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Design Projects for Adobe Illustrator CS2
Instructor: Sherry London

Practice while you learn the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator CS2 with useful design projects. Master Illustrator's drawing tools, including the Pen tool. Learn how to use Illustrator's many image-editing features. Reinforce your Illustrator skills as you explore the elements of composition, color, and typography, along with secrets of good graphic design.

Introduction to CorelDRAW X3
Instructor: John Sadlouskos

Enhance your company newsletter, logo, or letterhead, boost your personal Web page, or design an original greeting card using dazzling images you've created with CorelDRAW. Learn how to add brilliant colors, designs and exquisite text to your original artwork and then export them with ease to other computer applications, such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and the Web.

Photoshop Elements 5.0 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements 5.0 provides the tools you need for quick fixes and detailed enhancement. Take control as you discover the features of this award-winning package specifically designed for photo enthusiasts. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user. Upgraders from earlier versions of Photoshop Elements are welcome as well.

Photoshop CS3 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a high-end software solution that provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. In this class, we'll focus on how to select and use the professional techniques that are most helpful to photographers. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take students from novices to accomplished users.

Photoshop CS2 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe Photoshop CS2 is a high-end software solution that provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. Filled with practical, hands-on examples, this course will show you how to apply the professional tools and techniques in Photoshop CS2 that are most helpful to photographers. Even if you have no image editing experience, you'll be amazed at what you can do with your images after taking this course.

Introduction to Photoshop CS2
Instructor: Sherry London

If you want to work with graphics, Photoshop is the program you will most need to learn. This hands on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you learn how to edit photos, create basic paintings, and prepare your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, or adding new elements. You’ll even learn how much fun it can be to paint again without the mess to clean up. And, best of all, no prior artistic ability is required to take this course.

Introduction to Photoshop CS3
Instructor: Sherry London

If you're a photographer, a graphic artist, or you just want to alter your old family photos, Adobe Photoshop is the program you most need to learn. This hands-on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed, step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you learn how to edit photos, create basic paintings, and prepare your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting poor exposure, or adding new elements using the newest techniques Photoshop CS3 has to offer. You’ll even learn how much fun it can be to paint again without the usual mess. And, best of all, you won't need any prior artistic ability or Photoshop experience to take this course.

Intermediate Photoshop CS2
Instructor: Sherry London

Learn the secrets of professional image editing from a 2006 nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame. If you already understand the basics of the Photoshop toolset, this course will help you explore new and better techniques you can use to create images, edit photos, and combine existing images in amazing ways. You'll also increase your productivity by learning how to make non-destructive changes to your images without rebuilding or redoing any work.

Creating Web Graphics with Photoshop CS3
Instructor: Sherry London

Learn how to use Photoshop to create and save graphics for the Web. You'll create these graphics for a Web site of your choice as you develop a Web page lesson-by-lesson, from idea to Internet.

Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2003
Instructor: Allyson Hart Benavides

Learn how Microsoft's comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, desktop publishing package can help you create and publish a wide variety of stunning documents. This hands on, project oriented course will give you valuable experience in designing, developing, and publishing newsletters, Web sites, and brochures. And if you're new to graphic design, you'll receive plenty of expert guidance in selecting and using images, colors, and layouts.

Intermediate Photoshop CS3
Instructor: Sherry London

Learn the secrets of professional image editing from a 2006-2007 nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame. This course, for the student who already knows the Photoshop toolset, explores new and better ways to create images and edit photos. Students will explore the sophisticated layers features that allow users to combine images in amazing ways.

Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2007
Instructor: Allyson Hart Benavides

In this hands-on, project-oriented class for beginners, you'll learn how to design, create, and publish a wide variety of stunning documents using Microsoft Publisher 2007. If you're looking for a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to produce professional brochures, newsletters, flyers, or even a Web site, Microsoft Publisher 2007 is your solution! This affordable and functionality-packed program can take you to levels of design expertise you never dreamed possible.

Introduction to Illustrator CS3
Instructor: Sherry London

Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the program of choice for many graphic and visual artists. It allows you to draw and manipulate artwork, add special effects, apply color, and much, much more. This program also sets the industry standard for creating vector images, which you can resize without loss of quality. Whether you're looking to do a little more with your art or to design professionally, this class will give you the Illustrator training you need!

Introduction to InDesign CS3
Instructor: Donna Baker

In this Adobe InDesign CS3 class, you'll get hands-on desktop publishing training and come away knowing how to use this popular page layout software to design and create professional quality letterhead, business cards, brochures, PDF files that play movies, and more. Whether you're a business owner, employee, student, softball coach, or service club member, you need to communicate with others. See the many ways in which Adobe InDesign CS3 can you help design slick, colorful, and useful content. We'll develop a wide range of publications for Natalie's Nautical Emporium, a fictional business. Starting with her logo design in Lesson 1, you'll see how to design multiple types of publications incorporating the same colors, look, and feel for a professional business presentation. By the end of the course, you'll know all about designing documents, as well as numerous ways to work smarter, not harder.

Introduction to Photoshop CS4
Instructor: Sherry London

Learn to use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to edit images, process photos, and create original graphics. Whether you're a photographer, graphic artist, or just want to alter old family photos, Photoshop is the program for you! This hands-on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed, step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you master editing photos, creating basic paintings, and preparing your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, or adding new elements using the newest techniques Photoshop CS4 offers. You'll even find out how much fun it can be to paint again--without any mess to clean up. And, best of all, you don't need to have any artistic ability or prior Photoshop experience to take this course.

Intermediate Photoshop CS4
Instructor: Sherry London

Are you ready to take your Photoshop skills to the next level? Then join us and learn advanced techniques for using Adobe Photoshop CS4 to edit your images and photos. Imagine being able to undo or revise changes you've already made without losing image quality or needing to start over! If you've already mastered Photoshop's basic tools and commands, you'll find it easy to master the nondestructive editing techniques we'll cover. Once you see what nondestructive editing can do for you, you'll never look back!

Photoshop CS4 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe's Photoshop CS4 is a high-end software solution providing support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. In this course, we'll focus on how to select and use professional techniques to enhance photos of all kinds, including both digital and scanned-film images. Designed for those with no experience editing images, this course will take you from novice to accomplished photo editor.