The Program
The Computer Graphics: Art and Animation Certificate program was developed as a vehicle for artistically inclined students to realize their potential as computer artists, illustrators and animators. We encourage students to be creative and innovative in their thinking. This program is supported by a faculty team that has a solid basis in fine art. Every instructor is a professional artist who exhibits their current work (digital and traditional) on a regular basis. As students' needs and industry standards change, so will our curriculum and course offerings. We remain committed to providing our students with the latest technology and the highest quality of instruction.
Production Facilities
Our two digital studios are equipped with state of the art Macintosh graphics work stations with dual Intel Xeon processors, large flat screen monitors and Wacom tablets with pressure sensitive pens. The work stations are loaded with the industry’s most popular software programs including:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Premiere
- After Effects
- Flash
- Fireworks
- Dreamweaver
- InDesign
- Sound Booth
- Final Cut Studio
For our advanced students we offer Autodesk Maya Unlimited, Motion Builder, and Sketchbook Pro. The Advanced Digital Studio is also equipped with the new Video Lunchbox system for blending traditional and digital animation techniques and the Measurand Shape Wrap III Motion Capture System. In terms of output devices, our studios have a wide array of state of the art large format archival inkjet printers, as well as DVD and SVHS recorders.
