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 CLASS DESCRIPTION


   
                                                                                                                   
LOGIC 8 CLASSES                           

1. Getting Started With Logic 8
This training will cover the interface of Logic,starting a project with Apple Loops navigating the Project and building an arrangement.Recording Audio on Multiple tracks,punching in and out and changing Record and Metronome settings.

2.Advanced Editing And Mixing In Logic 8
We will cover Editing Audio.Comping takes and Assigning Mouse Tools.Editing Audio Regions in the Arrange Area.Setting up a Mix and Using Automation to refine the Mix and exporting the Mix.

3.Using Midi and Hyper Editor,Piano Roll Editor and the Score Editor in Logic 8
Recording Midi and Quantizing Midi recordings.Merging the Recordings in a Midi region.Using the Step Input recording and programming in the Piano Roll Editor.Using the Score Editor and Recording a performance in Play Mode and Using the Hyper Editor.

4.Final Mix and Mastering in Logic 8
Previewing the Final Mix,Adding Effects and Adjusting Levels.Using EQ and Dynamics Plug Ins,Panning and using the Stereo Spreader.Using Delay and Reverb and Tips and Tricks to make your recording sound pro.Using Third party Mastering Plug Ins and using Logic mastering Plug Ins to Finish your Mix.

5.Using Loops,Manipulating Tempo`s and  creating your own Loops in Logic 8
Matching the Project Tempo to an Audio Region`s Tempo.Inserting Tempo Changes and Curves,Time Stretching an Audio Region and of course working with Apple Loops and Creating your own.

6.Ultrabeat Basics and Beyond In Logic 8
You`ll learn the Interface as well as Programming a Drum pattern and using the step sequencer.Using the pattern in the Arrange Area,programming in Full View and editing and creating Grooves on the fly and so much more packed into this lesson.

7.Working with Notation and The Score Editor in Logic 8
Enter and edit notes in the Score editor,create note data using the Step Input.Format notation using staff styles and Insert text and Chord Symbols into a score.Create accurately notated percussion parts and Prepare and print Scores and Parts all with Logic.

8.Using Surround and Score to Picture in Logic 8
Configure logic for Surround,Mixing in surround and using Surround Effects.Setting up Synchronization for Score to Picture.Importing and Spotting the Movie and Positioning Events on the Timeline and so much more in this in-depth lesson.

9.Advanced Midi Editing in Logic 8
Using Loops,Copies,and Aliases.Demixing Midid Regions and working with Region parameters and Midi Note Events.Using the Transform Function and also the Environment Window.

10.Advanced Setup and Speeding up Workflow in Logic 8
Creating and using Project templates,customizing the Interface.Using key commands and Project folders.Working with Assets and quickly accessing additional tracks.Deleting unused tracks and Backing up and transporting your setup.

11.Automating the Mix and Beyond in Logic 8
Using the Mixer and Inserts and effects as well as Channel Strip settings.Creating Aux channels and Submixes.Working with Offline Automation and performing Real-Time Autmation and Controlling the Signal Flow.


   

SOUNDTRACK PRO 2

1.Fixing Audio Files,Roundtripping and the Frequency Spectrum in STP 2
Opening a Sequence in FCP and Analyzing an Audio File.Working with Actions,Reducing Noise.Moving around the Timeline and returning it to FCP.Using the Frequency View,working with Frequencies and using Plug Ins in STP 2.

2.Recording And Dialog Replacement in STP 2
Opening a multitrack project setting up for Recording and using the editing tools in STP 2.Arranging clips working with Ambient Noise,Slipping takes and Creating a Composite take.Using Transitions and Punch Recording to create the perfect Take.

3.Spotting Sound Effects and Using Music Content in STP 2
Exploring the Bin and Browser and setting up for Spotting.Using the Multi-point HUD and three point edits.Using fades and creating Envelopes for fades.Adding Music beds,working with Loops and Using Markers and setting Tempos with markers.

4.Mixing and Conforming Multitrack Projects in STP 2
Exploring the Mixer,Using Submixes and adding Effects.Using Automation,Buses and the Master Channel.Working in Parallel, importing changes from FCP.Conforming Projects and Approving Changes and sending revised edits to STP 2 and more.

   

 DVD STUDIO 4

1.Setting up and Preparing a simple DVD in DVD SP4
Exploring the Interface,creating simple Menus and Chapters as well as a Slideshow in DVD SP4.Storyboarding your DVD,Chapter markers and much much more to get you going on burning your first DVD.

2.Creating Menus and Chapter Index in DVD SP4
The Menu creation process,Importing Assets and adding Title and Text to the Menu.Making connections from the Buttons to Video.Using a Drop Zone to create Motion Menus.Setting up the Chapter Index Menu and more to get you deeper into DVD SP4.

3.Subtitles,Slideshows and Finishing in DVD SP4
Creating a Slideshow and modifying it.Creating Subtitles and modifying the Font and Color.Importing Subtitles from Text.Adding Closed Captioning and much more in our ongoing series.

4.Encoding With Compressor in DVD SP4
Building and Formatting a DVD,testing your Project.Understanding Compression,Applying a Preset Setting in Compressor.Creating Chapter markers,Submitting files for Encoding.Creating a Compressor Droplet.Choosing Recordable DVD media and using the Burn Command and More in this series for DVD SP4.

5.Designing Advanced Menus in DVD SP4
Creating Standard menus,adding a Simple Overlay.Choosing Highlights for Button States,Customizing Button Colors and Adding a Motion Background.Adding a layered Menu,Linking your Assets and more in this Advanced lesson

6.Markers,Stories and Connections and using Scripting in DVD SP4
Working with Chapter Markers,setting Encode Preferences.Using stories as Playlists,Creating and Working with Stories.Building Menu Loops and Creating Return to Menu Scripts and more in this Lesson.

7.Creating Transitions and using Alternate Angles in DVD SP4
Applying Transitions,Video Transitions as well as Alpha Transitions.Exploring the Background Matte Movie using Alternate Angles,Creating Multi-Angle Tracks and Mixed-Angle Tracks.Targeting Alternate Angle Streams,Simulating Alternate Angle Streams and Exploring FCP Cut markers and so much more.

8.Advanced Encoding and Final Output in DVD SP4
Converting SD to HD,Hd to SD Downconversions.Encoding HD assets and converting SD projects to HD projects.Bit Budgeting,Choosing MPEG-2 Encoder Settings,Understanding Audio Encoding Formats and Encoding AC-3 Files.


   

 COMPRESSOR 3

1.Interface Basics in Compressor
Batch window,Preview Window,History Window, Inspector and Preset Windows.Exporting from FCP,Motion,Quicktime,Soundtrack Pro.Resolving Source Media Conflicts and Import recommendations.

2.Working with Presets, Batch Encoding and Encoding for DVD in Compressor
Using Settings,Destinations Settings,

3.Encoding Audio,Apple Devices and The Web in Compressor
Encoding for Apple TV,iPods,Web,Podcasting and Cell Phones using various presets and codecs designed for each one of these applications and the best way to utilize these settings for your next project.

4. Frame Conversion,Frame Controls and the Action Panes in Compressor
Creating Advanced Format Conversions,Using Frame Controls,using the Geometry Pane and Actions Pane as well as Disributed Processing and More to end these lessons in Compressor 3.



 OSX LEOPARD

1.Basics of Leopard 101
Getting around in the Interface,Switching between Applications,Were to save Files.Setting up a Printer,Burning CD/DVD`s and keeping things Organized and much much more in this Primer for OSX.

2.Customizing and Getting Organized in Leopard
Renaming your Hard Drive,Changing your Desktop Background,Colorizing Folders and Organizing your Folders.use your mac`s Camera,Changing the speed of your Mouse and Trackpad.Using Spaces,Switching Between Two or More Users and more for Customizing your Mac.

3.Mail, iCal, Safari in Leopard
Setting up an Email Account,Setting up an Email Signature and sending Files and Photos using your Email.Using your Mac`s Calenders,Adding a Reminder Alarm,Creating Multiple Color-Coded Calendars.Adding a To Do iCal`s To-Do List and More.Using Safari,Saving Bookmarks,Customizing Safari`s Toolbar and Much more to work efficiently in OSX.

4.iLife Basics in Leopard
A basic understanding of iPhoto,iMovie and Garageband and iDVD.Getting you up and running on these great Apps that come with every new Mac.

5.Quicktime, iTunes and Media in Leopard
Watching Videos using Quicktime Player,More features of Quicktime and how to get the most out of this Industry Standard App.Gettimg music onto your iTunes,making a Playlist and getting Music on your iPod from iTunes as well as Burning an Audio CD from iTunes and more to get you working like a Pro.

6.Keeping your Mac Healthy in Leopard
Backing up your Hard Drives,Using Disk Utilities and keeping your Hard Drive Healthy.Password protecting your Mac,What to do if your Application freezes and so much more in this Lesson to keep your Mac running .


   

 FINAL CUT PRO

1.Getting Started with FCP 6
The Interface,Following a Workflow.Working with Projects,Organizing Project Elements.Using the Viewer and Navigating Clips,Marking Clips and Saving,Hiding and Quitting FCP and more to get you Started using this Non-Linear Editor.

2. Editing,Trimming and Finishing a Rough Cut in FCP 6
Managing Project Elements,Editng a Rough Cut.Using Overwrite Edits and Insert Edits.Adding Audio Clips,moving Clips in the Timeline.Drag and Drop Editing,Adding Cutaways and Copying,Cutting,Pasting,and Positioning in this intense Lesson

3. Refining and Supporting the Editing Process in FCP 6
Preparing your Sequence,Trimming Two Edit Points,Rolling Two Edit Points.Keeping Clips Linked and in Sync,Creating Subclips,Adding Markers to Clips,Storyboard Editing,Replace Edits and Using Multicamera Editing.Reconnecting Media,Playing Multiple Formats and using master clips.Customizing Shortcut Keys and Button bars and More in this great lesson.

4.Capturing Footage and applying Transitions in FCP 6
Connecting Sources for Capture,Logging your Clips,Choosing Capture settings and Preferences and Acquiring Other Media.Understanding Transitions,Applying Transitions and modifying and Copying Transitions and a whole lot more in this excellent class.

5. Creating Titles and Motion Properties and Filters in FCP 6
Working with Video generators,Adding a Lower Third and applying a Boris Title.Creating a Credit Roll,Building a Composite Opening Title,Using master Templates.Creating a Freeze frame,Changing Speed Properties and Building a Split Screen.Applying and Viewing Video Filters and much much more in this intense lesson.

6.Mixing Audio and Final Output in FCP 6
Applying Audio Filters,Detecting Audio Peaks and Adjusting Video levels for Broadcast.Prepareing the Project for Finishing,Exporting Quicktime Files and Outputting to Tape as well as making a Timecode Window Burn and Backing up Projects.

7.Advanced Editing Techniques in FCP 6
Accelerating your Workflow,using Match frame,replace Edit and ganging the Playhead.Splitting Edits and using Slip and Slide.editing Multicamera Footage,Working with Many Angles.Applying Effects to Multiclips and other Advanced Editing Techniques.

8.Sound Editing and Sound Mixing in FCP 6
Understanding the Sound Editing Process,Cleaning Dialogue,Intergrating Sound Effects and Adding Music.Also Mixing in FCP,Mixing in STP2 and returning back to FCP this is a great lesson on Music in FCP.

9.Advanced Compositing and Mastering Video Filters in FCP 6
Launching a Project,Motion basics and created a Multilayered Show Opener.Composite Modes and Adding Graphics from a Layered Photoshop File.Applying Filters,Modifying Filters and Managing Filters as well as Using Specific Filter Catagories.

10.Keyframing,Nested Sequences and Variable Speed in FCP 6
Keyframing Basics,Keyframing in the Canvas and the Viewer as well as the Timeline.Saving Favorite Motion effects and understanding Nested Sequences.Basic Nesting,Applying Effects to Multiple Clips,Complex Geometric Settings and changing the Render Order and using Nesting as an Editing Tool.

11.Contrast,Color and Color Correction in FCP 6
Understanding Contrast,Using the Color Corrector,3 Way Filter.Setting Moods with Mids,Using High Contrasts.Understanding Color Balance,Primary Color Correction.Color Balance Controls,Manipulating Color Directly in the Blacks.Achieving Visual Harmony,Color Correcting a Complete Scene and so much more.

12.Project Management,Managing Media and Tapeless Importing and Outputting in FCP 6
Working with Timecode,Recording to Dual Systems and Understanding 24p Editing Basics.What about PAL,Using the Media Manager and Understanding the relationship between Clips and Media.Ingesting Tapeless Clips,Outputting Content for DVD Encoding Video for Other Devices and Exporting Audio and so much more in this deep lesson in FCP.

   

 MOTION 3

1.Getting to Know the Basics of Motion
Understanding the Motion Workspace,Adding Objects,Creating Behaviors and Applying Filters.Adding a Third Dimension and using Particle Simulations and more in this Primer on Motion.

2.Understanding Groups,Layers and Blend Mode in Motion
Creating an End Title Montage,Understanding Objects,groups and layers.Using Blend Mode and Baking a Composite Section.Understanding Three Dimensions and getting Around the HUD and More.

3.Moving in 3D in Motion
Using 3D Overlays and Multiple Views.Adding a 3D Object and Animating the Camera Behaviors.reating Camera Animation with Keyframes and Walk Camera.Making the Final Sweep and Fading the Camera all in this lesson.

4.Using Templates, Drop Zones and Round Tripping in Motion
Motion Template,Template Elements and Creating your own Template.Sending clips from Final Cut to Motion,Optical Flow,Editing in Motion and Creating an Overlay and Loop Point.Sending Clips to Soundtrack Pro and Using a Motion Project in DVD Studio Pro and More.

5.Text Effects, Generators and Particle Emitters in Motion
Formatting Text,Working with Parameters,Applying text Behaviors and Animating Text in 3D.Using Generators,Modifying a Replicator,Replicating Layers in 3D,Using a Replicator as an Image Mask and much more in this Lesson.

6.Animated Patterns, Keyframing and Parameter Behaviours in Motion
Animating the Rocket Boy Background,Working in the Keyframe Editor and Using New Keyframe-Recording Options.Animating a Filter with Keyframes,Using Parameter Behaviors.Performing Basic Painting,Using Customizing Brushes and Creating an Animated Paint Stroke.

7.Keying,Mattes and Shapes in Motion
Pulling a Key,Treating the Edges,Creating a Garbage Matte.Using a Luma-KeyRototscoping with the B-Spine Tool.Changing A Keyframe Interpolation,Using Bezier Curves in the Keyframe Editor.

8.Motion Tracking, Match Moving and Audio in Motion
Match Moving a Screen Insert,Performing Complex Stabilization and Match Moving,Stabilizing Footage,Adding a Track.Adding Match Moved Client Graphics and Adding text.And Adding Audio tracks,Using the Audio Parameters Behavior,Importing a Second Audio Track and Animating the Jet Graphics and more in this final Lesson on Motion.



 COLOR

1.Working With the Color Interface
Setting up your Computer and Project,Understanding the Eight Rooms.Applying basic grades,Performing Secondary Grades,Color FX,Apllying Final touches.Panning and Scanning,Utilizing Still Stores,Correcting the Sequence and Introducing the Render Queue Room.

2.Basic Grading and Secondary Grading in Color
Exploring the Primary Room,Using the Auto Balance Controls and Grading with the Color Balance Controls.Grading with Curves and Understanding Additional Controls.The Three Types of Secondaries,Performing Key-Based Secondaries.Keying with HSL Qualifiers,Performing Vignette-Based Secondaries,Creating a look and Secondary Curves.

3.Advanced Secondary Grading and Grade Management in Color
Using Multiple Secondaries,Combining a Key and a Vignette.Using Multiple Keys and Creating Custom Mask Shapes,Combining Vignettes and Incorparating Curve Effects.Managing Grades on a Single Shot,Switching Between Grades and Adding Grades and so much more on Grade Management.

4.Color Effects and Common Recipes in Color
Using the Color Effects Room, building Color Effects and adding Nodes to tress.Saving and Reapplying Effects as Presets. Looking at films such as Blackhawk Down and CSI Miami as well as Skin Diffusion and more.

5.Keyframing Effects and Recomposing and Tracking in Color
Animating Effects in Color, Manipulating Keyframes and Keyframing other rooms. Using the Geometry Room, Recompassing Shots, Tracking objects and applying tracking data to corrections.

6.Primary Out and Rendering and Advanced Workflows in Color
Modifying and replacing primary out room settings. Broadcast safe output, Adjusting Chroma and Gamma levels in Color. Importing to the Timeline and Relinking Clips as well as setting up your room and choosing hardware.

   

FINAL CUT SERVER

1.Interface Basics and Working with Assets
The nature of the software:Server, Client and Devices. Installation on Mac and PC, Logging in to FCSvr. Searching Assets, Adding Metadata and Annotations and getting Assets into FCSvr and more.

2.Working with Final Cut Pro Projects and Productions
Adding FCP Projects to FCSvr, Working with Elements. Exporting FCP Project Assets, Media prepared for Disconnected use. Searching Productions, Creating Productions and Adding Assets to Productions and more.

3.Working with Devices and Working with Jobs
Searching Devices and viewing File details. Cataloging Device Files, Exporting and Duplicating Assets from Devices.Viewing Uploads and Downloads, Viewing all jobs, searching all jobs as well as job details and error messages.

4.Final Cut Server Basic Administration
Administration Tools, Defining Groups and Permission sets. Defining Devices and Creating Simple Automation, backing up the Final Cut Server catalog.

5.Advanced Administration
Administration Tools within the Client Application, Adding and Editing Metadata. Giving Devices Edit- In Place Status, Defining Transcode Settings, Creating Advanced Automations, Adding and Editing Permission Sets. Using the Log Tab and Preference Tab.

6.Workflows and Final Cut Server
Planning  your Workflow, Broadcast news Workflow. Rich- Media Publishing Workflow, Optimizing the Final Cut Server, Creating a Redundant Array, Tracking Production Progress. Getting Producer approval, Archiving Assets, and Automating posts to websites and much more in this deep lesson.



 iWORKS 09

1.Creating and Adding Media in Keynote
Choosing a Theme, Selecting a Master Slide and Understanding the Interface. Formatting Text on a Slide, Adding a Table and accessing Media Files. Working with Still Photos, Adding a Slideshow and much more in this getting started lesson.

2.Animating and Viewing Your Presentation
Creating builds to Reveal text, Creating Transitions between Slides. Creating a Smart Build and Running your Presentation. Troubleshooting your Presentation and Pausing and Resuming your Slideshow and more as you get deeper into Keynote.

3.Converting a PowerPoint Presentation and Working with Themes
Importing a PowerPoint Presentation, Animating a Title Slide and Cleaning up a Chart. Enhancing a Table, Animating a Chart. Changing the Style of a Chart, Adding Content from a Word Doc. Preparing a Theme and Sharing and saving Themes.

4.Working with Graphics and Hyperlinks
Creating a self running Slide Show, Creating a Photo Cutout with Photoshop and Keynote. Applying a Custom Theme, Adding Transparency to Artwork, Masking Photos with Shapes. Embedding a Web Page, Adding Hyperlinks. Running a Presentation on a Kiosk and Exporting to CD-ROM.

5.Publishing and Giving your Presentation
Reviewing a Presentation with Light Table. Adding Printing Presenter Notes, Printing Handouts, Exporting to Quicktime, Powerpoint, PDF, Flash, iPod and DVD. Creating an Enhanced Audio Podcast, Sending to YouTube and giving a Presentation with a Laptop.

6.Publishing with Pages
Choosing a Template, Formatting Text and Lists with Syle. Adding Graphics to a Document and Adjusting Margins. Creating a Newsletter, Cropping Images using Masks, Customizing Colors. Inserting a Page Layout Assembling Projects Assets, Creating a Poster and much much more.

7.Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers
Launching Numbers and Creating a Template, Organizing Information, and Formatting a Table. Adding Media to a Spreadsheet, editing data in a Table, using Checkboxes, steppers, and Sliders. Publishing with iWeb and much more in this lesson .



  iLIFE 09

1.Getting Picture in and Arranging in iPhoto
Importing Pictures and Video, Viewing Pictures and Building picture albums. Hiding and Discarding Pictures, Organizing your Events and Searching iPhoto Library.

2.Editing Pictures and Publishing in iPhoto
Cropping Pictures, rotating and Straightening pictures. Touching up Photos and applying Adjustments and effects. Archiving your Pictures, Making a Slideshow, Printing Pictures and making a Greeting Card. Assembling a Picture Book, Sharing your Photos on a Network and Publishing your Gallery.

3.Assembling and Sharing a Movie in iMovie
Importing Clips into an Event Library, Arranging Clips in a Project. Trimming Clips, cropping Clips and Adding Transitions. Adding background Music and Adding Titles. Sharing a Movie on your iPhone, iPod or Apple TV. Posting on YouTube and Exporting using Quicktime.

4.Shooting and Importing and Editing in iMovie
Moving Camera techniques, Framing your Shots and recording Sound.Preparing your Project, selecting shits and showing Advanced Tools.Assembling your Edit, Shaping your Narrative, extracting and Shifting audio from your Footage and more.

5.Finishing Your Movie and Working With Audio in iMovie
Trimming to Perfect Your Edit, Adding still Images to Your Movie. Using the Ken Burns Effect, Getting Creative with Transitions. Adding Titles and Credits, Adjusting Audio Tracks and Sound Levels and more in this conclusion to iMovie.

6.Composing and Arranging in iMovie
Creating a New Movie Score Project, Working with Video Files in the Media Browser. Using Automation Curves, Working with a Software Instrument loop. Creating a New Podcast Project, Editing a Podcast Project and working with Artwork and Markers.

7.Creating Music with GarageBand
Exploring Magic GarageBand, Working with Real Instruments and Recording with Software Instruments. Mixing and Effects, Creating a Rough Mix and Sharing your Finished Project and much much more in this tutorial on GarageBand.



 SHAKE

1.The Shake Workflow and Basic Compositing
Starting up Shake and learning the Interface, Importing Images and Using the Viewer to play back Images. build a simple Process Tree, Connect, rename, Move and delete Nodes. Edit parameters and demonstrate the Premultiplication Process as well as save and Render an Effect.

2.Intermediate Compositing and Rotoshape
Make a drop Shadow from scratch, Create and Edit Keyframes to Animate over time. Create a Vignette or Soft Fade and add Realistic Glows and Match Film Grain. Draw and Animate Spline-based shapes, Navigate the various functions of the RotoShape Node and more.

3.Color Correction and Quickpaint
Manipulate images with Shake`s Color Correction Tools and Concatenate Color Nodes. Use the Color Picker, Align images of different sizes and Color- match shots that have differing Colors. Basic functions of QuickPaint, Create a write-on Effect and more.

4.Tracking and Film Compositing
Track and Apply Multiple points, Offset Track points and Multiple Tracks. Stabilize shaky images using the Stabilize and Smooth Cam. Perform a four-point track using Stabilize and Suppress a blue screen with HueCurves. Create Proxies and Integrate Kodak Cineon 10-bit log images into a Composite.

5.Video/Audio and Keying
Illustrate the Mechanics of Video Fields, Remove 3:2 pull-down from original Film. Remaster Media using the Fileln Node. Demonstrate the Shake Workflow for Video Material. Demonstrate the Basic Theory of the Primatte Chroma-Keying System and Process large image files faster with a DOD.

6.Multiplane Compositing and Advanced Compositing
Use the MultiPlane Node to create a 3D composite using 2D layers. Learn how to manipulate MultiPlane onscreen controls and move Layers in 3D space. Use 3D tracking data in the MultiPlane Node, Create a Glow macro. Use the Curve Editor to modify an Animation.

7.Warping and The Command Line
Composite using the Stabilize/Destabilize technique, Create a Key using the Keylight Keyer. Use the Command-line in Shake in the Terminal window, Load single images and sequences into a flipbook. Compare images, Convert files and Execute Command-line Compositing.

   

 MOTION GRAPHICS AND EFFECTS IN FINALCUT STUDIO 2

1.Working with Shapes and Creating Animated background Elements
Creating Custom Shapes, Adding Animated Graphics and Blending Nodes. Creating Patterns with the Replicator,Applying parameter Behaviors and Integrating the Background Element.

2.Using Masks and Building Multilayered Text Effects
Preparing Video for Masking, Using the Vector Mask Tools.Animating within a Mask, Adding a Touch of 3D.Working with Preset Text Behaviors, Working with Layer Clones. Using the Sequence Text Behavior and saving Custom Animations to the Library.

3.Working in a 3D World and Deconstructing a 3D Project
Seeing Motion in 3D,Creating a Set. Moving the Camera,Duplicating a Set. arranging sets in 3D, Animating with Camera Behaviors and refining the Animation.View the Final movie,Breaking Down the Project structure.Using Framing and viewpoint Cameras and so much more.

4.Compositing and Animating Text in Final Cut Pro
Reviewing the Project, using the Boris 3D text Generator.Animating the Text with Keyframes, Saving Automation and Animating Text with a Generator. Preparing the Project, Using the LiveType Interface. Setting Project Properties and Placing the Background Movie. and so much more covered in this Tutorial.

5.Final Cut to Motion and Back and creating Motion Templates for Final Cut Pro
Sending a Clip from FCP to Motion, Animating text with Behaviors. Creating an Animated Background, Sending Multiple Clips to Motion. Applying Transformations and Blend Modes, Working with the Timeline and returning to FCP.

6.Creating a Motion Menu Background and Custom Text Animations
Creating and Saving a Custom Preset in Motion, Building an Animated Background. Creating and Animating a Shape, Creating Custom text Behavior and separating the Title Sequence. And Adding DVD Menu items.

7.Working with Particle Systems and From Motion to DVD Studio Pro
Understanding Particle Systems, Working with cell Controls. Creating Image Masks and using the Library Content. Creating a Seamless DVD Loop Point, Creating a DVD Menu Overlay and Building a Menu in DVD Studio Pro.

8.Manipulating Video and More of Motion
Working with Motion Filters in FCP, Retiming a Clip Using Optical Flow. Stabilizing a Clip with Smooth Cam and Create a Match Movie. Preparing the Project,Using a Light, Creating a Key and Working with Paint. Also Faking 3D and Applying Behaviors.

  

 APERTURE 2

1.Exploring the Aperture Workflow and Importing Images
Getting to know the Interface, Customizing the Workspace. Understanding Camera RAW, Working with Aperture`s file structure. Generating Aperture Previews,Importing Images from Disc, Adding Metadata and Importing Images from a Memeory Card and much more.

2.Organizing and Rating Images and Image Adjustment Basics
Working with Stacked Images, Organizing Imported Images and Emailing them. Rating Images< Rating Stacked Images and Creating a Smart Album. Framing your Images and making Automatic Adjustments. Using the Spot and Patch Tool and Comparing an Adjusted Image to the Master Image.

3.Image Adjustment Basics and Creating Web Output
Preparing Images for Adjustment, framing your Images and Analyzing Image Information with the Histogram. Organizing the Projects Panel Using Favorites, Creating a Web Journal. Adding Images and Pages, Adding and Customizing Text. and much more.

4.Evaluating Images and Finishing, Delivering and Archiving Images
Creating a Light Table Album, Adding Images to the Light Table. Evaluating Images in the Light Table and Switching between views. Customizing the Full Screen Mode, Adjusting Luminance, Tint and Saturation. Printing Contact Sheets and Authoring a Disc of Final Images and much more in this deep tutorial.

5.Advanced Organization and Rating and Advanced Editing
Creating and Editing Stacks, Assigning Keywords to Images. Editing Metadata in Batches, Applying ratings to Images. Adjusting White balance, Adjusting Highlights and Shadows and Converting Color Images to Grayscale. Sharpening and Noise Reduction for RAW Images and more.

6.Advanced Output, advanced File Structure and Archiving and Automation
Soft Proofing Images, Using Multiple Displays. Managing the Aperture Library, Consolidating Masters for a Project. reconnecting a Master and Moving the Aperture Library. Backing up and Archiving. Tethered Shooting, Using Aperture with Automator, Prebuilt Workflows and Other Actions plus much much more in this final tutorial for Aperture.


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