After Effects Classes at SCAD

Dean Velez, an Adobe After Effects Master, is teaching 3 levels of AE here at the Savannha College of Art and Design Atlanta Campus. The new Professional Development Center located on the Midtown campus of SCAD is hosting classes for design professionals beginning the week of 11/27/06. User Group discounts available!

Adobe After Effects, an industry standard for creating 2-D animation and visual effects, is used to create motion graphics for broadcast, film, video and the Web. This two-part course offers instruction in the essentials of choosing bit-depth, velocity graphs, creating projects, importing digitized video footage, importing PhotoShop and Illustrator files and altering time codes.

Topics to be covered in the fundamentals course include key framing, typing and animating text, velocity compositing with masks, previewing and rendering transfer modes and basic rendering options. The intermediate course covers T-Switch and stencils, incorporating expressions into the workflow, keying with key light, working with null objects and creating compound effects.

Beginning
Nov. 28, 29 and 30; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Dean Velez
Cost: $795

Intermediate
Dec. 5, 6 and 7; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Dean Velez
Cost: $795

Advanced
Dec. 12, 13 and 14; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Dean Velez
Cost: $795

For more information visit our website at www.scad.edu/pdc or call Cynthia Brayton at (404) 253-3475. Seats are limited!