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Workshops

Please join us every month for complimentary software presentations, course previews and interesting discussions on cutting edge technologies to keep yourself up to date with industry trends and advancements, delivered by certified and experienced trainers and invited speakers.

**Next - Games Graphics for Graphic Designers

Date: Thursday 3 May & Friday 4 May | Time: 9am – 12pm
TOPICS: 2D Graphics for Game Engines | Basics of Graphics in Game Engines | Common Graphics Formats in Games | Technical Limitations for 2D Graphics in Games | Creating 2D animations of games
Costs R1200.00 per person
Presenter: Lars Espeter, G.A.M.E Course Developer & Director
Who should attend? Freelance Graphic Designers | Companies employed Graphic Designers | Graphic Design Students
RSVP Monday 30 April  to info@ friendsofdesign.net

**Then - Games in Advertising

Date: Thursday 24 May & Friday 25 May | Time: 9am – 12pm
TOPICS: Using Games for Advertising | Learn about your Audience | Planning a Game for Advertising | Setting up a Production Team | Learning from Examples
Costs R1200.00 per person
Presenter: Lars Espeter, G.A.M.E Course Developer & Director
Who should attend? Freelance Graphic Designers, Freelance Programmers, Freelance Game Designers, Advertising Companies
RSVP Monday 21 May to info@ friendsofdesign.net

** Later – Digital Publishing without Boundaries

Date: Friday 8 June 2012 | Time: 9am – 4pm
TOPICS: Understanding where XML fits into the Publishing Workflow | XML and cross media platforms | Why XML? | Purpose & Functions of XML | XML basics, schemas and structure | Editing XML | Tagging | Tags and Professional styling | Frame vs Flow layouts | Preparing Long documents for XML export | Importing XML into InDesign | Creating XML based templates to automate book publishing.
Costs R1200 per person
Presenter: Eva Csernyanszky (Founder FOD)
Who should attend? Book Publishers, Designers, Educators
RSVP Monday 4 June to info@ friendsofdesign.net