Learn the art of wildlife filmmaking in Cape Town, South Africa. This intensive one-month course offers lectures by industry professionals, includes a spectacular all expenses paid field trip to a premier game reserve, and each student produces their own unique five-minute short film.

Two places are available for the Wildlife Film Academy course which runs from 22 October – 21 November 2008. Get their newsletters for discounts on future classes. Visit the site to learn more.

At last, a class created for Mac-based designers ready to make the switch to InDesign. We’ll plunge you into InDesign’s features and capabilities and get you up and running quickly. In this class you’ll learn how to:

• Create an InDesign document, add bleed lines, and create templates
• Manipulate type, change fonts, kerning, and leading
• Use and change Master Pages and automatic page numbering
• Properly use and apply style sheets - paragraph, character, nested, and object
• Work with multiple pages and files
• Preflight, package, and PDF your jobs

The class will be held in Midtown West, NY on Saturday, October 4 & Sunday, October 5, 10 am-4 pm. Visit the site to learn more.

So many of us struggle with the demands of our careers, families and personal lives. Putting balance into your life can make all of it work better: It’s a combination of organization, recognition, realization and creation. Learn to recognize your unique priorities and design a path that turns your fantasy to reality.

You can learn to outline your career goals, successfully balance your work and professional life, and develop the strategic-thinking skills you need to get ahead in the design field—all in three one-hour Webinar sessions. Hugely popular HOW Conference speaker Jeni Herberger draws on her 20 years of experience in design to give you expert advice on charting your ideal design career.

The Webinar will take place on 24 July at 4pm ET/1pm PT. Visit the site to learn more and to register.

At last, a class created for Mac-based designers ready to learn Adobe Illustrator. We’ll plunge you into Adobe Illustrator’s features and capabilities and get you up and running quickly.

In this class, you will learn how to:

• Draw images using the pen tool
• Use color creation, using swatches and gradients
• Use special effects and filters
• Make masks and compound paths
• Properly use the type tool

The class will be held in Midtown West, New York on 28-29 June from 10am - 4pm. Visit the site to learn more.

In this live Webcast, world-renowned photographer Rick Sammon will share his top digital photography tips, including his “10 Key Ingredients for Cookin’ Digital Photographs.” He’ll also discuss his favorite photo philosophies, including: “The Camera Looks Both Ways; In Picturing the Subject We Are Also Picturing a Part of Ourselves.” You’ll get to see Rick’s favorite people, landscape and wildlife images from around the world. Some Photoshop talk, too…

Attendance for the Webcase is limited, so register now. They’ll send you a reminder before the Webcast, which is scheduled for Thursday, 26 June at 1:00 PDT (17:00 GMT). Cost is free, and the duration will be 45 minutes.

Join best-selling author of the book “Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques” Ben Wilmore as he reveals powerful secrets to creating breathtaking digital photography. Ben will also demonstrate key digital photography concepts such as how to use the most powerful adjustment tool in Adobe Photoshop; remarkable restoration and manipulation techniques; and even his own personal everyday workflow. Plus, you’ll learn his favorite photo-editing techniques for retouching, restoration, color correction, and anything else you need to know for creating absolutely stunning images.

You’ll learn:

• Curves for Tonal Adjustment
• Curves for Color
• HSB & Adjustment Layers
• Advanced Masking
• Start to Finish

You can attend this seminar for a mere $99 U.S. in Vancouver on 9 June, Calgary on 10 June and Toronto on 16 June. Visit the site to learn more!

You know you want to do great design work. But do you dream about owning your own firm someday? Do you want to learn more about business strategy? Are you interested in leading a team? Discover your career goals and learn how to chart the course of your dreams.

You’ll learn:

• How to identify your hidden career goals
• How to create your 2, 5 and 10-year targets
• How to use your personality traits to reveal your career path
• How to look at your personal life to refine your professional life
• How to keep yourself on track while remaining flexible

The Webinar, presente by Jeni Herberger, will be held Thursday 9 June at 1pm ET. Visit the site to register.

Famed Photographer of Jack Nicholson, Marilyn Monroe, and Others Discusses His Craft and Passion.

lynda.com, the leading provider of software training videos online, today announced the release of Douglas Kirkland: Creative Inspiration, a video course featuring one of the most renowned photographers of the 20th Century.

Members of the lynda.com Online Training Library® receive on-demand access to this entire course, while non-members can access 10% for free by visiting the course page at lynda.com. Kirkland shares his insights on photography craft and technique, gleaned from 50 years photographing the entertainment industry. He also takes viewers to on-location photo shoots, and discusses cameras, Photoshop, and the art of capturing his images.

“Douglas Kirkland brings a lifetime of photography experience to this video course, having created some of the most iconic celebrity images of the last half-century,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. “We are thrilled to have been able to profile Douglas’s passion, wisdom, and outstanding imaging skills, to provide our subscribers with this informative and inspirational view into the world of photography from one of its great practitioners.”

To view free demo video tutorials of this course, visit the Douglas Kirkland: Creative Inspiration course page. For more information on lynda.com, visit www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.

At last, a class created for Mac-based designers ready to learn Adobe Photoshop. In this weekend class, students will work on individual Mac computers in a lab setting. Students will learn Photoshop basics, including simple color correction and photo retouching tips and tricks. We’ll cover color adjustment, layers, color correction, image retouching, filters, and special effects. Learn the difference between low resolution and high resolution, and which is the ideal resolution for your job. Become proficient in Adobe Photoshop in just two days with art director and graphic designer Patricia Ryan (Hachette Filipacchi, American Media, Rodale).

Classes will be held May 31 & Sunday, June 1, 10 am-4 pm. Visit the site to learn more.

This class was created for Mac-based designers ready to learn Adobe Photoshop. In this weekend class, students will work on individual Mac computers in a lab setting. Students will learn Photoshop basics, including simple color correction and photo retouching tips and tricks. You’ll learn cover color adjustment, layers, color correction, image retouching, filters, and special effects. Learn the difference between low resolution and high resolution, and which is the ideal resolution for your job.

This class is taught by Mara Sachs (shown above), who began her career in 1984 as a typesetter at Ziff Davis. A few years later she began learning the basics of digital production as manager of the brand-new Macintosh department in a large Philadelphia prepress company. Since 1990 she has been running her own business, providing page layout and retouching services, as well as training, to the graphic arts community. Mara is an avid meditator and brings her joyful energy, clarity and good humor into her classes.

Students should be comfortable working on a Mac. Please submit a letter of interest and work history. Class starts 31 May. Visit the site to learn more.