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Focus on the basics of visual communication including elements of design, typography, developing concepts and visual problem solving. Participate in class projects, assignments and valuable critiques. Textbook required, available at the Danvers campus bookstore.

Geared to both artists and non-artists who wish to create a variety of high quality graphics. Cover the program's terms, menus, tools, palettes, objects, and type. Explore keyboard shortcuts and the pen tool, Illustrator's most powerful tool. Learn to manipulate type into artwork, manage color, make gradients, and create new illustrations.

An introductory course designed to familiarize you with the software that has become the industry standard in digital imaging. Learn both basic and more advanced techniques, including computer imaging, scanning, memory management, and imaging basics for the World Wide Web. Students should have a working knowledge of the PC or Macintosh.

Explore drawing and production strategies. Learn how to use the blend and gradient mesh tools, create original patterns, brushes, cross hatching effects, and save action sets. Emphasis will be on keyboard shortcuts for production speed and on the pen tool. This course is a continuation of the Introduction to Illustrator course. Students must have knowledge of Illustrator or have completed the Introduction course.

Explore the full power of Photoshop as a graphic design production tool. This course is a continuation of the Introduction to Photoshop course. Students must have knowledge of Photoshop or have completed the introduction course.

This hands-on course will introduce you to the page layout software program most widely used in the graphic design and publishing industry. Learn the basic commands and features of InDesign as they create various documents and the basic typographic design and page layout principles. These skills, along with the typographic and layout capabilities, will enable you to quickly and effectively produce attractive documents.

A continuation of Introduction to InDesign. Class will review in InDesign basics and then focus on advanced techniques such as: tables, tabs, transparency, creating indices, pathfinder, nested and object styles, link swatches and more. The focus will be on real-world examples of InDesign usage.

Practice while you learn the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator CS2 with useful design projects. Requirements: Adobe Illustrator CS2 Windows and Windows XP or 2000 or Adobe Illustrator CS2 Mac and Mac OS X, Internet access, email, and Netscape or Firefox or Internet Explorer Web browser. Note: Illustrator software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Learn how to use Photoshop to fix and process photos and create original images. Requirements: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Windows XP or 2000 or Adobe Photoshop CS2 Mac and Mac OS X; comfort using a mouse, saving and retrieving files, and downloading images; Internet access, email, and the Netscape or Firefox or Internet Explorer Web browser. Note: Photoshop software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Learn how CorelDRAW can help you create dazzling logos and other artwork for print or the Web. Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP or 2000; CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 or CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Upgade or CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Student and Teacher Edition are all acceptable (please be sure to install the software on your computer before the course begins); Internet access, email, and the Netscape or Firefox or Internet Explorer Web browser. Artistic ability is not required, just a desire to be creative. Note: This course is not suitable for Macintosh users.

In this class, you'll get the training you need to create infinitely resizable vector images using Adobe Illustrator 3 one of the best illustration programs on the market. Requirements: Adobe Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Windows XP or Vista or Adobe Illustrator CS3 for Mac and Mac OS X: Internet access; e-mail; and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Note: Illustrator software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.