Digital Media

Adobe Illustrator Basics
Learn the key features of this program and become familiar with the basics of digital drawing and painting by creating and modifying geometric shapes and using masks and patterns.

ABBOTSFORD – Clearbrook centre
(80041 DIMD ILL01 A5A) Natasha Ashley-Pryce, 5 sessions, Thu, 6:30-9:30 pm, $285. Starts Nov 8
Adobe Photoshop Basics
Prerequisite: Computer Basics and Introduction to Windows XP or equivalent experience.
Got old damaged photos you want to fix up? Are you an artist who would like to explore the digital canvas? Perhaps you are a professional seeking a better understanding of the industry’s leading image-editing and manipulation software package. From digital painting to photo-manipulation, Adobe Photoshop CS4 provides powerful tools to produce professional, sophisticated images for print and the web. This class will provide you with fundamental Photoshop skills and an essential understanding of the Adobe Photoshop CS4 interface and its many tools, functions, and capabilities through hands-on activities, demonstrations, and class projects.

ABBOTSFORD – Clearbrook centre
(80042 DIMD PHT02 A5A) Gary Kwan, 10 sessions, Tue, 6:30-9:30 pm, $499. Starts Oct 9
Web Design Basics
This course will explore the many facets of website design and development and some ways that the internet is being used by artists and designers for promotion of their work and as a site-specific medium. You’ll learn the basics of web page creation, user-centered design principles, web authoring and editing, and design techniques
for interactivity.

ABBOTSFORD – Clearbrook centre
(80159 DIMD WEB02 A5A) Jeff Pernitsky, 5 sessions, Sat, 9-noon, $285. Starts Sep 22
Web Design II
Building upon what was covered in Web Design I, this course focuses on current web standards and best practices to design accessible, well crafted, and professional websites using XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Web Design II is taught by an industry professional with over a decade of commercial web development experience. You will learn CSS elements such as layers, the box model, inheritance, and customer classes, which separate design from content to create websites that are easy to maintain, ensure a common look and feel, and work in all browsers. Web Design I is a prerequisite although students with a thorough understanding of HTML can register after receiving permission from the Program Coordinator.

ABBOTSFORD – Clearbrook centre
(80160 DIMD WEB03 A5A) Jeff Pernitsky, 5 sessions, Sat, 9-noon, $285. Starts Nov 3

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