Workshops

(100) Podcasting Introductory Workshop

2009-05-07T13:09:53Z

Podcasting Introductory Workshop (pcast 100) | 1 Day Workshop | $445

Course Description

This introductory, one-day Podcasting 100 course provides students with the knowledge and tools necessary to author professional quality recordings for distribution via podcasting. Students will learn to record, edit, and export audio files using Apple iLife software. The course is taught through a combination of instructor demonstrations and individual exercises, providing participants with hands-on activities to learn basic digital media authoring techniques.

We supply all courseware, a free copy of Telestream's ScreenFlow software, A DVD with several open source tools and templates, a resource book titled "iLife 09 in the Classroom" by Jim Heid, and a catered lunch.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who has a requirement to distribute digital media including audio, video and screen demos
Educators looking to create a digital classroom experience
Anyone who's role requires internal or external communications
Lecturers, corporate trainers, k-12 educators, university level educators.
Anyone looking to promote their business or organization in innovative ways

What You Will Learn

What tools are available to you for podcast creation
How to structure and script your podcast
How to record quality audio in-studio or on location
How to capture screen recordings and presentations
How to import, edit, and enhance your digital audio/video recording
How to export your podcast for distribution via podcasting
Creating a Blog

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

Course Outline

Topic	Description
Podcasting Overview	What is Podcasting, a basic history and evolution of Podcasting, exploration of the various uses of Podcasting
What Tools Are Available	Review of the tools available to create professional looking and sounding Podcasts
Preparing your Podcast	How to prepare for audio/video or screen recording Podcasts. Introduction to workflows for Podcasting
Creating Audio Podcasts	Creating audio podcasts in iLife, adding cover-art and metadata, pre & post production activities
Creating Screen Capture Podcasts	Creating screen podcasts with ScreenFlow, explore post-production techniques in iMovie 09
Creating Basic Video Podcasts	Creating video podcasts with your iSight or attached camera, explore post-production techniques in iMovie 09
Posting Your Final Work	How to get your Podcasts out onto the web, exploring free and pay-for services such as MobileMe

(200) Advanced Security Workshop

2009-05-07T13:30:10Z

Podcast Producer Workshop (advsec 200) | 1 Day Course | $495

Course Description

This in-depth, one-day course or 8 one hour web sessions provides administrators with the knowledge and tools necessary to deploy advanced security techniques on the Apple desktop and server platforms. Topics such as digital signing of email and documents, 2 factor logon options available for OS X, 802.1x wireless and wired network security, leveraging and protecting VPN and SSH connections.

We supply all courseware and a catered lunch.

Who Should Attend

This class is meant for administrators interested in learning advanced security techniques for OS X Participants should be familiar with Mac OS X Server, DNS, and the basics using Terminal.

What You Will Learn

How to secure SSH for key based logon only.
How to SSH to tunnel connections for Apple Remote Desktop
How to setup and enable digital signing and encryption of internal emails.
How to setup and install certificate based VPN and 802.1x access
Setting up a CA on OS X
Full drive encryption using TrueCrypt open source software.
Two factor logon with either smart cards or Rohos devices

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS X Server, DNS and Terminal

Course Outline

Topic	Description
SSH	Securing default SSH install with SSH keys, limiting SSH access by host or network, Using SSH for tunneling
Remote Security	VPN options and securing VPN connectivity using client certificates
Two Factor Logon	Leveraging two factor authentication for enhanced logon protection and auditing
Signing and Encrypting	Deploying digital signing and encryption infrastructure. Employing full disk encryption for secure mobile devices.
Setting up a CA	Deploy your own internal CA using OS X built-in or open source projects

(300) Podcast Producer Workshop

2009-05-07T13:30:10Z

Podcast Producer Workshop (pcast 300) | 2 Day Course | $995

Course Description

This in-depth, two-day course provides administrators with the knowledge and tools necessary to install, and configure Apple's Podcast Producer solution. Additional attention is paid to authoring professional quality workflows and distribution options for Apple Podcast Producer. Students will learn to install, configure, and deploy Podcast Producer and develop simple to complex workflows.. The course is taught through a combination of instructor demonstrations and individual exercises, providing participants with hands-on activities to learn basic digital media authoring techniques.

We supply all courseware and a catered lunch.

Who Should Attend

This class is meant for administrators interested in sharing digital media via podcasting. Participants should be familiar with Mac OS X Server, DNS, and the basics of XML.

What You Will Learn

How to properly install Podcast Producer
How to establish an xgrid for Podcast Producer workflows
How to configure User and Group workflows and associated permissions
How to install and customize web front-end for Podcast Producer
Internal operations of the workflow system
How to create your own workflows for User/Group blog posting, iTunesU posting etc.
Working with external tools for ingest and output

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS X Server, DNS and XML

Course Outline

Topic	Description
Podcast Producer Overview	What is Podcast Producer, a basic history and evolution of Podcasting, exploration of the various uses of Podcast Producer
Installing Podcast Producer	Reviewing requirements and deployment of Podcast Producer Services
Configuring Podcast Producer	Configuration options, Xgrid setup and Podcast Producer configuration
Workflow Anatomy	Disection of prebuilt workflows, required components, quartz composer and other workflow options.
Creating Workflows	Creating your own workflows from scratch
Troubleshooting Podcast Producer	Troubleshooting techniques and how-to's for correcting Podcast Producer issues
External Tools and Options	How to get your Podcasts out onto the web, exploring free and pay-for services and open-source and pay for tools. Tandberg Content Server, and Ensemble Video Integration.

(B101) Blender Essentials 3d Bootcamp

2009-07-14T02:53:07Z

Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that is a real alternative to commercially available 3D design software. A cross-platform software package with millions of downloads annually, Blender is now one of the world's most popular 3D design tools. Although Blender is free, it's intended for design professionals and others motivated to become 3D artists. The Essential Blender will provide you with the knowledge you need to help integrate Blender into your work and begin to master its powerful creation tools.

If you've never tried 3D design before, an introductory chapter will familiarize you with relevant terminology and concepts. If you're already experienced with commercial 3D software, The Essential Blender will get you up to speed with Blender quickly.

After a tour of Blender's 3D modeling, animation, and rendering capabilities, you'll learn how best to use Blender for these tasks:
Object manipulation and animation
Mesh and sculpt modeling and shape animation
Materials and texturing (including UV unwrapping)
Lighting and rendering
Particle animation
Character rigging and animation
Node-based composition

This is a totally hands-on course, so you will be learning and doing 3d tasks throughout and will receive THE ESSENTIAL BLENDER course book

Course Outline: Blender Essentials Bootcamp | Cost $1995.00/per person

1. What is Blender & 3D?

Installation, startup, Python, the API
BBB

2. The Blender Interface

Window Types
Screens
Scenes
Familiar Windows: Outliner, Text, File Browser, Image Editor
Familiar objects: Lights, Camera, Cube. Your first Render

3. Object Modeling

3D View. Grab, Rotate, Scale. Local Mode
What is an object? Vertices, Edges, and Faces
Edit Mode. Grab, Rotate, Scale
Extrusion, Facing, Normals. Mesh tools.
Groups and Layers

4. Sculpting

Subsurf, Smooth, Solid, Sculpting tools

5. Object Animation

Keyframes, Actions, and IPOs under the covers

6. Character Animation

Armatures: Creating and Posing

7. Rigging and Skinning

Applying Armatures, Vertex Groups

8. Morphing

Shape Keys, Lattices, ShrinkWrap, Cast
Animation

9. Materials

Shadeless and Shading
Shaders and Textures
Transparency: Z and Ray
Node materials

10. Texture

Mapping
Procedural Textures
Image Textures
Node Textures

11. Lighting

Types and Controls: Sun, Lamp, Spot, Hemi, Area
Shadows
Animation

12. UV and Painting

Unwrapping
Texture Painting

13. Particle Systems

Halo Particles
Shape Particles
Boids
Force Fields

14. Softbodies
15. Fluids
16. Cloth
17. Compositing

Input/Output
Color/Vector
Filter/Converter
Matte/Distort

18. Sequencing

Movies and Image Sequencers
Strip Properties and native effects
Effect Strips
Audio & FFMPEG output

19. Scripting

a. Hello World
b. Python Overview
c. The Blender API

20. Wrap-up

Suggested Course Timeline

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	1-2	3-4
Tuesday	5-6	7-8
Wensday	9-10	11-12
Thursday	13-14	15-16
Friday	17-18	19-20

(DSLR1) DSLR Video Workshop

2010-07-16T03:13:31Z

(MAYA1) Introduction to 3d with Maya

2010-07-16T03:13:31Z

Introduction to Maya (MAYA1) | 4 Day Workshop | $1295

*** BOOK BEFORE AUGUST 1st for $995 ***

This four-day, hands-on workshop for using AutoDesk's revolutionary 3d software for computer generated graphics is designed to be a comprehensive workshop using Mays's powerful 3d engine and interface. The workshop is designed to take introduce you to 3d and provide skills on real world 3d projects like modeling, using textures, cameras and rendering.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for students who are looking to start learning more about 3d graphics using AutoDesk Maya with real world projects, and who prefer hands-on, interactive instruction.

What You Will Learn

User Interface
New Project Creation
Polygon Modeling
NURBS Modeling
Timeline and animation
Graph editor for animation
Lighting
Materials, Textures and surface shaders
NURBS Modeling
UV Texture Editor
Cameras and Rendering

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

Course Schedule

Day 1 Interface & Polly Modeling techniques & tools

Day 2 Intro to Nurbs ( 1/2 day) and the remainder will be UV editor & photoshop

Day 3 Intro to Animation

Day 4 Lighting / Texturing / Rendering / Compositing

(MOTDD) Motion 4 - Deep Dive

2010-07-16T03:13:31Z

Motion 4 Deep Dive (MOTDD) | 2 Day Workshop | $495

*** FREE W/ PAID ATTENDANCE TO INTRO TO MOTION DURING IF BOOKED BEFORE AUG 31st ***

This two-day, hands-on workshop for using Apple's revolutionary software for motion graphics design is designed to be a comprehensive workshop using Motion's Real-Time Design engine and interface. The workshop is designed to take your Motion skills to the next level by working on real world projects like custom lower 3rd's, dynamic video introductions, text and photo animation.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for Intro to Motion 4 students who are looking to learn more about creating motion graphics using Motion with real world projects, and who prefer hands-on, interactive instruction.

What You Will Learn

Creating dynamic lower thirds
Animating Photoshop images
Creating 3d effects with images
Creating 3d effects with text
Creating templates
Animating to music

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS
Basic knowledge of motion graphics terminology is recommended
Basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7 is required.
Level One Motion 4 training is or Motion 4 certification is required.

Course Schedule