Join Platt College Career Services for an inspiring event! If you are a current Platt College San Diego student or alumni, we invite you to join us this Thursday (Feb. 12th, 2015) for our Industry Panel Event! This event will fill up quickly so be sure to RSVP with Career Services ASAP. You can email them at [email protected] to reserve your seat. Our Industry Panel will consist of the following… Read More
Platt College Presents the Top 10 Student & Alumni Designs from January 2015 It’s time for another showcase featuring some of our most popular student designs according to Instagram likes and comments. If you follow us on Instagram you know that we like to share art, video production projects, 3D animations, and designs from our talented digital media design students and alumni almost daily! It’s a great way to show… Read More
Looking for some Photoshop brushes, textures or fonts to spruce up your Valentine’s Day themed designs this year? Look no further! We’ve compiled this handy collection of graphic design resources perfect for all of your Valentine’s Day projects. Free Vector Pack: Polygonal Hearts – This pack consists of 10 polygonal hearts in vector format that are awesome enough to fill in your boring Valentine’s Day greeting cards and posters. … Read More
Forwarding the Dream In addition to celebrating emerging African American artists, Our Head Librarian/ Instructor Nicole Lewis is commemorating Black History Month by sharing stories of artists who paved the way. “I asked my colleague, Richard Morris, a fellow African American teacher at Platt College, who inspired him to pursue art and he told me about his grandfather who was an illustrator in Texas while Jim Crow laws were in… Read More
Platt College Web Design Teacher Fred Winton Talks About Languages and Skills Aspiring Front-end Web Developers Should Learn When it comes to web languages it is important to keep in mind that foundation and fundamentals are paramount for a successful front-end web developer. Front-end web developers should be proficient with HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. HTML (hypertext markup language) is a standardized markup language for semantically describing the content within web… Read More
Top Web Design Projects from 2014 The month of January is a great time to pause and reflect on the year that just passed. One of the ways we like to look back on the year is by showing some love to our talented students by showcasing their work. You may have already caught our other two blogs from earlier this month, The Top 20 Student & Alumni Creations of… Read More
“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK day was earlier this week, but his memory is one that we can celebrate any day of the year! Join us in the courtyard during all breaks on January 28th to celebrate the life and legacy of such an inspirational person. There will be live music, food and great company!… Read More
Looking to try something new in Adobe After Effects? We compiled a list of these 5 popular tutorials from posts we made to our Facebook page over the past few months. Whether you’re just learning visual effects or you want to add some new techniques to your repertoire, we hope you will find these tutorials helpful. #1 – How to Replace the Sky in a Video: Sky replacement is a… Read More
African American Art Show Celebrates Black History Check out this great news article that was on the cover of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper this morning! They interviewed our head librarian Nicole Lewis and several of our students about the African American Art Show on display through February at the Spring Valley Library hosted by Platt. The artwork featured along with the article is from Platt College student… Read More
Whether you’re looking to buy a new computer or are on the hunt for some discounted design software we’ve got you covered in this ultimate list of student discounts. Why spend more money when you can take advantage of these awesome deals?! Apple Education Pricing: Shop the Apple Store for Education, save up to $200 on a new Mac, and up to $20 on a new iPad. Education pricing is… Read More