Recently I was asked to put together a short animation for the new 24/7 kids channel over at my work- Wisconsin public television. DuIk is a tool I’ve wanted to learn and try for a little while, and this was the perfect way to start getting comfortable with it.
Here is a Time-lapse of my work animating the spot. The completed spot can be seen on WPT kids channel over the next 2 years!
The characters were created by graphic designer Scott Stetson.
Music is Castlevania adventure Remix by Mcvaffe. (great work jams)
Apple Motion Professional Training series 07- Emitters
Learn the basics of building emitter systems in Apple Motion.
All emitters contain emitter cells, and a source for the cells, and the emitter system layer. Learn how to set colors, and emitter shapes, as well as opacity over life in this intro to emitters.
AFTER EFFECTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING lesson 11 -Screen Replacements with Mocha AE
In this example you will learn real world examples of screen replacement I’ve used in televised commercials.
You will learn how to use Mocha AE (included with After Effects since CS4)
In this lesson Learn the basics of using Apple Compressor
I have a lot of people ask me if they should be using or if they need apple compressor. I would say MAYBE. Apple compressor is great because it isa batch renderer, offers noise removal, watermarking, timecode burn in, and has support for lots of codecs.
Apple Motion Professional Training series 06- Behaviors
In this lesson you will learn what Behaviors are and how to use them in Apple Motion.
We start with looking at traditional keyframe animation using a bouncing ball then animate the same ball using expressions in a fraction of a time.
Are you constantly changing out your batteries on a shoot? Looking for a power solution to last all day? Power all your equipment from a V mount battery and battery pinch.
Final Cut Pro X is the choice for many editors the world over. In fact I personally believe its currently the fastest way to edit stories efficiently.
This is an introductory course in the basic functions of Apple Final Cut Pro X.
I’ve been a Broadcast professional since 2006, and been a technical trainer/college instructor since 2012. In that time I’ve been fortunate to across the country in different facilities, and worked with a lot of different people with different skill sets.
One thing that I’ve learned in that time is that everyone needs to start somewhere, and it can be hard to find the right information quickly and easily. While other training services require a monthly subscription to get started, or free online tutorials give disjointed information, I wanted to put together a class that gives everyone the basics, for free.
Free?
Really? What’s the catch?
Well I’ll be honest with you. The reason why I have this class out there is a few different reasons.
I believe everyone should know the basics. This class is aimed squarely at beginners.
A rising tide lifts all boats. When everyone knows the basics it gives people room to advance faster
It’s training I wish I had when I was learning video editing.
Its a preview of my teaching style. While earning the basics might be all you need, I’m confident that if you need to learn something quickly and efficiently, I can offer customized advanced training to you or your team.
The course and what you will learn:
This course is geared towards those who have never used Final Cut Pro X, those new to video editing, or moving to Final Cut Pro X from another editing suite.
This course is a preview of my professional training in Apple Final Cut Pro X and can be considered the bare minimum. It does NOT go into fine details of Final Cut Pro X and its feature set, but acts as a means to get people up and running as fast as possible.
Here’s the set of Introductory lessons In a playlist:
Are you brand new to Final Cut Pro X and don’t know where to start? Are you looking to purchase it for you or your team but want more information before you make the plunge?
In this tutorial you will learn the basic overview of the program including how media is organized using events and libraries. We talk about basic in and out selection as well as create append edits, insert edits and connected clip edit.
We briefly talk about the new magnetic timeline and basic audio adjustments in our projects.
This tutorial is an introductory video demonstrating some of the basic workflows of Final Cut Pro X.
I’m using one so I can attach more things to mine. In my case I want to attach a battery plate and monitor and microphone to my setup.
I also like having a nice handle. And most importantly I like having an hdmi lock.
I accepted no paid endoresment of this product.
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Apple Motion Professional Training Lesson 5 part 2
Animating titles in Apple Motion.
This is a 2 part lesson.
In Part 1 we deconstruct the design of one I recently created for a show on broadcast, and design it from the ground up.
Learn the basics of lower third design that can be used for titles or Q+A type graphics on your productions.
In part 2 We use behaviors, Keyframes and Masks, to create an animated lower third with a reveal.
You can use this with dropzones to make a variety of different graphics using your own Logo.
Special thanks to Travis Watson for the suggestion.
If you have something you want to know how to do in Motion, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, After effects or other programs, send me a message or leave a comment. If it’s something many people can benefit from I’ll most likely cover it.
This is a 2 part lesson.
In Part 1 we deconstruct the design of one I recently created for a show on broadcast, and design it from the ground up.
Learn the basics of lower third design that can be used for titles or Q+A type graphics on your productions.
