Nuke for Compositors
Originating as an in-house tool at Digital Domain, Nuke is a powerful compositing application that delivers unparalleled speed, an efficient multi-channel scanline rendering engine, and a first-class feature set which is unrivalled in the desktop market. If you are in the business of creating high-quality digital images, Nuke is a production-proven visual effects tool that brings speed, functionality and flexibility to your VFX pipeline. It was used on features as diverse as "I Robot", "Letters From Iwo Jima", "Flags of our Fathers", "King Kong" and “Titanic”.
The key attractions of working with Nuke are: its true 32-bit floating point quality scanline rendering; the 3d scene scanline renderer and feature set; Stereoscopic workflow and the IBK (image based keyer).
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Duration: THREE days
Dates: Monday 2, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4 February 2009
10.00am - 5.00pm
Fee: $770
Digital Photography
Take control of your camera! This hands-on, practical course is for beginners and amateurs who have a digital SLR camera but are unsure of how to progress from the automatic button mode. You’ll be introduced to the basics of how aperture, shutter speed, lighting and composition control the creative process of capturing images. And you’ll master basic photo editing to enhance your photos for printing or viewing on-screen. The course includes field trips covering daylight and night photography.
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DURATION: TWO SATURDAYS (10.000AM - 4.00PM) AND ONE EVENING (6.00pm - 8.00pm)
DATES: Saturday 17 JANUARY, Wednesday 21, Saturday 31 JANUARY 2009
Fee: $520
Adobe CS3 Advanced
If you’re already working well with CS2 or CS3, but want to learn more of the advanced functions and the hidden tricks within the core applications, this is the course for you. You’ll become more confident and faster, and develop a more efficient workflow.
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DURATION: THREE DAYS
DATES: Mon 12, Wed 14, Friday 16 January 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
OR
Sat 31 January, 7, 14 february 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Adobe CS3 Basic
Adobe Creative Suite 3 – InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - provides the most comprehensive graphic, photo editing and design environment. Learn how to use the industry’s essential tools for design and print production, and combine them to improve your creative output.
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DURATION: THREE SATURDAYS
DATES: 31 Jan, 7, 14 February 2009
9.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Copywriting
If you like the Gruen Transfer, you’ll love this. Copywriting is coming up with creative ideas and then writing them well to sell whale meat to whale-loving Aussies, make plastic shopping bags sexy or doing what Dove did and making a cosmetic ad which is actually different. It’s about immersing yourself in a product or service and coming up with an idea that stands out, creates a longing mind and ultimately sells a product.
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DURATION: Four MORNINGs
WED 11, ThUR 12, WED 18, Thur 19 FEBRUARY 2009
10.00am - 1.00pm
Fee $495
Creative Image Making: The Handmade into the Digital
Combine traditional artwork and working with textures and physical materials with the power of digital imaging tools. Learn about concept-driven illustration for magazines or any application, using collages of photographic images and found objects which are then scanned into the digital workspace for further work in Photoshop and Illustrator.
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DURATION: THREE days
DATES: Tue 17, Wed 18, Thurs19 February 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Drawing Creatively
This is an inspiring course for anyone wanting to discover the exciting creative possibilities of markmaking, whilst exploring drawing techniques, skills and mediums in an environment which is both supportive and stimulating.
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DURATION: TWO DAYS
DATES: Tue 3, WeD 4 FEBRUARY 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $495
Dreamweaver CS3 Basic
Dreamweaver is the industry-leading web development tool. You’ll be shown how it works, step by step, so you’ll have the skills and confidence to plan, build and maintain your own website.
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DURATION: THREE DAYS
DATES: TUE 20, WED 21, Thur 22 JANUARY 2009
10.00am – 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Flash Basic
If you’re a budding web designer looking to add Flash animations to your website or to add more functionality to web page controls, this course will give you what you need. It will also be perfect if you’re a visual or multimedia designer wanting to learn the most-used web application for animations and on line presentations.
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3 Saturdays
DATES: 7, 14 & 21 FEBRUARY 2009
10.00am-4.00pm
FEE: $715
Illustrator CS3
Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard application for creating vector-based art. Vector art is resolution-independent so remains sharp at any size and is ideal for creating logos, maps, diagrams and graphs as well as illustrations. Elements are easily edited at any time and file sizes are very small compared with raster (pixel)-based files such as created by Photoshop. .
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DURATION: THREE days
DATES: Wed 14, Thur 15, Fri 16 January 2009
10.00am – 4.00pm
FEE: $715
InDesign CS3
Adobe InDesign CS3 has revolutionised the publishing world and is the industry standard page layout application. It is perfect for designing everything from small items such as small press ads, flyers and brochures to large book and magazine projects. InDesign seamlessly integrates with Photoshop and Illustrator files and has similar tool and palette layouts and shared keyboard commands. Even though it is an intricate program, InDesign is surprisingly easy to master, and your layouts will soon be containing anything your imagination can come up with!.
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DURATION: TWO Days
DATES: Sat 21, 28 February 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $495
Photoshop Advanced
You’re already working well with the basics of Adobe Photoshop but now want to master the advanced features of this highly creative program. At our two-day hands-on workshop, you’ll take your skills to the next level to help you achieve true professionalism in all your finished work.
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DURATION: THREE DAYS
DATES: TUE 10, WED 11, THUR 12 FEBRUARY 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Photoshop Basic
If you want to be able to manipulate your photographs - to use images in corporate communications, to improve your personal photography to better capture those important moments, or to create fine art – this is the course for you. Adobe Photoshop is a pixel-based program that allows you to retouch, manipulate and combine images.
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DURATION: THREE DAYS
DATES: TUE 3, WED 4, THUR 5 FEBRUARY 2009
10.00am-4.00pm
FEE: $715
Understanding Colour
An intensive, in-depth and scientific approach to colour theory and its practical application in the digital environment. Learn how colour really works, and discover how to solve colour problems by thinking in terms of various kinds of 3D colour spaces.
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DURATION: Three Days
DATES: Tue 10, Wed 11, Thur 12 February 2009
10.00am - 4.00pm
FEE: $715
Contact:
Fran Kirby
t: 02 9492 3297
e: fkirby@think.edu.au
Fees:
inc. GST, course materials and Billy Blue Certificate on completion.
Fee discounts: 15% if you’re a Billy Blue or Think College Graduate; 10% if you’re a current Billy Blue or Think College Student; 10% if you’ve done Studio Sessions short courses with us before.
Venue:
Billy BlueCollege of Design
171 Pacific Highway
North Sydney
Small classes (max 15)
Billy Blue College of Design Lecturers all work professionally in the design/graphics industry. You’ll benefit from their practical industry experience and commercial design understanding.
You'll learn what do to, not just how to do it.
Email Fran Kirby: fkirby@think.edu.au or phone 02 9492 3297
TO BOOK: just download the application form and fax it to 9957 1811.