Career & Technical Education
Movie Animation/Special Effects

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CS5
Learn how movie magic happens and create your own special effects with Adobe After Effects CS5. This class focuses on how to create motion graphics with the aid of key framing as well as how to simulate explosions, and three-dimensional space through the use of virtual lights and cameras. Additionally there will be instruction on how to superimpose a subject into new environments using compositing technologies. Students will have the opportunity to work with multimedia to incorporate into their projects such as audio, video, images and graphics created in Photoshop and Illustrator. Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and Garage Band will also be introduced briefly to accompany and facilitate creating in After Effects. Cost: $30 Reg, $5 Lab. (Additional fee for book.)

FINAL CUT STUDIO
This course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple, roll, slip and slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final output. Cost: $30 Reg, $5 Lab. (Additional fee for book.)