VIDEO EDITING
Our Digital Video Editing course introduces students to essential editing skills through hands-on instruction in Adobe Premiere. Covering video and audio effects, text and image integration, and online content production, this course builds a strong foundation in editing techniques.
Students work on their own creative projects, applying skills learned in class to develop unique, polished videos. By the end of the course, they’ll have a portfolio of original work that showcases their creativity and readiness for future editing projects.
Course Structure
Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro
This section introduces students to the Adobe Premiere Pro interface and core tools. Students learn essential navigation skills, including managing timelines, importing footage, and organizing media, preparing them for more advanced editing tasks.
Basic & Advanced Editing Skills
This covers the fundamental techniques of video editing, such as cutting, trimming, and arranging clips, as well as more advanced skills like multi-camera editing and scene transitions. By mastering these techniques, students can create smooth, dynamic edits that enhance storytelling.
Basic & Advanced Color Grading and Color Correction
Students learn how to adjust colors to achieve natural-looking footage (color correction) and enhance the mood or tone of a scene (color grading). This includes using tools like color wheels, LUTs (Look-Up Tables), and exposure controls to ensure videos look professional and visually consistent.
Basic & Advanced Editing Skills
This section covers a range of video effects, from basic adjustments like blurs and zooms to advanced effects, such as masking, keying (green screen), and motion graphics. These techniques add visual interest and help convey the desired atmosphere or action in a scene.
Basic & Advanced Audio Effect
Here, students learn essential audio editing techniques, including noise reduction, volume leveling, and syncing audio with video. Advanced audio effects include reverb, equalization, and spatial audio mixing, which improve the overall sound quality and enhance the immersive experience of the video.
Pre-recorded Course
Complete Beginner's Guide to Digital Art
- Learn the basics of digital art software
- Learn the basics of line drawing
- Learn to make simple shapes
- Learn the basics of digital coloring
- Learn to draw from observation
- 3 hours on-demand video
- English/Chinese
Digital Portrait Drawing for All Level
- Foundational drawing techniques
- Form & anatomy of the facial features eye, nose, ear, mouth, hair and skin
- Drawing portraits from every perspective
- Drawing portraits from imagination
- drawing portraits with a template
- form & anatomy of the human head (muscles, bones, …)
- male & female head proportions
- portrait construction & advanced Loomis method
- English/Chinese
Landscape Drawing from sketch to color
- Landscape Basics: Learn the foundational techniques for drawing landscapes, focusing on perspective, composition, and proportion.
- Create Expressive Landscapes: Develop skills to capture the mood and atmosphere of various landscapes, from serene fields to dramatic mountains.
- Enhance Detail and Texture: Learn how to depict natural elements like trees, water, and skies with realistic texture and detail.
- Inspire Creativity in Nature Art: Unlock your artistic potential by experimenting with different styles and techniques to create unique landscape compositions.
- English/Chinese
How to Draw Perspective for Beginners
- How to use simple tricks like “overlap”, “object placement”, and “size variation” to create an illusion of depth in your drawings
- All the different elements of a perspective drawing finally explained (vanishing points, horizon line, picture plane, etc)
- How to use off frame vanishing points to make your drawings look better
- Step-by-step instructions on how to draw scenes in 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective
- English/Chinese
How to Draw Perspective for Beginners
- How to use simple tricks like “overlap”, “object placement”, and “size variation” to create an illusion of depth in your drawings
- All the different elements of a perspective drawing finally explained (vanishing points, horizon line, picture plane, etc)
- How to use off frame vanishing points to make your drawings look better
- Step-by-step instructions on how to draw scenes in 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective
- English/Chinese
Software & Platform
Software
Medibang Paint (Free) / Photoshop /Procreate
Class Format
Zoom Oline & In Person Class & Pre- recorded
