OST: Micromedia

Vernissage 2012

micromediaWP — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:23:20 +0000

Check out the student digital portfolios:

Welcome to OST: Micromedia

micromediaWP — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:09:56 +0000

What we do:

Business Communications

English and French
Oral and Written

Print Design
Web Design

Software used in OST: MicroMedia

Adobe Creative Suite (CS5) Design Premium
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Dreamweaver
- Flash
- Acrobat
Microsoft Office 2010
- Word
- Excel
- Access
Windows 7
(Although many use MAC OSX on Apple computers at home -myself included)

CS6 announced for May

micromediaWP — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:46:39 +0000

CS6 is here… almost

CS6 arrives in May.

Check out this video with 5 new features for Photoshop including content-aware move and Lightroom-like RAW tools for photographers.

Learn more at NAPP learning centre.

Typography:

micromediaWP — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:41:00 +0000

First the Kerning Game, now Type Connection

micromediaWP — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:08:26 +0000

Play typeConnection: the typographic dating game

OST: Micromedia Vernissage

micromediaWP — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:55:13 +0000

Check it…

Jake’s Mall
April 3rd: 3pm – 8pm

OST: Micromedia Vernissage: April 3rd

Grads Kristen and Kevork share with OST: Micromedia students

micromediaWP — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:33:07 +0000

OST: Micromedia grad // 2004

Kristen has designed a very successful career for herself. After graduating from OST: Micromedia in 2004 she studied graphic design at York University. Sparing you the graphic details, she worked for a Chinese newspaper redoing the layout. As a designer for Mega Brands (makers of Mega Blocks). Lead graphic designer in charge of marketing for Foxy Jeans and Bauhaus men’s clothing where she took care of branding and all print and web promotions. She still works for Foxy and Bauhaus, after choosing the path of a freelancer giving her the freedom to set her own schedule.

OST: Micromedia grad 2008 // Kevork

Kevork has taken the other direction. After graduating he started his own business with a partner, freelancing web design and development. He designed and programmed many sites including the popular Music Professionals social network NuMuBu (New Music Business) and Loreaon, an addictive browser-based game. Now he has joined Guidyu as a .php developer where he will contribute to custom-built, predictive site-search applications. Check out his portofolio at www.kevorkaghazarian.com

Two very different paths. Two very successful grads from OST: Micromedia.

Their message:

OST: Micromedia gave them the tools they need to start a career of lifelong learning
a lot can be learned in college, but a lot will be learned on the job as you specialize and develop new areas of expertise
don’t neglect the importance of communication skills which are crucial to success in the workplace
Kristen likes that as a designer you can work in a number of industries. She has worked in Newspapers, the Toy industry, Food and Culture and Fashion Retail.
Kristen also told us that knowing both print and web, thanks to OST: Micromedia, allowed her to do more and make more money
Kevork says he has an advantage knowing both front-end web technologies such as HTML, CSS and Javascript as well as backend technologies PHP and mySQL / SQL
Kevork added that knowing design, front-end and back-end technologies makes him an effective integrator for team work
learn some photography. Even if you don’t want to be a professional, learn how to speak the language for when you are working with a pro

Photojournals

micromediaWP — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:11:13 +0000

Check out some photo journals from the Multimedia Presentations class.
They are done in HTML5, CSS3 and use jQuery and / or Lightbox.

Precilla's trip to Ottawa // Prince William and Kate

Wikipedia protests SOPA

micromediaWP — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:34:39 +0000

Jimmy Wales and company black out Wikipedia to protest the US bills aimed at policing online piracy and intellectual property.

Wikipedia protests American online piracy and intellectual property bills. Do you know why?

While these are both good, the way they propose attacking the problem will damage the free flow of information on the web. Do you know why? read more

End of Semester web projects

micromediaWP — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:48:31 +0000

Check out some of the web projects by 3rd-year students.

Web projects created with HMTL5, CSS, PHP, mySQL and Flash