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Adobe After Effects - Post-production video effects

Adobe After Effects can offer budget film-makers access to increasingly powerful effects, which not so long ago were only available to exclusive post-production companies. This intensive course is aimed at those who have experience of non-linear editing and want to learn how to apply professional-looking treatment, titling, motion graphics and visual effects to their productions. Course participants will undertake a hands-on project designed to introduce all the essentials of this powerful package. Once students have completed this course, they will be armed with the basic knowledge to begin using and exploring After Effects on their own.

Some experience of a professional non-linear editing package (such as Adobe Premiere, AVID or Final Cut pro) is necessary, and a knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop is useful but not essential.

This intensive course runs over a weekend and classes take place at OFVM from 11.00am until 6.00pm (6 hours tuition per day with 1 hour of breaks per day)

DATES: Autumn
30th & 31st October 20

Cost

£130.50 (includes10 per cent early booking discount if booked by 10th October 2010 - EU citizens)

£145 - Subsidised rate for EU citizens

£72.50 - 50% discount for people on benefits, proof required, (income support, JSA, Housing Benefit, Council tax benefit, pension credit (guarantee), asylum seeker, unwaged dependent of someone on these benefits)

£195 Full price for non-EU citizens. (Non-Eu citizens with indefinite leave to remain can pay subsidised rate - proof required.)

TUTOR: Andy Hall Visit his website http://www.andyhall.tv/

Comments

Ewan - Fast and in depth, covered many of After effects uses, had ability to ask questions on my own ideas.

Punham - The tutor managed to give individual attention to all participants and resolved their queries/difficulties.
Martin - The pace was perfect well delivered the tutor clearly knows his stuff. I have a much better fundamental understanding of after effects and what it is capable of.
Peter - The tutor knows his subject very well, Well structured and useful course, these skills will take my work to a higher level.
Andrew - A well structured course with good working roles
Jenny - The course was very useful I leaned lots of new skills.
Lucy - The course was brilliant, the pace was perfect, well delivered and I want more of this.

COURSE OUTLINE: (Course content may change according to participants' needs)

Subjects covered will include:
Understanding Projects and Compositions, Transform Effects, Animating and Working with Layers, 3D Video Effects, Text and Titling, Preparing and Importing Footage, Masks and Transparency, Keying and Compositing, Time Remapping, Colour Adjustment, Distortion Effects, Particle Effects, Working with Audio

SCHEDULE:

Day 1.
Introduction to course project and capabilities of After Effects
Projects and compositions
Settings and preferences
Capturing footage, resolution and compression issues
Effective project management
Importing still footage and applying transform effects
Animating transform effects using keyframes
Acceleration and deceleration in Animation
Organising compositions and folders, and layers
Applying basic 3D effect to footage and animating
Applying and animating various colour effects and blurs

Day 2.
Replacing footage
Using masks and transparency
Time remapping
Various methods of keying and compositing
Further image adjustment
Vector painting
Text effects and Animation
Advanced titling
Applying creative audio
Distortion effects
Putting together a finished production
Rendering and compression
Summary and (if time) further experimentation with any specific effects

Students will share a PC (max. 2 students per PC)

To book online or by post, see booking form.

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