Creative Suite Video Production Masterclass

Requirements:
Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from Experience in the following areas would be beneficial. Experience working with Flash and/or other video software.
Course objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Use After Effects, premiere Pro and Soundbooth

Get familiar with the After Effects CS3 interface

Learn to create animations

Learn to work with layers

Learn to apply effects

Learn to work with masks and mattes

Learn about type

Learn to use color effectively

Learn to export files#

Learn to comfortably navigate the user interface of premiere

Learn to do rough cuts, trims and 3-point editing

Learn to add transitions

Learn to create titles and credits

Learn to add, edit and sweeten audio

Learn to export video for a multiple of output demands

Get familiar with the Soundbooth CS3 work area

Understand digital audio

Learn to repair and adjust audio clips

Learn to edit and enhance voiceovers

Learn to create and add background music

Learn to add sound effects

Learn to work with markers

Learn to work with external files

Course content:
Course Summary
Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows®. Tighter-than-ever integration between Adobe's all-ne- video, audio, and design tools Learn the basics and more of After Effects, Premiere Pro and Soundbooth all just 5 days
Course Content
After Effects User Interface and Animation

• What is a project file and what is in it?


• Tools and Panels: : ho- to around in the application


• Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting

Basic Animation

• Transform properties of layers


• Keyframing: making element move


• Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files

Intermediate Animation

• In depth keyframe manipulation and interpolation


• Graph Editor


• Motion Sketch/Smoother


• Auto-Orient/Motion Blur


• Roving Keyframes


• Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool


• Panning a large graphic: technique


• Hold Keyframes

Layer Control

• Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)


• Quality


• Slip Tool


• Sequence Layers


• Solo Switches


• Looping Footage


• Image Sequences


• Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch


• Blending Modes


• Effects and Solids with Blending Modes


• Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets


• Adjustment layers

Transparency

• Masks
  
• Shape, feather, expansion


• Masking with the Pen Tool: Bezier curves


• Mask Shape Interpolation


• Mask modes



• Mattes and Stencils


• Mask shapes

Type and Titles

• Simple Rules of Titling


• Basic Text


• Text Animators/Range Selectors


• Randomizing


• Applying and Saving Text Animation presets


• Per character animators in CS3

Nesting

• Precomps


• Editing precomps


• Locking panels

Render Order

• Ho- After Effects put it all together

Exporting Files

• Render Queue


• Export As


• Same Frame As


• Prerender

The Workspace in Premiere Pro

• Workspaces


• Working with the Project window


• Importing clips and image files


• Working with the Monitor window


• Working with the Timeline window


• Navigating to a specific frame in the Timeline and Program View


• Using labels


• Using palettes

Sequencing and Basic Real-Time Editing

• The Real-Time editing experience


• Adding clips to the Timeline


• Developing a sequence and using Automate to Sequence


• Using the Automate to Sequence command


• Multiple sequencing


• Viewing the rough cut


• Refining the rough cut


• Pretrimming clips using the Source view


• Fine-tuning in the Timeline


• Exporting the Timeline as a movie

Transitions

• About transitions


• The Effects palette


• Inserting a transition


• Previewing the transition


• Pre-trimming a clip and adding a transition


• Adding a transition using the Effects palette


• Changing the attributes of transitions


• Adding multiple transitions at one time


• Transitions used as special effects

Fundamentals of Multipoint Editing

• Understanding three-point and four-point editing


• Making a three-point edit


• Linking and unlinking clips


• Handling unsynchronized linked clips


• Closing a gap with the Ripple Delete command

Integrating Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator with Premiere Pro

• Using effects from other Adobe programs


• After Effects and Photoshop "inside" Premiere Pro

Titles and Credits

• Creating a simple title


• Using the ellipse tool


• Mapping a textured fill


• Rolling titles and crawling titles


• Using titles in a Premiere Pro project


• Adding titles to the Timeline


• Using other programs to create titles

Audio

• Getting to kno- the Audio workspace


• Automating the mixing process


• Creating and adjusting audio effects


• Using markers to synchronize clips


• Finishing the movie with audio effects and music


• Multiple audio effects in a clip


• Working with 5.1 audio files


• Exporting the movie as a 5.1 audio file

Output

• To Movie


• CD-ROM


• Export to DVD command


• VCD/SVCD

A Quick Tour of Adobe Soundbooth

• Cleaning-up audio


• Visually editing sound


• Recording and enhancing voiceovers


• Producing custom music


• Working with markers


• Getting help and finding additional resources

Understanding the Basics of Digital Audio

• Understanding sound


• Digitizing audio

Navigating the Workspace

• Exploring the user interface


• Customizing the user interface

Repairing and Adjusting Audio Clips

• Noise reduction


• Sound removal


• Basic editing

Editing and Enhancing Voiceover Recordings

• Recording from a microphone

Creating Background Music

• Creating scores with the AutoComposer


• Creating loops

Exploring Effects

• Applying a standard effect


• Customizing an advanced effect


• Working with rack presets

Working with Markers

• Working with markers


• Defining marker data for reuse

Importing, Exporting, and Round-trip Editing

• Importing files


• Exporting Soundbooth score documents


• Exporting audio and video files


• Round-trip editing