Adobe CS6 Video Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - London

Video Introduction Masterclass 4 Days Overview

This 4-day Masterclass course will give you a comprehensive introduction to both Adobe After Effects CS6 and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. We will help you understand how these industry-leading programs take digital-video editing, visual effects, and motion graphics to a new level.

Using After Effects for the first 2 days, you will use powerful tools to add a slick, professional look to all your movie projects. Switching to Premiere Pro for the final 2 days you will learn the fundamentals of non-linear editing techniques to create and edit video output that combines footage, audio, and still images. Our tips on both programs are sure to enhance the quality and creativity of your visual output.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate the Premiere Pro and After Effects environments
• Organise video projects
• Assemble and fine-tune clip sequences
• Apply transitions and special effects
• Add titles and credits
• Make and refine rough cuts
• Import and adjust audio clips
• Create intermediate animations
• Understand keyframe manipulation and interpolation
• Work with layers, masks, and mattes
• Use colour effectively
• Export video and project files

Our goals are for you to be able to edit and manage digital video with confidence, and to understand the basic techniques for enhancing and applying effects to your visual projects.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for anyone new to the field of video and motion graphics who wants to learn about editing video and applying special effects.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

 

CS6 Video Masterclass 4 Days Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

AFTER EFFECTS

Getting Started
• Workspace overview
• Importing and organising assets
• Projects & compositions
• Working with layers
• Adding Effects (FX)
Starting with FX
• Fixed and applied FX
• Understanding animation
• Modifying motion paths
• All about keyframes
• Basic graph editor
All about Text
• Creating text in After Effects
• Layer styles
• Animation options
• Motion blur
• Understanding range selectors
• Animation presets
All about Shapes
• Introduction to shape layers
• Creating shapes from Ai files
• Paths and how to use them
• Animation options
Exporting your Final Projects
• Project management
• Export options
• Exporting through Media Encoder
• Dynamic link to Premiere Pro
Masks & Chroma-keying
• Creating & animating masks
• Tracking masks
• Limiting FX to specific areas & Track Mattes
• Property links
• Green-screen chroma-keying with Keylight 1.2
Some Other Effects
• Warp-stabilizer
• Camera tracker
• Motion tracking
• Puppet-Pin tool
• Write-on effect

PREMIERE PRO

Introduction
• Opening Premiere Pro – getting started
• Workspaces - what, why, how?
• Importing assets into Premiere Pro
• Media browser
• Organisation - bins and things
• Metadata - what, why, how?
Getting Started
• Making selections
• Project panel & Source Monitor
• Storyboarding your rough cut
• Creating a timeline
• Thinking ahead - track allocation
• Understanding Track Headers
• Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
• Sub-clips - what, why and how?
Timeline Tools
• Targeting tracks
• Toggle Sync-lock
• Insert & overlay edits
• Three-point edit options
• Four-point edits
• J and L cuts
• Lift and extract
• Timeline panel options
• Timeline tools
• Moving clips in the timeline
• Extend edits
• Replacing clips in the timeline
Transitions
• The 2 types of transitions in Premiere Pro
• Jump-cuts & clip transitions - when to use which?
• Default transitions
• Single ended transitions - what, why, when and how?
• Editing transitions
• Layer based transitions
• Light-leak style transitions with blend modes
Motion (Fixed) Effects
• Pips (Picture in Picture) effects
• Animating objects
• Making pictures fit your timeline
• Additional important preferences
• Perspective corner-pin
• Nesting options in Premiere Pro - why, when, how?
Effects & Masks Basics
• Applying and customising effects
• Limiting effects to specific areas
• Tracking masks
Titles
• Organisation - creating and using a titles Bin
• Creating text based titles
• Creating and editing your own title styles
• Exporting and importing titles
• Creating lower or upper thirds
• Inserting graphics into titles
• Title based on previous title
• Creating and using title templates
• Inserting a graphic into rolling/crawling titles
Audio Introduction
• Creating dual-mono from stereo pairs
• Recording narration directly into Premiere Pro
• Basic keyframe based audio animation
• Audio Clip mixer animation
Export
• Exporting a still image
• Project management options
• Dynamic Link with After Effects
• Exporting directly from Premiere Pro and using ‘Media Encoder’
• Exporting different formats
• XML/AAF - cross-platform export options - why, when and how?

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-8 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe After Effects CS6 course:

Adobe Certified After Effects Instructor

We are an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and our trainers are Adobe Certified Instructors with years of experience teaching After Effects. Get the video skills you need with our experienced After Effects professionals.

Quality training manual

Included with our After Effects courses is the After Effects Classroom in a Book provided for free to use as a post course reference resource. This is a full 300+ page manual to supplement the content covered.

6 months support

Included with your course booking for all delegates on this course is 6 months free support so if you run into problems or need assistance relating to anything covered during your course we would be happy to assist you during this time.

Authorised Certificate

After your Adobe class with XChange Training you will receive our official Adobe Authorised Training Certificate as a record of your successful completion of the Adobe Certified After Effects course.

Lunch & refreshments

Delegates attending scheduled or bespoke courses at our training centres will receive lunch and plentiful refreshments including tea, coffee and hot chocolate for each day of the course.

Training Location

This course is provided at the XChange Training main London training centre based at:

5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH

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St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

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