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NiceAlex aka Alexandra is a 22.29 year old girl, has been a member since October 30, 2005, has scored 998 submissions, giving an average score of 2.75, helping 41 designs get printed.

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Aug 25 '06 by NiceAlex
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Digital Art Classes

So I'm interested in taking a computer design class.... I have Adobe Illustrator 9.0 but I'm lousy at using it and I figured a class would help me to learn the ins and outs of the program.

The classes I have to choose from are titled:
1. Adobe Pagemaker
2. Using Photoshop Elements
3. Photoshop Elements 3.0 Comprehensive

I guess the latter two wouldnt be that helpful since I don't have photoshop but I have pagemaker so... would it be worthwhile to just take that? Is any of the knowledge transferable between illustrator and pagemaker? Or should I just keep looking for a class that teaches illustrator?

.... what does the threadless collective think?

NiceAlex on Aug 25 '06 at 5:19pm

bump for afternooners

airatic on Aug 25 '06 at 5:27pm

I'd look into professional seminars/classes at someplace like Padgett-Thompson or your local Community College. They should have a design basics class for illustrator. Most universities also offer quick overview classes of common software.

Otherwise, check out a Dummies or similar guidebook and go trhough all the exercises, it should help.

NiceAlex on Aug 25 '06 at 6:01pm

Thanks. The classes i mentioned are offered at my local community college, but it doesn't look like they cover illustrator.