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Learn the art of animation and bring your creative visions to life with a variety of video animation classes in NYC. From 2D to 3D animation, you'll gain the skills and techniques needed to create captivating animations and enhance your storytelling abilities.

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Motion 101

Manhattan Edit Workshop @ 119 W 23rd St, New York, NY

Students attending this class will create brilliant titles, transitions, effects, and more with Motion 5, the motion graphics companion to Final Cut Pro X. This three-day, hands-on course starts with motion graphics fundamentals and moves into compositing, animation, and the world of 3D. Explore new intelligent templates to quickly and flexibly create high quality effects, titles, transitions, and generators as well as create rigs to adjust related...

(96) All levels 16 and older
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$1,200

3 sessions

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Intermediate to Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Improve your knowledge of the software that’s become the industry standard for video editing Adobe Premiere is the industry standard for video editing. It is a high-performance and complex software that demands expertise and artistry. This four-week hands-on module is for anyone interested in improving their basic knowledge of Premiere for video storytelling. Session 1: Review of the principles of editing.  Styles and types of editing....

(64) Intermediate 18 and older
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$499

4 sessions

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Teen: Advanced 2D Computer Animation

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

This camp is for advanced students or those already familiar with animation programs & who have dabbled in Photoshop or have taken classes in Stop Motion before.  Create 2D animation using illustrative tools in Photoshop CC, along with knowledge in color theory, tablet technology, anatomy and drawing physics, Digital art tablet programming, color theory, as well as standard Photoshop for drawing and GIF editing animation.  Please note:...

(181) Advanced 12 - 17 years old
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$700

5 sessions

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Summer Camp: Character Animation (Grades 3-5)

One River School @ 319 Franklin Turnpike , Allendale, NJ

This course covers the basics of keyframe animation, along with tweens and bone tools using Adobe Animate. Students interested in bringing their drawings to life should take this course to discover how to prepare digital characters, background and storylines in order to develop an original cartoon!

(13) Beginner 8 - 10 years old
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$410

5 sessions

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Motion 101: Introduction to Motion 5

The Training Farm @ 39 W 38th St, New York, NY

This three-day, hands-on course starts with motion graphics fundamentals and moves into compositing, animation, and the world of 3D. Create brilliant titles, effects, transitions, and more with Motion 5, the motion graphics companion to Final Cut Pro X. Explore new intelligent templates to quickly and flexibly create high-quality effects, transitions, titles, and generators as well as create rigs to adjust related parameters with a single control....

(1) Beginner 16 and older
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$1,195

3 sessions

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Premiere: Multi-Cam

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Filming a live event or an interview with several cameras? Premiere’s built-in multi-cam editing solution can sync your footage for you and streamline your post-production process, eliminating the need for multiple video tracks to bulk up your timeline. With the Program Monitor in multi-cam mode, watch all your sources play back simultaneously as you cut between cameras. Topics include: When to Use a Multi-Cam Sequence Importing and Organizing...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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​Multimedia Storytelling Intensive

Columbia Journalism School @ 2950 Broadway, New York, NY

Over the course of five days, you will learn the basics of visual storytelling concepts through video production and post-production with Adobe Premiere. This course will provide you with an intensive, hands-on introduction to report news and feature stories with an emphasis on utilizing sophisticated video storytelling techniques.  Topics that will be covered include how to develop story ideas, reporting techniques, scripting, audio and visual...

All levels 18 and older
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$1,200

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Mocha AE Level I Workshop

Manhattan Edit Workshop

In this class you will learn how planar tracking works and how to successfully replace objects and track within a scene. Mocha AE is a stand alone planar tracking and rotoscoping utility optimized for after effects, final cut and motion users. The advanced mask creation tools, simple user interface and copy/paste exchange with AE helps take the complications out of motion tracking and reduces key framing headaches. This one-day workshop is designed...

(96) All levels 16 and older
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Introduction to Motion 5 (Motion 101-5)

Global Knowledge

Gain a better understanding of Motion 5 as you create titles, transitions, effects, and more In this course, you will create brilliant titles, transitions, effects, and more with Motion 5, the motion graphics companion to Final Cut Pro X. In this hands-on course, you will learn the fundamentals of motion graphics and develop skills in compositing, animation, and the world of 3D. You will also explore new intelligent templates to quickly and flexibly...

(12) Beginner 18 and older
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Concept Art Portfolio Prep

Ashcan Digital Academy

This intermediate to advance course consists of 72 intensive classes. Though Instructor mentorship, you will research and write a brief description of a storyline and develop various concept ideas, to create environments and the characters who live in the created environments. The course culminates with a complete industry standard portfolio for animation, game design and concept design. Curriculum The Concept Art Program is one of our portfolio...

(1) Advanced 13 and older
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Make Super Cool GIFs

Playcrafting NYC @ 11 Times Square, New York, NY

Learn to make animated gifs.  In this class, you will learn how to:  – Animate static images  – Export and loop video clips  – Format and optimize gifs Students will bring a static image or video clip to class, which they will have turned into a simple animated gif by the end of the class. We will look at examples of excellent gif design, present best practices (e.g. file size, animation speed, colors, etc.), go through...

(68) All levels 18 and older
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Stop Motion Animation

Outside In Art Inc @ 80 58th St, Brooklyn, NY

In the stop motion animation workshop you will learn the basics of animation using paper puppets and the stop motion app. The workshop will also cover cell animation.

(2) All levels 18 and older
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$150
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Making Cats Talk - Animating Mouth Shapes in Scratch

NYC Makery

How do humans use different mouth shapes to make sounds? Explore by animating your own characters to speak with realistic mouth movements. In this virtual workshop, participants will learn about the different mouth shapes that humans use to make sounds. Starting with a provided template in Scratch, we will animate our own characters that speak with realistic mouth movements. Participants will choose an inspiring quote or short joke to animate and...

(2) All levels 10 and older
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Adobe Premiere Editing

Necessary Studios @ 25-19 Borden Ave, Long Island City, NY

In a short time, you will learn all the basics to get started with Adobe Premiere. The workshop comes with a free digital tutorial of the workshop to use as a reference after the workshop. Being apart of the Adobe CC suite makes Premiere attractive to independent producers, television productions, and web-based companies. Learning premiere is ideal for any multimedia video editor. With our school, not only are the basics of premiere taught but you...

(1) All levels 16 and older
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Intro to Stop Motion and Hand Drawn Animation

Bushwick Film Festival

Intro to Stop Motion and Hand Drawn Animation is a beginner's guide to using these simple and fun technologies to accent work with moving images. The 90 minute class will focus on the basic principles and technical specifics of these two animation techniques. Students will use Final Cut Pro in addition to Pixlr, a free alternative to PhotoShop. By the end of the class, students will have completed a small project highlighting their...

Beginner 18 and older
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AE 101: Introduction to After Effects

The Training Farm @ 39 W 38th St, New York, NY

Learn the essentials of this powerful application using real-world media to animate, add effects to and enhance existing footage using the program. Adobe After Effects is the industry standard when it comes to digital motion graphic and compositing, boasting a rich feature set and tools graded for use in professional post production. This three-day, hands-on course teaches students basic graphical functions while becoming familiar with the program’s...

(1) Beginner 16 and older
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$1,195

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AE 201: Intermediate Study of After Effects

The Training Farm

This two-day, hands-on focuses on a more in-depth working knowledge of After Effects, focusing on the best way to create motion graphics and animation for use in professional quality film, television and online productions. Explore topics like blending modes, camera, masks and mattes, working in 3D space, lighting in 3D, nesting, parenting, and advanced text animation. Learn how to use keyframing to create a motion path, manipulate background layers,...

(1) Intermediate 16 and older
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Advanced Adobe After Effects CC

Global Knowledge

This course provides videographers, graphic artists, and animators with experience using Adobe After Effects effectively and efficiently. What You'll Learn Incorporate text, graphics, and effects into your movies Menu and tools in After Effects Who Needs to Attend Video and animation professionals who need an advanced understanding of Adobe After Effects Prerequisites Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows Introduction to Adobe...

(12) Advanced 18 and older
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Intermediate Adobe After Effects CC

Global Knowledge

In this course designed for videographers, graphic artists, and animators with intermediate-level Adobe After Effects experience, you will learn about the menu and tools in After Effects and how to add effects to movies with a high level of efficiency. What You'll Learn How to incorporate text, graphics, and effects to your movies  Who Needs to Attend Videographers and animators who are somewhat experienced using Adobe After Effects ...

(12) Intermediate 18 and older
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After Effects II

DCTV

Make your work pop into another dimension! In After Effects II, you’ll advance your editing techniques with 3D objects. This workshop is centered on rotoscoping and motion tracking as a powerful step from building to animating objects into your film. With these visual enhancements, you can achieve another beautiful picture. Topics include: Keying Rotobrush Tool Color Correction Altering Visual Elements Building 3D Objects Camera Tracking...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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