Apple Motion

Apple Motion 3.0
This three-day hands-on course will familiarize students with Motion, Apple's revolutionary software for motion graphics design. The course comprehensively covers working with Motion's Real-Time Design engine and interface, behavior-based animation, parameter behaviors, blend modes, advanced particle system design, advanced title animation, working with templates, chroma key techniques, masking methods, DVD motion menu design, tablet-driven gesture UI techniques, working with audio, keyframing, and integration.

This course is designed for those students who wish to learn the fundamentals and functionality of Motion.

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Course Outline | Motion 101 — Introduction

Course Outline - Day 1

A Tour of Motion

  • Getting to know the interface
  • Some Windowing Hot Keys
  • Gestural Input
  • Importing Footage
  • Setting the Play Range
  • Zooming Options
  • Adding Layers
  • Cloning and Instancing
  • Applying Behaviors
  • Using the Motion Path Behaviors
  • Applying Filters
  • Soloing RAM Previews
  • Freezing Tracks
  • Deactivating Behaviors and Filters
  • Particle Simulations
  • Adding a Third Dimension and Autosave

Generators and Particle Presets

  • Applying Generators from the Library
  • Motion Blur-dependent Presets
  • Core Image Content
  • Working in the Inspector
  • Working with Gradients
  • Using Hotboxes and Sliders
  • Using the Displacement Filter
  • Using Image Wells
  • Rendering
  • Asset Management

Groups, Layers, and Blend Modes

  • Building a Multi-Layered Composite
  • Navigating the Layers Tab
  • Working with Filters and Behaviors in the Layers Tab
  • Creating Text
  • Modifying Blend Modes
  • Nesting and Collapsing
  • Working in Float Space

The Third Dimension

  • Converting from 2D to 3D
  • Getting Around in 3D
  • “First-person Shooter” Navigation
  • Arranging Layers with Depth
  • Mixing 2D and 3D Layers
  • Adding Lights
  • 3D Texture Properties
  • Adding Cameras
  • Applying an Animation Preset
  • Working with Behaviors in 3D
  • A Quick Look at Particles

Using Templates

  • Using Motion's Templates
  • Accessing Template Elements
  • Creating Your Own Templates
  • Working iLIfe Content

Creating Text Effects

  • Formatting Text
  • Working with Text Parameters
  • Browsing Text Presets
  • Sequencing Test
  • Animating Text on a Path
  • Working with 3D Text
  • Creating Custom Presets

Course Outline - Day 2

Particles and Parameter Behaviors

  • Building Particles from a Movie Clip
  • Refining a Particle System
  • Adding Color
  • Changing Rotation and Spin
  • Changing Scale
  • Using Parameter BehaviorsBirth, Death, and Life
  • MIDI Control

The Replicator

  • Replicating a Clip
  • Adjusting the Replicator Shape
  • Modifying Rows
  • Applying the Sequence Replicator Behavior

Advanced Particle Design

  • Sprites
  • Multiple Particles
  • One Emitter
  • Emitter Shapes
  • Modifying Particle Behavior
  • Particle Proxies and RAM Previews
  • Blending
  • Particles in 3D Space
  • Moving Particles with Simulation Behaviors

Keyframing

  • Setting Keys Manually
  • Record Animation Shortcut
  • Record Animation Modes
  • Working in the Keyframe Editor
  • Parameter Hotkeys
  • Working with Keyframes in the Timeline
  • Keyframing FIlters

Painting in Motion

  • Basic Painting
  • Write-on Effect
  • Customizing Brushes
  • Changing Stroke Properties over Life
  • Working with a Pen and Tablet
  • Applying Dynamics and Behaviors
  • Creating 3D Effects with Paint Strokes

Course Outline - Day 3

Keying and Shapes

  • Pulling a Key
  • Treating the Edges
  • Creating a Garbage Matte
  • Keyframing the Garbage Matte
  • Rotoscoping with the B-spline Tool

Tracking and Matchmoving

  • Tracking Defined
  • The Two Trackers
  • Smoothing Footage
  • Matchmoving a Screen Insert
  • Hinting Features
  • Adding Glass to the Screen
  • Tracking with Filter Center Points

Roundtripping

  • Nonlinear Editing and O-flow Retiming
  • Frame Blending vs. O-Flow
  • Sending from Final Cut Pro
  • Makers into Motion from Final Cut Pro
  • Working with the Content in Motion
  • Returning to Final Cut Pro
  • Motion Menus with DVD Studio Pro
  • Soundtrack Pro Integration

Audio and Markers

  • Mixing in Sound Effects
  • Multi-Channel Audio File Support
  • Using the Waveform Editor
  • Using the Keyframe Editor
  • Using the Timeline
  • Adding Markers
  • Driving Animation using Audio Behaviors

Course Details

Introduction

Name
Motion 101
Price
$995
Date
6/30/08 - 7/2/08
Length
3 days
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What's Included?

Included In The Cost Of The Course: Course Book, Breakfast And Lunch, And Certification Test Voucher!

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is the Owner and Lead Creative for Foster Johnson Studios. He has 10 years of professional creative development and leadership experience in interactive, print and advertising, executing creative direction, art direction and team strategy. An architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as e-commerce, telecoms, entertainment, advertising, publishing, photography and video for broadband. Johnson is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) with expert level application skills in Adobe Creative Suite 3, including: Flash using ActionScript 3.0, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects Pro, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Captivate 3.0, LiveCycle ES as well as QuarkXPress and web application development using advanced CSS, SQL, AJAX, XML, RSS, Google AdSense and AdWords.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Brian Mays

Brian Mays has 5 years of teaching at the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Community College, 9 years of day-to-day web and print design at OPUBCO Communications Group, and 2 years as president of Oklahoma’s AIGA chapter. When Brian was young he picked up a pencil and drew Disco Mickey Mouse. Then about 15 years ago Brian was stricken with The Graphic Designer’s Curse and could not look at print and digital design works without mentally deconstructing and reconstructing them to figure out how they were built.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion 3, FCP6, STP2 & Logic 8.

Luis Sierra

Luis Sierra is an experienced Apple Certified Trainer for Color and all levels of Final Cut Pro 6. He teaches custom classes in DVD Studio Pro 4 and Motion 3. Luis attended the Macintosh Learning Center in New York City. He continued his education at an Apple Certified Training Center and became their IT/Editing Systems manager for 3 years and then the Apple Certified Instructor in Miami. He has also worked in technical support for video editing systems at National Trade Shows such as the Digital Media DC Conference in Washington, DC, the Avid Government Training Symposium in Washington DC, and NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas NV. Luis brings real world experience into the classroom and shares it with his students.

Luisa Winters

Luisa Winters has been in the professional videography industry for 17 years. An awards winning videographer / editor, her tips make editing and compositing more productive, faster, and far more inventive. Luisa is a featured instructor for NAB, Government Video Expo, DV Expo, CES, NAB - NY and PMA. An accomplished videographer, editor, 3D animator and graphics designer, her compositions have been seen on broadcast TV as well as in private video productions. She has created and edited scores of video and web projects for dozens of corporate, government, and educational, commercial and private clients. Luisa has conducted training sessions and master classes for Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Flash and Encore DVD. Luisa is a Johns Hopkins University Graduate and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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