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WordPress and Adobe® Web Design course offered by e-courses4you has won in our online pole about the Most Comprehensive Online Course in Web Design. The course is designed to provide students with all the ins and outs of WordPress, tackling subjects such as backing up, customising templates, essentials for business and more. The other contestants in the pole were:

• • Web Design and Graphic by Career Match Training Ltd
  • WordPress Web Design + Professional Web Design + Photoshop CC by Lead Academy
  • Web Design by Academy for Health & Fitness
  • Responsive Web Design – From Concept To Complete Site by Simpliv LLC

 

Digital Art Tools for Photoshop course offered by Online Courses Learning has won in our online pole about the best online course in Photoshop techniques. The course consists of 21 videos, each of which takes students on a step-by-step journey through the basic features of Photoshop.
The other entries in the pole were:

• • Adobe Photoshop CS3: Essentials by Simply Cert
  • Ultimate Photoshop Training by Skill Success
  • Adobe Photoshop CC Advance for Photography by Skill Up
  • Adobe Photoshop Course by EduCBA

According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Flash Animation by Simply Cert is the best Online Animation course. The course provides students with expert guidance how to create nested MovieClip animations, techniques for setting up and controlling a Shape Tween, how to build and control characters including facial animation and walk cycles, and how to apply animation practices to characters. It has gained more votes than other online courses in Animation Design:

• • Draw Cartoon Characters and Learn Animation by Course Cloud
  • Animation Creator by One Education
  • Introduction to Animation by IT Careers
  • iOS App – Animations in iOS by EduCBA

Responsive Website Design In Adobe XD offered by Skill Success has won in our online pole about the best online course in in Web Design Under £200. The course is designed for those interested to learn the basics of website design using Adobe XD, how to work with different libraries, and what responsive design is and why it matters.
The other entries in the pole were:

• • Web Design and WordPress Training by One Education
  • New to Web Design by StudyOnline247
  • Web Elements Design With Photoshop by Simpliv LLC
  • UI & Web Design Using Adobe XD by Learning 247

Fashion Design course offered by Staff Training Solutions has won in our online pole about the Most Comprehensive Online Course in Fashion Design. The course introduces fashion sketching, colour coordination, consideration of patterns and textures, fabric handling techniques, the basics of sewing, essential fashion marketing, garment construction and so much more besides.
The other contestants in the pole were:

• • Fashion Design: Colour and Dress Designing by CPD Courses
  • Dress Making and Fashion Design by eTrain
  • Fashion Design by Oxford Home Study College
  • Fashion & Beauty Bundle: Turn Your Passion into a Career by OfCourse

Comprehensive Game Design course offered by Course Cloud has won in our online pole about the best free online course in Game Design. The course has been designed by industry experts to provide learners with everything they need to enhance their skills and knowledge in their chosen area of study.
The other entries in the pole were:

• • Game Design for Beginners by One Education
  • Creating Games in Unity Online Training by EduCBA
  • Specialization Game Design: Graphics and Concepts by California Institute of the Arts
  • Unity Game Development – Role Playing Game Training Online by EduCBA

According to the visitors of the BE OPEN Academy platform, Principles of Design and Elements in Interiors by One Education is the best Online Interior Design course. The course provides students with expert guidance through a variety of design elements including line, colour, space, texture, and form. It has gained more votes than other online courses in Interior Design:

• • Interior Design Professional course by PentaSchool
  • Professional Interior Designer by Lead Academy
  • Interior Design by Oxford Home Study College

Interior Design Advanced Course by Oplex Careers

Digital photography: creating and sharing better images by The Open University has won in our second online March poll about the Most Valuable Online Photography or Videography Course.  The course is a creative mix of practice, learning, sharing and reflection.

The other contestants in the pole were:

• Working with Motion & Time by School of Visual Arts about transitioning from photography to videography, and how to think in motion
• Fundamentals of Video Production by School of Visual Arts that teaches students the tools and resources necessary to prepare their next film shoot, covering everything from storyboarding to location scouting to the most essential gear used in both the pre-production and production stages
• GIMP 2.10 Made Easy for Beginners by Udemy teaches everything you need to know in 1 GIMP course for Linux, PC + MAC.GIMP from a professional photographer.
• Camera Essentials by the School of Visual Art that teaches to understand the camera settings and gear that is used in professional DSLR and mirrorless video production.

3D Design Postgraduate Degree course offered by University of the Arts London has won in our first offline March poll about the Best 3D Design Postgraduate Degree in a UK University. It gained more points than other highly-regarded universities that offer postgraduate degrees in that discipline:

• York St John University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Kingston University
• University of Westminster, London
• Edinburgh Napier University

London and Amsterdam have shared the top line of preferences among cities to study creative disciplines in, in our October online poll at BE OPEN Acasemy. New York came second, while Hong Kong, Seoul, Berlin and Barcelona occupied the remaining lines.