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Making Movies with Windows XP
If you have Windows XP, you already have Microsoft Movie Maker, the program that makes creating professional-quality movies fun and easy. You can edit your existing video to show only the best parts, and leave out the not-so-good parts. Add special effects, titles, credits, photos, background music, sound effects, and more to turn your home video into truly entertaining digital movies.

Discover Digital Photography
Join us and explore the world of digital photography! This course provides an introduction to the fascinating technology that catapulted the photographic world into the 21st century. We'll discuss the basics of digital photography, equipment, software, the digital darkroom, printing, Internet and e-mail use, along with commercial and personal applications. You'll learn what you need, what you can do, and what fun you can have. Whether you're new to photography or a longtime professional making the change to the digital world, this class will provide an introduction to new opportunities.

Secrets of Better Photography
Designed for both film and digital photographers, this course is filled with tips and tricks to help you take better photographs. You'll learn the basic technology that all cameras use, and you'll receive helpful information on exposure and lighting. You'll also explore strategies for taking excellent photos in all types of situations, including portraiture, landscape, macro and still life.

Photoshop Elements 4.0 for the Digital Photographer
Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements 4.0 provides the tools for quick fixes and detailed enhancement. Take control as you discover the features of this award-winning package specifically designed for photo enthusiasts. Designed for those with no prior experience in image editing, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user.

Photoshop Elements 4.0 for the Digital Photographer II
Adobe's Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Windows is full of outstanding features for advanced editing. Once you've learned the basics, you're ready to see how the more advanced tools work together to allow you to perform detailed editing, build collages, restore old photos, and more. This class is designed for those of you who are already familiar with cropping, printing, and color adjustments, as well the various selection tools. If you're ready to take your photo editing skills to the next level, join us and see what more you can do with the advanced features of Elements.

Photoshop CS2 for the Digital Photographer
Adobe Photoshop CS2 is a high-end software solution that provides support and specialized editing tools for digital photographers and graphic artists. Filled with practical, hands-on examples, this course will show you how to apply the professional tools and techniques in Photoshop CS2 that are most helpful to photographers. Even if you have no image editing experience, you'll be amazed at what you can do with your images after taking this course.

Photographing People with Your Digital Camera
Photographing people can be fun, exciting - and complicated! This course will make taking beautiful pictures of adults, children, and babies simple. Don't be nervous if you're new to digital photography, because we'll start with the basic principles you need to know in order to become a skilled people photographer. You'll discover the best way to shoot faces, fix common close-up problems, and use digital photo editing techniques to retouch your photos and make other improvements. Next, we'll move onto portrait and formal group shots, where you'll learn how to organize people, which angles to use, and which to avoid. You'll become proficient in action photography, and you'll also learn several fun and creative ways to photograph children and babies. You'll even gain expertise in filling your photographs with imagery, setting moods, and creating themes. Rounding out your training, this course will allow you to edit and improve your photos with Photoshop Elements 3.

Introduction to Photoshop CS2
If you want to work with graphics, Photoshop is the program you will most need to learn. This hands on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed step-by-step instructions you'll have no trouble following as you learn how to edit photos, create basic paintings, and prepare your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, or adding new elements.  You'll even learn how much fun it can be to paint again without the mess to clean up. And, best of all, no prior artistic ability is required to take this course.

Photoshop Elements 3.0 for the Digital Photographer
Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements provides the tools for quick fixes and detailed enhancement of any digital photograph. Discover the basics of this award-winning package specifically designed for photo enthusiasts. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user.

Photoshop Elements 2.0 for the Digital Photographer
Bring out the best in your images! Adobe's Photoshop Elements provides the tools for quick fixes and detailed enhancement of any digital photograph. Discover the basics of this award-winning package specifically designed for photo enthusiasts. Designed for those with no image-editing experience, this class will take you from novice to accomplished user.

Photoshop Elements Projects
Take your Photoshop Element skills to the next level by working through 12 fun and exciting hands-on projects. A patient instructor guides you every step of the way as you repair an old photo, design custom greeting cards, create a heartwarming photo collage, construct an awe-inspiring panoramic photo, develop and illustrate your own newsletter, build graphics for the Web, and much more!

Introduction to Macromedia Director MX 2004
Master the world's leading multimedia production tool and gain skills that are in high demand. Learn how to create high-impact applications for distribution on CD-ROMs and the Web. Combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animated elements to create dazzling interactive presentations, even if you're completely new to the world of multimedia and animation.

Digital Arts Certificate
The Digital Media Arts online certificate training course focuses on developing technical skill and creative artistry in digital photography and imaging.  In this online digital media arts class students learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent digital imaging and vector drawing tools.  Course projects include digital art studies, retouching, compositing, illustration, identity design, color matching and composition studies, photorealistic imaging, color correction, and art exhibition development.  This course is only offered in partnership with major colleges and universities.