Upcoming Workshops @Bitmap

We've got a whole slew of events and workshops coming up over the next few months, and while we're still working out the schedule, there's too much excitement not to share some of it! Here's a quick taste of what we have in store:

Pete List, who's done 2D and stop-motion animation for everyone from Nickelodeon to Marilyn Manson (mixing in some Venture Bros. and more [adult swim] along the way), will be teaching a workshop on using Flash for 2D animation. Come get your learn on from an animation master, and see how to use Flash for what it was actually designed for.

Nick Robalik, owner of Bitmap and Principal/CCO of creative firm HERO will be teaching a class on using those features of Photoshop few seem to fully understand: layer comps, smart objects, etc. and how to move your creative genius between programs in the Adobe Creative Suite with ease. Nick used to teach Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash at a few major universities, and now he's imparting that knowledge onto you at the low, low cost of "not near what they used to charge college students to listen to me ramble on about the laziness of Designers not learning how to use fully utilize their own design tools." He's also written books on computer animation & audio engineering (both woefully out of date but still available through Amazon), and he loves helping people learn, so...you should come!

We've also got Philip Z. Kimball, our on-site lawyer who specializes in creative & technology industry-related law, preparing some workshops on Intellectual Property, Trademark, Patent & Copyright law as it applies to the freelancer and small business. These are things we often let fall by the wayside - they're not much fun to deal with - but we need to learn to better protect ourselves and Philip has kindly made himself available to answers any questions you may have about the basics of the applicable laws. We really like Phil - like us, he's done with working for large companies and wants to blaze his own trail (legally, of course) by helping out small businesses.

More info coming soon. Fun people learning fun things in a fun way. Rock on.