Certificate in Digital Media (iCreate)

This Level 3 course is 15 weeks, full-time in duration. It's a fun and practical way to explore the many options available at Natcoll. After completing the course students qualify to move on to diploma level study. Course components are:

• Core skills - learn how to use a digital still camera, scan images, use image and illustration software to create and manipulate images, create a visual diary, learn design principles such as colour theory, pattern and texture, and computer file management.

• Print - learn the production planning process for printed documents, create single and multi-page documents for printing, understand graphic design terms and principles.

• Motion - gain an understanding of the production planning process for animated and video based stories, understand film and animation terms, make a short film, model an object, and animate a supplied character.

• Interactive - learn the production planning process for web based projects, understand web and new media terms, use computer video editing software to compress for the web, produce a basic website and Flash animation.

• Software -software used on this course may include: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, iMovie or Premier, Flash, Blender or Lightwave and Dreamweaver.