Visual Communications offers an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge about the many facets of the design field.
Along with learning basic art skills, you will be taught the elements and principles of design. Students will be assisted in developing
strong work habits and problem solving techniques. Students will create professional portfolios to be used for college admission as
well as for employment in the real world.
Classroom Technology
OS X 10.4.11
Macintosh G5, towers and imacs, dual core processors, each student has an individual work station
2- 30" monitors: video edit stations
11" x 17" scanner
Digital still camera, Nikon D100, D200, D2h Professional
Digital camcorder, Sony PD170
Color laser printer, 11" X 17"
CD burners, DVD burner
Slide / photography studio
Software, each student station contains;
Adobe Illustrator, CS2
Adobe InDesign, CS3
Adobe Photoshop, CS3
Adobe Acrobat, CS3
Dreamweaver CS3
Flash CS3
Windows for the MAC, Word, Powerpoint, Excel Internet access
* Apple Final Cut Studio2 (video editing, two computers set aside for editing only)