Motion Academy Live Course Instructions
Course start date: 13th November 2023
Teachers Details
Equipment Needed
Before your training session you will need the following equipment:
- High-speed internet connection (Suggested minimum speed: 5mb)
- Headset with microphone: The inbuilt microphone on your computer is not suitable. An external headset is necessary.
- Webcam (An internal webcam is suitable. If your computer does not have a webcam inbuilt, you can purchase one online.)
- An external device to backup your work.
- Access to a scanner or camera for the first few weeks is helpful.
How to Join Class
You will find your courses on your dashboard.
Click on ‘class’ button to join your class.
You will have to set your timezone
10 mins before your class join button will be orange and you can join.
Software Details
- Students are required to have Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects installed and functioning on their computers before the course begins. The prerequisite for this course includes comfortable knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and basics of Adobe Illustrator.
- You will need to have Photoshop and illustrator from the Creative Cloud functioning on your computer.
- The only legal way to obtain the software is via the Adobe.com subscriptions which give you to use all the Adobe software online.
- Adobe.com do not offer the option to buy it outright.
- Anyone who offers to install it on your computer (for free or for a minimal charge) is likely to be installing a copied version.
Instructions:
- Sign up for a monthly subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
- The student edition of Adobe Creative Cloud costs $19.99 per month for the first year (price will be different for subsequent years).
- Terms and conditions can be found here.
- To sign up for the student edition, you will be asked for the name and address of your school. Please note that Design Alive does not appear on the list of schools on their website, and it is usually sufficient to write Design Alive, Manchester UK.
- Adobe’s US number for purchase by phone is 800-585-0774.
- If Adobe request proof of student status please request using this link.
Course Instructions
- The course begins with alternate Premiere Pro and After Effects classes with 11 classes of Adobe Premiere where you will learn exciting video editing and production followed by 43 classes of After Effects to teach you sizzling effects!
- Each session will begin with a review of homework assignments when relevant or alternatively the lecture series will begin immediately.
- Most classes will be mainly lecture-based but some classes will require student participation where students will be encouraged to comment on class lectures or voice their opinion about examples shown in the class.
- There will be an exercise or assignment assigned after each class to be completed before the next class unless otherwise stated.
- During class, students may be requested to upload their homework assignments to allow the teacher and students to comment.
- Students who have a question in the middle of a class should raise their (digital) hand and wait to be called on, or to type (chat) the question to the teacher. The teacher will either address the issue or deal with it after class.
- Any student who is absent must view the video of the class before the next class. Design Alive reserves the right to refuse to critique or grade assignments for students absent too many time without a valid excuse.
Portfolio
We hope to produce 5 pieces of work to form your course portfolio; a video clip from Premiere, and 4 After Effects projects. We look forward to a rewarding and successful year together.
Filter/Whitelist Info
Design Alive recommends the following filters as students have been very happy with these filter companies and the support they provide.
- Techloq
- Gentech
- Nativ USA
- Netfree filter has also be approved for Design Alive but please note that having a filter which blocks skin content may be frustrating at some point
Before you begin the course please ensure that all the following sites below are unblocked: You can copy the list and send it to your filtering company.
- designaliveschool.webex.com
- webex.com
- designalive.com
- school.designalive.com
- for cisco webex- exclude multiple EXE
- You will need the cisco webex app working.
- autodesk.com (for Autocad students)
For more information regarding filter issues and troubleshooting please use this link
Credits
Design Alive are proud to be able to give credits for this course, there is a $240 fee and some extra assignments to be completed (5 written tests).
If you are interested in receiving credits, please use this link for more information and to register.
Computer Specs
Design Alive does not assist with helping you buy a computer suitable for the course, but below are suggested computer specs and details of a computer technician/salesperson who can help you.
Students doing 3D rendering or video editing/animation will need a top-end computer whereas students doing graphics only can get away with a slightly lower spec.
Please refer to these computer specs that are appropriate for all of our courses ranging from Interior & Graphic Design to the very robust 3D modeling applications (Autocad & Revit)
- An i7 or i9 CPU
- At least 16GB of RAM & 256GB of storage
- A 64-bit operating system
- A dedicated (internal) graphics card (ex. NVIDIA) – not integrated!
- Besides being more expensive, we do not recommend Apple especially because our instructors use a PC (and Revit is not supported on Macs.)
- While a 17 inch laptop is easier to see what you are designing, it would be too heavy to carry when visiting clients. Instead; we suggest a standard 15.6 inch screen and when working from home, you can opt for a secondary & larger 27” monitor (about $200).
- An (external) SSD drive to safely hold your projects and ensure that your computer does not get overloaded.
Design Alive has partnered with B&H Photo in NYC to handle all of these technical requirements and queries. They are a well-known and established company and are up-to-date with the most current specs and performance. Our contact is Boruch Berman and he can be reached at Boruchb@bhphoto.com. Please mention Design Alive when you send an email for his personal call back to select a machine that’s right for you (please do not call).
Here is a link to the current computers he currently suggests which are priced from low to high. Bear in mind that spending more money does not necessarily mean you are getting anything better and he will discuss this. Please feel free to do your own research for comparisons. (If this link becomes invalid then please let us know)