Philippine Center for Creative Imaging

What's New

Schedule of Classes Until August 2013

PCCI has released its schedule of classes up to August 2013.

Be sure to check out our new photography workshops:

• Street Photojournalism 101: Significant Images in Everyday Life (by Edwin Tuyay)
• The Art of Male Nude Photography (by Lon Lewin)

Course dates are subject to change so be sure to bookmark our calendar page.

PCCI Economy Class

Don’t have time for 3-day workshops?

Find professional training expensive?

Just looking to sharpen a particular skill, or pick up a new technique?

Check out PCCI SLIDE.

PCCI SLIDE is the Short Lectures & Instructional Demos series. Choose from several lectures in two days. Just slide in and out and you’re done.

• Pay only for the class you need.
• Concise, complete, self-contained.
• No prior training or knowledge required, and not merely an introduction to a longer class.

For complete details, visit the PCCI SLIDE website, or call 759‑3087.

Certified in CS6: Mario Ramirez

Never one to rest on his laurels, PCCI instructor Mario Ramirez recently updated his Adobe certifications. He is now a Certified Expert (ACE) and Instructor (ACI) in Photoshop CS6.

Mario now leads two Photoshop courses at PCCI:

• Adobe Photoshop CS6 Basics, and
• the new Adobe Photoshop CS6 Advanced (which he tandem teaches with with Ed Yap).

Congratulations, Mario!

Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing Course

Now exclusively offered at PCCI, FCP 300: Final Cut Pro Advanced Editing teaches hard-to-find advanced editing and finishing techniques.

Learn how to create fantastic effects using filters creatively, color correct like a pro, and create complex audio mixes.

This course also covers advanced workflows for managing media, including using Compressor.

The instructor for this course is Dennis Lucero, the country’s only Apple Certfied Trainer in Final Cut Pro X Level Two.

Click here for more course details.

Street Photojournalism 101

Wedding, news, advocacy, or corporate photography requires more than just split-second reflexes.

In PCCI Institute of Photography’s new workshop, titled Significant Images in Everyday Life, multi-awarded photojournalist Edwin Tuyay will teach you how to take photographs that editors love, even if they are just photos of ordinary life.

Click here for complete workshop details.

FCP Training That Works

Congratulations to Jeff Nesmith of Gypsy Creative, who recently passed the Final Cut Pro X Level One end-user exam. This makes him an Apple Certified Pro - Final Cut Pro X Level One.

An American filmmaker and designer based in Washington DC and Vietnam, Jeff took both the FCP 101 course and certification exam at PCCI.

Citbank’s PayLite Tuition Fee Promo

You can now use your Citibank credit card to “PayLite” on PCCI course fees.

For details, visit the website of Citibank Philippines.

First Advanced-Level Trainer in FCP

Longtime PCCI instructor, Dennis Lucero, recently became the Philippines’ first Apple Certfied Trainer in Final Cut Pro X Level Two.

This “Level Two” distinction makes him the first and only trainer in the country qualified to lead the official Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing course (FCP 300), now exclusively offered at PCCI.

Ige Continues His Winning Ways

Multi-awarded designer, Ige Ramos added to his string of recognitions by bagging first prize in the Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Award.

Previously, Rustan's Supermarket sansRival Magalogue, by Ige Ramos Design Studio, received two honors at the 47th Anvil awards:

• the Anvil Award of Excellence (Public Relations Tools, External Publications) and
• the Bronze Anvil Award.

Bravo, Ige!

Ige Ramos teaches basic and advanced classes in Editorial Design (formerly Publication Design) at PCCI.

Pro Shop Now Open

In partnership with Canon Marketing Philippines, Aperture Trading, JT Photoworld, and Ynzal Marketing, the PCCI Pro Shop sells items for photographers, videographers, and designers.

We offer discounted prices for PCCI students and alumni.

Learn more »