Digital Photography & Digital Video

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Making Movies with Windows XP
Instructor: Alan Simpson

If you have Windows XP, you already have Microsoft Movie Maker, the program that makes creating professional-quality movies fun and easy. You can edit your existing video to show only the best parts, and leave out the not-so-good parts. Add special effects, titles, credits, photos, background music, sound effects, and more to turn your home video into truly entertaining digital movies.

Discover Digital Photography
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Join us and explore the world of digital photography! This course provides an introduction to the fascinating technology that catapulted the photographic world into the 21st century. We'll discuss the basics of digital photography, equipment, software, the digital darkroom, printing, Internet and e-mail use, along with commercial and personal applications. You'll learn what you need, what you can do, and what fun you can have. Whether you're new to photography or a longtime professional making the change to the digital world, this class will provide an introduction to new opportunities.

Secrets of Better Photography
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Designed for both film and digital photographers, this course is filled with tips and tricks to help you take better photographs. You'll learn the basic technology that all cameras use, and you'll receive helpful information on exposure and lighting. You'll also explore strategies for taking excellent photos in all types of situations, including portraiture, landscape, macro and still life.

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 Elements 5.0 for the Digital Photographer II
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows is full of outstanding features for advanced editing. Once you've learned the basics, you're ready to see how they all work together for detailed editing, building collages, restoring old photos, and more. This class is designed for those already familiar with cropping, printing, and color adjustments, as well as the various selection tools. If you're ready to take your photo-editing skills to the next level, join us and see what more you can do with the advanced features of Elements.

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.

Photographing People with your Digital Camera
Instructor: Curt Simmons

Photographing people can be fun, exciting and complicated! This course will make taking beautiful pictures of adults, children, and babies simple. Don't be nervous if you're new to digital photography, because we'll start with the basic principles you need to know in order to become a skilled people photographer. You'll discover the best way to shoot faces, fix common close-up problems, and use digital photo editing techniques to retouch your photos and make other improvements. Next, we'll move onto portrait and formal group shots, where you'll learn how to organize people, which angles to use, and which to avoid. You'll become proficient in action photography, and you'll also learn several fun and creative ways to photograph children and babies. You'll even gain expertise in filling your photographs with imagery, setting moods, and creating themes. Rounding out your training, this course will allow you to edit and improve your photos with Photoshop Elements 3.

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.

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.

Travel Photography for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

The lure of travel is surpassed only by the inevitable desire to bring home pictures and share your adventures. Join us and discover the world through a photographer's eye. This course will address the tools and tricks that enable digital photographers to capture scenes from around the world and bring them home. We'll share various examples from destinations across the globe, and expand your knowledge of techniques for shooting digitally and working with the images after you get back.

Photoshop Elements 6.0 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6.0 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. Created for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user. Upgrade students are welcome as well!

Photoshop Elements 6.0 for the Digital Photographer II
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6.0 is full of outstanding features for advanced editing. Once you've learned the basics, you're ready to see how they all work together for detailed editing, building collages, restoring old photos, and more. This class is designed for those already familiar with cropping, printing, and color adjustments, as well the various selection tools. If you're ready to take your photo-editing skills to the next level, join us and see what more you can do with the advanced features of Elements.

Photoshop Elements 7 for the Digital Photographer
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

In this Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 class, you'll learn the secrets to successfully editing photos and bringing out the best in your images! An award-winning package designed for photo enthusiasts, Adobe's Photoshop Elements 7 provides the tools for making both quick fixes and detailed improvements. Perfect for those with no image-editing experience, this course will take you from novice to accomplished user. Upgrade students are welcome as well!

Photographing Nature with Your Digital Camera
Instructor: Curt Simmons

Jump into the world of nature photography! In this course, you'll master taking beautiful outdoor photos of everything from landscapes to specific nature items such as water, flowers, trees, animals, and more. Along the way, you'll learn all about digital camera equipment, telephoto photography, and even macro photography. With plenty of examples and opportunities to share your work, you'll be shooting breathtaking photos in no time!

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.

Photoshop Elements 7 for the Digital Photographer II
Instructor: Beverly Schulz

Adobe's Photoshop Elements 7 is full of outstanding features for advanced editing. Once you've learned the basics, you're ready to see how they all work together for detailed editing, building collages, restoring old photos, and more. This course is designed for those already familiar with cropping, printing, and color adjustments, as well the various selection tools. If you're ready to take your photo-editing skills to the next level, join us and see what more you can do with the advanced features of Elements.

Making Movies with Windows Vista
Instructor: Alan Simpson

If you have Windows Vista on your computer, you have what it takes to make your own digital movies. In this course, you'll learn how to use the Movie Maker program that's part of Vista to create your own movies and slide shows complete with special effects, custom background music, sound effects, and narration. You'll discover how to add your own titles and sound effects. And you'll find out how to share your movies through e-mail, YouTube, CDs, and DVDs.

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.

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