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Photoshop: Work Smarter not Harder
4.19.12

Adobe Photoshop is already one of those powerhouse programs you rely on week to week, but do you know all the time-saving tricks, tips, and techniques hidden under the hood? Come find out how to work smarter in Photoshop, completing the same tasks in two steps instead of ten. You'll see how to make the most of under-used features like Smart Objects, and learn easier, faster ways to select hair, make color adjustments, composite images, and lots more.

The InDesign Seminar Tour
6.21.12

An Insider's Look at InDesign!

Have you unlocked the full potential of Adobe InDesign? In one power-packed day, we will show you the tips, tricks and techniques you need to take on those tight deadlines. Boost your productivity with a whole new skill set that will have you working at lightning fast speeds. CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.5 users welcome.

Photoshop Creative Production

7.19.12

Lee Varis presents industrial strength production techniques for the Photoshop professional. Learn how to really drive Photoshop with the fundamental techniques that professional artists use in day-to-day work. The key to Photoshop mastery is "under-the-hood" knowledge of how things work not the latest plugin or script driven effect – learn what works now and what will continue to work for many years to come.

Dreamweaver: Design & Create Your Website

10.11.12

Whether you’re totally new to building websites, or migrating from older technologies, this fast-paced, one-day seminar brings the entire workflow together—from design and prototyping through development and testing—using easy-to-understand examples geared to a designer’s point of view. Most importantly, you’ll learn the key to cool, functional, and flexible Web layouts: CSS—how it works, and how you can use it to your advantage as well as what new technologies and techniques you'll need to build fast and flexible designs.

Intro to CSS

11.8.12

How long have you been thinking about taking the step from print to web? You may know a lot about Photoshop, paragraph styles in InDesign, or the steps it takes to get that transparency to print. So why not put that knowledge to use on the web? This seminar is for those of us who want to get that first CSS–based site out there, need to speak intelligently with those who already know CSS, or who simply want to design better web sites—knowing how they are put together. Taught from a print designers perspective, this CSS seminar will show you the step-by-step process of taking your web designs to the browser with HTML and CSS. Using a proven teaching method, you will learn the ins and outs of CSS, have a working knowledge of CSS by days end, and the confidence to turn that design into a web site for the world to see.