Final Cut Pro X: Animate Photoshop Layers to Draw Onto Your Project

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Learn how to animate a layered Photoshop on your Final Cut Pro X project timeline. Combining these two professional image and video editing packages can open up a range of creative possibilities for graphics, animation, titles and other elements you want to composite onto your video timeline.

Online Seminar: Introduction to Final Cut Pro X with Ben Halsall #course #fcpx #seminar #onlinelearning

I will be running a 2hr online introduction to Final Cut Pro X on Wednesday 15th April 2015.

Book your place in the class here for $10

This online seminar is designed for people starting to work with Final Cut Pro X.

Covering everything from the basic interface, editing and timeline management this 2 hour lessons will help you on your way to getting the very best out of your video project.

What we will cover:
The Interface
Importing Clips
Making Selections
Editing Your Clips to the Timeline
Making Edits on Your Timeline (shuffling clips, refining edits)
Audio
Exporting

Ask Me Anything (about video or Final Cut Pro X)
Ben will answer any questions that you have. If there is not time to go into detail in the class then he will create a video tutorial on YouTube that will answer the question.

Media – Video & Audio Files
The video you need for the class will be supplied as a ZIP download before the class.

How Does It Work?
Once you have signed up to the class you will recieve a unique sign in where you will be able to view the class and ask Ben questions.

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Nuit Blanche Ottawa+Gatineau 2015 Open Call To Artists #YOW #nuitblanche #publicart @nuitblancheotta

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The Open Call for projects to feature within Nuit Blanche Ottawa+Gatineau 2015 asks applicants to contemplate, consider and produce art works and creative projects in response to the theme ‘HYPE’. The following is the curatorial statement that expands on the choice of this year’s theme, please use it to guide project concepts or to consider if existing projects fit within the theme.

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What size should my web banner advert be? The truth behind the pixels!

I’ve been working with some clients recently who are primarily used to working with print based publications. So as a result they have been posting adverts on their site that are sized in inches rather than pixels. This has left some adverts unreadable – something I’m working with them to remedy.

So if you are a newcomer to the web then it is important to educate yourself, and your clients or advertisers, in the way of the pixel.

The key thing to remember is that if things don’t look readable on your screen, or look too small, then that will not improve when visitors to your site look at the site.

Take some time to consider the size of computer monitors (in pixels) and how this affects the files you need from those who are sending them to you. Not all screens are equal but there are some good guidelines for web-adverts in place.

The guide below from Wikipedia shows some standard web-banner advert sizes to consider. Also considering font size and reducing the amount of information to the important bits. Remember once a visitor clicks the link you can direct them to a page that has everything they need.

There are some other topics to take into consideration in your approach to this which can be summed up in one word – mobile! The screen sizes for phones and tablets add another dimension to this discussion but we’ll leave this one for another time.

I’m planning to create some video tutorials on this topic in the near future, perhaps including some free image editors that will enable you to create your own adverts.

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