What Can An Art Institutes School Offer Me?

In the world of digital media arts, the only limits are your imagination. With some hard work and a creative education in digital media from an Art Institutes school, you can enhance your career potential. Your degree can help you develop the in-demand skills you need to create amazing work in special effects, editing, audio and video production, music videos, websites, and computer games just to name a few. We offer plenty of possibilities. Explore your options here, and get your future started.

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Featured Program: Photography

If you picture yourself building a future as a visual artist, look into the photography programs at The Art Institutes system of schools. Depending on the photography program you pursue, you’ll study composition, lighting and equipment, and color and design. Learn the details of digital photography. Gain skills in art direction, digital imaging, and client relations. When you study photography at our schools, it’s all about helping you develop the artistic and technical skills you need to enter the profession as anything from a commercial photographer to a lab technician to a photojournalist. And it can all start when you choose a photography program at The Art Institutes system of schools. We provide comprehensive photography programs to prepare you for a rewarding career.

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Photoshop CS4 Tutorial

How to create actions and automate them in photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to complete the same actions such as converting to grayscale and resizing to multiple photoshop files.

Skill level: Intermediate

1. Step 1: Place all of the photos that will undergo the same actions into the same folder. This folder should be separate from other working folders.
2. Step 2: Use the Actions window to create a new actions folder by clicking on the tiny folder at the bottom of the panel. Name this folder. Click on the tiny folded piece of paper icon to create a new actions set. Name this set and hit record. Notice that the red dot at the bottom of the panel will be highlighted and your actions are being recorded.
3. Step 3: Now you should complete only actions that you plan on doing to the entire set. For this set, the photos are being converted to grayscale as well as resizing the image to 72 dpi for the web. As you complete actions you will notice that they are recorded in the actions panel. Hit the “stop” button when you have finished (it is to the left of the red record button at the bottom of the panel). You can close this image without saving the changes.
4. Step 4: You will now apply these actions to the entire folder by going to File > Automate > Batch. A dialogue will pop up and you must select the set folder and action that you created in the beginning. The source for the batch will be the folder that you created with all of the images. Hit “OK” and watch your photos go through the actions.

When the actions have completed through the entire folder your images will be open and ready for more specific editing. You can also add “save” and “close” actions to your action set. Experiment with other actions, as you can get very complex with actions that you add to files. It can become a great time saver on many projects.

* not all programs are available at all locations

Media Arts Programs

• 3D Modeling for Animation & Games
• Digital Filmmaking & Video Production
• Photography & Design
• Animation
• Digital Photography
• Photography
• Animation Art & Design
• Electronic Music
• Professional Recording Arts
• Audio & Media Technology
• Film
• VFX for Film & Television
• Audio Production
• Film & Digital Production
• Video Production
• Broadcasting
• Game Art & Design
• Video Skills
• Commercial Photography
• Game Programming
• Visual Effects & Motion Graphics
• Computer Animation
• Independent Recording Arts
• Visual & Game Programming
• Digital Arts
• Media Arts & Animation
• Web Design
• Digital Film & Video
• Photographic Imaging
• Web Design & Interactive Media

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