Graphic Arts   

This course equips you with the skills to create sophisticated vector illustrations, logos, and typography, expanding your web design resume and helping you become proficient in Adobe Illustrator for professional graphic design work.

This comprehensive Adobe Illustrator course caters to both beginners and experienced users, aiming to foster proficiency in this industry-standard vector graphics software. The curriculum is expansive, covering all facets pertinent to the Illustrator certification exam while delving into practical, real-world applications that demonstrate how to effectively utilize Illustrator's robust tools in design projects. You are guided through creating detailed vector illustrations, logos, and typography, with a focus on leveraging the latest features and mastering advanced techniques to elevate your vector art.

This online Adobe Illustrator training course offers extensive benefits, including improving your workflow efficiency by becoming adept with the Illustrator interface. It provides detailed instruction on creating and manipulating vector shapes, using Illustrator's precision tools, and advanced techniques for drawing and path tools, including the Pencil and Pen tools. Participants will develop crucial skills in managing layers and artboards, applying color theory in vector graphics, and employing swatches and color panels effectively.

The course covers the creation of complex illustrations using Pathfinder and Shape Builder tools, and introduces you to gradients, patterns, brushes, and advanced typographic designs, equipping you with the skills to manage project components and prepare for projects in various print and digital formats.

The course is structured to facilitate self-paced learning, granting 24/7 access to on-demand content for flexibility. The curriculum is carefully laid out to guide students from the basics of the Illustrator interface and document creation to more complex tasks such as organizing projects, creating advanced illustrations, managing shapes, and working with type and project components. Practical exercises are interspersed throughout the course to reinforce learning, culminating in the ability to share and export projects proficiently. By the end of the course, you are prepared for the Illustrator certification exam and ready to tackle design projects with confidence and creativity, making you a valuable asset in the design industry.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 11.0 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Illustrator (not included in enrollment)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. The Illustrator Interface
1. Illustrator Home Screen
2. Creating New Documents
3. Inserting a Shape
4. The Illustrator Interface
5. Setting Preferences
6. Zooming
7. Panning
8. Rulers, Guides, and Grids
2. Getting Started
1. Creating a Project
2. Create New Document (Exercise)
3. Creating Basic Shapes
4. Selection
5. Creating and Modifying Shapes (Exercise)
6. Using Drawing Modes
7. The Alignment Tools
8. Draw Components of the Project (Exercise)
9. Working with Colors
10. Working with Swatches
11. Fill and Stroke Attributes
12. Format Artwork (Exercise)
3. Organizing a Project
1. Organizing a Project
2. Work with Layers (Exercise)
3. Artboards
4. Artboards and Duplication (Exercise)
4. Creating Advanced Illustrations
1. The Pencil and Pen Tools
2. Drawing with the Pencil Tool (Exercise)
3. More on the Pen Tool
4. Drawing with the Pen Tool (Exercise)
5. Using the Line Tools
6. Adding Spirals (Exercise)
7. Transforming Objects
8. Align and Distribute Objects
9. Tools for Reshaping
10. Working with Grouped Objects
11. Manipulate Project Components (Exercise)
5. Advanced Management of Shapes
1. Appearance Panel
2. Appearance Panel (Exercise)
3. Working with Pathfinder
4. Working with Shape Builder Tool
5. Path and Shape Builder Tools (Exercise)
6. The Paintbrush Tool
7. Live Paint
8. Creating Patterns
9. Brushes and Patterns (Exercise)
10. Using Gradient Tools
11. Gradients (Exercise)
12. Working with Graphic Styles
13. Styles (Exercise)
6. Working with Type
1. Working with Type
2. Format Text
3. Creating Types of Text (Exercise)
4. Working with Styles
5. Using Tab Stops
6. Styles and Tabs (Exercise)
7. Working with Glyphs
8. Converting Type to Outlines
9. Type to Outlines (Exercise)
7. Managing Project Components
1. Project Components
2. Custom Art Brush
3. Reuse (Exercise)
4. Import Text and Thread Text Frames
5. Import Styles
6. Import Artwork
7. Import (Exercise)
8. Manage Linked and Embedded Project Components
9. Working with Linked Content (Exercise)
8. Sharing Your Project
1. Proofing Your Project
2. Preview Project
3. Proof (Exercise)
4. Printing
5. Export Options
6. Save for Video
7. Package a Project
9. Working In The Design Industry
1. Client Goals and Audience
2. Communicating about Design Plans
3. Basic Project Management Concepts for Designers
4. Copyright, Permissions, and Licensing
5. Digital Image Terminology
6. Typography
7. Visual Composition

What you will learn

• How to navigate and utilize the Adobe Illustrator interface efficiently
• Techniques for creating intricate vector illustrations, logos, and typography
• Advanced features and tools within Illustrator to enhance your vector art
• Real-world applications of Illustrator skills in graphic design projects

How you will benefit

• Gain proficiency with the Illustrator interface, enhancing workflow efficiency
• Create and manipulate vector shapes, utilizing Illustrator's precision tools
• Obtain advanced techniques for using Illustrator's unique drawing and path tools
• Develop skills in using layers and artboards for organized and versatile design projects
• Understand color theory as it applies to vector graphics and use swatches and color panels effectively
• Acquire the ability to create complex illustrations using Pathfinder and Shape Builder tools
• Explore the use of gradients, patterns, and brushes to add depth and texture to designs
• Work with type in Illustrator, from simple text manipulation to advanced typographic designs
• Manage project components, including the use of linked and embedded content
• Discover best practices for exporting and sharing Illustrator projects in various formats for print and digital use
• Open the door for new employment and freelance opportunities

This self-guided course will teach you the concepts and applications of instructional design.

Understanding your audience and their needs is the key to designing learning solutions. This instructional design course will teach you the basics of instructional design and the phases of the design process, including conducting a needs assessment, designing and delivering training, and evaluating instruction.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 11.0 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. What Is Instructional Design?
2. Analyzing and Objective Setting
3. Learning Design Concepts
4. Developing and Implementing the Learning
5. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Learning

What you will learn

• To identify what instructional design is, including the role of the instructional designer
• How to analyze the learning situation and develop goals
• To understand learning design concepts
• To identify how to develop and implement the learning solution
• How to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning

How you will benefit

• Gain basic instructional design skills that can used in a professional environment
• Understand how to design and develop workplace training programs

Learn how to leverage your previous Photoshop experience to color and paint photos or enhance your creative works.

This online digital painting course assumes that you have taken Introduction to Photoshop CC or have the equivalent experience. While you do not need to be an advanced Photoshop expert, you need to be familiar with Photoshop, its tools, layering, the basics of photo editing and how Photoshop works. This digital painting course is designed for someone who is generally familiar with Photoshop and would like to expand on their abilities, specifically emphasizing the features that paint.

During your training lessons, you will get an introduction to digital painting, including the tools and panels used to create and apply color to images. Next, dive into the world of hand-painting images, where you will work with creating complementary sets of colors, adding gradients to an image, and then hand-painting to colorize existing images. Closing this chapter with a thorough overview of Photoshop's brush tool, layers, and layer blending modes to add or change color—and how to give realism to images using the Burn and the Dodge tools.

Your lessons will include advanced brush techniques, including some of the Kyle Webster special effects and dry media brushes. The digital painting course will also cover an overview of Photoshop's most advanced painting tools, where you can apply the mixing brush and the art history brush to realistically paint in different styles of paint such as wet media watercolor and other styles.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebooks are not compatible.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.14 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Creative Cloud, or any version of Adobe Creative Suite CC that includes the Adobe Photoshop CC or Photoshop only (not included in enrollment). Previous non-subscription versions of Photoshop are not appropriate for the course.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Introduction to Digital Painting

Before you begin working with painting, it's important to have a good foundation in how color works both in paint and with a computer on screen and in print.

You will also learn the tools and panels used to create and apply color to images. In this lesson you will use selections and masks along with adjustment layers to recolor an image.

Hand-Painting Images

In this lesson, you'll work with creating complementary sets of colors, adding gradients to an image, and then hand painting to colorize existing images. You will work extensively with Photoshop's brush tool, layers and especially Photoshop's layer blending modes to convincingly add or change color. Lastly, the lesson will wrap up with applying small details to an image to give it realism such as with the Burn and the Dodge tools.

Working with Brushes

In this lesson, you will start to use some of the more advanced brush techniques including some of the Kyle Webster special effects brushes as well as learning to use dry media brushes. This lesson will work through detailed projects applying advanced color techniques to an image to create a realistic painted subject.

Mixing and Painting

In this lesson, you'll really roll up your sleeves and start painting with some of Photoshop's most advanced painting tools. You'll use the mixing brush and the art history brush to very realistically paint in different styles of paint such as wet media watercolor and other styles. You'll also be able to make use of the history panel to draw from previous versions of the image and paint them into the current version. You will also add to Photoshop's existing set of brushes by downloading and installing many advanced brushes for your painting needs.

What you will learn

• Comprehend and apply digital color theory
• Explore how to hand paint images using Photoshop
• Identify basic and advanced brush techniques

How you will benefit

• Explore techniques used to colorize images
• Learn to apply tools and techniques toward hand-painting images
• Customize images with brush techniques

Learn how to make a mask in Photoshop and use the selections features to enhance your creative works.

In this online course, you will learn how to mask with Photoshop, exploring beyond the basics of simple selections and learning to make both complex selections and masks. Review intermediate selection techniques and apply masks for non-destructive editing in Photoshop. Additionally, you will combine and blend images using clipping masks to enhance your creative projects.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebooks are not compatible.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.14 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Creative Cloud, or any version of Adobe Creative Suite CC that includes the Adobe Photoshop CC or Photoshop only (not included in enrollment). Previous non-subscription versions of Photoshop are not appropriate for the course.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Selection Tools and Techniques

This lesson begins with a review of selection tools and techniques, then rapidly expands into using the Lasso tool, automated selection tools, the Select and Mask mode, and using Quick Masks. You'll then proceed to work with the Select Subject and Color Range features and work with positioning the results of your selections in layers. Lastly, you'll load, transform, modify, feather, and fill selections, all done in the context of a large project to add images to an existing image and then add realistic shadow effects.

Working with Masks

This lesson begins with an overview of masks, what they are and how they work, how to view them, tools for working with them as well as how to check their properties. You'll then work with the Color Range and Select and Mask features to create a sophisticated mask including work with masking hair, a common (and very challenging) need. Lastly, you'll offset masks, create adjustment layers with masks and selections, and apply Smart Filters for non-destructive editing. Like the previous lesson, this will be heavily project based so you'll have plenty of hands-on time.

Advanced Masking Tools

This lesson begins with using the Properties panel to quickly access commonly needed tools that are chosen in the context of what you're working with - a real time saver. Then, you'll work further with selecting a particularly challenging subject with very detailed hair to create a mask. That mask will then be further refined to bring out all the fine details using the Burn and Dodge tools on the mask.

Then you'll have a really wild project where you take a pattern such as snakeskin and overlay it realistically on the skin of another photo using clipping masks and layer warping techniques. You'll wrap up that project with techniques to bring out the subtle details that make such a difference in the realism of a project like this.

What you will learn

• Explore intermediate selection techniques and make complex selections
• Apply masks for non-destructive editing and adjustments
• Combine and blend images using clipping masks

How you will benefit

• Gain intermediate Photoshop skills to enhance your creative projects
• Expand your knowledge and proficiency in Photoshop for professional growth

Learn how to use Adobe InDesign CC software to create professional-quality letterhead, brochures, forms, eBooks, business materials and more.

Have you ever seen a terrific-looking brochure or newsletter and wondered how it was made? Chances are the designer used Adobe InDesign CC, the industry-standard desktop publishing software now available through the Creative Cloud.

In each lesson, you will learn an important aspect of InDesign CC and prepare a range of print and online products for a fictional company. You will get dozens of files to work with, including a partially completed InDesign document used to start each lesson. Then you will use the downloaded graphics, images, fonts, and other content to complete the project. In order to check your work or troubleshoot any problems you encounter, you will always get a copy of the finished InDesign project file.

Lesson by lesson, you will discover how the program features relate to producing actual usable documents. You will explore the best ways to create different types of material, how to reuse items such as colors and artwork, and how to produce publications for different page sizes and devices. You will come away knowing how to use this popular page layout software to design and create professional-quality letterhead, business cards, brochures, forms, interactive PDF files, an eBook, and more.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.7 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows), Adobe CS6 Design and Web Premium (Windows), Adobe CS6 Master Collection (Windows), InDesign CS6 (Mac), Adobe CS6 Design and Web Premium (Mac), Adobe CS6 Master Collection (Mac), or Adobe InDesign CC Student or Retail versions (Mac or Windows). Older versions of Adobe InDesign are also applicable, including all versions of Adobe InDesign CS5 and CS4 (not included in enrollment).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Introduction to InDesign CC

Wouldn't it be terrific if you could use one program to create all the different types of print materials you need for your small business, organization, or family—such as letterhead, forms, and even brochures and business cards? Well, you can! We'll spend this first lesson going over all the different types of content you can produce with InDesign. We'll explore the InDesign workspace and tools, and then we'll get right to work on our first project—a logo for the fictional business we'll create materials for throughout this course!

Setting Up a New Document

In this lesson, you'll learn all about starting and saving a new document. What's one of the most common types of print documents? If you said, "letterhead," you'd be right and well on your way into this lesson's project. By the end of the session, you'll know how to choose settings for a new file, add background images, and organize your content to create a custom letterhead. You'll also add a second page to create a matching envelope, and you'll learn how to add a custom Parent page for the envelope. As in all of our lessons, we'll go over how to use the specific colors, styles, and logo for our fictional business, but you'll be able to use the same techniques for your personal business or projects.

Organizing Objects on a Layouts

Organization is a key ingredient in successful work of any kind, and it's critical to successfully using InDesign. In this lesson, you'll learn about organizing in two ways. First, you'll see how to use a workflow, or an order of operations for creating an InDesign publication. Then, we'll go over how to organize materials on a page and how to use many of InDesign's tools for aligning, organizing, and laying out your content. In the process, we'll complete three projects: a sheet of address stickers, a sheet of business cards, and a reusable business card template.

Setting Up a Multipage Document

Many of your projects will use multiple pages with different layouts. Designing a travel brochure is the perfect way to learn these skills, and that's what we'll focus on today. We'll work with two different column layouts while exploring other InDesign features (like grids and document coordinates) that can help you lay out a page evenly. We'll also go over using text frame placeholders so you don't have to add content to the page to see its layout. For a final touch of realism, we'll use placeholder text during the design process to give you a good idea of how a page will look when you're finished. You'll see how to add a graphic into an existing frame and make it fit, as well as how to add content instantly using a file called a snippet.

Creating a Tri-Fold Brochure

In this lesson, you'll create another advertising piece for our fictional company: a tri-fold brochure. You'll learn how to make Parent pages work for you. Another skill you'll take away from this lesson is creating guides to accurately place the contents of the brochure. In addition, you'll learn how to add images to a brochure and fit them to rectangular frames. You'll also learn how to save time by copying images. You'll be using placeholder text in this lesson as well and work with paragraph styles. The end result is a tri-fold brochure.

Creating a Book

The two key elements in any print project are, of course, text and images. We went over text in our last lesson, so today, we'll create a book. The finished book will have a table of contents and numbered pages. You'll create a cover for the book and work with color. You'll import paragraph styles from another InDesign document and learn how to fit content to a frame. Another useful skill you'll learn is wrapping text around images. Some of the document text will be placed from a Microsoft Word document. The project will be exported as a PDF to be used by a printing service to create multiple copies of the book.

Managing and Applying Color

Did you know that your eyes can see over 16 million different colors? It's true! Fortunately, you don't have to work with that many colors in InDesign. But if you ever find yourself trying to choose between thousands and thousands of color possibilities, you'll understand why InDesign offers you so many different ways to work with your choices. In this lesson, you'll learn the best methods for choosing, naming, and organizing colors. You'll practice working with solid colors as well as gradients (which let you display a range of colors within an object), and we'll round out the lesson by using some more special effects in today's fun project—a greeting card.

Designing Tables and Creating Forms

When you need to display bits of information in your publication and want to ensure it's easy to read, it's time to use a table. InDesign offers you lots of tools for designing and formatting tables while helping you make sure your content will coordinate with other documents. You'll see how this works today as we practice building tables for an invoice. You'll also find out how to use color tints in your table, as well as how to use styles to quickly and consistently reuse any of your layout features. Finally, we'll experiment with an interactive PDF form. You'll add some fields to a blank form, see how to configure a text field or button, and produce the PDF form.

Creating an Interactive Document

Creating an interactive document, is a very useful skill to have in your tool kit, and that's what you'll learn how to design in this lesson. The document you create will have an interactive menu, with buttons. When clicked the buttons will transport the viewer to a specify destination. The menu will be a drop down menu. You'll add actions to the buttons that show and hide then when the user interacts with them. You'll also insert a video into the document. The finished project will be exported as an interactive PDF.

Storing Text and Color Information

Recycling doesn't just apply to items in your home or business. In this lesson, you'll see how to use the 3R's of recycling in InDesign to complete a newsletter project. As you recycle and modify colors and styles from previous lessons to create new styles in your newsletter, you'll also reuse a lot of the tools and skills you've used in previous lessons. Learning to effectively use all of InDesign's tools and features in a variety of different ways on many different projects is what it's all about!

Creating EPUB documents and eBooks

In this lesson, you'll work with text and images from Alice in Wonderland to build an EPUB. You'll learn a lot about what does and doesn't work in an EPUB document, and work with best practices for producing different types of EPUB documents. You'll learn how to create two types of eBooks, a book that will reflow to the size of the device it is viewed on, and a book with a fixed layout, that is sized for a specific device such as an iPad, or other tablet. You'll learn how to place images so they stay put when viewed on a device.

Creating and Distributing a Complex Document

Whether you're designing publications for business, hobbies, or social or community activities, odds are you'll need to share them at some point. InDesign provides many options for exporting and reusing a document, as well as printing. We'll review a few of them in this lesson as we design a postcard using special fonts, colors, and image layout features. Have you ever seen text that shows an image of some sort through the letters and wondered how it's done? You'll know after completing the project in this lesson! By the time you finish this lesson, you'll know how to export a publication as an image, print directly from your desktop, or create a compact PDF version of your finished publication ready to email.

This hands-on, project-oriented course is filled with easy-to-follow, detailed step-by-step instructions that teach you how to edit and manipulate images and create elemental compositions using Photoshop in the Creative Cloud. Discover how to improve photographs by editing out flaws, correcting poor exposure, or creating a composite image using the newest techniques.

Photoshop is the world's most popular photo editing program. Artists, photographers, designers, and hobbyists all rely on Adobe Photoshop for image creation and editing. The Introduction to Photoshop CC course provides meticulous instructions that will teach you how to use Photoshop Creative Cloud with confidence.

Photoshop Creative Cloud has many impressive new features, and you will encounter many throughout this Photoshop course. You will be editing your own photographs to get rid of dust and scratches, fix the color, and correct image exposure. As you explore the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop, you will learn how to colorize parts of an image and create simple digital paintings. You will master techniques for switching the backgrounds on images and removing wrinkles and blemishes from photos, just like they do in magazines.

You will also learn about the content-aware Move tools that let you simultaneously move things, like selected content or layers on an image, and intelligently replace the "hole" left behind. By the time you finish this fun, hands-on, project-oriented Photoshop introduction course, you will be well on your way to expressing yourself with the most exciting graphics program ever developed.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.14 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Creative Cloud, or any version of Adobe Creative Suite CC that includes the Adobe Photoshop CC or Photoshop only (not included in enrollment). Previous non-subscription versions of Photoshop are not appropriate for the course.
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Getting to Know Adobe Photoshop
2. Photoshop Basics
3. Understanding Resolution and Size
4. Understanding Layers
5. Working With Objects
6. Transforming Objects
7. Image Adjustments
8. Color Adjustments, Blending Modes, and Filters
9. Retouching Images
10. Restoring Images
11. Working With Selections
12. Type and Layer Effects

What you will learn

• Master the fundamentals of Photoshop's interface and tools
• Understand the essentials of digital imaging, including file formats, color modes, image size, and resolution.
• Comprehend and apply digital color theory and practice colorization and digital painting
• Identify and apply the methods of photo retouch and restoration
• Use the functionality of Photoshop's layers, selections, and masking features

How you will benefit

• Discover everything you need to confidently use the tools in Photoshop to restore, retouch, and rearrange images
• Develop the skills you need to begin a new hobby or entry-level career using Photoshop
• Learn to effectively retouch photos and develop professional quality images for your home or business
• Harness the power of Photoshop to create stunning images by enhancing photographs and developing works of art

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, equipping you with the skills to create professional-quality videos. Learn essential techniques and workflows used in the video production industry, preparing you for a successful career in video editing and multimedia production.

This Adobe Premiere Pro course is a comprehensive introduction to video editing, catering to both beginners and experienced editors. It covers everything from basic interface navigation to advanced editing techniques. You will learn to create and manage projects, organize media, and edit clips using Premiere Pro's robust toolset. This training will help you gain the skills necessary for creating professional-quality videos.

Through hands-on exercises and practical applications, you will gain a solid foundation of Premiere Pro's interface and how to apply its extensive capabilities to your creative projects. The curriculum is designed to provide you with the knowledge and experience necessary to thrive in the video production industry, making it an invaluable resource for aspiring video editors aiming to break into the industry or enhance their video editing skills.

The Adobe Premiere Pro course is structured to offer a step-by-step guide through the entire editing process, from setting up a project and organizing media to editing clips and exporting the final product. You will learn how to integrate graphics and titles and apply transitions and effects; as well as learn advanced topics such as motion effects, keyframing, and color grading. The course also introduces audio editing, color correction, and visual effects to enhance videos. Practical exercises reinforce learning, enabling you to apply concepts in real-world settings.

By the end of the Adobe Premiere Pro certification course, you will be ready to advance your career in video editing and multimedia production. With a deep understanding of video editing principles and best practices, you will be empowered to create compelling video content that resonates with audiences. You will also become prepared to sit for the Premiere Pro certification exam.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebooks are not compatible.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Premiere Pro (Not Included)
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Introduction to Premiere Pro
   1. What is Premiere Pro?
   2. Who Uses Premiere Pro?
   3. What is Non-linear Editing?
   4. Introducing the Digital Video Workflow
   5. Touring Premiere Pro's Interface
   6. The Premiere Pro Interface
2. Thinking in Video
   1. Telling Stories with Video
   2. Shots
   3. Framing Your Shots
   4. Camera Moves
   5. Edit Your First Video
3. Setting Up a Project
   1. Creating a Project
   2. Organizing Media
   3. Importing Media
   4. Organizing Your Project Panel
   5. Creating a Sequence
   6. Reviewing Clips
4. Basic Video Editing
   1. The Source Monitor
   2. Editing Clips in the Source Monitor
   3. The Timeline Panel
   4. Editing in the Timeline
5. Exporting
   1. Exporting Frames
   2. Making a Quick Export
   3. Customizing Your Export
   4. Exporting a Main File
   5. Exporting a Clip
   6. Using Adobe Media Encoder
   7. Exporting to Social Media
6. Clips and Markers
   1. Using the Program Monitor
   2. Using Markers
   3. Editing a Sequence in the Program Monitor
7. Transitions
   1. Understanding Transitions
   2. Applying Transitions
   3. Adding Audio Transitions
8. Advanced Editing Techniques
   1. Three-point Edits
   2. Four-point Edits
   3. Changing Clip Playback Speed
   4. Replacing Clips
   5. Nesting Sequences
   6. Trimming
   7. Motion
   8. Clip Position, Size, and Rotation
   9. Using Motion Effects in the Timeline
9. Working with Audio
   1. Working with the Audio Workspace
   2. Configuring the Audio Mix Track
   3. Adjusting Volume and Gain
   4. Improving Audio
   5. Enhancing Audio
10. Visual Effects
    1. Introducing the Effects Panel
    2. Types of Effects
    3. Applying Effects
    4. Using Adjustment Layers
    5. Source Clip Effects
    6. Masking and Tracking
    7. Keyframing Effects
    8. Animating an Effect Using Keyframes
    9. Some Common Effects
11. Color Correction and Grading
    1. Understanding Color Adjustment
    2. Reading the Lumetri Scopes
    3. Using the Lumetri Color Panel
    4. The Comparison View
    5. Matching Colors
    6. Color Adjustment Effects
    7. Using Brightness and Contrast
12. Compositing Techniques
    1. Alpha Channel
    2. The Opacity Effect
    3. Color Keying a Green-screen Shot
    4. Masking
    5. Creating a Custom Matte
13. Graphics and Titles
    1. The Essential Graphics Panel
    2. Creating a Title
    3. Introduction to Video Typography
    4. Using Graphics
    5. Creating Captions
    6. Working in the Video Industry
    7. Copyright and Content Licensing
    8. Obtaining Permissions

What you will learn

• The basics of Adobe Premiere Pro's interface and tools for video editing
• How to organize media and create a project workflow
• Techniques for editing video and audio clips effectively
• How to apply transitions, effects, and motion graphics
• Understanding color correction and grading using the Lumetri Color panel
• How to add graphics, titles, and captions to enhance video content
• The scope of the Premiere Pro certification exam and how to prepare for it

How you will benefit

• Develop a solid understanding of the Adobe Premiere Pro interface and its functionalities
• Learn to create and manage projects efficiently, organizing media for seamless editing workflows
• Master various editing techniques, including trimming, transitions, and effects
• Gain proficiency in enhancing audio quality and integrating music and sound effects
• Explore advanced editing techniques such as keyframing, motion effects, and compositing
• Understand color correction and grading to achieve professional video quality
• Learn to integrate graphics and titles for a polished final product
• Acquire skills in exporting projects for various platforms, including social media
• Prepare for a career in the video production industry with an understanding of key principles and best practices

This online, self-guided course will teach you the theory of typography and how to apply it to web design projects.

For web designers, understanding typography is an important aspect of creating a great User Experience. If you work in the web design field, you need to understand typography and how to apply this technique to your UI/UX projects. This self-guided course is all about typography! You will learn the rules of typography and gain a highly marketable visual communication skill.

What you will learn

• The purpose of typography
• The difference between fonts and typefaces
• The rules of typography and when how professionals break the rules
• About Section 508 compliance considerations
• How to make type flow
• How to build a style guide for your project

How you will benefit

• Expand your toolkit as a web designer
• Transition from a graphic design role to web design

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 11.0 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Anatomy
2. Typeface vs. Font
3. Rules for Typography
4. Types of Typography
5. Type Hierarchy
6. Building an Efficient Style Guide

What you will learn

• The purpose of typography
• The difference between fonts and typefaces
• The rules of typography and when how professionals break the rules
• About Section 508 compliance considerations
• How to make type flow
• How to build a style guide for your project

How you will benefit

• Expand your toolkit as a web designer
• Transition from a graphic design role to web design

This course introduces students to and provides a basic foundation in UI/UX design, including competitive research, designing effective user experience, applying design aesthetics, testing for accessibility, creating professional prototypes, and summary reports and design proposals.

User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design have emerged as the framing approach to all digital design, including websites, apps and other devices and one of the most valuable skills in today's digital design environment. This course provides a concentrated but substantial introduction to every key element in UI/UX design.

The course introduces students to and provides:

• A basic understanding of competitive research
• Designing effective user experience
• Applying design aesthetics
• Testing for accessibility
• Creating professional prototypes
• Summary reports and design proposals

Integrated throughout the course are real-world examples and skill-building materials that prepare students to enter into or become more valuable participants in the field of UI/UX design.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.10 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

1. Understanding the Nature and Role of User Experience Design in Today's World
2. Understanding How User Interface (UI) Design Fits into Developing User Experience (UX)
3. Conducting a Competitive Analysis
4. Identifying User and Stakeholder Needs
5. Create a Journey Map and User Matrix
6. Prototyping with Sitemaps
7. Designing UI with Style Tiles
8. Applying Accessibility Standards
9. Key UI/UX Tools and Apps
10. Creating a High-Def Prototype
11. Understanding and Applying Agile Development
12. Presenting a UI/UX Design

What you will learn

• The nature and role of UI/UX design in today's fast-evolving world of digital and interactive design
• To be able to apply in practice principles and practices of stakeholder and user research in UI/UX design
• To wield prototyping tools including user journey maps; use case scenarios; and sitemaps to evaluate, plan and test user experience
• The role of UI/UX design and prototyping apps: Sketch, Figma and Adobe XD
• To prepare, write, and present research reports and design proposals in a range of professional settings

How you will benefit

• Acquire and enhance professional competence in UI/UX design
• Develop professional communication skills presenting research, analysis, and design proposals
• Be introduced to the most popular UI/UX apps