Adobe After Effects is the premiere software for creating motion graphics and visual effects.  It allows users to alter, animate and composite media in 2D and 3D space using the software’s built in tools. This workshop is an opportunity for high school students to learn to use After Effects for professional motion graphics creation and use in non-linear editing. Students learn the interface and tools of the software through hands-on assignments covering topics such as title design and logo animation. The class also explores the compositing aspects of After Effects for film and video and covers basics such as creating masks, keying and rotoscoping. Core animation concepts, including key frames, animation curves and parenting are covered in-depth. By week's end, students have a solid foundation of animation skills, a basic working knowledge of Adobe After Effects and a DVD of completed animation projects.

 About the Young Artists Program: Young Artists’ days are comprised of both classroom and field/location work: lectures and critique, demonstrations, shooting, editing, writing, computer workflow and/or darkroom work, depending on the workshop. All instructors are talented industry professionals as well as experienced educators, and each works with a teaching assistant, providing additional support for their class. The students are busy all day and into the mid-evening hours, attending presentations from visiting master faculty. All Young Artists reside at a nearby residence (a motel-style building, with four students to a room, gender specific, and private bath) located 3/4 of a mile from campus. The property is controlled by Maine Media Workshops and is used exclusively by students and their counselors. Students are shuttled to the main campus each morning for breakfast and to begin their day, and are driven back at the end of the each day, following their last class or other scheduled activity. All meals are taken together. Parents can indicate any special dietary needs upon registration. Counselors supervise the students 24 hours a day, and help make group decisions about weekend activities like swimming, bowling and hiking. Coin laundry facilities are available on campus. A lobster dinner is served (there are other choices) on the last Friday night of each workshop, and all Workshops students gather for an evening presentation of highlights from the week’s work. Parents are welcome to attend and meal tickets may be purchased in the Registration Office.

We recommend students have access to $75 over the week  for incidentals, snacks, movies, field trips etc.

Check-in is on Sunday, between 3 and 6 and departure is on Saturday morning.

Tuition Note: includes room and board