High-Tech Institute-Orlando
Graphic Design & Animation: Ask a web or print designer which one of the five senses they couldn't live without, and they'd probably say "sight." Colors, textures, shapes and images rule their world, and if they buy something, it's often only because they like the packaging. Who needs a palette and a brush? People in Graphic Design & Animation want to paint the world-one mouse click at a time. What Kind of Work Do We Prepare You To Do? People in this profession create or design things on computers. Though this sounds simple enough, their work requires them to know several software programs in order to create images, sounds and video files, websites, 3D images, CD's and multimedia presentations. Some specific jobs in Graphic Design & Animation include: Web Designers, Web Developers. Desktop Publishers and Multimedia Developers. What Does Our Graphic Design & Animation Program Offer You? * The knowledge to create images and graphics in Photoshop, and to use Macromedia Flash to create Internet presentations * The skill to use Adobe Premier to create digital video and audio files * The training to use 3D Studio MAX to generate animations and 3D images * The ability to create interactive web sites * The proficiency to build multimedia presentations using Macromedia Director What Career Choices are Available to Graduates? Upon graduation, you will be qualified to work as a Desktop Publisher, a Web Developer, a Multimedia Graphic Designer, a Graphic Web Developer or a Multimedia Specialist in places like: * Printing Companies * Public Relations Firms * Ad Agencies * Design Studios * Packaging Companies * Newspaper/Magazine * Publishers * Corporate Art Departments Equipment Computers used in this program are Pentium IV 1.7 gigahertz with 512 MB of RAM memory, CD-ROM re-writers, advanced video cards and internal zip drives. Software used includes: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Premier, 3D Studio Max, Macromedia Director, Dynamic HTML and CSS, Microsoft Office 2000, FrontPage, Outlook, Project 2000 and Visio 2000.
