Diploma
in Multimedia & Digital Video Editing
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Multimedia
means combination of different media like text, graphics, animation,
sound & interaction. In this we combine computer generated graphics,
animation, video images, slide shows, variable fonts, and series of
screen effects with audio effects.
APPLICATION
- Multimedia application
is distributed in the following ways:
1) Training 2) Information 3) Entertainment.
- Knowledge on any
subject can be imparted effectively and without much human interaction.
- Information of
any subject in the universe is available or will be available on
CD-ROM because minimum 650 MB of information can be stored on one
CD.
- Computer Graphics,
Animation & Multimedia is widely used in Film/ TV/ Cable Industries,
Advertising field etc.
- Job/ Business opportunities
are infinite compared to any existing industry.
CorelDRAW
is a Vector graphic software, allowing the user to produce World Class
Illustrations with 16.7 million colours.
APPLICATION
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Full-color
Illustrations.
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Graphics
for the World Wide Web.
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High-quality
drawings from low-resolution originals.
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lllustrator is a vector graphics creation software for print media and web, allowing the user to produce World Class Illustrations with 16.7 million colors.
- Creative tools for Print Media Output.
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Sophisticated Web Graphic Tools..
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Special Effects to Images.
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Versatile Transparency Capabilities
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APPLICATION
- Complex and High Quality Output.
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High Quality Illustrations.
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Creating Banners, Posters, Handbills etc
CAREER OPTION
lllustrator TOPICS COVERD
ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP (IMAGE PROCESSING / DIGITAL GRAPHICS / ELECTRONIC ART) |
Adobe
Photoshop is an Image Processing software package that enables you
to create & edit images on IBM personal computers. Adobe Photoshop
is acknowledged in professional fields as the cutting-edge Program,
the final word in image editing.
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With
Photoshop's tools you can paint a likeness of a physical
object.
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Mixing
and Manipulating of colours at a click of a button.
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You
can create Patterns and Designs using Fills and Colours.
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You
can manipulate your images with Special Effects and Techniques.
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You
can Import and Export your Images.
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Retouch,
Manipulate and Enhance designs & patterns.
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It
has been used to edit and create images as diverse as
Cosmetic ads, New Photos, Motion picture footage, Animation
cells & Fine Art work.
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Creates
original Art & converts it to desired Platforms.
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Retouch,
manipulate & enhance photographs.
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Master
the special effects you've always wanted.
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Learn
the secrets of Output & Storage of your Images.
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Photoshop TOPICS COVERD
3D
Studio Max is a tool from Kinetix for making 3D Models and Designs
and also to create simple as well as complex 3-Dimensional Animations.
SALIENT FEATURES
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Can
be used to create Animated logos for Web sites.
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VRML plug-in available to design websites with 3D views.
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A
New Paradigm for Design Visualization. 3D Studio Max is much more
than just a form creation tool.
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3D
Studio Max lets you place photographs and film as a presentation's
backdrop and integrate sound with the presentation.
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3D
Studio Max software gives you the freedom to experiment and
race ahead with your ideas and Imaginations. Photographic
& Natural Backgrounds made by yourself to create extraordinary
Environment.
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The
Special effects & extra Lighting effects to make Environment much
Vibrant. Integrated Keyframe Animation.
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Nondestructive
Boolean and Lofts Merging outer Scenes or Film Clips with the Project
made in 3D Studio Max.
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Subtle
Visual Effects - Visual effects are available like fog, atmospheric
effects, volumetric lighting and the effect of fire to make, your
Project much Powerful and Natural. Powerful Materials Editor - Simple
materials with full control of color, textures shininess, strength
of shininess, self-illumination and opacity are built-in. Rich Lighting
Tools - Quick, precise control of lighting effects.
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Completely
Redesigned Documentation and Tutorials.
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Auto
Back Light - Automatically position the sun for any day of the year,
any time of day, any position on the earth, or any angle true north
relative to your model.
APPLICATIONS
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Web
home pages.
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Animated
logos for beautiful websites.
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Advertising
Cartoon films.
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Training
Programs Corporate presentations.
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Morphing.
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Titling.
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Special
effects in films.
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Sound
addition
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Character
animation.
3D Studio Max TOPICS COVERD
Adobe provides a wide range of possibilities for putting together
the different Multimedia elements, Controlling Media devices such
as Audio and Video and allowing maximum user Interactivity.
SALIENT FEATURES
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Streaming
Shockwave.
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Ability
to create CDs (Hybrid Internet + CD/DVD applications).
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Extreme
Support of all popular media types.
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Support
for Photoshop and Premiere image filters to modify bitmapped.
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Powerful
Lingo scripting.
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APPLICATIONS
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Building
professional multimedia presentations.
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Cross-Platform
authoring.
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Flash TOPICS COVERD
Prerequisite
for learning Action Script is knowledge of the following
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- ActionScript
is the programming language of the Flash
Player runtime. Originally developed as
a way for Flash developers to program interactivity,
ActionScript enables efficient programming
of Flash applications for everything from
simple animations to complex, data-rich,
interactive application interfaces.
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- Giving your movies instructions
- Working with the Actions panel
- Direct typing
- Who are you talking to?
- Controlling movie clips on the stage
- Arguments
- Listening to what your movies are telling you
- Events in Flash
- External events
- Internal events
- Introducing event handlers .
- Introducing variables
- Creating variables and using them with literals and expressions
- Naming variables
- Creating variables
- Using literal values
- Using expressions
- Input and output
- Using string expressions
- Working with numbers
- Other uses for numeric expressions
- Working with Boolean values
- Logic operators
- Arrays
- Reasons for using arrays
- Arrays let you store related information together
- Arrays let you hold information in a specific order
- Arrays let you index information
- Arrays let you link information
- Creating a new array
- Typing an array
Using variable values as offsets
Movies That Decide for Themselves
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- Decision making
- Making decisions in ActionScript: The if action
- Defining a decision
- Alternative actions
- Acting on alternatives: The else action
- More than one alternative: The else if action
- Handling lots of alternatives: The switch action
- Switching without breaks
- Timeline loops
- ActionScript loops
- while loops
- Useful things to do with while loops
- for loops
- init
- condition
- next
- Some useful examples of for loops
- Simple loop
- Reverse loop
- Two at a time
- Looping through elements in an array
- Applying an operation to all the elements in an array
- Searching an array for a specific value
- Cross-indexing a pair of arrays
- Hangman
Movies That Remember How to Do Things
- Breaking down a task
- Bundling actions and running them afterward
- Using anonymous and named functions
- Using functions to hide evil math
- Using functions to take care of repetitive jobs
- Choosing which actions to bundle and where
- Arguments and redundancy
- Local variables and modular code
- Returning values from a function
- Typing functions
- Running in circles
- Nesting functions
- Using nested functions
- Using more function nesting to tidy up your script
- Introducing objects and classes
- Type and object-oriented programming
- Classes, generalization, and abstraction
- Seeing arrays in a new light
- The Array constructor method
- Other Array methods
- Array properties
- Creating classes and objects (instances) in Flash
- Instances
- The Object object
- Viewing an object in Flash
- Constructors
- Objects, objects, everywhere
- Lurking objects
- Making a show reel
- Movie clips and buttons as objects
- Symbol types and behaviors
- Two sides of the same object
- Working with Library items
- Let chaos reign
- Bitmap caching
- The other side of bitmap caching
- Bitmap caching and RAM
- Changing the appearance of a cached movie clip
- When to use bitmap caching
- Referencing different timelines with ActionScript
- Different place, different variable
- Locating variables from inside an event handler function
- Reusing handler functions
- The apply method
- Global variables
Reusable Code and Realistic Movement
- Breaking down big tasks into smaller ones
- Black-box programming
- Creating simple components
- Creating a modular set of playback controls
- Dark Valentine
- Modular control of movie clips
- How to simulate realistic movement
- Motion with acceleration
- Trailing the pointer (a mouse follower)
- Understanding the inertial code
- Fine-tuning the component
- Function-based modular code
- Swarming behavior
- Taking the swarming effect forward
- Creating tweens with ActionScript
- Using import to access the Tween class
- How to use the Tween constructor function
- Understanding the transition types
- What is a sprite?
- Control
- External and internal data
- Movement
- Collision
- Planning zapper
- The game world (the main timeline)
- gSCREEN_TOP, gSCREEN_BOTTOM, gSCREEN_RIGHT, and gSCREEN_LEFT
- score
- level, skill, and accel
- speed
- shipDead, fired, and gSHIP_HEIGHT
- The timeline
- The code
- Global constants
- The “start game” trigger
- The player (the ship)
- The SwarmAlien
- alienSpawn()
- onEnterFrame
- alienBrain()
- alienReincarnate()
- The SwarmAlien code
- The bullet
- The debris of war
Adding Sound to Flash
- Choosing the right sound format
- Using sound on a timeline
- Using the ActionScript Sound class
- Playing sounds from ActionScript
- Attaching sounds to a sound instance
- Starting and stopping sounds
- Creating dynamic soundtracks
- Using ActionScript to control volume and balance
- Dealing with large sound files
- Using compression to reduce download times
- Loading sound from external files
- Silence can also be golden
Working with Multimedia
Responding to Events
Flash Action Script Excercise
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Adobe Premiere Pro (NON LINEAR DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING
AND MOVIE MAKING) |
A
powerful tool for professional digital Video Editing
Designed for video professionals, Adobe Premiere Pro software
spans the world of broadcast and online media. Thanks
to its elegant interface and superb editing tools,
you can work with complete efficiency, control, and
flexibility to produce broadcast-quality movies for
video, film, multimedia, and the Web. |
SALIENT FEATURES
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Digitizes
Video & Sound, hence eliminates transfer losses.
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Edits
video & multimedia movies in AVI, MPEG etc.
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Creates
Titles and Graphics.
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Super
imposes Titles and Graphics, Animation on Video and Film.
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Adds
transition and special effects.
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Uses
digital filtering for Special effects in Video & Audio
tracks.
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Modifies
movies with other applications.
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Exports
projects to Video tapes.
Prepmiere TOPICS COVERD
SOUND
FORGE (REAL STREAM AUDIO & VIDEO)
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Sound
Forge is a world class Program used for Sound Editing, Compression,
Special Effects and to super impose sound on video presentation
and animation.
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You
can Record Sound and then edit it.
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You
can superimpose the sound files on Video presentation and Animation.
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You
can compress the sound files.
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You
can give Special Effects to the sound files.
APPLICATIONS
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Sound
forge is used by various professionals from the Music and
Sound Industry such as Musicians, Sound Editors, Multimedia
designers, Game designers, Studio engineers etc.
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Sound Forge TOPICS COVERD
Final Cut Pro is
a professional non-linear editing system developed by
Apple Inc. that has found popularity amongst independent
filmmakers and Hollywood film editors alike. The program
has the ability to edit many digital formats including,
SD, HDV, HD, Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, 2K, 4K, and IMAX
film formats. The system is currently only available
for Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later. |
SALIENT FEATURES
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Final Cut Pro 6 lets you edit virtually
anything with the highest possible quality, including
camera-native editing of leading SD and HD formats. Work
with DV one day, then HDV, XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD, or uncompressed
HD the next. Or use ProRes 422, Apple’s new post-production
format, for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes.
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Incredible Real-Time Effects:
Add
visual interest to any production with the
rich set of effects and visualization tools
built into Final Cut Pro 6. Experiment freely
and iterate quickly. You’ll see the
results of your changes in real time as you
work, with no need to waste time waiting
for renders.
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Comprehensive
Editing Tools:
The
faster the tools, the more time you have to be creative.
Final Cut Pro 6 makes it easy to edit quickly, accurately,
and flexibly. Everything you do in Final Cut Pro — from
editing and trimming to audio mixing to finishing to
delivery — feels like second nature, so your creativity
can flourish
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TV
Channels
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Production
Houses
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Multimedia
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CAREER
OPTIONS
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Multimedia
presentations for Corporate & Business Houses.
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CD
Authoring.
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Creative
Support Professionals.
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Studio
Managers.
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Modeling
Consultants.
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Media
Specialists Art.
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Consultants
Multimedia Authors.
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Script
Writers.
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Cartoonists.
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Creative
Publishing Professionals.
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Cartographers
Editing Professionals.
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Visual
Effect Designers.
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Audio
& Video Specialists.
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Animator.3
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Duration |
Fees (Indian Rs.) |
Fees
(US $) |
450 Sessions of
1 hr. each |
68,000 |
1942 |
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