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Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY

Unlock your creative potential with Adobe Photoshop at the New York School of the Arts. Learn the essential skills to edit, create, and manipulate images using this industry-standard software. Take your artistic vision to the next level in this comprehensive course.

(76) Beginner 18 and older
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$375

8 sessions

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PS 101: Introduction to Photoshop

The Training Farm @ 39 W 38th St, New York, NY

Learn how to master Photoshop from the basics to the hard-to-find advanced features with our flexible training options. Photoshop is the industry standard for a variety of disciplines from desktop publishing to video editing to web design. This two-day, hands-on course teaches students the basic tools, interface, features and tricks for using Photoshop in a professional environment. Learn the essentials of this powerful application using real-world...

(1) Beginner 16 and older
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$850

2 sessions

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3D Printing Design Workshop

Pixel Practice @ 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY

“3D Printing Design Workshop” is a hands-­on, project based, weekend-long intensive workshop covering the foundations of digital 3D design for 3D printing. Taught by designer Fleet Hower, the course will explore software applications as well as in depth technical underpinnings of digital 3D design to create beautiful physical models. Learn advanced techniques to create digital models Explore coloration and fine detail of digital models ...

(2) All levels 15 and older
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$699

2 sessions

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Explore private group events and team building activities ranging from cooking to art, escape rooms, trivia, and more

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The Foundation for Building a SquareSpace Site 101

LYWDesigns @ Online, New York, NY

This class focuses on students certain they want to use SquareSpace to create their website.  They understand the subscription based options.  They currently have or have tried a trial account in the past. Such students have enough content to begin implementing into their website [written bio, professional photos, videos, pdfs, social media accounts].  Students will leave understanding: How to choose the right template to meet their...

(41) Beginner 18 and older
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$299
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Landscape/Cityscape

Ashcan Studio of Art

This course is an introduction to the theme of landscape drawing and painting. Students will learn concepts and techniques to depict natural and man made elements and spaces in perspective. *materials provided  Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 4 weeks Q: Is a certificate of completion available to me after completing their class? A: Yes Q: Is a professional certificate...

(3) All levels 9 - 15 years old
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Snapchat for News

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

How to tell complex stories in a chat app. It's not all selfies and emojis! With more than 100 million active users, 77% of U.S. college students and 4 billion video views per day, Snapchat is too big to ignore and media organizations are paying attention. Fifteen media brands, including Mashable, now produce content exclusively for Snapchat’s Discover feature and reaching millions of millennials. Join us for a 2-hour evening workshop with...

(64) All levels 18 and older
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Pre-College Painting

Ashcan Studio of Art

Students begin this class by practicing fundamental painting techniques to describe the nature of light and form in the physical world, and then progress to express individual content. The curriculum culminates in the completion of a series of paintings that display formal and conceptual maturity. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 12 weeks Q: Is a certificate of completion available...

(3) All levels 14 - 17 years old
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Architecture

Ashcan Studio of Art

This course introduces students to designing interior and exterior spaces, using conceptual approaches to design problems and solutions. Students learn about rendering, materials, methods, and techniques, as well as color theory. Learned techniques and materials are applied to structural drawings, plans, and elevations. Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 4 weeks Q: Is a certificate...

(3) All levels 13 and older
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Critical Design: Interface and Imagination

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

From user experience research to sustainable development, professional labor and productivity is increasingly framed in the language of design, while design fields are growing rapidly in industry and academia alike. This is partly a product of “design thinking,” an alternative approach to interacting with the world through the tools of design. In these contexts, design purports to approach diverse facets of human life in terms of innovative problem-solving,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Drawing

Ashcan Studio of Art @ 45 E 34th St, New York, NY

This course is designed for art beginners, mainly focused on fundamental descriptive drawing concepts and techniques in various media, including pen, pencil, ink, graphite, and charcoal. You will learn how to render line and value, perspective, and other basic techniques and concepts.

(3) Beginner 9 - 15 years old
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$1,200
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Design Studio Methodology Workshop

General Assembly

Thorough understanding of the design studio methodology—learn by doing. Learn how to get from problem to how to get from problem to testable solutions in a day. Learn systematic creativity methods and decision making models that help give structure to potentially chaotic brainstorm sessions. Learn how to apply these methods in your own company, the leanest startups and the biggest companies alike. The Design Studio methodology drives practical...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Design Your Dream Job

General Assembly @ 10 E 21st St, New York, NY

Very few of us graduate from school with a clear idea of what we want our careers to look like. Even when we think we know what we want, there are all sorts of obstacles to landing the right job. And worst of all, when we’ve finally gotten that job that we think will make us happy, it doesn’t. This leads to dissatisfaction and under-performance…and the process begins again. A Gallup study found that nearly 70% of people feel disengaged by...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Pre-College Garment Construction

Ashcan Studio of Art @ 45 E 34th St, New York, NY

In the Garment Construction course you will learn the professional techniques used in the construction of garments. Pattern making, sewing, cutting, construction, and finishing techniques are used to create garments in cotton or cotton-type fabrics. You will end the course with one completed garment. with @samueljdonovan Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 4 weeks Q: Is a certificate...

(3) All levels 13 and older
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$400

5 sessions

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Pre- College Fashion Illustration

Ashcan Studio of Art

In this class you will learn to develop your drawing skills, investigate historical and contemporary fashion and use it as a resource for your own fashion designs. The Fashion Design class begins with instruction on how to draw the standard fashion figure, which will be used as a base for a series fashion sketches and illustrations.  Finally, using the fashion figure, you will illustrate your own line of garments in detail, using pen, ink,...

(3) All levels 12 and older
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$400

4 sessions

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Adult: Beginner Digital Art & Design

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ Virtual Classroom, New York, NY

This is an ONLINE ART CLASS that meets weekly via Zoom. In this engaging class we bring fine art & technology together, providing students with the tools, software and inspiration to make art on a virtual canvas! Learn the basics of using a digital platform while enjoying the freedom to create satisfying images, characters & techniques. Learn how to draw, color and manipulate images with digital tools on a tablet. Students shuffle projects...

(181) Beginner 18 and older
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Private Training—Web Design, Graphic Design, Video

Plexus Creative @ Plexus Creative

Learn essential Web Design and Graphic Design tools and techniques at your own pace with private one-on-one instruction. This customized training format is ideal for both students with specific project goals and general interest. Students may either bring their own laptop and materials or use our MacBook Pro. Topics may include Web Design, Graphic Design, Social Media, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge), HTML, CSS and...

(468) Beginner 16 and older
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$500
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Photoshop and Illustrator for Fashion: Footwear Design

383 Design Studio @ *Virtual Classroom

Are you a Footwear Designer who needs to learn to create computer technical sketches or add color, texture and shadow to your hand drawn sketches? Then, this class is for YOU! Learn the basics of both Photoshop and Illustrator, and how to use the two programs in the fashion footwear industry. We show you all you need to know to transfer and translate your designs into the computer! Plus, you'll receive a manual, sketch libraries, access to recorded...

(27) Beginner 18 and older
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$299

4 sessions

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Portrait

Ashcan Studio of Art

The Portrait course covers comprehensive methods for developing portrait projects, including how to draw facial features, and how to discover ways to represent a subject’s identity through content, color and texture. *materials provided  Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 4 weeks Q: Is a certificate of completion available to me after completing their class? A: Yes Q:...

(3) All levels 9 - 15 years old
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Mobile Apps & Games Showcase Night

Playcrafting NYC @ 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Learn what you need to know to win in today's market We're very excited to partner with mobile week to bring you an awesome mobile-game themed event. Mobile Week has been generous enough to offer members exclusive free tickets to this event. You may recognize some of the top indie talent from our Demo Nights and Playtest Nights among the presenters. Come out, listen to some great conversations about mobile gaming, and help our community members...

(68) All levels 18 and older
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Claymation

92nd Street Y

In this online class, we will utilize, a frame by frame approach to working with ceramics and a digital camera/phone. We will learn how to manipulate this magical material into a moving image. Squeeze, cut, push, pull—each movement of the clay will be recorded to give action to our intended content Supplies needed:  clay, plasticine air dried clay or flour dough mixture  digital camera or phone camera  aluminum armature wire ...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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