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Upcoming Classes

* For course description, please click on course title.


2008

Photoshop 101: The Essentials* (6 weeks)
May 19, 2008 - June 27, 2008
Creative Concepts 101

Program Requirement: Class will be conducted using CS2, but Photoshop 6, 8, Elements, and CS3 can be used. This class is highly recommended if you want to take "Photoshop 102: From Idea to Completion", especially if you're not all that familiar with Photoshop.

Cheat Your Way to a Fabulous MySpace Design!*
August 15, 2008
Writers Online Classes
Program Requirement: None

Webdesigning for the Timid* (2 weeks)
October 2008
Creative Concepts 101
Program Requirement: None; Class is taught as a lecture and NOT design geared. Will cover domains, free versus paid hosting, and the pros and cons of building your own website versus having a professional do it for you. A GREAT pre-requisite for DreamWeaver Xtreme Bootcamp and FrontPage Xtreme Bootcamp.

 

2009

DreamWeaver Xtreme Bootcamp* (6 weeks)
January 5, 2009 - February 13, 2009
Creative Concepts 101

Program Requirement: DreamWeaver (prefer 8 or 10, but other versions should be fine); DreamWeaver is available for download for a free 30-day trial. If you intend to download the trial version, please don't do so until instructed by the instructor so you don't waste your 30 days.

Cheat Your Way to a Fabulous MySpace Design!*
March 2009
Heart of Carolina Romance Writers

Program Requirement: None

Photoshop 102: From Idea to Completion
May 2009
Creative Concepts 101

Program Requirement: CS2 and CS3, Photoshop 6 and 8, Photoshop Elements

FrontPage Xtreme Bootcamp* (6 weeks)
August 2009
Creative Concepts 101

Program Requirement: FrontPage

Cheat Your Way to a Fabulous MySpace Design!*
October 2009
WriterU

Program Requirement: None

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Please Note: An asterisk (*) denotes classes that are great for beginners.


Registration Information

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About the Instructor

Mai Christy Thao is a freelance web and graphic designer. Before leaving the workforce, she worked as a web and graphic designer for an association management company, where her clients range anywhere from the state to international level. She's worked with a myriad of web and graphic design programs and applications, and is skilled in all aspects of design, from web designing (DreamWeaver, FrontPage, CSS, HTML, Script Writing), to photo and digital design (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), to print designs (QuarkXpress, Adobe). Currently she's looking to expand her learning into Flash. Mai is also a freelance writer as welll.

Mai owns her own internet network marketing business and is an affiliate marketer for several Fortune 500 companies. She likes to spend whatever free time she has left over devoted to reading and writing. She's a member of RWA, an American Title finalist, and a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. You can visit her online at maichristythao.com or on myspace at www.myspace.com/maichristythao.


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