Courses
NEW for 2009! Digital Camera Quick Start
Learn to Use Your Point and Shoot
You have a digital camera and want to get on the fast track to using it now! This course is completely hands-on. No confusing terminology, complex techniques, or high tech digital photography jargon - just lots of practice in accessing the core features of your digital camera and unlocking the potential that has been hidden from you in that complicated user’s manual. Learn how to take great pictures with the basic built-in camera features designed to make shooting more enjoyable and less complicated. Bring your camera, media card, fresh batteries, and questions.
Typically offered through Colorado Free University.
CFU Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-399-0093 or 1-800-333-6218
Migrating to Digital Photography
Conquer Your Camera
You have your digital camera, now learn to really use it. The sales person and operators manual only go a short way to giving you necessary tools to take great photos. Learn how your camera works, from sensors to memory cards to image resolution. Discover whether you have the right camera for your needs and find out what technology is and is not necessary for your purposes. Practice using advanced features of your camera, including adjusting ISO, setting manual controls and using the flash. Learn digital printing basics, how to print without your computer and get the most out of advanced digital techniques. Bring your camera, your owner’s manual and come ready to play and learn.
Typically offered through Colorado Free University.
CFU Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-399-0093 or 1-800-333-6218
Beyond the Snapshot
The Digital Journey from Workflow to Masterpiece
You’ve mastered the basic controls of your digital camera—so what’s next? This class covers more advanced concepts in digital photography, with a focus on hands-on shooting, image management, and digital workflow. Learn how consistent workflow improves your photography on every level. Explore advanced features of your camera as well as composition and photographic aesthetics, so you can exert complete creative control over images. This will be a fast-paced, practical, web-driven, intensely participatory class. You will take and submit several photos in between class meetings that will be shared and briefed with the teacher. Software and a computer are not required in class, but photo briefs will be shown using Photoshop Elements 6.
Typically offered through Colorado Free University.
CFU Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-399-0093 or 1-800-333-6218
Introduction to Photoshop Elements 6 and The Digital Workflow
This course will cover the basic digital photography workflow using Photoshop Elements 6. We will start with how to acquire and import images into Elements then move to mastering the core functions of the Elements Organizer by learning to tag, sort, find and group images into albums. Participants will also learn the importance of archiving images, and how to perform archiving tasks as well as how to use the automatic and quick fix editing features in order to create basic image enhancements. Finally, we’ll learn how Elements provides the capabilities to share and create cool things with your photos. This will be a hands-on class with the objective of becoming familiar with the core features.
Typically offered through Front Range Community College.
FRCC Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-404-5465
NEW for 2009! Advanced PhotoShop Elements for Digital Photography
Now that you have a basic level of comfort with the core features of Photoshop Elements 6, it is time to take it to the next level. In this class, we will start with the features of the Editor : organizer integration, the basic tools palette and the bin. We’ll explore how to apply the features in the tools palette to make your photos into masterpieces. You’ll learn the difference between “levels”, “layers” and “lassos” as we methodically build up the necessary skills to make real-world photo enhancements. The skills-oriented class will cover color correction, color enhancement - including black and white conversions, sharpening, retouching and special features such as Photomerge.
Typically offered through Front Range Community College.
FRCC Course Description and Enrollment information
Phone Registration : 303-404-5465
