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Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro (5 webinar series)

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INSTRUCTOR:Jordan, Larry

Larry Jordan Webinar 01

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Larry Jordan Webinar 09

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Larry Jordan Webinar 10

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Larry Jordan Webinar 17

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Larry Jordan Webinar 20

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Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro

$209.95

Motion Pack Video Training

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INSTRUCTOR:Jordan, Larry

Larry Jordan Webinar 18

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Motion scares a lot of us. If your face goes pale and skin turns clammy when someone asks you to "add a few motion graphics to spice this up" -- then this is the tutorial for you! Larry Jordan's goal for this session is to remove the fear of using something new, show you how to use Motion, and give you concrete examples you can use to put Motion to work in your own projects.

Don't avoid Motion just because you don't understand it. In this training, you'll master the Motion interface, discover the power of Motion templates, create simple, yet effective, animated lower-thirds, and design elegant full-screen animated titles using resources from the Motion Library. This session can remove your fear of Motion forever -- and give you a reason to finally let go of LiveType.

Audience Level
This session provides an introduction to all versions of Motion. It does not assume any level of knowledge about Motion, though a basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro will help. This session requires no drawing or graphic design skills.

NOTE: This session does not discuss particles, replicators, or 3D space in Motion.

Content Outline
• Learn how to send files between Final Cut Pro and Motion
• Discover when to use "Send to" and "Open in Editor"
• Learn the Motion interface
• Learn essential Motion keyboard shortcuts
• Discover how and why to set Project Properties
• Learn how to create a default project setting
• Show how to view and modify a Motion template
• Learn how to create your own Motion templates to use in Final Cut Pro
• Show how to create a lower-third animated title
• Learn how to import a video clip
• Show how to use elements from the Motion library
• Show how to create a full-screen info graphic
• Show to how make an animated element stop where you want it
• DEMO: How to add and modify graphic elements
• DEMO: How to colorize an object
• DEMO: How to add and modify text
• DEMO: How to animate text
• DEMO: How to add background elements
• DEMO: How to adjust and time when elements appear
• DEMO: How to use filters to change the look of an element
• DEMO: How to use behaviors to animate elements
• DEMO: How to adjust effects to speed, or slow down, an effect
• DEMO: How to use blend modes
• DEMO: How to add video to a project

Larry Jordan Webinar 19

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Building on Larry Jordan's introduction to Motion in "Master Motion," this session applies Motion in a real-world situation: creating a DVD Motion Menu. This is the second in our Motion Trilogy series.

Now, it's true that motion menus can be created in a variety of applications, but Motion makes this easier for a variety of reasons. Plus, this gives us a chance to learn more advanced features in Motion than we can use for all of our projects.

In this tutorial, Larry shows you how to create two full-screen menus in Motion - one still and one animated. Then send it to DVD Studio Pro to build into a finished motion menu using buttons, button regions, and overlays.

Other Motion Trilogy Titles:
• Master Motion: Even if Motion Graphics Scare You
• Unlock the Power of 3D Space in Motion

Audience Level:
You should have Final Cut Studio 2, or later, installed on your system. You should have some familiarity with Motion, or view the "Master Motion" webinar. This session does not discuss Motion particles, replicators, or 3D space.

Content Outline:
• Learn why Motion is better for creating DVD Motion Menus
• Create a complex, visually interesting motion menu
• Learn how to add motion to a DVD Studio Pro menu
• See how to add button overlay graphics and change their colors
• Quickly round-trip between DVD Studio Pro and Motion to easily make changes
• Learn new Motion keyboard shortcuts
• Understand how DVD Studio Pro loops motion menus
• Locate elements in Motion's Library tab using Search
• DEMO: How to show and hide layers and groups in Motion
• DEMO: Export a single video frame as a TIFF image
• DEMO: Adjust layer groups to determine foreground elements
• DEMO: Reposition and scale elements
• DEMO: Add masks to hide portions of an image
• DEMO: Change the timing and location of a clip
• DEMO: Change the opacity of all the elements in a folder
• DEMO: Add blend modes to graphics and text
• DEMO: Animate a shape without using keyframes
• DEMO: Add and animate text
• DEMO: Add a DVD Menu Loop marker

Larry Jordan Webinar 21

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Building on our introduction to Motion in "Master Motion," in this session we look at one of the really exciting new power features in Motion (starting with Motion 3) -- the ability to move in 3D space. And we discover that one of the really terrifying new features in Motion is the ability to get truly, totally, hopelessly lost in 3D space. This webinar is designed to introduce you to the first, while preventing the second.

This session is for people who have never worked in 3D before. This will take you step-by-step into a brand new world. You'll learn how to animate shapes and text in 3D, and add and animate a camera, add and adjust 3D lighting and reflections. Best of all, no special design skills are required to be successful with this lesson.

Audience Level:
You should have Final Cut Studio 2, or later, installed on your system. You should have some familiarity with Motion, or view the "Master Motion" webinar. This session illustrates the 3D features found in both Motion 3 and Motion 4.

Other Motion Trilogy Titles:
• Master Motion: Even if Motion Graphics Scare You
• Advanced Motion: Creating a DVD Motion Menu

Content Outline:
• Explain how Motion displays 3D space
• Show how to switch between 2D and 3D
• Show a simple way to create a 3D look
• Show how to animate 3D movement using behaviors
• Explain the different ways behaviors use 3D space
• Show how to add, and animate, text
• Show how to add, and animate, a camera
• Explain the differences between a framing and viewpoint camera
• Show how to add, place, and manipulate particles
• Explain the relationship between text and particles
• Show how to add, and modify, a light
• Show how to add, and modify, a reflection
• Provide essential keyboard shortcuts to rescue you if you get lost in 3D space
• DEMO: Show how to create a "3D look" without even going into 3D
• DEMO: Show how to switch a layer group between 2D and 3D
• DEMO: Show how to animate a shape in 3D
• DEMO: Show how to modify a behavior for 3D movement
• DEMO: Show how to add and animate text so that it moves through depth
• DEMO: Explain how different Basic Motion behaviors work with depth
• DEMO: Show how to add a camera
• DEMO: Show how to change the position of a camera
• DEMO: Show how to animate a camera using dolly and sweep behaviors
• DEMO: Show how to switch between views in 3D space
• DEMO: Add a particle system from the Motion library
• DEMO: Show how, and why, to position particles in 3D
• DEMO: Show how to apply text blend modes when using particles
• DEMO: Show how to add, modify, and reposition a light
• DEMO: Show how to add a reflection

Larry Jordan Webinar 30

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This is an advanced title that builds on what Larry Jordan already covered on Motion and takes you deeper into the world of 3D space inside Motion 4.

A camera provides a specific point-of-view from which to view your project in 3D space. Additionally, Motion 4 allows us to build sets, that is, groupings of visual elements, which the camera can move around, between, and through to create ever more complex effects. Adding even more excitement, we can add lights to provide dramatic highlights.

In this session, we will look at how to create cameras, lights, and sets, then animate them in 3D space. While many of these features also work in Motion 3, all our demos will be in Motion 4.

This tutorial builds on earlier Motion sessions.

Audience Level
You should be comfortable working with the Motion interface and have a general understanding of creating 2D motion graphics. If you need an introduction to Motion, please purchase this tutorial first: "Master Motion: Even if Motion Graphics Scare You"

BONUS FEATURE
To simplify finding the information you need quickly, we have added more than 40 Chapter markers to this tutorial.

Other Motion Titles
• Master Motion: Even if Motion Graphics Scare You
• Advanced Motion: Creating a DVD Motion Menu
• Unlock the Power of 3D Space in Motion

Content Outline
• Defining a Set
• Using the Transform Tool
• Switching between 2D and 3D space
• Creating and positioning Sets
• Adding and animating a camera
• Adding and adjusting lights
• Integrating 3D and 2D elements
• Adding backgrounds
• Provide additonal reference training material
• DEMO: Turning on/off audio tracks
• DEMO: Using the Transform tool to adjust position
• DEMO: Placing and adjusting an object in depth
• DEMO: Slipping the contents of a video clip
• DEMO: Adding a camera
• DEMO: Changing between viewing perspectives
• DEMO: Resetting your view, or a camera, to the Home position
• DEMO: Positioning and adjusting Sets
• DEMO: Adding and adjusting lights
• DEMO: Adding a Framing behavior to a camera
• DEMO: Adding a Sweep behavior to a camera
• DEMO: Adding a Dolly behavior to a camera
• DEMO: Adding and adjusting a 2D background
• DEMO: Animating text
• DEMO: Dissolving between backgrounds
• DEMO: Adding Ease In / Ease Out to camera movement
• DEMO: Adding and adjusting Depth of Field
• DEMO: Displaying work full screen

Larry Jordan Webinar 37

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Larry starts by looking at particles. Almost anything can be a particle - all it takes is one click of a button. Then, the fun starts. Larry shows how to create particles, then how to use the settings in the Inspector to customize the effect. You won't believe how quickly you can create complex effects like confetti falling through air.

Next, Larry shows you how to paint on the screen; even if you can't draw a straight line without mechanical help. There are hundreds of brush styles to choose from. You'll learn how to adjust what you drew, then discover a way to combine painting with behaviors to create exciting animation easily.

The webinar wraps up with a look at replicators. Replicators are like particles frozen at a moment in time. Larry starts by creating a simple background for an info graphic, then shows you how to create the "floating pictures in space" that you've seen on Apple ads.

Each of these effects is created from scratch, and illustrated step-by-step, so that you can follow along and discover how to put the power of Motion to work for you.

If you are wondering what Motion can do that Final Cut can't, you need to see this webinar. Some of these effects are so cool - and SO EASY - that it will make you want to start using Motion immediately to spice up all your projects!

Audience Level
This assumes a knowledge of Motion and it's interface. If Motion is new to you, we recommend viewing the "Master Motion" webinar prior to watching this session. The information in this tutorial applies to features in both Motion 3 and 4.

Content Outline
• Illustrate the basic elements of the Motion interface
• Show how to create a new project in Motion
• Show how to change project settings to match video format
• Show how to find and view elements the Library
• Show how to place elements on the project timeline
• DEMO: Show how to create and modify a simple particle system
• DEMO: Show how to put particles inside text using blend modes
• DEMO: Show how to use the Inspector to customize a particle effect
• DEMO: Show how to draw an animated brush stroke
• DEMO: Show how to modify the path of a stroke using Beziér controls
• DEMO: Show how to adjust where effects occur in the timeline
• DEMO: Show how to convert a line into an animated brush stroke
• DEMO: Show how to apply a behavior to a brush stroke, then modify it
• DEMO: Show how to apply and modify replicators
• DEMO: Show how to create a 3D montage of images floating in space
• DEMO: Show how to add and animate a camera
• DEMO: Show how to add and modify depth of field to the image

Motion Pack Video Training

$174.95

Make Your Still Images Look Great

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INSTRUCTOR:Jordan, Larry

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Nothing generates more questions and confusion that trying to figure out how to best set-up, organize, optimize, and trouble-shoot Final Cut Pro. In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to organize your hard disks, set up a working folder structure, create a consistent project and folder naming system, optimize key preference settings, and trouble-shoot common Final Cut Pro problems. If you feel like Final Cut is running on square wheels, this seminar is for you.

NOTE: This presentation supports all versions of Final Cut Pro. The discussion covering tapeless media is most relevant for Final Cut Pro 7 users.

Audience Level
This is especially helpful for the new, self-taught, or infrequent user. As well, people experiencing frequent problems with Final Cut Pro will also find this very helpful.

Content Outline
• Explain what scratch disks are and how to organize them
• Show where to create and how to name scratch disk folders
• Show where to create and how to name project folders
• Explain how to store and organize source media from tapeless formats
• Show where to create and how to name folders for tapeless media
• Show and explain optimum settings for all Final Cut preference files
• Learn maintenance procedures to minimize the "Spinning Beach Ball of Death"
• Learn maintenance procedures to minimize dropped frames
• Learn how to trash Final Cut Pro preference files
• Trouble-shoot common Final Cut Pro problems
• Learn how to archive project files for the future
• Discover other software that can help maintain your Final Cut Studio system
• Example: Optimizing System Settings preferences
• Example: Customizing Audio/Video preferences
• Example: Creating a custom Easy Setup
• Example: Optimizing User Preferences
• Example: Optimizing Sequence > Render settings
• Example: Learn how to repair Disk Permissions
• Example: Learn how to trash Final Cut Pro preference files
• Example: Learn how to use Media Manager to archive project files

Larry Jordan Webinar 09

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