NEW Introduction to Flash Catalyst

March 16 | April 20 | May 18 | June 15
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM • Pacific
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM • Eastern
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Now you can create interactive content for your web pages without the need to write code! Introducing Flash Catalyst, now in Beta 2. Jump start your development of Rich Internet Applications with this versatile new tool. Use Flash Catalyst to transform your Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks art into interactive designs. Apply blending modes and filters to enhance your artwork and publish your content for interactive display.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners

March 25 | April 22 | May 27 | June 24 | July 22 | August 26
9:00 am - 11:00 am • Pacific
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm • Eastern
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Description: Learn the basics of the world’s #1 raster image editing software. We will focus on the interface, navigation, selection tools, cropping your images, which file formats are best to use, applying filters and basic color correction techniques everyone can use.
Price: $99

Adobe Illustrator CS4 for Beginners

March 25 | April 22 | May 27 | June 24 | July 22| August 26
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Pacific
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Eastern
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Description: This eClass will give you the basics of creating and editing vector artwork within Illustrator CS4. You'll get tips on navigating the interface, basic selection and grouping techniques, creating and editing swatches, shortcuts for creating/joining shapes and more.
Price: $99

Adobe Acrobat 9 for Designers

March 24 | April 28 | May 26 | June 23 | July 28 | August 25
9:00 am - 11:00 am • Pacific
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm • Eastern
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Description: Learn how to create cool and visually appealing PDF files with Acrobat. Most people have no idea of the power of PDF, so we will cover the specifics of actions, buttons, rollovers, adding sounds, multimedia and creating engaging, interactive PDFs that not only function well but look awesome!
Price: $99

Typography with Adobe Creative Suite 4

March 11 | April 8 | May 13 | June 10 | July 8 | August 12
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Typography is making a comeback! (For some of us, it never left!) Learn how to use the powerful type tools in InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4 and Photoshop CS4 to make your type come alive and look its very best. You will learn keyboard shortcuts, and a bit of type history, while discovering ways to breathe fresh air into your type-intensive projects. Also included: drop caps, text wrap, kern/track best practices, choosing the right fonts, hanging punctuation and more!
Price: $99

Accessibility with Adobe Creative Suite 4

March 18 | April 15 | May 20| June 17 | July 15 |August 19
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Learn how to utilize the features of Acrobat 9 and InDesign CS4, along with Microsoft Word, to create accessible PDFs in compliance with Section 508. Add alt tags to images, reorder structure, add and reorder tags, use Acrobat's Accessibility Checker to monitor your document's accessibility, learn about accessible color schemes and more.
Price: $99

Adobe InDesign CS4 for Beginners

March 17 | April 21 | May 19 | June 16 | July 21| August 18
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Those who are new to InDesign CS4 will gain insight into navigating the interface, using the Pages panel to manage your content, setting up new documents, working with templates, adding/editing content and images, and learn how you can create the most effective page layout projects.
Price: $99

Beauty Retouching in Adobe Photoshop CS4

March 12 | April 9 | May 14
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.i I put this quote into action with my laptop & Photoshop. This eClass was designed to focus on "anti-aging" & skin correction tools. Take wrinkles or crows feet off in seconds, remove dark circles under the eyes, fix 5 o'clock shadow, remove blemishes and make everyone's hair bright & shiny (or add hair where needed). This eClass will apply to all Creative Suite Versions of Photoshop, a few new features will also be shown.
Price: $99

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers

March 19 | April 16 | May 21 | June 18
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: This workshop was designed as a detailed introduction to creating a professional, sharp color corrected image. In this eClass students will learn formulas and steps to create beautiful images, remove color casts and correct image flaws, we will also cover Adobe Bridge for Batch Renaming files, using Camera Raw images and running Actions.
Price: $99

Adobe InDesign CS4 for Long Documents

March 22 | April 26 | May 24| June 28
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Pacific
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Eastern
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Description: This course is designed for students who have some experience with Adobe InDesign. We will explore the features specific to building books and focus on some of the advanced, and unique, layout features of this application such as Referenced Master Pages, Building Templates, Building a Table of Contents, Section Markers and Using the Book Feature.
Price: $99

Intro to Adobe Flash CS4 Animation

March 3 | April 7 | May 5 | June 2
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Adobe Flash CS4 is the industry standard for creating dynamic, interactive graphics and even entire websites. In this new eClass, students will get a solid introduction to Flash animation, we will cover the fundamentals of the timeline, adding Key Frames and working with Timeline Effects.
Price: $99

Intro to Flash CS4 ActionScript • Part 1

March 22 | April 26 | May 24| June 28
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: With the introduction of Adobe Flash CS4, no web designer can survive very long without a good introduction to ActionScript. In this eClass we will cover the listener, creating buttons, methods, properties and much more.
Price: $99

Adobe Illustrator CS4 for Power Users

March 15 | April 19 | May 17 | June 21
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Beginners and experienced users alike will benefit from this info-packed Adobe Illustrator CS4 eClass. We will cover topics such as creating 3D objects, Live Paint, Live Trace, Recolor Artwork, Preference Settings along with power user tips & tricks.
Price: $99

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Power Users

March 15 | April 19 | May 17 | June 21
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: It has been said by many great men (Stan Lee comes to mind), that “with great power, there must also come great responsibility”, this was never more applicable than when editing images in Photoshop CS4. In this session we will wow you with some new hot features and double wow you with some little known and under utilized tools. 
Price: $99

Building the Perfect PDF

March 24 | April 28 | May 26 | June 23
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Pacific
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Adobe Acrobat is the de facto standard for distributing documents in today’s electronic workflow. Anyone who purchased Acrobat can make a PDF file, but that doesn't mean they are making a PDF that displays and prints well on all computer platforms. In this eClass we will cover the best practices for building reliable, complete and consistent PDF documents that work on any platform.
Price: $99

Intro to Acrobat 9 Forms

March 24 | April 28 | May 26 | June 23
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Many companies are moving away from HTML forms in favor of Acrobat forms because HTML cannot embed fonts, images or exactly control the form field width. For these reasons, a PDF (Portable Document Format) is a perfect solution and we will introduce all the form tools built into Acrobat as well as having Acrobat automatically find and build form fields for you.
Price: $99

Adobe InDesign CS4 for Power Users

Dates:
February 12 | March 12 | April 9 | May 14
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Expand your mastery of Adobe InDesign CS4, beginners and experienced users alike will benefit from this eClass. We will cover setting the best preferences, auto flowing text, power user shortcuts, little known features and much, much more. 
Price: $99

Master the Pen Tool with Creative Suite 4!

March 10
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM • Pacific
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Description: Illustrators, designers and novices will benefit from this crash course on the Pen Tool. Learn the secrets of the Pen Tool, while we build a self portrait in Illustrator CS4 and Photoshop CS4, and apply these new skills to your artwork in Flash CS4 and InDesign CS4 as well. We will stress keyboard shortcuts and tips to help you get the most out of this powerful but often misunderstood tool.
Price: $99

Designing on the Grid with InDesign CS4

March 10
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
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Description: Basic page layout always begins with a good grid system, and this class is a great refresher for the seasoned designer, as well as a good beginner intro to basic grids. Learn how to use the grid features of InDesign CS4 to captivate your end user with beautiful, well organized design! We'll cover Smart Guides, layout grids, column guides and cover Best Practices for laying out your projects.
Price: $99

Digital Portrait Painting with Photoshop CS4

March 17
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM • Pacific
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Description: Discover cool techniques to create unique digital portraits using filters, masks, History Panel, brushes and other features of Photoshop CS4. Turn ordinary photos into works of art! You will receive a handout with this course, walking you through the steps of the digital portrait techniques we showcase.
Price: $99

Spry Widgets with Dreamweaver CS4

March 16
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM • Pacific
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Description: Learn how to enrich your end user’s web experience with spry widgets. The Spry framework supports a set of reusable widgets written in standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You will see how to add them and tips to get the most out of this incredibly useful feature of Dreamweaver CS4.
Price: $99

Typography for the Web

March 11
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM • Pacific
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Good Typography isn't just reserved for print. Web designers need to follow certain guidelines to ensure readability and quality design on the web. Learn how to achieve good design with Dreamweaver CS4 and a few type tricks, sure to give your web pages a clean design makeover.
Price: $99

Optimizing images for the web

March 23
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
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Description: Nothing enhances a web page like a well-placed image. Learn the differences between the top web image formats, and how to choose the right one for each situation. The powerful Save for Web and Mobile Devices in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 gives you flexibility and control over your images, this course will teach you effective techniques.
Price: $99

Introduction to HTML

March 23
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM • Pacific
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Description: Learn how to hand code web pages with Hypertext Markup Language. Even if you use Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, which writes the code as you work, you will find it useful to have a basic working knowledge of HTML. In this informative session, you will learn how HTML works, the structure of an HTML document, tag structure and attributes, tag hierarchy, placing images in HTML, colors in HTML, case sensitivity and whitespace rules.
Price: $99

Site Management Best Practices with Dreamweaver CS4

March 9
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM • Pacific
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Description: If you're designing web sites using Dreamweaver and want to learn how to get the most out of the technology, this course is right for you. When launching a website, you can often forget a number of things in your eagerness to make it live, so it’s useful to have a checklist to look through as you make your final touches and before you announce your website to the world. We will cover some important and necessary checks that web-sites should be checked against before the official launch, and how dreamweaver can help keep you and/or your team organized and keep your site manageable.
Price: $99

Intro to Adobe Captivate

March 16
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
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Description: Learn the basics of creating eLearning content with Adobe Captivate 4. Topics to be covered include different types of Captivate projects, Photoshop integration, text to speech capability, adding text captions, working with images, creating custom skins via the Skin Editor and tips to make your projects function well and look amazing.
Price: $99

Exploring Color in Illustrator CS4

March 9
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
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Description: Unleash the power of Illustrator CS4's color features! Learn all the workings of Live Color, which lets you swap colors on your image instantly - see what a four color image will look like in 2 color or as a grayscale, without committing! Use the integration of Adobe Kuler to enhance your artwork. Learn about swatch options and different types of color books, all designed to give you flexibility and control over your images.
Price: $99

Intro to Bridge CS4

March 2 | April 6 | May 4 | June 1 | July 6
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM • Pacific
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: A key component of The Creative Suite, Bridge CS4 offers many cool features to enhance your creative workflow. Learn about the different views in Bridge, how to create web galleries and contact sheets, organize your assets in collections, create centralized color settings and so much more.
Price: $99

Basic Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Description: With so many people posting their short video clips online through YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and the other social networking portals and forums, the need to be able to edit their clips is in demand. This eClass will teach you how to import and edit video clips, working with the timeline and adding keyframes, create dissolve transitions, add filter effects, create animated text layers and more.
Price: $99

Advanced Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Description:  If you've attended the Basic Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop CS4 eClass, or have some basic experience with editing video clips in Photoshop CS4, then you're ready for this course! This eClass will cover rotoscoping techniques, how to clean up old footage, time remapping, advanced layer masking techniques and more.
Price: $99

Sketch Animation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Description: Create great frame-by-frame sketch animations! This course will show you solid animation concepts using the powerful Onion Skinning feature in Photoshop CS4, using video layers for reference to roto-draw figures and walk cycles or to hand draw cell-style animations.

Price: $99

3D Modeling in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Description: Using the powerful 3D layers feature of Photoshop CS4, you can create complex models with textures, gloss, reflectivity and more - then animate them! This eClass will teach you how to use a 3D primitive shape and create bump maps, reflection maps, texture maps, gloss maps, lighting, animation and more.
Price: $99

3D Layers with Video in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Description: This is an intermediate course for those who already have working knowledge of 3D layers and want to incorporate video into the 3D models. This course shows how to use video as a texture and bump map on simple 3D primitive shapes in Photoshop CS4 and more.
Price: $99

3D Stereography in Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Location: Online (requires red/blue 3D glasses)
Description: A great feature in Photoshop CS4 is the ability to create 3D stereo anaglyph (red/blue) images and animations. This eClass will show you how to do basic 3D anaglyph renders and how to set the depth of the 3D window, position multiple objects in a scene and more.
Price :$99

Intro to Adobe After Effects CS4

March 11
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM • Pacific
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM • Eastern

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Description: If you've always wanted to learn After Effects but find the interface intimidating, then this course will give you the confidence to navigate around and start creating motion graphics and FX. The basics will be covered, including creating projects, compositions and managing keyframes on the timeline and more.
Price: $99

Intermediate Adobe After Effects CS4

March 18 | April 15
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM • Pacific
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: Once you have the basics of After Effects CS4 under your belt, then it's time to advance to the next step! In this eClass, you'll learn how to create alpha/layer mattes, animating mask tools, paint masks and animations, layer styles and more.
Price: $99

Advanced Adobe After Effects CS4

Dates:
March 1 | April 5
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM • Pacific
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM • Eastern
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Description: This is the third in a series of course to get you up to speed in After Effects CS4. In this eClass, you'll learn the Liquify and Puppet Tools to animate layers, animate 3D layers and text, rotoscoping and more.
Price: $99