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This short course introduces students to the key features of Adobe Photoshop. Working with the provided exercise files, students follow along with video lessons to gain essential skills in editing images. Students learn to work with masks, type, effects, and tools for retouching photos as well as designing their own graphics from a blank canvas. By the end of the course, students will have created 19 projects with Photoshop.

With this short course, students develop advanced skills in using Adobe Photoshop to retouch, enhance, and manipulate images. Using the provided exercise files, students learn to work with levels and curves, remove unwanted objects, create double exposures and distortions, and discover tools to use with type. Students also learn features for editing video in Photoshop, designing cinemagraphs, and creating 3D effects. By the end of the class, students will have designed 20 of their own Photoshop projects.

After this tutorial, students will have familiarity with working with some of the most useful business features in Microsoft Excel. In the provided exercise files, students follow along with the videos to format spreadsheets, make templates, and work with repeating formulas to make calculations. Students also gain experience with the popular pivot table feature. By the end of the course, students will have learned to generate invoices, design charts and graphs, and create dynamic profit and loss spreadsheets.

This short course helps beginner digital illustrators learn how to take advantage of the tools in Adobe Illustrator. Stdudents learn to use pen, pencil, and brush tools; work with masks, shapes, and libraries; and recreate logos as they learn some of the principles of design. Students also gain experience with using color and text effectively. By the end of the course, students will have completed 8 projects with the guidances of the provided exercise files.

Designed for students who already have some familiarity with working in Adobe Illustrator, this short course teaches students advanced techniques for making the most of the digital illustration program. Students continue working with shapes, giving dedicated time to curves and corners, before practicing techniques and shortcuts for working with color. Students also gain experience with shadows, gradients, text, patterns, charts, and effects. As they work through the course, students complete several hands-on projects corresponding to video lessons.

Students in this short course learn skills for animating and representing information with Adobe After Effects. Students animate icons, experiment with visual and sound effects, work with cameras and masks. In addition, students learn techniques for creating dynamic graphs and charts, as well as infographics. With the provided exercise files, students develop multiple projects of their own throughout the course.

With this short course, students learn essential skills in Adobe After Effects to apply to dynamic and engaging data visualizations. Students discover how to animate infographics and data visualizations like line graphs and bar charts. They work with icons, text, and sound, getting tips for using color, images, and videos effectively. By the end of the course, students will also understand how to use cameras and masking towards developing video infographics.

By learning to use Adobe XD, students in this class gain familiarity with UI UX design. The course starts with an orientation to the fields before digging into wireframing and prototyping with applications and websites. Students work with shape, color, type, and drawing tools, and learn how to integrate designs from Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. As they gain experience developing their design projects, students also learn to integrate voice commands, take advantage of user testing, and present mockups.

With this course, students can learn core techniques for creating professional documents and design layouts in Adobe InDesign. Students learn about layouts, colors, and fonts, before gaining practice in arranging and styling images and text. Students discover how to use InDesign to create columns and tables, generate page numbers, and wrap text around images. By the end of the course, students will have designed several of their own portfolio pieces, including flyers, business cards, and brochures.

For students who want to level up their layout skills and optimize their workflow, this course advances students' experience in Adobe InDesign. Students learn the design principles of pairing fonts and working with color before moving on to making use of InDesign Styles, including nested and grep styles. Then, students discover autoflow and work with text frames before creating functional indices. Throughout the course, students gain hands-on experience with practical projects.