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TAKE THE LIMITS OFF YOUR CAREER!
Move your career along with Professional Quick courses at Digital Circus. Select from more than 20 courses to update and expand your know-how. Go beyond usual programs thanks to the fact that the School specializes in digital imaging and audio programs. You'll want to move toward "A Higher Digital Education".
MORE
THAN A QUICK FIX!
Each course lasts 10 weeks. Courses meet two to three times a week
... days or evenings as shown. Courses in the Professional Quick series
are completed with a Certificate of Accomplishment. They are discounted
from usual degree granting courses, but may contain the same content.
They offer an affordable, "deeper" approach to skill development
over the usual two or three day seminar format programs. All are hands-on
courses.
GET HELP ON YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN!
Contact us at Professional Quick services at the School. We'll work
to help you build a personal qualification plan of individual courses.
Options for learning go beyond what is shown below. For example, you
may work toward a degree, certificate or diploma on a part time basis.
Just contact the Admissions office for details on Professional Quick!
PARTIAL LISTING OF INDIVIDUAL COURSES offered days and evenings
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Visual
Construction 
Illustrator |
Digital
Design & Production
Photoshop & QuarkXPress |
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This course is an exploration of advanced visual styles and an introduction to Adobe Illustrator. Drawing becomes a key activity as students learn that traditional media techniques are applicable in the electronic world. Students work toward consideration of a drawing and/or design style along with typography. A personal sketch diary provides a lasting option for future creative development. 60 hours |
This course provides an introduction to design theory and digital tools for the graphic artist. Students gain skills in scanning artwork and drawing using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Students practice experiencing the design process and using digital tools for realizing a design. 60 hours | |
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| Color
Construction
Photoshop |
Website
Development Studio
Dreamweaver & Flash |
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This course explores the theory of color and the psychological emotions that it involves. Students are introduced to the properties and interaction of digital color using Adobe Photoshop. Exercises involving color manipulation, color correction and opportunities for experimentation are presented. 60 hours |
Students create web pages using a combination of HTML coding and Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash. Strategies are explored for developing web pages that are rich in content but still download in a short span of time. Actual web pages are dissected to learn techniques and gain creative inspriation. 60 hours | |
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| FX
Motion Graphics I
After Effects |
Web
Animation I Flash |
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The compositing software, Adobe After Effects, is examined along in a project studio environment. The process of building layered elements includes titling and special effects. 60 hours |
This course introduces the student to animation on the Internet using Macromedia Flash. Students learn to do traditional keyframing and then move on to computer based cell animation. They also incorporate sound and interactivity into their animations. 60 hours | |
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| FX
Motion Graphics II
After Effects |
Web
Animation II
Flash |
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Layering, refining and advanced exercises make up a substantial part of this compositing course. Adobe After Effects is used to direct development of production components in support of a demo reel. 60 hours |
Students progress to creating more complex web delivered animations using Macromedia Flash. Topics include layer masking, tweening, streaming audio and frame actions. 60 hours | |
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Website
Design & Development |
Digital
Photography Photoshop
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This course provides instruction for accessing the Internet and creating basic web pages. Students create web pages using a combination of HTML coding and Macromedia Dreamweaver. Students also learn to include graphics in their web pages and transfer their pages to a web server. 60 hours |
This program explores imaging via digital still cameras and/or scanning film along with maturing finished images. The process begins with attention to composition, design and lighting. Images are color corrected, manipulated, arranged and critiqued for image quality, creative control and presentation standards. 60 hours | |
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| Digital
Animation I Maya |
Character
Development Maya |
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This course begins the study of 3D modeling and animation utilizing Maya software. Topics include creating 3D objects from 2D shapes, creating primitives, polygonal modeling, plus using texture maps. 60 hours |
This course examines the "art" of character personality and form. Emphasis is on creating style and expression of the character. Drawing techniques for preproduction are used in this course as a tool for character design. 60 hours | |
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| Advanced
Digital Animation II
Maya |
Animation
Production Studio I
Maya |
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Creating believable and psychologically motivated movements that are crucial to effects in 3D animation. This course looks at techniques for creating 3D movements that do not appear artificial and reflect the individuality of the character utilizing Maya sotware. 60 hours |
In this course the production phase begins using Maya. Based upon the preproduction work, objectives are documented and models are created. Set design is also roughed out and block models are used to set up and test various shots. 60 hours | |
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| Advanced
Digital Animation III
Maya |
Animation
Production Studio II
Maya |
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Students explore advanced techniques in 3D animation during this course utilzing Maya software. They set up complex expressions and dynamics to automatically produce an animated response. Advanced environmental effects are created using particles. 60 hours |
This course is a continuation of the production phase. Final details are now added to the models using Maya. Texture maps are finished up in a paint package from manipulated scanned images and original artwork. 60 hours | |
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