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Video Training Course Synopsis
The latest versions of the Adobe professional video software make a powerful team. Adobe Premiere enables you to easily edit your video and with Adobe After Effects you can create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects. This five day bootcamp is designed to teach you how to edit professional video with these industry standard tools. This class is designed for the beginner as well as the intermediate user that would like to learn tips and tricks for a more productive workflow. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Expert status.
Training Course Length and Time
This class is 5 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.
What You Will Learn in This Training Course
- Shooting and Capturing
- The Project Window
- Creating Dynamic Titles
- The Clip Window
- Capturing and Editing with DV
- Transparency
- Transitions
- Editing in the Timeline
- Adding Video Effects
- Stop Motion
- Time display and Timecode
- Adding Motion Effects
- Track and Key
- Adding Video Transitions
- Expressions and Time
Who Should Attend this Training Course
Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of motion graphics editing. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.
Enrollment
Please see our Enrollment Page (http://www.ledet.com/enroll) for our enrollment form. Please contact our Client Care Department at (877) 819-2665 for additional savings on our bootcamp classes or other specials.
Locations for this Training Course
We have training centers in Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.
Prerequisites for this Training Course
Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes. This class is a discounted combination of the Premiere Intro and After Effects Intro classes. For student cancellation purposes, each separate component is treated as a separate class.
Goals for this Training Course
Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (877) 819-2665 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.
Lesson 1 - Touring Adobe Premiere Pro
- Getting started
- Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Expanding the workflow
- Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro interface
Lesson 2 - Setting Up a Project
- Getting started
- Setting up a project
- Setting up a sequence
Lesson 3 - Importing Media
- Getting started
- Importing assets
- Working with the Media Browser
- Importing images
- The media cache
- Capturing from videotape
Lesson 4 - Organizing Media
- Getting started
- The Project panel
- Working with bins
- Organizing media with content analysis
- Monitoring footage
- Modifying clips
Lesson 5 - Essentials of Video Editing
- Getting started
- Using the Source Monitor
- Navigating the Timeline
- Essential editing commands
Lesson 6 - Working with Clips and Markers
- Getting started
- Program Monitor controls
- Controlling resolution
- Using markers
- Using Sync Lock and Track Lock
- Finding gaps in the Timeline
- Moving clips
- Extracting and deleting segments
Lesson 7 - Adding Transitions
- Getting started
- What are transitions?
- Edit points and handles
- Adding video transitions
- Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition
- Adding audio transitions
Lesson 8 - Advanced Editing Techniques
- Getting started
- Four-point editing
- Retiming clips
- Replacing clips and footage
- Nesting sequences
- Regular trimming
- Advanced trimming
- Trimming in the Program Monitor panel
Lesson 9 - Putting Clips in Motion
- Getting started
- Adjusting the Motion effect
- Changing clip position, size, and rotation
- Working with keyframe interpolation
- Using other motion-related effects
Lesson 10 - Multicamera Editing
- Getting started
- The multicamera process
- Creating a multicamera sequence
- Switching multiple cameras
- Finalizing multicamera editing
- Additional multicamera editing tips
Lesson 11 - Editing and Mixing Audio
- Getting started
- Setting up the interface to work with audio
- Examining audio characteristics
- Adjusting audio volume
- Adjusting audio gain
- Normalizing audio
- Creating a split edit
- Adjusting audio levels in a sequence
- Working with the Audio Mixer
Lesson 12 - Sweetening Sound
- Getting started
- Sweetening sound with audio effects
- Adjusting EQ
- Applying effects in the Audio Mixer
- Cleaning up noisy audio
Lesson 13 - Adding Video Effects
- Getting started
- Working with effects
- Keyframing effects
- Effects presets
- Frequently used effects
Lesson 14 - Color Correction and Grading
- Getting started
- Color-oriented workflow
- An overview of color-oriented effects
- Fixing exposure problems
- Fixing color balance
- Special color effects
- Creating a look
Lesson 15 - Exploring Compositing Techniques
- Getting started
- What is an alpha channel?
- Using compositing in your projects
- Working with the Opacity effect
- Working with alpha-channel transparencies
- Color keying a greenscreen shot
- Using mattes
Lesson 16 - Creating Titles
- Getting started
- An overview of the Titler window
- Video typography essentials
- Creating titles
- Stylizing text
- Working with shapes and logos
- Making text roll and crawl
Lesson 17 - Managing Your Projects
- Getting started
- The Project menu
- Using the Project Manager
- Final project management steps
- Importing projects or sequences
- Managing collaboration
- Managing your hard drives
Lesson 18 - Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences
- Getting started
- Overview of export options
- Exporting single frames
- Exporting a master copy
- Working with Adobe Media Encoder
- Exchanging with other editing applications
- Recording to tape
Lesson 19 - Getting to know After Effect’s workflow
- Creating a project and importing footage
- Creating a composition and arranging layers
- Adding effects and modifying layer properties
- Animating the composition
- Previewing your work
- Optimizing performance in After Effects
- Rendering and exporting your composition
- Customizing the workspace
- Controlling the brightness of the user interface
- Finding resources for using After Effects
- Checking for updates
Lesson 20 - Creating a basic animation using After Effects and Presets
- Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
- Creating the composition
- Working with imported Illustrator layers
- Applying effects to a layer
- Applying an animation preset
- Previewing the effects
- Adding transparency
- Rendering the composition
Lesson 21 - Animating text
- About text layers
- Creating and formatting point text
- Using text animation preset
- Animating with scale keyframes
- Animating using parenting
- Animating imported Photoshop text
- Animating text using a path animation preset
- Animating type tracking
- Animating text opacity
- Using a text animator group
- Cleaning up the path animation
- Animating a nontext layer along a motion path
- Adding motion blur
- Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CS5
Lesson 22 - Working with shape layers
- Adding a shape layer
- Creating custom shapes
- Incorporating video and audio layers
- Applying a Cartoon effect
- Adding a title bar
- Using Brainstorm to experiment
Lesson 23 - Animating a multimedia presentation
- Animating the scenery using parenting
- Adjusting an anchor point
- Masking video using vector shapes
- Keyframing a motion path
- Animating additional elements
- Applying an effect
- Creating an animated slide show
- Adding an audio track
- Zooming in for a final close-up
Lesson 24 - Animating Layers
- Simulating lighting changes
- Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
- Animating movement in the scenery
- Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
- Animating the shadows
- Adding a lens flare effect
- Animating the clock
- Retiming the composition
Lesson 25 - Working with masks
- Creating a mask with the Pen tool
- Editing a mask
- Feathering the edges of a mask
- Replacing the content of a mask
- Adding a reflection
- Creating a vignette
- Adjusting the color
Lesson 26 - Distorting objects with the Puppet tools
- Adding a Deform pins
- Defining areas of overlap
- Stiffening an area
- Animating pin positions
- Recording animation
Lesson 27 - Performing Color Correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Replacing the background
- Removing unwanted elements
- Correcting a range of color
- Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
Lesson 28 - Building 3D Objects
- Brainstorm with keyframes
- Working with a null object
- Working with 3D text
- Creating a backdrop for 3D text
- Nesting a 3D composition
- Adding a camera
- Completing the scene
Lesson 29 - Using 3D Features
- Animating 3D objects
- Adding reflections to 3D objects
- Animating a camera
- Adjusting a layer timing
- Using 3D lights
- Adding effects
- Adding a motion blur
- Previewing the entire animation
Lesson 30 - Working with 3D Camera Tracking
- 3D Camera tracker effect
- Tracking footage
- Creating a camera and the initial text
- Creating realistic shadows
- Adding ambient light
- Creating additional text elements
- Locking a layer to a plane with a null object
- Animating the text
- Adjusting the camera’s depth of field
Lesson 31 - Advanced editing techniques
- Using motion stabilization
- Using single-point motion tracking
- Using multipoint tracking
- Creating a particle simulation
- Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
Lesson 32 - Rendering and outputting
- Creating templates for the rendering process
- Creating templates for output modules
- Exporting to different output media
Disclaimer
Our goal is to make sure your class meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are treated as guides to help steer the workshop. This outline does not guarantee that all the topics listed will be covered in the time allowed. The amount of material covered is based on the skill level of the student audience. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation.
