LIMITED
TIME?
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!
Visual
Construction 
Illustrator |
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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 |
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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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Construction
Photoshop |
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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 |
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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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Motion Graphics I
After Effects |
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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 |
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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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Motion Graphics II
After Effects |
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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 |
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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
Dreamweaver |
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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 |
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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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Animation I Maya |
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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 |
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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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Digital Animation II
Maya |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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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