Posted by Stacey on Friday, Aug 26, 2022
Enjoy this big selection of September events! We'll see you in the Digital Media Lab.
Tuesday 9/6, 6:30-7:30pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
Registration is optional at icpl.org/calendar
Instructor: Brian Visser
Do you wish you were a bit more confident with your Android smartphone? Learn some navigation and maintenance tips to keep your phone updated and streamlined.
Getting Started With WordPress
Thursday 9/8, 7-8pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
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Instructor: Alyssa Hanson
Learn how to get started building a website using WordPress -- the framework behind more than one third of the internet’s websites.
Creating Graphics in Illustrator
Monday 9/12, 7-8pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
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Instructor: Emma Runestad
Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator for all your design needs! You’ll become familiar with the software’s interface and learn to make shapes, draw lines, and add text for your posters, invitations, logos, or other digital art.
Tuesday 9/13, 5-7pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
Registration is optional at icpl.org/calendar
Instructor: Stacey McKim
If you love making things in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, GIMP, Canva, or other software, join us! You’ll work on your own graphic design projects in the company of others doing the same, and we’ll benefit from each other’s energy and expertise.
Wednesday 9/14, 10:30-11:30am
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
Instructor: Beth Fisher
Have you ever wondered about your family tree? Not sure how to start searching for your ancestors? Come join us for an Introduction to Genealogy. From what questions to ask and where to start searching to how to keep track of the information you find, we'll get you started on your search.
Lo-Fi Animation Using Photoshop
Thursday 9/15, 7-8pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
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Instructor: John Engelbrecht, Public Space One
In this casual session, we will use Photoshop to make short, crude animations (aka animated GIFs). Photoshop experience isn’t required but it would come in handy. It’s not necessary to bring anything but a pioneering spirit!
Monday, September 19, 6:30-8:00pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
Bring your own craft project or make buttons and shrinky dinks with our supplies. For adults and teens, but younger family members are welcome in a group!
Tuesday 9/20, 10:30-11:30am
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
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Instructor: Olivia Waller
This class will teach you how to scan documents, photos, film, and slides using the equipment available to you in the library's Digital Media Lab. We will also cover where to store your digital items and how to adjust their quality.
Thursday 9/22, 7-8pm
Zoom
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Instructor: Stacey McKim
This is the final session in this series of journaling together on Zoom. Everyone is welcome, whether you regularly write in a journal or never have tried, and you don’t need to have attended previous sessions. Prompts will be provided to get us thinking about our experiences and the world around us, and your writing will be private with the chance to share anything interesting that came up.
Monday 9/26, 7-8pm
Digital Media Lab, ICPL
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Instructor: Emma Runestad
Ready to make your next Adobe Illustrator project pop? Learn how to put text on a curved path, stretch words to a custom shape, add borders and gradients to letters, and create 3D effects! If you’re making posters, logos, social media images, or printed designs, these unique effects will take your work to the next level.
BONUS
- We are also putting some finishing touches on a Digital Creativity Challenge for the month, including a display of what people made in October. Look for details on the library’s website or in the Digital Media Lab soon!
- Preview: We’ve had multiple requests for a Windows 11 session, now that new computers come with it installed. Even more people may need to learn 11’s ways after the shopping season, so look out for a session with me in November or December – after I’ve had time to learn it myself!
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You will see me at the Info Desk, teaching classes in the Digital Media Lab, and answering the library's phone. My favorite books have humor, fantasy, and/or offbeat insights about life.
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