo

This is a foundation class for teenagers which explores the basics of graphic design using a Laptop. Beginning with Photoshop students will learn the basic tools of brush and erase creating their very own digital illustrations while familiarizing themselves with the fundamentals of design on a digital interface. After grasping a strong feel for the fundamentals, students will be introduced to more intermediate tools with the utilization of layers,...

(179) Beginner 12 - 17 years old
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Adobe Photoshop Immersion—Private Training

Plexus Creative @ 198 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY & Virtually Online

Learn essential Adobe Photoshop tools, tips and techniques at your own pace in this Private  Immersion Course. This customized training format is ideal for anyone with special training needs or specific project goals that may fall outside of the scale and scope of group workshops. Private Custom Immersion sessions are appropriate for beginners looking to jump start their skills. Students may either bring their own laptop and materials or use the studio's MacBook Pro and tutorial materials.

(468) Beginner 18 and older

Introduction to Graphic Design for Teenagers

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo

This is a foundation class which explores the basics of graphic design using a Laptop. Beginning with Photoshop students will learn the basic tools of brush and erase creating their very own digital illustrations while familiarizing themselves with the fundamentals of design on a digital interface. After grasping a strong feel for the fundamentals, students will be introduced to more intermediate tools with the utilization of layers, masking, transformation...

(179) Beginner 12 - 17 years old
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Making GIFs

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

Learn not just how to make these moving and magical visuals, but how to use them to create stronger interactive content and tell more visually striking stories. GIFs have moved beyond simple, looped video frames of pet tricks and laughing babies. Highly stylized GIFs that combine still photo masks with video frames have emerged as a cutting-edge design tool.

(64) All levels 18 and older
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AutoCAD Level 2

Technical Institute of America @ 545 8th Ave, New York, NY

Expand your AutoCAD skills and take your drawings to the next level with this comprehensive course. Learn advanced techniques and settings to create complex drawings with ease. Taught by industry experts, this hands-on class will ensure you become a proficient AutoCAD user.

(632) Intermediate 18 and older
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$749

3 sessions

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Photoshop Advanced Retouching

Noble Desktop @ 185 Madison Ave, New York, NY & Virtually Online

We’ll show you how to use channels to make complex selections. Color management is a complex issue but we’ll make it approachable and break it down into easy steps so that you can gain control over color. We’ll explain some little-known tricks with blending modes, sharpening techniques, how to smooth skin textures and so much more. This course has a Prerequisite: Students should have a foundational understanding of Photoshop, equivalent...

(372) Advanced 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$975

3 sessions

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Adobe Photoshop Masterclass

Plexus Creative @ 198 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, NY & Virtually Online

Take a deep dive into Adobe Photoshop in this hands-on masterclass. Our Masterclasses cover all of the essential tools and features in the software plus lots of tips and tricks for project management and workflow efficiency. Masterclasses also leave room at the end of each day for individual attention for questions about portfolio development and professional development. Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for bitmap image editing and enhancement. In this hands-on course, all of the essentials of Photoshop will be covered including how to open and navigate documents, customize the interface, edit photos, crop and transform images, make detailed selections, work with layers and masks, retouch photos, use Smart Objects and adjustment layers to apply non-destructive modifications, work with with type and apply layer effects.

(468) Beginner 18 and older
$3,000

2 sessions

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Lightroom Beyond the Basics: Retouching, Lighting

92nd Street Y

Complete course name: Lightroom Beyond the Basics: Retouching, Lighting, and Composition Now that you know the basics of how to use your camera, what’s next? This class will offer a plethora of information on how to move forward with your photography skills. Using Adobe Lightroom you will learn to organize your photographs and understand basic retouching practices for enhancing most images. Composition and simple lighting techniques using...

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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Photo Editing Using Adobe Lightroom

Bronxville Adult School @ 177 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY

You’ve taken some great photos...what’s next? This course teaches beginner and expert photographers how to organize, develop, edit, retouch, and share your photos with Adobe Lightroom CC Classic. Students will start with the fundamentals and finish with a comprehensive workflow they can use to take their photos from RAW to WOW every time! Topics covered include interface basics, importing photos, cropping, adjusting exposure, recovering highlights,...

(20) All levels 18 and older
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$145

5 sessions

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Introduction to Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Bridge

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the organizing and editing power of Adobe’s Photographers Package, which includes Lightroom, Photoshop and Bridge. Learn the differences between the programs, basic organizing and editing and how to start creating an effective digital editing workflow. For Instructor's requirements, please CLICK HERE

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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$115

2 sessions

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