Hasta La Motion!

This one-day course familiarises students with Motion, Apple’s software for motion graphics design. Learn real-world
effects techniques, including filters, layering, composite modes and animating video, graphics and titles.
The practical approach to motion graphics focuses on the features of Final Cut Studio that editors and designers need to use in their daily work. With Motion, you’ll learn how to make creative titles, motion menus, show bumpers and news opens as you learn everything from text, compositing, and keyframing to 3D set creation and camera animation.

The course will cover working with Motion’s Real-Time Design engine and interface, behavior-based animation, parameter behaviors, blend modes, advanced particle system design, advanced title animation, chroma key techniques, masking methods, keyframing, and integration. This course is designed for anyone wishing to learn the fundamentals and functionality of Motion and would be advantageous to those with some experience in graphic and editing applications such as Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.

Apple Color Induction £100
Monday 23rd November 10.30am – 4.30pm

This one-day hands-on course will familiarise students with Apple’s new professional colour grading application that makes it easy for editors to create signature looks for projects ranging from short video pieces to full-length featurel films. Start with the basics of colour balancing and correction, and move on to the finer points of grading.

Topics covered include though not limited to:

Setting up a project and managing a workflow through the Color Rooms:
Setting up; Primary In; Secondary Rooms; Color FX; Primary Out; Geometry; Still Store; Final Print; Transferring Final Cut Pro Projects to Color; Standard-definition and High-definition Formats; Frame Rates; Project Frame Sizes; Broadcast Safe Settings; and Preventing Illegal Video Signals.

Making Basic Adjustments:
Understanding Scopes; Adjusting Contrast; Primary Color Balancing; Defining; Lift; Gain and Gamma; Hue Controls and Correction; Saturation Controls and Correction.

Creating and Recalling Grades:
Advanced Primary Correction

Basic Secondary Correction:
Applying Effects and Creating Looks: Color FX Room

Rendering, Exporting and Archiving:
Shots to Render Queue; Print Options; Final Gather Options; Exporting JPEGs; and Exporting

Apple Shake Induction £100
Monday 30th November 10.30am – 4.30pm

This one day course will introduce students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Shake, Apple’s leading compositor for film and video effects. Students will learn to create multi-layer composites using Shake’s Node tree
organisational structure and rotoscoping tools. The course will also cover basic color correction tools as well as final exporting.

Course outline

The Shake Workflow:
Interface Workflow, The Shake Interface, Importing Images and Sequences, Using the Viewer.

Basic Compositing:
Process Trees, Creating a Simple Tree.

RotoScoping:
Add Shapes Mode versus Edit Shapes Mode, Creating and Modifying Shapes, Knot Modes, Right Mouse Controls, RotoShape Exercise, Roto Tips.

General:

Each student has their own workstation for the practical parts of the course and can discuss any specific areas of interest they may have towards the end of the day with the tutor.

Cost and payment:

£100 per course. Receive a 25% discount when two or more courses are booked. To secure your place we require payment in advance by cheque (by post) credit / debit card (over the phone) or cash (in person). Please call 020 8525 4330 to book your place or visit our website for more information and full course listings.

http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/All_C…Items/Courses/

SPACE, 129 -131 Mare St, Hackney, London E8 3RH
T: 020 8525 4330
e: training@spacestudios.org.uk