Pro Moviemaker Autumn 2019

ACADEMY SOHO EDITORS

LIVE LEARNING

THE NEWWAY TO LEARN Live online training develops your skills in a way no YouTube video ever could

L earning creative software like Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and even CGI applications like Cinema 4D is often daunting. There are many online resources that are too often out of date, unstructured and rarely taught by real-world professionals. YouTube is great for tips and tricks, but not the best place to find a solid foundation and learn a workflow properly. Imagine you went for an operation and asked the surgeon where he learnt his skills, and he told you YouTube. You would freak out! While working creatively – be it design, editing, animation, visual effects –is, admittedly, not nearly as serious as surgery, it does require a solid learning path if you really want to understand what you’re doing and succeed at it. Prerecorded tutorials can be useful, but there’s a good reason classroom training has increased over the past decade. People learn by interacting, asking questions, getting feedback, trying stuff out, making mistakes and getting one-to-one help to understand what went wrong and how to fix it. That’s how learning has always happened, so it’s no wonder we still need that experience today. Go live and online! If you are happy just to pick up a few quick tips, then traditional online learning may be the way for you. Or, if you want to be in the same room as the person training you, without any other distractions, then classroom training is going to be best for you. But for everything else, live online training can be the best of both worlds.

“People learn by interacting, asking questions, getting feedback, trying stuffout, makingmistakes and getting one-to-one help to understand”

Live online training involves a virtual classroom that is streamed live to your desktop, laptop or mobile device. You watch the lessons and follow along on your own computer. The live session allows you to interact directly with the trainer, including allowing them to see your screen, review your work and problem- solve straight away. Each lesson is broken down into bite-sized chunks with a Q&A and private one-to-ones. Since the trainers are software certified, you can be confident you are getting all the up-to-date and accurate information, and because they all work in the creative world, you’ll also receive practical tips and tricks that go beyond just using the software. You can also log-in from anywhere in the world, whether it be from your office, your favourite coffee shop or the comfort of your own home. All of the practice files – such as footage, photos, and music – are sent

ahead of time, as well as video instructions on how to set up and interact during the lessons. What’s more, your lesson is recorded, so you can review the footage back at any time. Soho Editors is now able to offer all its incredible classroom training experiences live and online, including: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro and many more. Contact Soho Editors for upcoming course dates, customised bespoke courses and live, online support.

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ABOVE One advantage of live online training is that you can log-in from anywhere, including your favourite coffee shop

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