This excellent Final Cut Studio course focuses on Post-Production Workflow and it will provide a wide range of solutions and configurations to enhance your productivity. In addition, learners on this Final Cut Studio course will discover all the ins and outs of working with HDV, the exciting new video format that lets you create HD content on a DV budget. This Final Cut Studio course explores the pros and cons of both compressed (software only) and uncompressed (third party hardware enhanced) workflows. The course is taught by an expert instructor who has deep knowledge of non-linear editing, compositing, and high-end 3D animation software to help you yield high quality results in less time.
Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.
Yan developed his skills in the digital arts through commercial work, teaching and consulting. He studied art at Brooklyn College and took to it so readily he was teaching graduate-level courses in 3D animation, compositing and non-linear editing while still an undergrad. Through an internship at Sony he learned to do high-end 3D animation and compositing on Avid, Flame and SoftImage systems. Shvalb learned DVD authoring at Crush, one of the first such facilities in the country; there, he worked on titles for Criterion, pioneer of the now-standard “added features” on DVDs.
Shvalb moved to Michigan to run a DVD authoring facility at General TV Network, then to Florida to serve as chief technical officer and CIO at Inflight Online, where he earned patents in air-to-ground communications technologies and “crazy stuff for in-flight entertainment”. In 2001 he returned to New York to start his own company, VizualFX. He currently offers custom training, contract video services, DVD authoring and consulting for workflow design and other production and post-production processes. You can also find him teaching at NYU or speaking events like NAB, Siggraph and Macworld.
Section 01 – How The Studio Works
Section 02 – Roundtrip Tickets & Output Options
Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a Final Cut Studio: A Post-Production Workflow certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.
This excellent Final Cut Pro 5: The Essentials course will qualify you to be a Video Editor. As a Video Editor you can work on a freelance basis or as part of an organisation. The average salary of a Video Editor in the UK is £23,548, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could fulfil any of the following roles:
Section 1: How the Studio Works | |||
1: A WALK-THROUGH OF FINAL CUT STUDIO | |||
1. Saving a Project & Importing Media into Final Cut Pro | |||
2. Applying the Timecode Reader & Batch Exporting | |||
3. Importing Files into Compressor | |||
4. Setting a Destination for Encoded Files | |||
5. Creating a MPEG-2 Setting for DVD Encoding | |||
6. Creating a Dolby Digital Audio Setting for DVD Encoding | |||
7. Applying Audio & Video Encoding Settings | |||
8. Encoding & Uploading Media to a Remote Server | |||
9. Importing Assets & Setting Chapter Markers in DVD Studio Pro | |||
10. Creating a Resume Menu & Setting Display Modes | |||
11. Multiplexing Audio & Video & Formatting a DVD | |||
12. Playing Video Files in the DVD Player Application | |||
2: DVD STUDIO PRO BASICS | |||
1. Setting up a DVD Menu Project in Motion | |||
2. Understanding the Interface & Tablet Gestures | |||
3. Placing the Background & Visual Safety Guide | |||
4. Adding a Mask, Adding & Removing Filters, De-Interlacing | |||
5. Setting the Menu Duration | |||
6. System Performance & Rendering | |||
7. Creating & Adjusting Text in Motion for DVD Menu Buttons | |||
8. Creating & Adjusting Selection Icons for DVD Menu Buttons | |||
9. Understanding DVD Menu Layers & Button Selection States | |||
10. Exporting Menu Layers & Creating Overlays | |||
11. Using Compressor | |||
12. Building a Menu in DVD Studio Pro | |||
13. Creating Buttons | |||
14. Programming Button States | |||
15. Creating & Programming the DVD Navigation Tracks | |||
16. Programming the DVD Menu | |||
3: FINAL CUT ESSENTIALS | |||
1. Easy Setup Command & Workspace Layout | |||
2. User Preferences & Scratch Disks | |||
3. Importing Clips & Storyboard Editing | |||
4. Editing with the Arrow & Selection Tools | |||
5. Lifting, Inserting & Overwriting Clips | |||
6. Navigating the Timeline Using the Keyboard | |||
7. Using the Roll, Ripple, Slip & Slide Tools | |||
8. Working with the Blade, Zoom & Pen Tools | |||
9. Linking, Synching & Split Editing | |||
10. Edit in the Timeline with Keyboard Shortcuts | |||
4: KEEPING IT IN MOTION | |||
1. Applying Filters & E.ects | |||
2. Working with Transitions | |||
3. Basic Animation Using Final Cut Pro | |||
4. Introducing Generators & Making a Title | |||
5. Round Trip Editing with Motion | |||
5: PARTICLE MAGIC | |||
1. Selecting Tools & Zooming in Motion | |||
2. Comparing Keyframe Animation vs. Behaviors | |||
3. Converting an Object into Animated Particles | |||
4. Adjusting the Parameters of the Particles | |||
5. Adding Text to the Animation | |||
6. Exporting & Rendering the Animation | |||
6: REPLICATORS, GENERATORS AND MASKS, OH MY! | |||
1. Using the Replicator to Create a Geometrical Background | |||
2. Creating a Rotating Elliptical Mask | |||
3. Applying the Replicator & Adjusting the Cell Properties of the Mask | |||
4. Adding a Zoom Blur & Creating a Custom Animation Preset | |||
5. Using Replicators to Create Image Masks | |||
6. Using Generators | |||
7. Final Comments | |||
Section 2: Roundtrip Tickets & Output Options | |||
1: COMPOSITING WITH MOTION | |||
1. Load Media into Motion & Create Basic Layers | |||
2. Correct Color & Lighting with Filters & Masks | |||
3. Setting Up for Keying | |||
4. Create a Realistic Key with Primatte RT & Blur | |||
5. Using Blend Modes & Spill Suppressor | |||
6. Scaling, Rotating & Rotoscoping a Layer | |||
7. Use Filters & a Screen to Simulate Re.ection | |||
8. Adding an Elliptical Mask | |||
9. Arranging Layers into a Seamless Composition | |||
2: REFINING COMPOSITES IN MOTION | |||
1. Using the Primatte RT Filter to Adjust the Matte | |||
2. Generating an Alpha Channel | |||
3. Generating an Edge Matte | |||
4. Animating a Particle Emitter with Keyframes | |||
5. Saving, Rendering, & Exporting the Composite | |||
3: BUILDING AUDIO TRACKS IN SOUNDTRACK | |||
1. Introducing Soundtrack Pro | |||
2. Previewing Sounds & Adjusting Volume & Pan | |||
3. Adding Audio Effects & Exporting Mix | |||
4. Applying Distortion Filters in Motion | |||
5. Reducing Ambient Noise & Removing Undesirable Sounds | |||
6. Applying Compression to a Voiceover | |||
4: THE ANATOMY OF A DVD MENU | |||
1. Setting a Photoshop File as a Menu Background | |||
2. Creating an Interactive Button Layer | |||
3. Understanding Overlay Mapping | |||
4. Understanding Anti-Aliasing & De.ning a Color Scheme | |||
5. Updating Dynamically Between DVD Studio Pro & Photoshop | |||
6. Creating a Moving Menu Background in Motion | |||
7. Understanding Bit Depth | |||
8. Creating an Appropriate Length Background Loop | |||
9. Creating DVD Menu Thumbnails in Motion | |||
10. Modifying the DVD Menu in Motion | |||
11. Exporting the DVD Menu from Motion | |||
12. Creating a Sub Picture Overlay | |||
5: COMPRESSOR & QMASTER | |||
1. Introducing Compressor & Qmaster | |||
2. Set Up Remote Desktop & Qmaster Prefs | |||
3. Creating Clusters with Qadministrator | |||
4. Exploring Compressor Presets | |||
5. Creating a DVD Preset in Compressor | |||
6. Adjusting Frame Control Preset Settings | |||
7. Filter, Geometry & Actions Preset Settings | |||
8. Compressing Audio & Creating Thumbnails | |||
9. Creating an Automation Droplet | |||
10. Adjusting Droplets & Settings | |||
6: ASSEMBLING YOUR FINAL DVD & MORE | |||
1. Creating Dummy Video to Use in DVD Studio Pro | |||
2. Compressing Elements into Assets for Your DVD | |||
3. Assembling Your Assets on the DVD Studio Pro Track | |||
4. Adding Chapter Points & Creating Stories | |||
5. Adding Buttons to Menus | |||
6. Connecting Stories to Buttons | |||
7. Assigning Actions to Stories | |||
8. Burning Your DVD | |||
9. Making Basic Edits in QuickTime Pro | |||
10. Keeping Things E.cient with Automator | |||
11. Final Comments & Credits |