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Next program starts:
Autumn 2008
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Program location:
Downtown Seattle
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Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a  below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.
Autumn Courses
Introduction to Multimedia Design and Production
Schedule: (6 sessions) Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 22-Oct. 9, 2009, 6:00- 9:00 p.m.; $505; 2 CEUs.
Instructor: Lincoln Mongillo
Covers the core concepts and practical skills involved in multimedia design and production, whether designing media for output to the web, DVD, CD-ROM, kiosk or other method of distribution. Explores the fundamentals of multimedia design, the role of interactivity from aesthetic and technical viewpoints, and covers proven approaches to project development and management. Includes a survey of industry-standard multimedia production tools through 3D modeling. The course concludes with an introduction to graphic design for multimedia, and Adobe Photoshop basics. Participants plan and build a multimedia project using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Prerequisites: (1) Hands-on working knowledge of the Windows environment; and (2) an understanding of web development using HTML, or completion of Introduction to Web Publishing (see Related Course) or a similar course.
Visual and Information Design: Digital Imaging
Schedule: (9 sessions) Mondays, Oct. 13-Dec. 15, 2008, 6:00-9:20 p.m. (no class on Nov. 10); $675; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Krista Jensen
Participants use Adobe Photoshop in this hands-on course. Photoshop skills and principles of web and interface design build on digital imaging foundations learned in Introduction to Multimedia Design and Production. Students will develop understanding and skills in:
- Image creation and enhancement
- Histogam, condition, and color analysis and use of adjustment layers and other Photoshop tools for image editing
- Layers, adjustment layers, masks, filters, paint brushes, and special effects
- Photoshop selection tools including, marquee, lasso, magic wand, and drawing paths for selecting and extracting elements in photos
- Photo restoration, repair, and retouching
- Multiple image compositing and Photoshop effects to create collages
- Web page interface design and composite layout in Photoshop with focus on the advantages and limitations of Photoshop comps for web page design
- Understanding best practices for preparing the individual web page composite components for site design and coding
Upon completion, students are able to:
Implement a majority of the features of Photoshop
- Make effective selections
- Acquire, analyze and enhance image condition
- Use existing images and create image elements for print and web projects
- Create web page composites and extract elements for building a site page
Prerequisites: (1) Hands-on working knowledge of the Windows environment; (2) an understanding of web development using HTML, or completion of Introduction to Web Publishing (see Related Course) or a similar course; and (3) completion of Introduction to Multimedia Design and Production, or equivalent experience.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Winter Course
Multimedia Web Authoring
Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, Jan. 5-Mar. 16, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m. (no class on Jan. 19 & Feb. 16); $675; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Thomas Lamson
Covers two popular and related technologies for streamlining the creation and management of interactive web sites: Dreamweaver and Flash. Participants gain familiarity with the Dreamweaver workspace and take static web pages to the next level by learning how to implement web standards through cascading style sheets. Students will also develop interfaces that contain forms, layers and rollovers. In addition, participants learn to produce and manage web sites, edit existing web sites, use cascading style sheets (CSS) as a design tool, and adhere to web standards that follow W3C guidelines. The course concludes with a brief introduction to additional tools and features of Macromedia's Flash application, and the steps to build animated graphical content for the web.
Prerequisites: (1) Hands-on working knowledge of the Windows environment; and (2) an understanding of web development using HTML, or completion of Introduction to Web Publishing (see Related Course) or a similar course.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Spring Course
Web Authoring Using Flash
Schedule: (10 sessions) Mondays, Mar. 30-June 8, 2008, 6:00-9:00 p.m.; $675; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Terry Swanson
Examines techniques of the Macromedia Flash authoring environment for developing multimedia presentations. Participants go beyond basic animation capabilities of Flash to explore interactive features and site integration techniques.
Topics include:
- Incorporating interactivity, sound and video
- Animation and interactive effects
- Using movieclips to create complex movies
- Movie clips and manipulation
- Object manipulation and special effects
- Building a pre-loaded movie
- Optimization, plug-in detection, preloaders, and loading multiple movies
- Introduction to ActionScript 2.0
Prerequisites: (1) Hands-on working knowledge of the Windows environment; and (2) the Flash concepts and tools covered in Multimedia Authoring for the Web, or similar experience.
How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course
Related Course
Introduction to Web Publishing
Online Learning: Instructor-led, web-based course with online discussion; start anytime, three-month completion; $615; 3 credits. Instructor: Zoe Holbrooks.
Gain a solid grasp of the fundamentals to create, design and publish information on the web.
Students gain an understanding of markup languages in the technological landscape of the internet and web, and their role in making content available on the web. Through a combination of lecture, demonstration and hands-on exercises, students learn HTML coding, including HTML hyperlinks, tables, forms and image techniques. Other topics: Web Accessibility Initiative, survey of Graphical User Interface (GUI) HTML editors, web site publishing, and an introduction to HTML extensions, such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the Document Object Model (DOM), Dynamic HTML, and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). No background in markup languages is assumed. After completing this course, participants are able to:
- Explain the evolution of markup languages, including SGML, HTML, DHTML, XHTML and XML.
- Prepare content for the web with appropriate markup.
- Assess pros and cons of markup technologies.
- Keep current with SGML/HTML/XML web standards as they develop.
- Recognize the limitations of markup, and identify appropriate complementary technologies to accomplish design and delivery goals.
Prerequisites: Experience with a computer operating system (such as Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX/Linux), standard office software file management on a PC, and any web browser.
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To register for this course, visit our Extension Classes area.
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