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A Winning Combination
Learn how to make beautiful imagery, limited only by your imagination,
and stunning, customizable websites without knowing any code.
Check out our class schedule below, and register now!
You will learn:
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Photoshop and Bridge Work Areas
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File Types and Color Modes
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Image Resolution
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Selection Methods
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Layer Techniques
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Layer Masks
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Type Techniques
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Color palettes, swatches, presets
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Retouching Photos
Color Correction and Curves
Contrast, Lightening, Darkening
Changing color in selected Areas
Repairing damaged photos -
Layer Blending Modes
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Gradients
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Filters
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Actions
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Simple Animations
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Vector Images, Shapes,
and the Pen Tool -
Creating Resolution-independentVector Logos in Photoshop
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Image Collages
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Painting with Brushes
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Cool Photoshop Effects and Techniques, including:
Smoke Effects
Splatter Effect
Fairy Wings, and more!
January 18-19, 2018
Makervillage
Rome, Georgia
Deep-discount hometown price!
$450
Registration will be available soon at Makervillage
January 25-26, 2018
Roam Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia
$695 if registered by Jan. 11
$795 after Jan. 11
February 8-9, 2018
Society of Work
Chattanooga, Tennessee
$695 if registered by Jan. 25
$795 after Jan. 25
February 22-23, 2018
Callier Springs Country Club
Rome, Georgia
Deep-discount hometown price!
$450
March 15-16, 2018
We Work
Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
$795 if registered by March 1
$895 after March 1
For Beginners and Intermediate-Level Users, 2 Days, 10am-6pm
CREATING WEBSITES WITH
Stacy Cates
CompTIA
CERTIFIED TECHNICAL TRAINER
Lead author of
Wiley Publishing's
Photoshop CS4 Bible
Stacy Cates has been a Photoshop user since version 2.0. For more than two decades, she has taught clients in numerous U.S. cities in group and one-on-one classes.
She believes thoughtful listening, patience, adjusting to different learning styles, and being available after class - and beyond - for questions are important parts of her teaching priority: making sure students have achieved their learning goals.
An artist and a graphic designer, Stacy has extensive real-world experience using Photoshop for print, web, and high-end photo retouching. She has studied the writings of Photoshop greats, such as Dan Margulis of the Professional Photoshop books, Bruce Frazier of Real World Color, Scott Kelby, Katrin Eismann, Julieanne Kost, and more.
Her personal interests include being an avid reader of science and technology trends, a grower of gardens, a lover of nature, animals, and an experimenter in all manner of creative projects.
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Requirements for Class
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Bring a computer that meets these operating system requirements.
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Adobe's most current update of Photoshop version CC 2017 should be installed on your computer before class. The current version of Photoshop can be purchased for $9.99 per month with Adobe's Photography Plan or by purchasing an Adobe Creative Cloud plan that comes with all Adobe apps. If you wish, you may download a Photoshop 7-day free trial. You will have the option to convert it to a paid plan when the trial ends.
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Before class, know the basics of your computer's operating system, including how to make shortcuts to files in your navigation dialog (such as in the Quick Access or Favorites menu), how to save files into folders, how to create new folders, and where to find files that you download from the internet.
For Beginners, 1 Day, 10am-6pm
WIX website builder is arguably the most popular and friendly website-building platform today. It offers stunning professional templates that can wow your visitors and requires no technical or coding skills. This makes it easy to create and make changes to your own website, whether it is informational or has an online store.
In this class, you will use WIX to create an amazing, professional website and publish it to the web.
You will learn:
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How WIX websites work—
things to know before you start -
Creating a multi-page website using a WIX template and editor
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Preparing images for the Web
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Optimizing your website for search engines (SEO)
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Creating a form
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Adding ecommerce
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Adding a database
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Using your own domain name for your site's web address
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Marketing techniques and apps
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Overview of useful WIX website apps
January 24, 2018
Roam Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia
$149 if registered by Jan. 10
$199 after Jan. 10
February 3, 2018
Makervillage
Rome, Georgia
Deep-discount hometown price!
$99
Registration will be available soon at Makervillage