Creative Training in Brighton

Creative Training in Brighton

Angie Taylor runs her own private art school, called Creative Cabin. Here she teaches art, design, sculpture, 3D and animation to artists and designers. Angie also runs classes for children in art & design subjects.

Angie Taylor’s advanced After Effects Training courses are like no other. This is not just simply software training.

You will receive professional training by an industry professional with over fifteen years experience in the TV and Film industry.  Learn how to create visually stunning animation, motion graphics and visual effects using professional post production techniques.

Angie has trained designers at most of the top TV and film companies in the UK, including; BBC, Sky, Channel 5, ITV, MTV. Angie also works regularly for Adobe as an industry expert in their digital video products, speaking at seminars, conferences and trade shows.

Other complimentary products can be included too including; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro and Motion. Learn the software plus additional nifty little tips and tricks that will project your work a mile above the rest. You’ll get training in the product features and, if required, design and animation training from an experienced After Effects professional. Learn from Angie’s own successes (and also learn how to avoid mistakes!)

Angie teaches four levels of After Effects course: Fundamental, Intermediate, Advanced and Power User. Each course is designed to give you the skills to get the most from After Effects enabling you to produce professional motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, the web and mobile devices.

To receive a detailed course outline and pricing please use the Contact page form to express your interest.

  • Angie can provide individual one-to-one training on site, at your place of work.
  • On-site training for groups between 2 and 5 people can also be provided at your own place of work.
  • Having trouble getting a job done? Angie also offers a one-to-one consultancy service to help you with real world projects.
  • If you prefer an off-site classroom situation, Angie works with reputable training companies in the UK and can offer training at premises in most major UK cities at a discounted rate. Please contact Angie directly for more details.

After Effects Learn by Video is included in the course

Training includes all source files and fourteen hours of video training written by Angie Taylor and Todd Kopriva (Adobe’s technical support lead for professional video software). You can use these files to extend your knowledge and retrace your steps again after the course.

Please contact Angie Directly using her contact page to find out more.

“Of all the After Effects books I looked at whilst trying to learn it,
I found Angie’s was the most user friendly and creative.”

Chris Cunningham, Director of music videos, commercials and video art.

NAB 2015 Presentations by Angie Taylor

NAB 2015 Presentations by Angie Taylor

Well, it’s that time of year again, NAB 2015 is just round the corner. It’s the event of the year for our industry. The who’s-who of the broadcast industry gather together in Las Vegas for this massive trade show, conference and countless parties. It’s a great opportunity to meet old friends, make new contacts, learn new techniques and see new products and technologies on show.

 Interview with That Studio

Come to the That Studio booth, in the Plugin Pavillion at 1.15 on Wednesday to partake in the audience. I’ll be interviewed by the lovely Kanen Flowers about my relatively new venture The Creative Cabin. I’ll also be giving away some free Creative Cabin products!

Sessions and Demo’s

This year I’ll have a varied schedule – speaking at the Post Production World Conference and also doing software demo’s on the trade show floor. If you want to learn my latest tips and techniques and see new content from up and coming video tutorials, there’s plenty to see.

RE:Vision Effects Inc.

Booth SL5807

113a0a1dddd380aa6fe1c7022ee0dc81I’m proud to say I’ll be working the trade show floor on behalf of RE:Vision Effects Inc. Who make Academy Award winning Plugins for After Effects, Autodesk Systems, Avid Systems, Final Cut Pro, Fusion, genQ, HitFilm, Natron, Nucoda, Nuke, Premiere Pro, Resolve, Scratch and Vegas Pro.

I’ll be showcasing all of their plugins, in particular my personal favourite RE:Flex that I used on the Chris Cunningham’s Rubber Johnny music video. You can find us at booth SL5807. I’ll be there Monday from 2-6, Tuesday from 3.30-6 and Wednesday from 9-1.

Boris FX

Booth SL4225

This year Boris FX will be teaming up with their friends at Imagineer Systems to present awesome new time-saving technologies and vfx tools jointly developed for the first-time by the Boris FX and the Imagineer teams. Swing by thebooth SL4225 on Tuesday the 14th April at 12pm midday to see my talk about creating 3D titles right inside After Effects. See how to us Boris FX 3D plug-ins with the built in 3D Camera Tracker inside After Effects to mimic famous movie titles.

Post Production World Conference

South Upper Hall

I’ll also be speaking at the Post Production World conference during the week. This premiere technical training program is produced by Future Media Concepts.  Click here to review the full schedule of this year’s Post|Production World offerings.

I have two sessions at this event this year;

Building After Effects Templates and Source Elements

Tue. April 14| 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM | N252

Designers can make extra income by designing templates for other designers. Websites like Adobe Exchange and VideoHive make it easy to market and sell them. In this session Angie Taylor will share tips and techniques for building solid templates and source elements for After Effects and Premiere Pro. She’ll also share information about how to protect your content legally and make money from it online.

This session will feature workflows in After Effects, Premiere Pro and Illustrator.

By the end of this session, attendees will know how to….
• Design templates that are useful and practical
• Organize template projects so they are easy to use
• Create expression controllers for adjusting template elements
• Lock and hide and add notes to project elements
• Create accounts to market and sell templates
• Make additional income by selling products

Get More from Cinema 4D Lite & After Effects

Wed. April 15| 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM | N252

The Cineware plugin allows users to integrate Cinema 4D, 3D objects and scenes into your After Effects projects. Angie will look at the many creative ways this powerful software combination can work. You’ll pick up all the skills you need to feel confident with Cinema 4D Lite as well as see some inspiring ideas to drive you forward. The session will finish with Angie showing you how you can use classic camera moves from famous movies in your 3D scenes.

By the end of this session, attendees will know how too…
• Build models from primitive objects Cinema 4D Lite
• Apply and modify materials in Cinema 4D Lite
• Animate properties in Cinema 4D Lite
• Make use of free content in Cinema 4D Lite
• Incorporate your 3D objects into After Effects
• Recreate classic camera moves with the After Effects 3D Camera Tracker

Conference: Post|Production World

Registration Package: A Post|Production World registration or SMART Pass will get you into these sessions. Please check here for registration prices.

 I hope to see some of you there. I am quite short-sighted so often don’t recognise people from a distance so please make sure to come and say hello if you see me.

Cinema 4D at IBC 2013

Cinema 4D at IBC 2013

See me demo Cinema 4D R14 and After Effects CC at IBC 2013 and also experience CINEMA 4D Release 15 Live!

From Sept. 13 – 17, 2013, exhibition hall 6, booth C19, RAI convention center, Amsterdam
I’ll be showing CINEMA 4D R14 and After effects CC integrations at the MAXON booth at IBC 2013.

I’m proud to be included in a list of internationally renowned experts who will also be appearing at the MAXON booth every day with very interesting presentations and demonstrations covering a wide range of topics. An agenda and information about the speakers can be found here.

I’ll be showing tips and techniques from my Lynda.com training workshop “Up and Running with Cinema 4D Lite” where she builds a robotic animation, inspired by Beeple and uses the After Effects Cineware plugin to perform post production tasks on isolated layers from the Cinema 4D scene.

Each day we will be giving away fantastic prizes with a total value of more than €10,000. The main prize is an NVIDIA Quadro K5000 high-end graphics card worth more than €2,300 and a commercial CINEMA 4D Broadcast license, which will be given away to one lucky winner*.

This is where you’ll find MAXON:

At this year’s IBC we’ll be in hall 6, booth C19

Here’s a map of the exhibition floor!

The MAXON speaker schedule:

An overview of the individual speakers, their topics and the entire schedule as a whole can be found here.

I’m looking forward to seeing you at IBC!

After Effects World Conference

Where VFX, Motion Graphics and creativity connect

After Effects World Conference

Never before has an After Effects user conference of this magnitude been available. Until now. Uniquely designed with the needs of motion graphics & visual effects professionals in mind, as well as professional editors new to After Effects, it’s your opportunity to amp up your software aptitude, build professional connections and freely engage in creative exploration.

Discount Code

Special 10% discount for all Angie Taylor subscribers and customers. Use the customer code ANGIEAEW near the end of the registration process to redeem. Contact Event Manager Jack Reilly for further information.

What you get

Three and a half days, and over 40 cutting-edge training sessions to build your efficiency and elevate your creativity using this sophisticated software.  You’ll interact directly and learn first-hand from iconic After Effects trainers and users.

After Effects World Conference will also bring attendees into the heart of the Adobe brain trust. On Friday, all of our speakers and attendees will depart the hotel to spend the day at the Adobe offices! Once there, attendees will be treated to panel discussions, a mini expo, workshops with the founders and designers of After Effects, and a special keynote presentation.

After Effects is the industry standard for motion graphics and visual effects. It’s a feature-rich program, and now, even includes a new 3D pipeline with Cinema 4D. After Effects allows users to create something truly great. Join us at After Effects World Conference and learn how.

After Effects World Conference

After Effects World Conference

Great News! I’ll be one of the speakers at the very first After Effects World conference. Never before has an After Effects World Conference of this magnitude been available — Until now.

After Effects World Conference, Seattle, WA

Uniquely designed with the needs of motion graphics and visual effects professionals in mind, it’s your opportunity to amp up your software aptitudebuild professional connections and freely engage in creative explorationwww.AfterEffectsWorld.com

Trip To Adobe Headquarters

Attendees of this unique After Effects conference will visit Adobe headquarters in Seattle for a full day, meeting the developers & engineers of After Effects. We’ll have panel discussions, a mini expo, a special keynote presentation and collaborative workshops with the Adobe team, followed by a BBQ & networking — a perfect way to end the day.

Some of the Speakers

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For more information and registration visit www.AfterEffectsWorld.com.

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