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The Photoshop Basic course is a two-day class designed for novices and those who have been using the software casually and want a deeper knowledge of it. Topics covered include the Photoshop interface, shadows, color palettes, retouching tools, and adding text.

This advanced Photoshop class helps students advance their software skills by teaching them sophisticated cropping and retouching techniques. Students also learn tips and tricks to help them optimize their Photoshop workflow.

The InDesign Basic course is a two-day class for beginners and those seeking to acquire a more systematic knowledge of the software. It covers such topics as layout, character and paragraph styles, colors, swatches, and inserting graphics and text into a document.

In this advanced InDesign program, students learn how to work with lengthier documents, apply advanced text formatting, and create tables of contents and indices. Special attention is paid to the creation of templates that may then be used to create uniform styles across a company’s entire catalog.

The Illustrator Basic course from FutureCompany is a 12-hour (two-day) class in which students learn how to create high-quality graphics, illustrations, designs, and logos. Students learn how to use tools such as the Pen tool, Live Color, Live Paint, and Live Trace.

This Illustrator seminar covers advanced cropping methods, retouching techniques, extended brush functionality, and more complex image-editing techniques. It also teaches methods for developing graphics, logos, and illustrations.

Navigation, modeling, and modification (push/pull, offset, scale) are the primary objectives of this beginner SketchUp class. By the conclusion of the course, students will know how to model everything from furniture to entire buildings, as well as how to present their models to clients and colleagues.

This advanced SketchUp course focuses on 3D precision modeling, advanced layer modeling, Photo Match, and the Sandbox Tool. Further topics include modeling doubly-curved surfaces and advanced techniques with sections and shadows.

FutureCompany’s Premiere Pro course provides students with a solid understanding of the highly versatile software in two days. The class includes instruction in everything from importing video sequences and using graphic elements to working with keyframes, music, and effects clips.

This course is a two-day deep dive into the capabilities of Adobe After Effects. Students learn to import and animate assets from Photoshop and Illustrator, use masks and keyframes, and create effect-studded videos for use in digital marketing.