Digital Media Technology Graphic Design - Santa Fe Community College - Gainesville

Digital Media Technology Graphic Design from Santa Fe Community College - Gainesville is a Campus Associate Design degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Graphic designers--or graphic artists--plan, analyze, and create visual solutions to communications problems. They find the most effective way to get messages across in print and electronic media using color, type, illustration, photography, animation, and various print and layout techniques. Graphic designers develop the overall layout and production design of magazines, newspapers, journals, corporate reports, and other publications. They also produce promotional displays, packaging, and marketing brochures for products and services, design distinctive logos for products and businesses, and develop signs and signage systems--called environmental graphics--for business and government. An increasing number of graphic designers also develop material for Internet Web pages, interactive media, and multimedia projects. Graphic designers also may produce the credits that appear before and after television programs and movies. Graphic designers use specialized computer software packages to help them create layouts and design elements and to program animated graphics . Graphic designers held about 286,100 jobs in 2008. Most graphic designers worked in specialized design services; advertising and related services; printing and related support activities; or newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers. A small number of designers produced computer graphics for computer systems design firms. Some designers do freelance work--full time or part time--in addition to holding a salaried job in design or in another occupation. According to the Labor Department, employment of graphic designers is expected to grow 13 percent, as fast as the average for all occupations from 2008 to 2018, as demand for graphic design continues to increase from advertisers and computer design firms. Design Your Future Graphic Design at Santa Fe College is one of three possible tracks within the Digital Media Technology Associate of Science degree . It is a full-time, cutting-edge program that teaches the skills needed to enter graphic design and related fields. Graphic design is an exciting, high-tech field where you can use your artistic and creative skillsto earn a good salary. More than 80 percent of Santa Fe's A.S. degree graduates find jobs or go on to further higher education. The Mac-based Graphic Design Technology program is housed in Technology Building N at Santa Fe's Northwest Campus in Gainesville. There are four computer labs, a fully equipped photography studio, a production room, a viewing room (affectionally called The Little Theatre) and a theory/ illustration classroom. To help you find a job, the program offers a highly regarded internship program. Internships give you on-the-job experience and enable you to meet people who hire graphic designers. Small classes encourage one-on-one contact with your instructors, and qualified professionals who have real-world work experience. The program emphasizes creative thinking and problem solving in combination with hands-on instruction on industry standard computer hardware and software. When you graduate you will be able to use the latest technologies to translate ideas into images. You Learn the Industry's Leading Graphics Software Adobe InDesign Adobe Acrobat Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Dreamweaver Flash Catalyst While In The Program You Will Learn: Magazine & newspaper advertising layout Logo design Brochure design Computer graphics Desktop publishing Direct-mail marketing design Outdoor advertising design Illustration art direction Newsletter design Package design Point-of-purchase display Web page design Digital photo manipulation and computer graphics Pre-press technology and printing methods View more details on Santa Fe College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Design courses.