Come join us for an exciting day-long workshop and learn about all the new tools featured in Illustrator CS5 including: Variable-width strokes: Vary stroke thickness with strategically placed width points. Arrowheads and dashes: This new functionality promises to simplify the task of aligning arrowheads and dashes. Drawing in perspective: A new tool enables illustration along 1-, 2- or 3-point perspective. Enhanced artboards: Adobe has button-enabled Illustrator’s Multiple Art boards function, fine-tuning this workflow enhancement. Anti-aliasing control for smaller screens: Adobe has added tools to regulate aliased text – for screen-based technologies – as well as an Align to Pixel Grid for sharper on-screen object display. The seminar is ideal for the beginner or experienced Photoshop user. Don't miss out.

Come join us for an exciting day-long workshop and learn about all the new tools featured in Photoshop CS5 including the new Gap Tool and the new Page Tool, and the other upgraded features like: Content-Aware Fill: When you cut objects out, Photoshop can automatically fill resulting space with surrounding scenery or patterns; Puppet Warp: The enhanced puppet features enable subtle repositioning of photographed elements, particularly model poses; Advance Digital Image Handling: Camera Raw 6 minimizes noise in high ISO images, while automatic lens correction quickly puts right lens aberration wrongs. Selections: Photoshop’s object selection tools are faster and more refined than before; extract the model and her billowing hair without pulling out your own. and Workflow enhancements: Mini Bridge has been previously discussed, but other features like new Web Gallery options and configurable workspaces promise serious productivity boosts. The seminar is ideal for the beginner or experienced Photoshop user. Don't miss out.

FINAL CUT PRO 7: LEVEL 101 Learn from Diana Weynand, master trainer, distinguished educator and author of the Apple Pro Training Series books, Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro 6, Final Cut Pro Express 4, and Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors. This will be Diana's first Final Cut Pro 7 class that she will be teaching in Los Angeles.

This three-day introductory course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive foundation of Final Cut Pro as well as being introduced to the new Final Cut Pro 7 feature-set. The course Incorporates four different genres of material including footage from the dramatic television series 'Leverage,' documentary material from 'Sea World' and 'Playing For Change'.

The lessons start with basic automatic and manual drag and drop editing in FCP, then move forward to incorporate additional editing techniques and project management. Over the course of the 3-day class, the course covers capturing audio and video, trimming and adjusting edit points, refining and customizing your editing workflow, editing with multiple cameras, mixing audio tracks, applying transitions and filters, changing speed, adding titles and graphics, and finishing and outputting.

The course comes with the Apple Pro Training Series book, Final Cut Pro 7, which includes a DVD of all the video material used in the course. (Final Cut Express users are welcome as so many of the application's functions are virtually identical.) This course covers the requirements necessary to successfully become an Apple Certified Pro, Level 1 in Final Cut Pro 7. The Apple Certified User Test Level 101 is available right after the course for those students who would like to participant. Or, if you'd like to wait you can come back to the Weynand Training Center and take the class at a later date. The lessons start with basic automatic and manual drag and drop editing in FCP, then move forward to incorporate additional editing techniques and project management. Over the course of the 3-day class, the course covers capturing audio and video, trimming and adjusting edit points, refining and customizing your editing workflow, editing with multiple cameras, mixing audio tracks, applying transitions and filters, changing speed, adding titles and graphics, and finishing and outputting. The course comes with the Apple Pro Training Series book, Final Cut Pro 7, which includes a DVD of all the video material used in the course. (Final Cut Express users are welcome as so many of the application's functions are virtually identical.) This course covers the requirements necessary to successfully become an Apple Certified Pro, Level 1 in Final Cut Pro 7. The Apple Certified User Test Level 101 is available right after the course for those students who would like to participant. Or, if you'd like to wait you can come back to the Weynand Training Center and take the class at a later date.

Come join us for an exciting day-long workshop and learn about all the new tools featured in Illustrator CS5 including: Variable-width strokes: Vary stroke thickness with strategically placed width points. Arrowheads and dashes: This new functionality promises to simplify the task of aligning arrowheads and dashes. Drawing in perspective: A new tool enables illustration along 1-, 2- or 3-point perspective. Enhanced artboards: Adobe has button-enabled Illustrator’s Multiple Art boards function, fine-tuning this workflow enhancement. Anti-aliasing control for smaller screens: Adobe has added tools to regulate aliased text – for screen-based technologies – as well as an Align to Pixel Grid for sharper on-screen object display. The seminar is ideal for the beginner or experienced Photoshop user. Don't miss out.

Fixing and Mixing your Sound with Apple's SoundTrack Pro. Join us for this one-day hands-on class and learn to use Soundtrack Pro to edit audio files, repair field recordings, perform multi-track arranging and mixing, analyze and fix common audio problems, and perform other creative sound design techniques. Learn the power of SoundTrack Pro!

See full description in the Tuesday lineup -- this is a three day course.

Come learn what's new in CS5 the new Adobe Creative Suite and join us for some great day-long workshops that will knock your socks off! Adobe After Effects CS5 is faster when working on high-resolution projects, because now it's Native 64-bit support means you can tap all the RAM on your system to work more efficiently with HD, 2K, and 4K projects. The new Roto Brush tool delivers rotoscoping results in less time too, and the AVC-Intra and enhanced RED camera support lets you work natively with tapeless footage. The new mocha for After Effects allows you to apply motion tracking to hand-drawn mask and import variable-width mask feathers and the new Auto-keyframe mode allows you to animate by setting starting keyframes automatically, Plus the new Refine Matt Effect helps with problematic alpha channels such as keyed footage, and Digieffects Freeform will turn virtually any flat object into a 3D shape, more color correction support, as well as dozens of enhancements to popular features you're using all the time. This one-day workshop taught by a Master After Effects trainer will get you up to speed on CS5 in no time at all.

Join us for this one-day hands-on course that will familiarize you with Motion 4, Apple's revolutionary software for motion graphics design. The day-long hands-on workshop includes working with Motion's Real-Time Design engine and interface, behavior-based animation, title animation, working with templates, chroma key techniques, masking methods, DVD motion menu design, and keyframing. This class is designed for anyone looking to learn more about creating motion graphics using Motion and for those who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of Motion 4.

See full description in the Tuesday lineup -- this is a three day course.