Digital Media
Increasingly, digital imaging has become a powerful tool in helping artists express their creative vision and digitally produced art has opened new vistas for innovative expression for many exhibiting artists.
Digital Imaging Course Descriptions
5202 | Digital Imaging.1
Level: All Levels | Instructor: Nancy Cavender
Dates: Wed, 5/30/2018 to 8/8/2018 | 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Studio: Digital Imaging Studio | Building: Santikos Building
Tuition: $320.00 | Members/Seniors (65+): $305.00
This course will provide a thorough grounding in Photoshop and is designed to expand the student's skills in pixel-based photographic design and printing. Adobe Photoshop® is the primary image processing program used to digitally enhance, alter, and retouch photographic images. Using digital cameras to capture images, as well as flatbed and film scanners to digitize other photographic images, students will then use computers to improve or alter those images. A variety of output methods will be used, including laser and inkjet printers, to introduce students to the artistic possibilities of digital photography. No class Jul 4.
9823 | Animation
Level: All Levels | Instructor: Jared Theis
Dates: Thurs, 6/7/2018 to 8/9/2018 | 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM
Studio: Digital Imaging Studio | Building: Santikos Building
Tuition: $255.00 | Members/Seniors (65+): $240.00
This ten-session course will explore animation. We will be using Adobe After Effects CC and Cinema 4D to build animations and Adobe Premiere Pro CC for editing. This is an advanced level course and it would be advantageous for students to have had some experience with basic video editing before taking this class. We will look at historical and contemporary examples including stop motion, motion graphics and 3D animation. Students will have a great deal of freedom to pursue the kind of animation that interests them. We will cover motion graphics, masking, special effects, green screen and chroma keying, puppet pin, motion tracking, rotoscoping, 3D titles, artificial lights and cameras, particle emitters, and generators. Students will need to use their own digital cameras or video cameras (this can include smart phones) and have some basic experience with video editing.
9824 | Video Editing
Level: All Levels | Instructor: Jared Theis
Dates: Tues, 6/5/2018 to 8/7/2018 | 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM
Studio: Digital Imaging Studio | Building: Santikos Building
Tuition: $255.00 | Members/Seniors (65+): $240.00
This ten-session course will explore video editing utilizing Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Students will learn to edit their own videos and post them online. We will cover cameras, filming, lighting, editing, filters, effects, color correction and grading, title sequences, exporting, and audio editing. To develop an individual approach to video, a wide variety of media including historical and contemporary examples of film, video, documentaries, video blogs, music videos, and YouTube content will be shown. Students will need to use their own digital video cameras (this can include smart phones) and have some basic experience with computers.