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Digital Media
Design the next blockbuster billboard. Brand the next break-through startup or be a creative in biotech. Advance to the next level with a Coastline education and be a first person player in your future career.
Areas of Study
Course Preview
Check out some of the Digital Media courses offered at Coastline.
DGA C150A Drone Imaging 1
Manage and edit photographic imagery captured by drones: digital imaging, cinematography, colorization and photo editing. Hands-on or virtual flight activities. Focus on developing careers in digital media capturing and editing images for a variety of industries across multiple sectors.
DGA C150B Drone Imaging 2
Develop skills in advanced aerial photography for use in videography and 3D mapping with drones. hands-on or virtual flight activities. High-end photo equipment and drones or drone-simulators will be used. Focus on developing careers using drones as tools that capture images for a variety of industries across multiple sectors.
This project-based course will introduce the basic tools and techniques to explore the capabilities of Adobe Premiere in storytelling using video. Learn how to import and edit video and audio, create, and apply transitions, effects, and animations to create movies that can be exported in various formats. No art background required.
This course will introduce basic tools and techniques to explore the graphic capabilities of Adobe Photoshop. Learn how selection and editing tools are used to manipulate graphics and photographs by duplicating, deleting, replacing, or changing image elements. Create original images and produce multi-layered graphics from existing photographs. Create eye catching display graphics, color correct, and retouch photos. No art background required.
Academic Plans
Animation and Gaming Foundation
The Animation/Gaming Foundations Certificate consists of the foundational courses that would prepare students to become entry level animators.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Animation and Gaming Foundation - Certificate of Accomplishment (12 units)
Digital Media Audio Video
The Digital Media Audio Video Program provides the skills necessary to create audio sound solutions in conjunction with images that appear to move and visual effects for various forms of media, social media streaming and voice-overs, animation and entertainment. Emphasis is placed on the development of a portfolio for further study, employment and/or advancement.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Digital Media Audio Video - Certificate of Specialization (9 units)
Digital Media Design
Completion of the Digital Media Design Certificate will prepare students for entry-level positions in print, graphic design, digital media, animation/gaming graphics, web design, and/or other related occupations. Students will establish a strong foundation in both the technical and creative aspects of the digital media industry. The program will emphasize creativity, design skills, digital portfolios, project management, problem solving, global teamwork, and entrepreneurship options.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Digital Media Design - Certificate of Achievement (18 units)
Digital Media Production
The Digital Media Production program provides the skills necessary to effectively use design principles to create vector and raster-based digital drawings, photo editing, illustration and layout design for multiple page documents. Emphasis is placed on the development of a portfolio for employment and/or advancement. The program will prepare students for further study and/or entry-level positions in print, graphic design, digital media, animation, gaming graphics, motion graphics, web design graphics, and other related occupations.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Digital Media Production - Certificate of Specialization (9 units)
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Why study Digital Media at Coastline?
From ad agencies to print shops to "in-house" art departments in corporations to film and animation studios, the different kinds of positions offered in the Graphic Design field keep on growing. Coastline College offers students the Graphic Design courses they need to prepare for jobs that cover the creative spectrum from Graphic Design Specialist to Technical Illustrator, to Fashion, Set or Exhibit Designer to Art Director.
People who can design for both print and the web are the most highly sought by employers. Coastline's students will establish a strong foundation in both the technical and artistic aspects of the digital industry.
