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Graphic Design Overview

The Graphic Design programs at Digital Media Arts College are not just about creativity and software; they're about visual problem solving and meeting communication needs. The Graphic Design programs develop and constantly challenge its students' critical and imaginative thinking in order to teach them to solve visual communication problems while learning to maintain client relations in a professional manner.

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Along the way, students develop strong classical arts foundations, explore and apply the possibilities of the computer as a digital medium, focus on technical proficiency and business components of print production, gain digital layout skills, create effective advertising solutions, and evaluate what makes visual information understandable and accessible to the end user.

DMAC offers two undergraduate programs leading to its Web Design MFA: the Graphic Design BFA and the Graphic Design BFA with a concentration in Advertising Design. Professional certificate programs are also offered as stepping stones for students working towards a degree and as resume enhancers for professionals working in an advertising related industry.

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Computer Animation Overview

The Computer Animation programs at Digital Media Arts College are multifaceted and specialized, readying students for the expanding role of the computer animator in the rich field of visual storytelling. Trained and qualified computer animators find themselves working in a variety of different and exciting capacities, including the creation of video games, films, architectural pre-visualizations, military simulations, medical and forensics renderings, and accident scene re-creation for law offices.

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In the undergraduate Computer Animation program at DMAC, students are trained in the highly technical process of 3D animation production—modeling, texturing, lighting, animating, and rendering—as well as guided to explore their conceptual skills in the highly satisfying process of digital creation.

For students interested specifically in video game animation, we offer an undergraduate Computer Animation program with a Concentration in Game Art. Students use professional-level game development software to learn how to create their assets for the ever-changing gaming environment.

Our graduate program in Visual Effects Animation continues students’ pursuit of artistic excellence in particle effects, dynamic simulations, Motion Capture, and tracking techniques are explored.

From pencil to pixel, the Computer Animation faculty at DMAC instills in their students the teamwork that is the backbone of this competitive industry while providing professional criticism and deadlines.

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