Enhance your digital creativity skills at the Library! Explore a range of opportunities to advance your abilities, including photo, video, and audio editing. Master the art of making presentations look professional and discover innovative ways to showcase your work. Additionally, gain hands-on experience with a 3D printer and much more. Our comprehensive programs offer everything you need to take your digital skills to the next level and bring your creative projects to life.
Workstation Amenities
Looking to enhance your skills in photo editing, video production, audio manipulation, or graphic design? Our Digital Creativity Workstations are available for reservation at Eagle, East 38th Street, and Fort Ben. These state-of-the-art workstations provide access to advanced software and equipment, allowing you to bring your creative projects to life. Whether you’re a professional, a student, or a hobbyist, our workstations offer the tools you need to achieve high-quality results and explore new dimensions of digital creativity.
On this workstation you can practice the skills learned during a class, work on an existing project, or pursue self-paced learning with LinkedIn Learning or Adobe’s Built-in Tutorials. The workstation has specialized software to support multimedia projects including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Vegas Pro Video Editor, and more!
A reservation is required.
- You can reserve a workstation for up to two hours at a time.
- You must make reservations at least 1 day in advance.
- You can make reservations up to 7 days in advance.
- Make Digital Creativity Workstation Reservation
Improve your skills in one of our classes!
- Event: Teen Makers: Cricut Crash Course
- Date & Time: Thursday, January 22, 3:00pm
- Location: Pike Branch
- Description: New to Cricut? Learn how to use Design Space, prep materials, and make your first cool project—no experience needed! Take home your very own printed Cricut project!
- Register Here
- Event: Build A Website with Wix
- Date & Time: Friday, January 23, 10:30am
- Location: West Perry Branch
- Description: Learn how to design a website using the Wix easy-to-use editor. Whether you’re a small business owner, entrepreneur, or a creative, you’ll leave with the skills to design a site that represents you.
- Register Here
- Event: Adobe Photoshop Series
- Date & Time: Saturday, January 24, 10:30am
- Location: Central Library
- Description: Ever taken a photo that’s too dark, has an unwanted background object, or a blemish you wish you could remove? Learn techniques to enhance your photos and bring out their best.
- Register Here
- Event: 3D Printing at Central Library
- Date & Time: Monday, January 26, 6:00pm
- Location: Central Library
- Description: Adults ages 18 and up are invited to learn the basics of 3D printing from concept to creation using Tinkercad, the S5 Ultimaker, and other 3D printers. This program will be held in Central Library’s Makerspace.
- No Registration Required.
- Event: Microsoft PowerPoint Series
- Date & Time: Wednesday, January 28, 1:00pm
- Location: Pike Branch
- Description: Turn ideas into stand-out slides! Build engaging slides by adding text, images, and other visual elements. Whether you’re new to PowerPoint or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will help you present with clarity and confidence.
- Register Here
- Event: Building a Website with Wix: Level 2
- Date & Time: Friday, January 30, 10:30am
- Location: West Perry Branch
- Description: We’ve curated resources to help you continue developing your website. Whether you’re ready to add new features or still have questions, we’re here to provide guidance. Strengthen your site at your own pace and choose the features that best support your goals and needs.
- Register Here
- Event: Adobe Audition
- Date & Time: Saturday, January 31, 10:30am
- Location: Central Library
- Description: Join the Tech Learning Team and explore the essentials of Adobe Audition. Learn to navigate the workspace, record audio, and make basic edits to your tracks. You’ll learn the skills required to create a simple podcast or audio project from start to finish.
- Register Here
- Event: Getting Started with Cricut Design Space
- Date & Time: Monday, February 02, 5:30pm
- Location: Fort Ben Branch
- Description: Level up your crafts with Cricut! We will guide you step-by-step through Design Space, the software for Cricut die-cut projects. Commonly used essential functions and tools are covered in this introductory class. Whether its cardstock, fabric, or vinyl, this process can bring your projects to life.
- Register Here
- Event: Dazzling Bookmark Designs with Cricut
- Date & Time: Tuesday, February 03, 12:00pm
- Location: College Avenue Branch
- Description: Fabricate your own enchantingly intricate bookmark from scratch while learning to use a Cricut machine! Whether you’re brand new or familiar to using a Cricut, this session will blissfully explore how to easily conjure up your own brilliant papercut creations.
- Register Here
- Event: Teen Makers: Cricut Crash Course
- Date & Time: Monday, February 09, 4:00pm
- Location: Irvington Branch
- Description: New to Cricut? Learn how to use Design Space, prep materials, and make your first cool project—no experience needed! Take home your very own printed Cricut project!
- Register Here
Adobe Creative Cloud
Bring your creative projects to life with the help of Adobe Creative Cloud, an innovative provider of 20+ creative apps, web services, and resources in photography, UX design, drawing, social media, painting, graphic design, video editing and more, brought to you with newly enhanced AI features.
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Getting started with a Cricut Machine
Cricut machines can cut, write, and score, making it possible to create a wide variety of projects out of all kinds of materials. Learn how to use your machine to its full potential and try out some of these suggested projects!
