FIT or SVA for Flash
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- spookykat0
Online course to me is just like learning it yourself. Certificates don't mean much. I also check the cost, its about the same.
- ukit0
Don't become another victim of Big Education. Turn on, tune in, and drop it.
- woodyBatts0
I took Joshua Davis' course at SVA. I highly suggest it because it is not just about flash but also about multiple outputs & inspiration.
I wouldn't ( my opinion ) pursue a certificate from Continuing Studies courses because most employers don't look at credentials ( I have a master's and no one has cared ) however those that do look at credentials will probably balk at a Continuing Studies certificate.
If you are debating between schools I would just google the instructors and see if they have a lifestyle congruent with your aspirations.
- Thanks, there are good instructors out there but they few and far between. I agree that certificates are useless. I'll probably go to SVA.spookykat
- jpg0
I think it works like this, you have to learn it by yourself... whether you go to school or not ... BUT going to school gives you certain contacts you will not get on your own and that can make a big difference in getting a job, freelance or otherwise, afterwards.
-I was a jr economist in 99 (hated it)
-took a year course at a community college in 2000, anything that had to do with portfolio building, I killed, everything else i didn't even hand in. had my first freelance gig by december.
-finished in 2001, working at a reputable agency by the fall of 2001anyways that was my experience. oh and flash is about continually learning, better get used to it now.
- studderine0
i've had employers ask me for my transcripts and i'm 1 1/2 years out of college. also, a lot jobs i've been looking at are starting to require a master degree. however, you are talking about design so i think the portfolio matters not the degree.
- Pupsipu0
what exactly are you planning on learning? Coding?
- spookykat0
If your talking about realistically, I want to be able to make a well designed website on my own. Dream wise, I would say the stuff BigSpaceship does. I'm starting from scratch right now; with just a degree in Graphic Design.
- Pupsipu0
what does a well designed website have to do with learning Flash?
Maybe you mean make a usable/working/good little flash site, and for that there is FlashCatalyst now, puts many annoying Flash website creation problems into a GUI so you don't have to code as much.
As far as Big Spaceship, they have teams of developers and designers. Developers write a lot of fancy code, thousands of lines of it, it took me 2 months with CJ at FIT to get started coding. Then another 3 months in another class once a week, then 3-4 months of coding on my own all summer to make a really basic flash xml gallery site. Then at a flash site making design company I couldn't keep up with the developers.
If you're a designer and you get a job at some place like Big Spaceship, you'll probably stick to being a designer, and do the easy part of making well designed websites.
- letters20
Wherever you go – don't go to a school to learn programs. Programs can be learned in a book. Go where they can teach you to think.
- spookykat0
I still need to learn the basics, whether or not you can design, people won't hire you just for your design abilities alone. The technical part would be at least knowing how the process is done.
- letters20
the technical part you're referring to has nothing to do with the process of design. It has to do with the implementation of design.
- ok_not_ok0
Go to school for design and study programming on your own.