Booking Options

With the exception of places booked by Educational Establishments and those within the Public Sector, a non refundable deposit of £50 per place is payable when booking your course. Please note that, subject to 14 days prior notification, we will gladly transfer your deposit to the same course on an alternative date, subject to availability. If you are unable to attend on a subsequent occasion you would forfeit your deposit. Deposits are not transferable where less than 2 weeks notice has been received. Educational Establishments and those within the public sector automatically qualify for 30 day credit terms and no deposit is therefore required.

There are several options available for those wishing to book a place on any of the above courses:
-Book Online
-Clicking on any date in the above list of courses will open our secure online -Course Booking facility. You will be asked for credit card details for payment of the deposit.

Print & Complete a Booking form (for Individuals)
Individuals who prefer not to book online or who prefer to pay by cheque may complete and forward our Non-Corporate Booking Form.

The Non-Corporate Booking Form is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat Pdf Document and as a Rich Text Word Document (compatible with most word-processing packages).

After completing the Individual Booking Form please either mail the form to ourselves together your cheque (to the address shown on the form) or, if paying by credit card, fax the form to our Training Department on 04444444444.

Print & Complete a Booking form (if booking on behalf of a Company, an Educational Establishment or a Public Sector Company)
Corporate users or Educational Establishments may complete and forward our Corporate Booking Form.

The Corporate Booking Form is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat Pdf Document and as a Rich Text Word Document (compatible with most word-processing packages).

After completing the Corporate Booking Form please fax it to our Training Department on 4444444444 together with your Official Purchase Order.

If you require training on any field not covered above or if you require assistance then please do not hesitate to contact our Training Department on 4444444444 (training@planetdv.net).

Adobe Course

Course Overview

This course is ideal for beginners to intermediate users of Adobe After Effects and contains the following modules:-

Getting Started

  • Preferences and Settings

The User Interface

  • The Project Window
  • The Composition Window
  • The Timeline
  • Time Controls

Simple Compositions

  • Importing Footage
  • Importing Graphics
  • Frame Size & Levels
  • Interpreting Footage
  • Creating a Composition
  • Adding Media to a Comp
  • Moving & Trimming Clips in a Comp

Keyframing Layers

  • Keyframing Parameters
  • Keyframes & Interpolation
  • Temporal Interpolation
  • Roving Keyframes
  • The Keyframe Assitant and Easy Ease
  • Motion Sketch
  • Using The Smoother
  • The Wiggler

Adjustment layers and 3D Layers

  • 3D Layers
  • Orientation and Rotation
  • Lights and Shadows
  • Properties of the Light

Advanced Layering

  • Editing Layers
  • Splitting a Layer
  • Frame Blending
  • Masking
  • Track Matte
  • Creating a Mask on a Layer
  • Feathering Mask Edges
  • Mask Opacity
  • Layer Compositing Modes
  • Applying Layer Modes
  • Nesting Compositions
  • Collapsing Transformations

Text layers

  • Creating a Basic Text Layer
  • Numbers
  • Path Text

Output and Rendering

  • The Make Movie Command
  • Render Settings
  • The Output Module
  • Rendering
  • The Export Command