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Welcome! I originally created this site over 8 years ago as a personal blog and place to post materials from classes I was teaching. In the past couple of years I've become busy with a variety of projects and am no longer updating the site.

Video

This section is devoted to lessons, tutorials and resources related to digital video production and the software tools I use for video. Many of these are lecture notes from classes I've taught, so they are not generally designed as tutorials as much as general info about the topics. I hope you find them useful...
Production (10 pages)
This section comes from an Intro to Video Production class I taught at Cal State Hayward a couple of years ago. Covers the basics of camera, video, and compression technology, lighting and composition techniques as well as a brief overview of the entire production process.
Final Cut Pro (16 pages)
I created this section as part of a beginning Final Cut Pro class I taught at the College of San Mateo. This covers all the basics of the program - getting familiar with the interface, bringing media into FCP, editing with the basic tools, adding transitions, titles and effects, and finally exporting your finished video to a variety of formats.
After Effects (21 pages)
This is currently the largest section as the materials come from a beginning After Effects class I have been teaching for the past few years at the College of San Mateo. Covers a range of topics including importing media, animation using keyframes, text, effects, masks, etc.
Online Video (3 pages)
This is the newest section of notes, so the notes are changing and being added to frequently. This is all stuff that's not specific to any of the applications above; it's more focused on the various concerns applicable to any program when outputting video for online delivery. I'll also be covering topics related to podcasting, video blogging, etc.