Make & sell cryptoart

In this course you’ll learn how to make and sell your art, sculpture, animation or design work as cryptoart.

The course is taught by well known cryptoartist, Angie Taylor – a motion graphic designer, author and illustrator with 25 years industry experience.

What we cover in this cryptoart training course.

I aim to get you up and running quickly as a crytoartist. In this course you’ll learn the following.

What is cryptoart?
Short history of blockchain art
Cryptoart websites and platforms
The Cryptoart community & social media
Installing wallet software
Hardware wallets
Buying cryptocurrecny
Uploading art to uncurated websites
Applying to curated cryptoart websites
Promoting your work as a cryptoartist
Showing your work in the metaverse

This is a 4 week course which costs £50.00 per week (including VAT)

Your Instructor - Angie Taylor

All courses are taught by artist, Angie Taylor. Angie worked as a motion graphic designer for over 25 years.

She was a demo artist for Adobe and is an Adobe Community Professional. You can see examples of Angie's work here on her portfolio.

Angie is a lecturer at the Univeristy of Brighton. She has taught children and adults at several colleges, schools and universities.

Angie has several books & courses published on design & animation.

After Effects Training

Our remote, online After Effects training courses are taught by motion graphics expert, Angie Taylor – a motion graphic designer, author and illustrator with 25 years industry experience. Choose from our standard two-day After Effects training courses – all taught on a 1-2-1 basis. Or pick and mix modules from below to make up your own bespoke course.

You can choose from Beginners, Intermediate or Advanced courses in Photoshop. Or, pick and mix modules to make up your own bespoke course. We offer remote, online training for individuals and groups.

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What we cover in our After Effects training

There are four levels of After Effects training available as well as custom courses. You can find example outlines of these courses by clicking on these links.

After Effects Fundamentals
After Effects Intermediate
After Effects Advanced
After Effects Power User.

Each of these is a 2 day course

How does the training work?

Angie will send you an evaluation form that takes a few minutes to complete. This will give Angie an indication of the level of After Effects training you require. She will customise the course to fit your own personal needs. Evaluation form example

Your Instructor - Angie Taylor

All courses are taught by artist, Angie Taylor. Angie worked as a motion graphic designer for over 25 years.

She was a demo artist for Adobe and is an Adobe Community Professional. You can see examples of Angie's work here on her portfolio.

Angie is a lecturer at the Univeristy of Brighton. She has taught children and adults at several colleges, schools and universities.

Angie has several books & courses published on design & animation.

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Getting comfortable in After Effects

An overview of the After Effects interface
Making use of task focussed workspaces
Customising the application preferences
Project settings you need to know about
Creating composition settings presets
Useful, advanced composition settings

Importing Images into After Effects

Supported image types in After Effects
Working with Photoshop files in After Effects
Working with Illustrator files in After Effects
Importing or creating image sequences

Working with video footage in After Effects

Supported video formats in After Effects
How After Effects works with aspect ratios
Adjusting video frame rates and looping footage
Understanding video compression and codecs
Working with interlaced footage and field order

Timing and motion graphics

Importing Premiere Pro animatic via Dynamic Link
Adding comp or layer markers in After Effects
Making motion graphics dynamic with sound effects
Animating elements in time with music

Mastering the five transform properties

Rotation
Scale
Position
Anchor Point
Opacity
Working with 3D in a 2D environment

Applying Effects

Adding video effects layers (Blurs, Color correction etc)
Applying effects to solids (Generator effects)
Creating backgrounds (Fractal noise, patterns, textures)
Using Adjustment Layers to apply effects to multiple layers
Applying shadows and bevels with Layer Styles
Masking effects to isolated areas

Panels

Essential Graphics
Motion Sketch
Smoother
Wiggler
Mask interpolation

Previewing your work

Customising the Time control options
Setting up a disk cache (purging)
Composition panel options (fast previews, region of interest, resolution, draft options, masks, channels, view options)
Timeline controls (shortcuts, view area, zooming, navigating, panels)

Keyframe Assistants

When to use Easy Ease and when to use Continuous Bezier
Time-reversing keyframes and animations
Fixing acceleration issues with Exponential Scale.
Understanding keyframe interpolation
Auto orient rotation options.

2 day course

Intermediate After Effects

Color and channels

RGB, HLS and other color systems
Using RGB channels for color adjustment
Compositing images with alpha channels
Color spaces & color management in After Effects

Presets & Templates

Building a comprehensive preset library
Using Essential Graphics panel to create Templates
Working with Master Properties

Spatial Animation

Creating motion paths
Adding or removing path keyframes (drawing paths)
Four basic keyframe types (Linear, Auto Bezier, Continuous Bezier, Bezier)
Using Hold keyframes to animate sudden changes
Using Auto Orient to automatically rotate objects along paths.
Recording mouse movements with Motion Sketch
Creating randomness with the Wiggler
Physics (Balance, gravity, bounce etc)
Applying squash and stretch to animation

Temporal Animation

Adjusting timing in the Timeline (Keyframe interpolation, keyframe velocity)
Four basic keyframe types (Linear, Auto Bezier, Continuous Bezier, Bezier)
Viewing speed and value graphs in the graph editor
Roving Keyframes in time to even out speed changes
Retiming animations in the keyframe view (Alt-click and drag)
Matching keyframes between properties to avoid glitches (scale and position)
Creating overlapping actions
Going past the pose to create dynamism
Smoother

Shape Layers

Primitive vector shapes
Drawing custom vector shapes
Fills and strokes
Combining shapes
Shape operators
When to use multiple layers
Converting shapes from other applications

Text Layers

Character panel
Paragraph panel
Source text property
Arranging text along a path
adding text animator properties
The range selector
The wiggly selector

Working in the Layer Panel

Spotting Interlacing issues and other errors
Trimming footage in the Layer panel
Best practices for Ken Burns effects (Panning and Zooming)
Viewing effect paths and controls in the Layer panel
Working with multiple viewers

Grouping

Parenting
Nesting
Precomposing
Collapsing Transformations
Layer and render order

2 day course

Advanced After Effects - day 1

Expressions

Rotation linking
Working with 2D properties
Wiggle
Looping
Audio control
Expression controls
Rigging

Keying and Compositing

Using masks to isolate areas
Auto-tracing images and movies
Rotoscoping footage with the Rotobrush
Keying out green screen with the Keylight effect
Creating transparent keys with the Color Difference effect
Matte Correction technique
Auto-tracing movies or images

Working with the Graph Editor

Understanding the speed graph
Animating dimensions individually with the Value Graph
Tips tricks and techniques with the Graph editor

RGB images and channel effects

Blending modes
Mattes and Matte effects
Alpha channels
Channel effects
32-bit/ linear workflows

Combining Effects

Procedural V’s non-procedural effects
Creating Fire/smoke/water with Turbulent Noise
Saving effect presets
Adding color to effects or layers
Distorting surfaces with turbulent displace
Effects that refer to other layers (Displacement maps etc)

Character Animation techniques

Forward Kinematic animation with layers
IK animation
Puppet Tool
Character Animator

Power User

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Advanced After Effects - day 2

3D

3D properties
Working with the 3D view menus
Navigating custom views with the Camera tools
Controlling the Axis modes
Cinema 4D Renderer
Extruding and bending layers

Cameras

Basic camera properties
Using the camera tools to adjust or animate the Active camera
Manually adjusting using position and point of Interest and orientation
Using nulls
Zoom
Depth of Field
Keyframing cameras
Auto-orient options

Lights

Basic Light properties
Light types
Material Options
Shadows

Cinema 4D Lite and Cineware

Importing a 3D object into your comp
Adjusting the render settings of cineware
Editing the file in Cineware
Cineware and After Effects cameras
Creating a new 3D object for your comp
Multipass compositing

Tracking

Masks
Layer Tracking
Camera Tracking
Mocha AE
Capturing camera moves from a GoPro

Rendering and Distribution

Image sequences versus movies
Adobe Media Encoder
The Render Queue
Render Settings
Output Modules
Templates
Watched folders

2 day course

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Photoshop Training

You can choose from Beginners, Intermediate or Advanced courses in Photoshop. Or, pick and mix modules to make up your own bespoke course. We offer remote, online training for individuals and groups.

About Your Trainer

Angie Taylor is the trainer for all courses taught at Creative Cabin. She has published several books & articles on motion graphic design. She is an Adobe Community Professional, contributing regularly to Adobe forums. She is a Linkedin learning instructor & teaches on MA Digital Media Arts at University of Brighton.

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Photoshop training - in Brighton or remote

We teach all levels from beginner to advanced level Adobe Photoshop. Our Photoshop training courses are taught by a professional graphic designer with over 25 years experience.

Learning Photoshop is a great life-long skill to aquire. If you want qualifications, our course will help you to prepare for the Adobe authorisation exam. This course is taught by Adobe Community Expert, Angie Taylor.

Our Adobe Photoshop course in Brighton

Photoshop is the industry standard software for photo retouching, making marketing materials, creating concept art. Our practical courses can help you to create creative projects for your own portfolio. We will teach you a variety of techniques, tips and tools. Our bespoke, 1-2-1 Adobe Photoshop training course in Brighton is perfect for anyone looking to improve their skills.

Remote Online Courses

You can learn via our Adobe Photoshop training course right here in Brighton. Perhaps you’re not located in Brighton? Or maybe you prefer to carry out the Adobe Photoshop training in the comfort of your own home. In these situations, we can provide remote, online Adobe Photoshop training on a 1-2-1 basis.

We use web conferencing software to deliver the training to you. The software makes use of the webcam, microphone and screen sharing services. It’s a great way to deliver 1-2-1 Adobe Photoshop training or training to groups of your employees – without face-to-face contact. This is particularly important in this difficult time as many of us have to self-isolate due to the Corona virus.

1-2-1 bespoke courses

We will develop bespoke course content for you. This will help our delegates get to grips with the basic and advanced concepts of Adobe Photoshop. Our Adobe Photoshop training course in Brighton is a one-to one course. so there’s just you and the trainer at the desk. We can tailor the course content to help suit your learning needs.

Schedules

Our tutor, Angie has over 25 years of industry practice as a graphic designer. We can offer flexible course times to fit in around your busy schedule. Most courses are held on Thursdays and Fridays but we can also discuss courses for the evening or on weekends. The online, remote Adobe Photoshop training course in Brighton is instructor-led. This Adobe Photoshop training course can be taken as a part-time evening course or taken over a long period, spread over weekends.

Your Instructor - Angie Taylor

All courses are taught by artist, Angie Taylor. Angie worked as a motion graphic designer for over 25 years.

She was a demo artist for Adobe and is an Adobe Community Professional. You can see examples of Angie's work here on her portfolio.

Angie is a lecturer at the Univeristy of Brighton. She has taught children and adults at several colleges, schools and universities.

Angie has several books & courses published on design & animation.

What we cover in our Photoshop training

In this Adobe Photoshop training Angie Taylor shows just how easy it can be. You’ll tour the interface, gain an understanding of the workflow, and be introduced to core techniques. Angie will customize the course exactly to fit your needs.

All classes taught at the Creative Cabin are delivered on a one-to-one basis. This means it’s just you and Angie at the desk. You can ask questions whenever you want. Angie will customise the course to fit your own needs.

How does the training work?

Angie will send you an evaluation form that takes a few minutes to complete.

This will give Angie an indication of the level of Photoshop training you require. She will customise the course to fit your own personal needs.

Evaluation form example

Photoshop Training modules

Photoshop Fundamentals

Navigating within the workspace
Bringing old photographs to life
Understanding different image formats and resolutions
Working nondestructively
Correcting badly shot images
Cloning and using Content aware to fill spaces
Applying dynamic adjustment layers
Working with selections and Quick Mask mode
Creating and formatting text
Drawing and painting with Photoshop
Saving files correctly for web delivery
Creating composite images with layers
Creating new images with the drawing and painting tools
Using the dodge and burn tools to focus interest or highlight areas of an image
The clone tool and healing brushes
Understanding layers and objects
Making selections
Adding effects to images
layer masks and transparency options
Combining layers with Blending modes

Photoshop Training modules

Photoshop Intermediate

Retouching photographs
Fixing images
Color correction and balancing
Formatting images for web, print or screens
Working with text and typography
Working with the Pen and Pencil tools
Tweaking, exporting, and saving artwork
Combining 3D elements in your images
Automating complex tasks with Actions
RGB, HLS and other color systems
Using RGB channels for color adjustment
Compositing images with alpha channels
Color spaces & color management in Photoshop
Retouching portraits
Nondestructive dodging and burning
Working with raw images in Camera Raw

Advanced Photoshop

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Brand New! Character Animation course

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Character Animation with Adobe Character Animator and After Effects

Learn how to bring your artwork to life with a short course at Creative Cabin. You’ll learn how to set up your own artwork for animating in Adobe’s new Character Animator software. Learn the principles of animation and how to apply them to your characters. You’ll discover how to compose a scene and a storyboard as well as hundreds of tips and tricks for making compelling and enjoyable character animations. Book now to hold your place!

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