Website Design & Graphics Session WGFA01: Saturday, 10am - 4:00pm; September 11 MAC members: $199 Nonmembers: $230 This course covers all the details of planning and designing a website as well as creating, preparing and optimizing graphics for web pages using Adobe Photoshop.
Topics include:
Server options
Design Templates
Flow Charting
File Management
GIF vs JPEG vs PNG format
Compression
Designing for different operating systems and browsers
Website Design Flaws to avoid
Interlacing
Creating Transparency
Graphical Buttons and Rollovers
Resolution
Animation
Seamless Background Tiles
Favicons
This class prepares users for work in Dreamweaver.
Class limited to 8 students. Specify Windows or Macintosh. Prerequisite:Basic computer skills*. Recommended companion course:Dreamweaver (Package price eligible)
Instructor: Ted Maynard
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(Courses may be taken at any time. MAC-Orange membership required. Cannot be combined with any other offers. No refunds on unused classes. Certificate of Completion included on request.)
Adobe Dreamweaver Session DWFA01: Saturdays, 10am - 4pm; September 18, 25 Session DWFA02: Mon thru Thurs, 6-8:30pm; November 15, 16, 17, 18 MAC members: $329 Nonmembers: $375 This new class covers the basic of Adobe's flagship website design program, the standard for website creation.
Adobe Director Private training available $89 per hour Director is one of the primary softwares used to create games, training and presentations on CDROM, and kiosk presentations
Topics can include: sprites, QuickTime digital video, sound effects & music, key frame, frame by frame and real-time animation, tempo, transitions, puppetsounds, basic Lingo scripting, buttons and navigation. Advanced animation techniques, advanced Lingo programming, registration points, external linking, alpha channel transparency, font embedding, Shockwave, QuickTime and projector export, behaviors, rollovers, and cross-platform file management, synchronizing audio and visual media, internal and external Xtras, fast start projectors, and multiple casts. Advanced Lingo code covers sound volume and fade control, timers, intra-movie navigation, sprite control, numeric & text variables, arguments, custom cursors and more.
* Basic computer skills include opening a file from within a program, and the ability to click, double click and mouse down & drag with a mouse. Also, students should have experience opening and saving files from within a program and have the ability to navigate to different folders.