Gatlin International

Description

Looking to launch your career in multimedia art and design? The Multimedia Design Online Training Program equips you with the fundamental technical and conceptual skills for this challenging interdisciplinary environment.

You'll gain proficiency in the core tools for interactive development: Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects, and you’ll learn to shoot and edit digital video. You'll also discover how to create images, animations, interfaces, and motion graphics for Web-based multimedia.

Hands-on projects focus on essential skills and provide you with experience in working in a broad range of media. Class assignments include digital image retouching and compositing, Flash animations and interfaces, scripted and documentary video-making, color and typography studies, Flash site development, and motion graphics.

Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll be able to:

• Prepare bitmap images for print or digital media using basic Photoshop retouching and correction techniques, collage, and compositing
• Design basic Flash page graphics, animations, ads, and promotional sites
• Shoot and edit creative digital video content and perform basic pre- and post-video production tasks
• Develop effective color schemes using the principles of color harmony
• Use typography effectively by following the basic principles of typography design, selection, and layout
• Create a basic Flash Web site with consistent, attractive visuals, navigation, and typography
• Apply basic editing techniques in digital video projects, organizing the material and editing it into a coherent sequence
• Develop a working knowledge of how to create motion graphics in Adobe After Effects, using different kinds of interpolation and importing masks, layer masks, and backgrounds

Outline

1. Photoshop Basics
2. Flash Basics
3. Digital Video Production
4. Color Theory
5. Flash and Typography
6. Flash Web Site Design
7. Digital Video Editing I
8. After Effects I

This program consists of eight required modules. Module descriptions are below.

Photoshop Basics
Acquire a thorough grounding in Adobe Photoshop, the premiere digital imaging program for graphic designers. Hands-on projects show you how to select, enhance, distort, color, scale, and manipulate scanned images and artworks or create them from scratch.

Flash Basics
Develop a competence in basic drawing and animating tools in Flash. You'll master such critical interface elements as layers, scenes, nested symbols, and movie clips. Program projects include creating a logo animation, a cityscape, a splash screen, and a basic Flash site interface.

Digital Video Production
Learn how to control white balance, aperture, and shutter speed to get high-quality images from your digital video camera. You'll explore the different types of shots and camera motion techniques used by the pros. You'll also learn how to do location scouting; plan props, wardrobe, and sets; and work with talent. Course lectures challenge you to think about different storytelling conventions in narrative and documentary movie-making and address the fundamentals of sound recording. You'll script and storyboard short movie sequences and develop an understanding of the various roles in the video post-production process.

Color Theory
Focus on developing appropriate color systems for graphic design projects. You'll discover the principles, terminology, and applications of color theory, with an emphasis on manipulating color.

Flash and Typography
Learn how to use Flash to turn type into motion graphics, adding visual excitement to Web pages. You'll learn Flash animation techniques to create moving-type presentations for Web sites and ads.

Flash Web Site Design
Equip yourself to create Web sites with strong functionality, interactivity, and usability. You'll learn to create compelling, well-designed Flash sites, avoiding common pitfalls and "Flash abuse." The emphasis is on learning a step-by-step approach to Flash site design that can be applied to a range of professional projects.

Digital Video Editing I
Learn the art and craft of editing videos from two award-winning filmmakers. This module explores techniques that can be applied in a range of non-linear editing programs, including Avid, Final Cut, and Premiere. Yet the main focus is not just on developing software skills—it's on exploring the magic behind video editing. Challenging projects include editing a commercial, an interview, a narrative scene, a music video, a video diary, and a text title sequence.

After Effects I
Adobe After Effects is a powerful application used to create motion graphics and visual effects for film and video. Learn how to employ After Effects to design sophisticated motion graphics by designing text and object animations, compositing videos and images, and adding audio and effects. You'll learn how to set keyframes on a timeline and work with transform properties, motion paths, masks, and effects, developing a solid foundation in this increasingly popular and versatile program.

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Additional Info

Languages

English

Course Length

360.00 hours

Duration of Access

All of our programs are self-paced and open enrollment, so you can start them when you want and finish them at your own pace. Most programs allow you 180 days after you register to complete them. If you need more time, extensions are available.

Instructor

You'll receive critique and feedback from a faculty of art and design professionals. Instructors for this program include:

Dr. Taz Tally is the president of Taz Tally Seminars, a computer publishing consulting and training company. Taz is the author of numerous graphics and print production books, including Photoshop Before and After Makeovers, Acrobat and PDF Solutions, Avoiding the Output Blues, and Avoiding the Scanning Blues, and he is a contributing author to The Photoshop World Dream Team Book. Taz has produced numerous instructional videos, CDs, and DVDs on scanning, prepress, Photoshop, color correction, and font management. Taz is a frequent presenter at seminars and trade shows throughout the U.S., and he's a member of the Photoshop Dream Team at the biannual Photoshop World convention. Taz is a frequent contributor to Photoshop User magazine, for which he writes a regular prepress column.

Donald Gambino is a computer artist, consultant, educator, and trainer. Since 1983, he's taught students of all levels and abilities. Formerly the chairperson of the computer art department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he has taught innovative computer art courses for over 12 years, and he created the B.F.A. program in computer art.

David Witt is a San Francisco-based new media artist and award-winning interactive multimedia designer. He's worked for many top brands and agencies, and he has a background in graphic design, Web design, digital imaging, and high-end print production. His current focus is on creating new paradigms in interface design and multimedia applications using FlashMX/Actionscript. David holds an M.F.A. in design and technology from Parsons School of Design.

Andrew Shalat is an author, designer, illustrator, educator, and Mac expert. Since 1985 he's been designing and writing for Macintosh, Mac software, and publishing technologies. His work has appeared in Macworld, maccentral.com, and macweek.com (for which he was a columnist writing "Shalat's Web"). He currently has two books: Do It Yourself Mac Projects, published by McGraw-Hill, and MacDesign Out of the Box, published by Inside Mac Press. Andrew's design work covers a large range of media, including book, CD, and DVD covers; brochures; catalogs; outdoor signage; print ads; artwork; logos; Flash and Web design; and grocery lists. Over the past two decades, he's taught literature, writing, Web design, and print design.

Yeesan Loh is an interior designer, photographer, painter, and graphic designer who has extensive experience in architecture. Yeesan's photography and painting has been exhibited in Artworks Gallery in Miami and The Las Olas Art Center in Fort Lauderdale, and her photo essays were published in Vida magazine in Asia. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she is currently an associate in Design Space Associates, a Florida-based interior design firm; co-owner and residential designer of StopDropRoll, a graphic tees company based in Buenos Aires; and a "New Malaysian," as featured by Harper's Bazaar, Malaysia.

Margaret Penney is a teacher, designer, writer, and media artist. Margaret teaches Web, print, and motion graphic design, as well as multimedia and JAVA programming at an independent school outside New York City, where she designs the computer science department curriculum. As a Web designer and developer, Margaret has created a multi-channel community portal for Hong Kong teenagers, e-commerce for Delias.com girls' clothing, and a flash promotional for Nike, and currently she's working on a site for artist Sol Lewitt.

As a new media artist, Margaret has exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, and around NYC. Her artwork has been reviewed globally online, in print magazines, and included in the book Eye Candy from the Underground: Fresh Styles for Web Designers. She has lectured on new media art at Purchase College, the School of Visual Arts Annual Conference for Educators, and the Pratt Institute. As a writer, she's been published in New York Arts magazine, Rhizome.org, and the Baltimore city paper. Margaret has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. from Columbia University.

Bruce Bicknell is a writer, instructor, illustrator, animator, Web designer, video editor, marketing pro, and graphic designer based in Tampa, Florida. In his career, he's worked on projects for Adobe Systems, ATI, Photoshop Elements Techniques, MacTribe, Yellow Machine, and Mac Design, to name a few. Bruce has degrees in computer animation and Web development from The International Academy of Design and Technology.

Prerequisites/Audience

To enroll in this program, you’ll need a computer with Internet connection (a 56.6 Kbps modem or faster is recommended). You’ll need basic computer skills, but no prior design knowledge is required.

You must be at least 18 years old and able to provide documentation of attaining a high school diploma or equivalent or a higher level of education (such as a college degree).

Requirements/Materials Included

This program is compatible with the Windows Vista operating system.

The following software is required, but it’s not included with the program:

• Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4
• Adobe Flash CS3 or CS4
• Adobe After Effects CS3 or CS4
• Apple Final Cut Pro/Express or Adobe Premiere/Elements or another non-linear editor
• Access to a digital video camera

When purchasing any software, especially bundled software such as the Adobe Web Collection, please check that your computer meets the manufacturer's listed system requirements.