Associate Professor LeAnn Erickson, FMA, is one of three finalists for the annual Adobe Design Achievement Award in the “Innovation in Motion and Video Education” category.

The winners of the international competition, for college and university faculty who use Adobe products in their classrooms, will be announced in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 23.

Erickson teaches Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects in her classes and uses her recent documentary, Top Secret Rosies, as an example of how these programs can enhance a film. Specifically, she says the film uses archival photo manipulation, image layering, motion graphics and compositing.

More than 4,600 entries were submitted for consideration throughout all categories.

Watch the trailer of Top Secret Rosies here to see some of the visual techniques used in the film.