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Latest Information (updated
on July 27, 2010)
Roland is no longer offering scheduled training courses in Adobe
After Effects. Roland's is spending more time on production work,
his Adobe After Effects products (broadcastGEMs) and on an interactive game. You
can still attend our training by sending your
training/consulting requests
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Roland and broadcastGEMs operate
independently are not currently associated with any of Adobe's Authorised
Training Centres nor with Adobe Systems Incorporated USA or any of its
companies.
NEW! Mocha
Training.
Mocha, from Imagineer Systems is a planar
tracker that was bundled with Adobe After Effects CS4. WIth CS5, Adobe has
again decided to bundle this Hollywood-capable software. Come to us for
our Intermediate and Advanced courses which cover Mocha in great detail.
Checkout this promo
video
we created earlier this year.
Roland, has written a review
for CreativeCOW.net on a DVD training product from Pete O'Connell.
Pete has worked as a compositor on a number of Hollywood productions. His
training covers tracking and stabilization in AE and Mocha. Roland has
also completed a tutorial for CreativeCOW.net site. to supplement Pete's training
DVD.
Also, in the works is a tutorial from Roland on Freeform AE (AE plugin) for Toolfarm and Digieffects . Again,
the link will be up once it becomes available. FreeFormAE is bundled with
AE CS5.
All Adobe After Effects course participants for 2010 will receive
a free copy of broadcastGEMs'AEPro Volume 02 (SD or
HD).
These Adobe After Effects projects/templates, created by your trainer, are
sold to broadcast and production companies throughout the world. This
product will allow you to create professional quality output quickly and
also serve as a great learning tool as you get an insight into how
professionals setup their Adobe After Effects projects.
We also offer personalised one-on-one training and
weekend training with a customised approach, if required.
Send us an email
to setup up your preferred syllabi and dates. We have also provided
training overseas and are available to take on training and
consultancy stints from most destinations.
Adobe After Effects Training in
Singapore
Back in 2002, Roland was the only certified trainer for
Adobe After Effects (AE) in the Asia-Pacific. For a few years, AV8
was Roland's marketing partner for his AE courses. Today, there are lots
of options available to prospective students. Thus, weve decided to set up
a list of the training centres where you can receive AE training in
Singapore.
The motivation is to allow you to make an informed choice so
that you get the most out of your training. As we cannot provide
up-to-date information, you are encouraged to seek out relevant
information directly from the other companies and trainers stated in the
list below.
I suggest that you take a look at your prospective trainer's professional work and experience as
well as their online tutorials to get an idea of the standard of
training you will receive. A dedicated trainer would almost
surely have some written tutorials these days. So go ahead and
ask.
Labvox School
The AE trainer here is Stefano, a former student of
Roland. I believe that he currently has three AE courses.
ISDT
Lynus Hee provides the AE training here. ISDT also provides four AE
courses.
ACE
Training
ACE Training is the most recent company to provide AE training
in Singapore. I'm not certain who the trainer is so you'll have to
find out more should you get in touch with them. They currently
offer an introductory course in AE.
AV8
AV8 used
to market my AE courses, beginning in 2002, until 2007
when I decided to move on. AV8 now markets Stefano's
courses.
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Roland is no longer offering scheduled training courses in Adobe After Effects. Roland's is spending more time on production work, his Adobe After Effects products (broadcastGEMs) and on an interactive game. You can still attend our training by sending your training/consulting requests . Roland and broadcastGEMs operate independently are not currently associated with any of Adobe's Authorised Training Centres nor with Adobe Systems Incorporated USA or any of its companies.
NEW! Mocha Training. Mocha, from Imagineer Systems is a planar tracker that was bundled with Adobe After Effects CS4. WIth CS5, Adobe has again decided to bundle this Hollywood-capable software. Come to us for our Intermediate and Advanced courses which cover Mocha in great detail. Checkout this promo video we created earlier this year.
Roland, has written a review for CreativeCOW.net on a DVD training product from Pete O'Connell. Pete has worked as a compositor on a number of Hollywood productions. His training covers tracking and stabilization in AE and Mocha. Roland has also completed a tutorial for CreativeCOW.net site. to supplement Pete's training DVD. Also, in the works is a tutorial from Roland on Freeform AE (AE plugin) for Toolfarm and Digieffects . Again, the link will be up once it becomes available. FreeFormAE is bundled with AE CS5. All Adobe After Effects course participants for 2010 will receive a free copy of broadcastGEMs'AEPro Volume 02 (SD or HD). These Adobe After Effects projects/templates, created by your trainer, are sold to broadcast and production companies throughout the world. This product will allow you to create professional quality output quickly and also serve as a great learning tool as you get an insight into how professionals setup their Adobe After Effects projects. We also offer personalised one-on-one training and weekend training with a customised approach, if required. Send us an email to setup up your preferred syllabi and dates. We have also provided training overseas and are available to take on training and consultancy stints from most destinations. | ||||||||||
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Back in 2002, Roland was the only certified trainer for Adobe After Effects (AE) in the Asia-Pacific. For a few years, AV8 was Roland's marketing partner for his AE courses. Today, there are lots of options available to prospective students. Thus, weve decided to set up a list of the training centres where you can receive AE training in Singapore. The motivation is to allow you to make an informed choice so that you get the most out of your training. As we cannot provide up-to-date information, you are encouraged to seek out relevant information directly from the other companies and trainers stated in the list below. I suggest that you take a look at your prospective trainer's professional work and experience as well as their online tutorials to get an idea of the standard of training you will receive. A dedicated trainer would almost surely have some written tutorials these days. So go ahead and ask.
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Free web-based Adobe After Effects tutorials!
This is the world's busiest online forum for media
professionals and hardcore hobbyists. Roland has been a Forum Leader and
Contributing Editor at the CreativeCOW's Adobe After Effects Forum since
its inception. There are close to two hundred tutorials here!
Roland helped to start this Adobe After Effects website in
2001 with Michele Konyndyk from Detroit, USA. Aefreemart soon became a
very popular site for Adobe After Effects professionals. Today it is owned
by Toolfarm.com, one of the world's largest online reseller for creative
software and their plugins.
Andrew Kramer runs this site - and very well indeed.
Andrew is a former CreativeCOW Forum Leader. His site includes excellent
intermediate and advanced tutorials.
Todd Kopriva, who is in-charge of AE's documentation has
created a wonderful online resource on almost everything related to AE. You
can search for Roland Kahlenberg, other well-known AE experts from around
the world or formulate a search based on keywords.
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This is the world's busiest online forum for media
professionals and hardcore hobbyists. Roland has been a Forum Leader and
Contributing Editor at the CreativeCOW's Adobe After Effects Forum since
its inception. There are close to two hundred tutorials here!
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Roland helped to start this Adobe After Effects website in
2001 with Michele Konyndyk from Detroit, USA. Aefreemart soon became a
very popular site for Adobe After Effects professionals. Today it is owned
by Toolfarm.com, one of the world's largest online reseller for creative
software and their plugins. |
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Andrew Kramer runs this site - and very well indeed.
Andrew is a former CreativeCOW Forum Leader. His site includes excellent
intermediate and advanced tutorials. |
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Todd Kopriva, who is in-charge of AE's documentation has created a wonderful online resource on almost everything related to AE. You can search for Roland Kahlenberg, other well-known AE experts from around the world or formulate a search based on keywords. |
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Testimonials - Train with the best. | |
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Tommy Low, Lecturer, School of Information Technology, NYP A definite, must training, for motion graphics professionals, aspiring graphics professionals and serious hobbyist. For 18 years I have been switching hats from traditional animation, motion graphics, 3D animation and currently to producing. After taking a customized one-on-one After Effects training with Roland, my passion for creating motion graphics has rekindled. Now I'm seriously thinking of going back into doing more hands-on motion graphics! You don't just learn AE from Roland, his passion and dedication towards motion graphics is freakishly contagious." Juddee Torres Senior Graphics Producer, Regional Production Services The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Limited"I have attended some Adobe After Effects modules previously and I found that Roland's lessons are by far the best structured and most efficient ones." Click to read the full letter from Professor Lee Jae-Shin."I attended the Beginner & Intermediate Adobe After Effects (AE) lessons conducted by Roland in Mar 07. The courses really helped me in creating motion graphics using AE. For someone who had not heard of AE before taking the course, I am now confident and able to create professional motion graphics and videos and apply interesting effects to still images for my company's corporate videos!" See Bee Gnoh , Engineer (COMMUNICATION/e-HR/TRG) - TECH Semiconductor (S) Pte Ltd"A stimulating course that teaches practical techniques used by contemporary motion graphics professionals. A highly inspiring experience of assimilating knowledge, with a distinctively unique pedagogy." Tina Jailani, Lecturer, School of Interactive & Digital Media, Nanyang Polytechnic |
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Why choose Roland Kahlenberg as your trainer? | |
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Looking for a trainer isn't as straight forward as it may
seem. You only have one chance to spend that precious money and what you
get out of it depends largely on the trainer that you get. Be mindful of
inexperienced trainers; one can actually study for exams and receive the
required certification. Good trainers don't just take exams. They need
years of experience as a profesisonal as they need to understand the
intricacies of learning and pedagoy. I know of trainers out there who have
used softwares for only a couple of years and then spend some time on
taking an exam to qualify themselves as trainers.
So why pick Roland?
1) Experience: Roland has been a lecturer and
trainer for over 10 years. He also directs, produces and works on all
aspects of production and post production. His professional experience
covers TV Commercials, TV Programming Graphics, Coroprate Videos and
Interactive Multimedia applications. Roland's has also had a few years' of
lecturing experience at Nanyang Technology UNiversity and LaSalle College
of the Arts.
2) Experience: Roland has been using Adobe After
Effects for the last 13 years and Adobe Premiere for the last 15 years.
Roland's experience and work on the Internet has resulted in him being
consulted by plugin developers and authors from the US and Sweden. He has
been training full-time students, full-time lecturers and professionals in
Adobe Premiere since 1997 and Adobe After Effects since 2001.
3) Experience: With knowledge of the entire video
production process, Roland is able to answer all your workflow issues. Be
it an Avid, FCP or PremierePro that is being used as your editing tool,
Roland will offer great insights into managing your workflow. Need to
output your video to the Web or for DVD authoring? Roland has actually
provided consultancy work on such matters for the multi-million dollar
project at the recently completed National Museum of Singapore.
4) Experience: The course syllabus you use and the
pedagogy for the course depends on your trainer. Roland has experience
setting course syllabi for under-graduate and post graduate students as
well as creating customised syllabi for corporate clients such as Walt
Disney TV (SEAsia), MediaCorpTV, Astro and CNBC.
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We recently trained 7 university lecturers in the use of Adobe PremierePro The course fee is $850. Download PremierePro Course Brochure . Check with us for scheduling. We will also introduce an Advanced PremierePro course that includes multi-camera work, motion graphics techniques, colour correction techniques and how to maximize the power and usefulness of Adobe PremierePro's plugins. Roland started teaching PremierePro back in 1997. You are in good hands. He has trained graduate level students as well as university lecturers and professionals in the use of Adobe PremierePro. |
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Roland Kahlenberg - Your Trainer | |
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Roland Kahlenberg, the founder of broadcastGEMs received his first Adobe Certified Expert certification in 2002. He has over 1,000 hours of lecturing and training experience coupled with 15 years of professional experience as a producer, director, visual effects supervisor and motion graphics artist. Roland has been using Adobe After Effects (AE) for the past 13 years. He has conducted seminars and conducted demos at BroadcastAsia for ACM SIGGRAPH Singapore and Media100 respectively. Roland has lectured at college and university levels and has trained numerous professionals. His students include video editors, promo producers, motion graphic designers, video producers, graphic designers, instructional designers, producers, university and polytechnic lecturers and both undergraduate and postgraduate students. And his professional work encompasses TV programming, TV Commercials, Corporate Videos, Broadcast Promos/Branding and Interactive Multimedia Content. His recent projects include video projections on four stylised walls and a number of other smaller video presentations for the National Museum and a motion graphics package for ACM SIGGRAPH (San Diego 2007) that included over 250 video layers. Participants who have attended Roland's courses include professionals from Astro (Malaysia), CNBC Asia, VHQ, SPH Mediaworks, WorldSportTV, Surreal Pictures and SAF; and lecturers from Nanyang Technological University, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and several ITE institutions. Roland is a frequent beta tester for 3rd party Adobe After Effects plug ins. He was one of a select few in the Asia Pacific who was invited to beta test Adobe's CS3 products. Roland is regularly invited to beta test plug ins from Adobe After Effects plug in developers. Roland is active over the Internet and helped set up AE Freemart, an online portal for all things related to Adobe After Effects and digital video. AE Freemart is now a subdivision of Toolfarm.com, one of the largest online retailers for Adobe After Effects products. Roland has also been invited, on two occasions, to be on the judging panel for COMGRAPH. COMGRAPH is an Asia-Pacific digital art and animation competition for students and professionals. COMGRAPH's panel of judges are made up of educators from various institutions of higher-learning in the Asia-Pacific. Roland is a pioneer Contributing Editor and Forum Moderator at the Adobe After Effects forum at CreativeCOW.net, the world's busiest online forum for digital media professionals and hobbyists. You can find a few of his tutorials here - Create a Global Map with Particles of any shape. Add a camera, extrude the particles and make them fly. You've seen videos where everything is in grayscale except for a single colour. That's easy. This tutorial will show you how to create a similar effect with two colours and everything else in grayscale. Roland is the CreativeCOW's resident Particle Playrground expert and in this tutorial he shows you how to create game-like scenes using collision detection, multi-channel layer map creation and their effective use and dives deep into the mechanics of Particle Playrground. Create cool-looking LED screen using Expressions. A simple, yet effective effect that can be used in numerous ways. This is a best-seller tutorial that teaches you how to create 3D text and logos right in Adobe After Effects without 3rd party plugins. He has great insights into the software and knows a great deal about video production, post production, motion graphics and broadcast design. He is currently the Chairperson for ACM SIGGRAPH, Singapore Chapter's Motion Graphics & Broadcast Design Chair. Should you want to take an Adobe After Effects course in the Asia Pacific, you will find no one better qualified than Roland. We have four Adobe After Effects courses laid out for you. Starting from a Beginner's Level right up to creating Visual Effects and working in 3D with Adobe After Effects .Roland is also able to customize courses to suit the exacting needs of organisations - to assist them in the successful implementation of AE within their workflow. |
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Visual Effects Course - Learn the secrets to creating compelling visual effects | |
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We are really pleased to be bringing this course to you. This is where computer graphics meets life-action footage. This course will allow you to bring your work onto a higher level. This course will set you aside from the others. Do take note that this course will only be offered periodically. We forsee running it approximately four times a year. Advanced topics such as matte creation & extraction, motion tracking, rotoscoping, color correction and compositing will be covered in detail. Extensive exercises using real-world examples will be used throughout the course. This isn't a "show and tell" demonstration but an intensive training programme that will delve into the why's to ensure that you know why you're doing what. We'll look at timesaving techniques and high-end procedures to ensure that you'll get up to speed quickly and to be able to complete your work at a very high-quality. This is an exceptional training programme that has been designed to empower you with both technical knowledge as well as aesthetic skills. The second half of the last day of classes will see participants venturing into capturing their own footage and recreating some of the effects that they've learned in class. Who should attend? This course was designed for motion graphics artist, video producers, promo producers, directors, and visual effects wannabes. Participants must be competent with Adobe After Effects or another compositing application. Unfortunately, we will not be able to allow 'newbies' into the course as this is an advanced course and hence, students are expected to have a certain level of competency. Ideally students will have taken the Intermediate course prior to taking the Visual Effects course. |
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The promotional videos you see here are examples of the projects that you will work on during the correponding courses. Take note that the courses are not simply project-based. We will most definitely cover the "Why's" and the "How's" so that you understand exactly what it is that you are doing. The examples shown in the promotional videos will be used at the end of each integral topic or sub-topic to test participants' understanding and to provide them with confidence in working on real-world examples.
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To view 3D projects that you may work on, please view the videos found on the following page, | ||
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Course Brochures, Fees & Dates - Course fees include an industrial-strength course book worth at least S$90. Classes are from 9:30am - 6:30pm. This gives you a full 24-hour course runtime. Due to past intellectual copyright infringement on a number of occasions, we will only release course syllabi upon request - click on the appropriate links below to initiate your request. | |||
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After Effects - Perfect Start - Request for Syllabus (3 days - 24 hours) |
S$1,250.00 |
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After Effects - Intermediate - Request for Syllabus (3 days - 24 hours) |
S$1,250.00 |
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Adobe After Effects - Complete 3D in AE - Request for Syllabus Includes coverage on useful plugins such as Zaxwerks 3D, 3D Stroke, Particular and Forge Freeform.(2 days - 16 hours) |
S$1,150.00 |
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Adobe After Effects - Visual Effects with AE - Request for Syllabus (3 days - 24 hours) |
S$1,400.00 |
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Post-Training Support All course participants will be entitled to free technical support via telephone or email for two weeks after the completion of a course. This entitlement provides for a maximum support of one hour (for telephone support), per day, up to a maximum of 4 hours per week. We truly care for our students and we find that this support provides them with comfort knowing that we will be there for them even after the eventuality of their course. This support is relevant, only, for those topics covered during the relevant course.
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Payment for fees have to be cleared one week prior to the first day of class. | |||
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Pre-requisites "A Perfect Start" : There are no course pre-requisites for this introductory course. However, students with experience working with a timeline metaphor and/or those with Photoshop experience will find that those skills and knowledge will greatly enhance their learning experience. This introductory training course in Adobe After Effects is as good as it gets. You will receive nothing short of a solid foundation from which to build your knowledge and expertise in Adobe After Effects. | |||
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Pre-requisites : Intermediate - Participants are advised to start their training with, "A Perfect Start". Those who are self-taught for no longer than two years should start with "A Perfect Start". This course builds on the knowledge attained in the 'A Perfect Start" course. This course covers intermediate-to-advanced topics that will provide participants with a deeper understanding of how Adobe After Effects 'thinks'. | |||
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Pre-requisites - 3D in AE : Participants should have successfully completed the Intermediate course. This is an advanced course that builds on the theories and hands-on skills acquired from the Intermediate course. Participants will gain a thorough knowledge with Adobe After Effects' 3D environment. As it is, with the other courses, participants can expect to work with real-world examples such as creating a 3D stage; creating realistic shadows, reflections and 3D logos; creating 3D particles; and flying a virtual camera to create fly-bys and walkthroughs. | |||
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Pre-requisites - Visual Effects : Participants should have successfully completed the Intermediate course. This is a demanding course that requires participants to have working experience in the field and who want to empower themselves with high-end, specialized knowledge to better themselves in post production techniques. Although the 3D in AE course is not a pre-requisite, the course will prepare you for creating graphics and effects with the 3rd dimension in mind. | |||
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We've provided links at the bottom of the page for you to write in to request for specific course details or to clarify matters pertaining to the pre-requisites stated above. We ask for your kind understanding in our stipulations for these pre-requisites. We have had numerous participants who have signed up for a course without having the proper foundation. The end-result of signing up for a course that you are ill-prepared for will only delimit the scope of the course and is detrimental to the benefits of other course participants. While we cannot assure that all participants have identical knowledge and skill-sets, we are determined to provide a learning environment which is condusive for all. And to that end, we have to at least try to ensure that all our course participants have similar foundational skills and knowledge. Take note that Roland's in-depth knowledge of the subject matter allows him to cater to the individual needs of his students as and when required. What this means is that, should he notice that you are picking things up quickly, he will provide you with more complex exercises. Please take note that introductory courses taken elsewhere will not be accepted as meeting the pre-requites for our Intermediate and Advanced courses.
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All course participants will be provided with an industrial-strength course book valued at approximately S$90. The course fees includes the cost of this book. Participants in the Visual Effects course will spend half a day shooting and then re-creating some of the effects learned during the course. This is to ensure that they put to practice what they've learned in class. Students are required to bring their cameras to class. |
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Request for More Information & Course Application Forms. We accept all major credit cards via secure on-line purchase, cheques, and telegraphic transfers. Let us know of your preference in your email.  Please provide a telephone number in your emails. Click on the appropriate link to send an email or call (65) 8146-3418. | |||||
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