The Premiere Pro stage of the Bootcamp covers all the basic skills needed to edit and work with video files whether for the web, dvd or other output.
Premiere Pro Stage - Course Topics
Introduction
- Non-Linear Editing
- Formats, Codecs and video standards
- The video editing workflow
- Understanding projects, sequences and clips.
The Premiere Interface
- Using workspaces in Adobe Premiere
- The Source, Program, Project and Sequence panels
- Supplementary panels (Effects Controls, Audio, Metadata, Media
Browser, Effects and History panels
- The Tools Panel and the audio meters
Importing and organising your footage
- Importing single and multiple files and folders
- Using bins and renaming clips
- Adding metadata to clips
- Using the Media Browser
- The Speech Analysis tool
Basic Editing Skills
- Creating a new sequence using your clips settings
- Previewing your clips in the Source Panel
- Playback
- Shortcuts
- Three point and drag-and-drop editing
- Understanding an insert and overwrite edit
- Viewing a waveform and editing audio
- Working with different image formats
Editing in the Timeline
- Rearranging clips in the timeline
- Editing in and out points
- Copying and pasting clips
- Understanding tracks and using track select
- Ripple and roll edits
- Using the razor blade
- Modifying clip speed
Working with audio
- Setting correct audio levels
- Mixing audio
- Syncing audio using markers
Using Effects to refine your project
- Adding transitions
- Adding titles, crawls and rolls
- Fixing exposure, saturation and colour balance using the three way colour corrector
- Fixing common audio issues using audio filters
- Understanding rendering and realtime playback
Capturing and converting footage
- Capturing from tape based media
- Ingesting from hard drive and solid state based cameras
- Converting files using Adobe Media Encoder
Exporting your project
- Understanding formats and presets
- Exporting to the web for H264
- Exporting for PC and MAC playback
- Creating files ready for DVD
Tips and common problems
- Resetting your preferences file
- Moving and relinking source files
- The auto-save vault
The After Effects stage of the Bootcamp covers all the basic skills needed in the post production of professional quality video content.
After Effects Stage - Course Topics
After Effects user interface and animation
- What is a project file and what is in it?
- Tools and Panels
- Creating a Composition
- Importing Media into a Project
Basic animation
- Adding layers to a composition
- Navigating the timeline
- Transform properties of layers
- Keyframing layer properties
- RAM preview
Intermediate animation
- In-depth keyframe manipulation & interpolation
- Graph Editor
- Motion Sketch/Smoother
- Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
- Roving Keyframes
- Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
Layer Control
- Trim-move-stack-split
- Sequence Layers
- Looping Footage
- Image Sequences
- Frame Rate vs Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects & Solids
- Blending Modes
- Layer Styles
- Masks
Transparency
- Opacity
- Masks
- Shape
- Feather
- Expansion
- Masking with the Pen Tool
- Track Mattes
Effects
- Effects and Presets Panels
- Applying Effects to layers
- Modifying Effects using the Effects Control Panel
- Animating Effects
- Changing order of Effects
- Using Adjustment Layers
The Text tool
- Using the text tool
- Animating text
- Text animation presets
Render Order
- How After Effects puts it all together
- Exporting files
- Add to Render Queue
- Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue
Who should attend this course
This course is aimed at people looking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, adding post production effects to a high standard.
You should be comfortable using a computer for example to copy and paste or open files and applications, and an understanding of common video terminology is an advantage.
Comments from delegates that attended
"Really good basic overview in Premier Pro. I have got more out of the session than I hope for."
Head of Marketing and Alliances, PowerON
"He is super helpful, enthusiastic and knowledgeable - thanks again for being so cool!"
Digital Design Lead, Mullen Lowe
"{{The instructor}} was really patient - happy to answer questions and go over points again. Offer help and advice after course too."
Corporate Communication Officer, North Yorkshire Police
"Really helpful course, I had used Premier Pro before, but this really helped to formalise what i knew, and showed me lots of ways that will make my workflow quicker and easier in the future. I liked the small class size."
Content Manager, Yumax
"{{The instructor}} was lovely - he was more than happy to help with everything and answer everyone's questions. He's an expert on the software, and it's good to know I've learnt from the master himself!"
Content Marketing Exec, Yorkshire Care
"Personable, knowledgeable, informative and a people person. Great"
Lecturer in Photography, Dumfries & Galloway College
"Small classes (4) meant questions can be asked without disruption. Friendly atmosphere. We all had questions at some point and it meant queries were manageable, relevant and answered well."
Marketing, Renishaw