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Certificate Programs

• Film and Digital Video Editing : Avid Certificate Programs
  • Avid Career Program
  • Avid Professional Program
• Digital Audio Recording, Editing, Mixing and Mastering:
  Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
• Digital Audio Recording, Editing, Mixing and Mastering:
  Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
• Graphics Animation & Effects Program
• Graphics Animation & Effects Program

Individual Classes

• 098 Post Production Essentials
• 099 Macintosh Essentials
• 101 Intro to Media Composer Editing
• 101 Intro to Media Composer Editing Part 1
• 102 Working with Film and 24p on Avid
• 104 Intro to Decks & Mixers
• 105 Intro to Editing Aesthetics
• 107 Basic Editing Workshop
• 108 Intermediate Editing Workshop
• 110 Avid Intro to Media Composer Effects
• 1201 Intro to Maya
• 136 The Rough Cut Part 1: Dailies to Cutting
• 201 Advanced Avid Techniques Part 1
• 202 Advanced Avid Database Management
• 204 Advanced Decks and Mixers
• 206 Editing Audio in Avid
• 207 Avid Editing Workshop
• 208 Advanced Editing Aesthetics
• 209 Intermediate Avid MC & AVX Effects
• 212 Graphics Importing, Exporting & Formatting
• 216 Avid Audio Importing, Exporting
• 236 The Rough Cut Part 2: Scenes to Sequence
• 239 Color Correction with Avid MC and Xpress Pro
• 301 Intro to Short-form Editing
• 302 EDL Manager & Film Scribe: Managing Lists
• 305 Advanced Avid Media Composer Effects
• 306 Promo Editing
• 336 The Fine Cut: Sequences to Movie
• 501 Intermediate Apprenticing
• 503 Post Production Marketplace Job Workshop
• 506 Advanced Apprenticing
• 510 Survival Skills for the Avid Assistant Editor
• 531 Post Studio Session 1
• 532 Post Studio Session 2
• 601 Intro to Adobe Illustrator
• 603 Typography Design
• 605 Color Theory in Design
• 607 Layout and Composition
• 610 Intro to Adobe Photoshop
• 611 Intermediate Photoshop for Film & TV
• 612 Advanced Photoshop
• 619 Intro to After Effects for Editors
• 620 Intro to Adobe After Effects
• 621 Intermediate After Effects
• 622 Advanced After Effects
• 630 Boris Text & Title Animation, Effects, Filters & Compositing
• 635 Digital Media Delivery
• 640 Storyboarding for Motion
• 650 Compositing and Rotoscoping For Film and Television
• 670 Title Graphics for Film and Television
• 690 Motion Graphics Synthesis
• 691 Motion Graphics Workshop 1
• 692 Motion Graphics Workshop 2
• 694 Motion Graphics Synthesis Workshop
• 703 Intro to DVD Studio Pro
• 706 Designing DVD Menu Graphics w/After Effects & Photoshop
• 920 Intro to Flash for TV and DVD
• 930 Motion Graphics & 3D
• 941 DV Cinematography
• 996 Real Life Production Experience
• 998 Real Life Production Experience
• 999 Real Life Production Experience
• FCP200 A Comprehensive Study of Final Cut Pro
• FCP300 Final Cut Pro Adv: Editing, Effects & Color Correction
• HD Essentials
• PT101 Intro to Pro Tools
• PT104 Mixers, VTR's, Patch bays
• PT110 Essentials of Pro Tools
• PT111 Intro To Pro Tools Plug-ins and Effects
• PT115 Intro to Audio Engineering Tools & Workflows
• PT119 Strategic Sound Design
• PT120 Sound Recording Principals & Techniques
• PT121 Recording Studio Setups & Operations
• PT140 Post Production Sound
• PT201 Pro Tools Production Essentials
• PT210M Music Production Techniques
• PT210P Post Production Techniques
• PT211 Pro Tools Music Studio Session
• PT212 Vintage Analog Equipment, Plug-ins and Applications
• PT219 Strategic Sound Design
• PT220 Music Recording & Production
• PT221 Sound Recording Concepts & Techniques
• PT222 Intro to 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing
• PT225 Editing Sound Effects
• PT235 Editing Backgrounds
• PT240 Television & Foley Production Techniques
• PT245 Foley Recording, Editing & Delivery
• PT255 The Craft of Music Editing for Post Production
• PT265 Dialogue and ADR Editing
• PT270 Real-Life Simulation Sound Editing
• PT280 Voice Over Recording & Production
• PT291 Editorial Conforming and Final Dub
• PT310M Advanced Music Production Techniques
• PT310P Advanced Post Production Techniques
• PT311 Advanced Pro Tools Studio Session
• PT315 Pro Tools Advanced Post Production Session
• PT319 Implementing Sound Design
• PT320 Field & Film Recording
• PT321 Stereo & Surround Digital Mixing Techniques
• PT322 5.1 Surround Digital Music Mixing
• PT331 Music Score Production
• PT333 Spotting Music
• PT335 Advanced Audio & Music Editing
• PT336 Pitch Correction
• PT336 Pitch Correction
• PT337 Soundscape Production
• PT339 Creating Video Game Audio Assets
• PT340 CD, Vinyl, Stereo Download and Surround Mastering Techniques
• PT350 Demo Reel & Work Projects

General Pages

• Glossary of Editing Terms
• A Superior Learning Environment: Unique Advantages
• About Video Symphony
• Avid Certification at Video Symphony
• Did You Know?
• Evaluating Schools? Questions to Ask
• F.A.Q. - Jobs in the Entertainment Media Production Industry
• Financial Aid -- FAFSA (Federal Student Aid), Sallie Mae Student Loans, GI Bill
• History of Video Symphony
• Industry-Certified Classes and Exclusive Video Symphony Classes
• Letter From the President
• Local Map and Driving Directions
• Location, Physical Address and Hours of Operation
• Lodging and Student Housing Options
• Major Hollywood Studios Train at Video Symphony
• Pro Tools Certification at Video Symphony
• Pro Tools Graduates
• Professional Grade Equipment at Video Symphony
• Student Demos
• Students Work on Real Productions
• Upgrade Training for Industry Professionals
• Video Symphony Certificate Programs
• Video Symphony Welcomes International Students
• We Welcome Students From Across America

Job Knowledge Center

• A Valuable Advantage Hiding In Plain Sight
• About Wages
• Biggest Mistake
• Books
• Brad Bucklin
• Considering Your Digital Career
• Demo Reels
• Documentaries / DVDs
• Evolving Market Opportunities
• Film School Students Attend Video Symphony
• Hollywood Politics In Reverse
• Hyperevolution
• Importance of Certification
• Industry Market Segments
• Job Placement & Grad List
• Job Placement Executives
• Job Placement Services
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Making Connections
• Meet Jack Foley
• More Interesting Tidbits
• Motivation and Persistence
• Network Network
• New Methods Opportunities
• Obtaining Referrals
• Performance Over Parchment
• Promising Trends
• Specific Film and TV Segments
• Student Success Stories
• Student Success Stories (continued)
• Survey Of 34 Studio Managers & Supervisors
• Tasks and Activities Of An Editor
• The Art of the Interview
• The Editing Market
• The Essential Resume
• The Future of Digital Media
• The Work of an Editor
• They Got Good. They Got Connected. They Got Work
• Trailer Trivia
• What Is Post Production?
• Women Give Birth to Editing
• Women Give Birth to Editing

Software Training

• Avid Training at Video Symphony
• Digidesign Pro Tools Training
• Adobe Training at Video Symphony
• Apple Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro Training
• Alias Maya 3D Training at Video Symphony
• Boris Training at Video Symphony
• SRS Circle Surround Sound Training
• Boris Training at Video Symphony

Instructors

• Instructors
• Alan Natale
• Ben Bardens
• Christine H. Luethje
• Danielle Heitmuller
• David Sonnenschein
• Evan Unruh
• James Rankin
• Jenee Muyeau
• Joel Krantz
• Kevin Church
• Larry Jordan
• Mark Fletcher
• Mark Teague
• Mehdi Hassine
• Mike Sale
• Noah Wise
• Otto Ferrene
• Paul Petschek
• Pietro Cecchini
• Reine-Claire
• Rickley Dumm
• Solange Schwalbe
• Sonny Pettijohn
• Stephanie Gans
• Steven A. Saltzman
• Tamera Martin
• Toi Juan Shannon
• Tracy Smith
• Victoria Rose Sampson

Did You Know?

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• Focus: If every picture...
• There can be over 2000 cuts in a...
• By 2009, the worldwide retail...
• Of the 900 post production...
• Ninety minutes of the remarkable...
• As computer graphics has become a...
• Long before Avid and Final Cut Pro...
• Independent filmmakers are...
• Distraction: Sometimes the...
• There are 540 effects shots in the...
• It’s been said that audio is half,...
• In the earliest days of movies,...
• French photographers Auguste and...
• Guess which decade of cinema takes...
• In 2005 there were over 1,747 TV...
• Way back in 1895, the first movie...
• Technological innovations for...
• Eye-scanning: The principle...
• After the director, the actors,...
• We all know Orson Wells, the...
• “Fix it in Post” is a widely...

News Pages

• Press Releases
• "Weapons of Mass Instruction" Animation Workshop
• 1.2 Million ETP Training Fund Awarded to Video Symphony
• 100% Sponsored Training for California Digital Media Employees
• 100% Supported Training Takes Off
• ACT NOW! Grant For Guild Members
• Adobe After Effects, FCP Training at Video Symphony
• Adobe Authorized Training Center Award
• Adobe Intros After Effects 6.0
• Adventures in Pro Tools Part 1: The Hypnotic Power of Pro Tools
• Adventures in Pro Tools Part 1: The Hypnotic Power of Pro Tools
• Adventures in Pro Tools Part 2: MP3’s, AC-3’s, and Audio Compression
• Adventures in Pro Tools Part 3: What kind of work is there with Pro Tools?
• Adventures in Pro Tools Part 4: Audio Post Production
• Apple Announces Shake 3 Demos at SIGGRAPH
• Apple Authorized Training Center
• Arthur Axelman Joins Video Symphony
• Avid Award for Excellence
• Avid Pro Student: The Mendocino Kid
• Avid to Acquire Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
• Be Our Guest for a 1-Day Class - - A Taste of Video Symphony Training
• Blu-Ray DVD - Out with Red, In with Blue (not yet, but soon, very soon.)
• California Entertainment Employees Now Eligible for Digital Media Training
• College, Film School, or Video Symphony Career Program?
• Daytime Emmy Nod for Instructor Tom Quick
• Daytime Emmy Nod for Instructor Tom Quick
• Don't Give Up Your Day Job – Become an Avid, Pro Tools or Motion Graphics Professional at Night
• DV Expo/West
• DVD Careers - Authors Wanted
• DVD Has the VCR Headed to the Attic
• DVD Outlook - The Industry, the Potential
• DVD Studio Pro 2 - Big League Player
• DVD Training - $0 for CA Digital Media Pros
• Emmy Nomination for "The Day My God Died," Edited at Video Symphony
• Emmy Nomination for "The Day My God Died," Edited at Video Symphony
• Entertainment Technology World at the L.A. DV Show & Showbiz Expo
• Entertainment Technology World at the L.A. DV Show & Showbiz Expo
• ETP 100% Sponsored, Zero-Cost Training -- An Editor's Story
• ETP Sponsored Training -- How to Apply
• ETP: Zero Cost Training Carries On
• Expanded hours for HOT Time and Production Time
• Film Fest Screens Doc Posted by Video Symphony Students
• Film Sound Editor Solange Schwalbe
• Film Sound Editor Solange Schwalbe
• Get Your Hands on XSI, for Free
• Golden Reel for Victoria Rose Sampson
• High-Def picture-taking on a lo-def budget?
• Industry News
• Industry News and Events
• Interview with Mike Sale - Everywhere Man
• Interview with Mike Sale - Everywhere Man
• L.A. DV & Showbiz Expo
• L.A. Pro Tools Users Group Up and Running
• LiveAdvisor Online
• Luther Vandross Tribute
• Maya 3D Classes
• Migrant Editors
• Modern VideoFilm Upgrades Pro Tools Staff with ETP Support
• Modern VideoFilm Upgrades Pro Tools Staff with ETP Support
• NAB Essay: Is HD Ready for the Big Screen?
• National Accreditation. Milestone for Video Symphony; Benefits for Students
• NBC + Universal
• New Avid Professional Program
• New Avids, More Avids, Adrenaline Avids
• New DigiDesign Pro Tools Certificate Courses
• New IATSE Contract Awarded
• New Pro Tools Classes - Editing for Film
• New Production Studio Session
• New Releases Announced at NAB
• Outstanding Student Spotlight : Eve Gage
• Poolside Summer Reading
• Pro Tools / Avid News
• Pro Tools Audio Classroom and Expert Certificate Program
• Pro Tools Audio Editing Career Programs Provides Certification
• Pro Tools Career Program Includes Music and Sound-for-Film Training
• Pro Tools Career Programs
• Pro Tools Users Group
• SIGGRAPH Exposition: Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques
• SLM Financial Career Training Loan Program
• Sonic Scenarist: New Top-Level DVD Authoring Class
• Sony - BVW Betacam SP Camcorders Discontinued
• SoundDesign/LA Forum Launched at Video Symphony
• Special Discount for Editors Guild and Other IATSE Members
• Special For Macworld San Francisco
• TV Dinner @ 50
• Video Production Diary part 1
• Video Production Diary part 2
• Video Production Diary part 3
• Video Production Diary part 4
• Video Production Diary part 5
• Video Symphony Announcements
• Video Symphony Announces Avid Career Training Program
• Video Symphony Awarded as #1 Avid Authorized Education Center Worldwide
• Video Symphony Awarded Third ETP Contract to Provide Subsidized Training to Employees working in California
• Video Symphony Catalog - Hot off the Press, and Quite Cool
• Video Symphony Film Club Screenings - Analyzing the Classics
• Video Symphony Grad Wins Emmy for 'Best Sports Feature'
• Video Symphony Graduate Philippe Bergerioux, Trailer Editor
• Video Symphony Instructor Profile: James Rankin, Motion Graphics Expert
• Video Symphony Launches New Sound Design Classes
• Video Symphony Moves to Downtown Burbank
• Video Symphony PostSUPERS Forums - Students Meet Working Pros
• Video Symphony Pro Tools Students Produce Videos for Radio
• Video Symphony True Graduate Stories: Nena Hsu
• Video Symphony Welcomes Award-winning Pro Tools Editor Solange Schwalbe
• Video Symphony Welcomes the World
• Video Symphony Wins #1 Avid Award Again
• Why Attend Video Symphony?

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions
• F.A.Q. - Admissions
• F.A.Q. - Certificate Programs Length and Pace
• F.A.Q. - Evaluating Video Symphony
• F.A.Q. - Housing and Accomodations
• F.A.Q. - Tuition, Financing, and Housing

Other

• Audio Editing School at Video Symphony
• Audio Engineering School at Video Symphony
• Audio Mixing at Video Symphony
• Audio Production School at Video Symphony
• Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR) Program
• Broadcast Design at Video Symphony
• Details About Avid Certificate Programs
• Digital Editing School at Video Symphony
• Digital Music Production at Video Symphony
• Digital Video Editing at Video Symphony
• Digital Video School at Video Symphony
• DVD Authoring Classes at Video Symphony
• ETP Forms
• Film Editing School
• Media Production School at Video Symphony
• Motion Graphics Design
• Motion Graphics School
• Music Production Careers at Video Symphony
• Music Production School at Video Symphony
• Post Production at Video Symphony
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Additional Gear
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Floating Racks
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  History of Studios A, B and C
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Microphone List
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Special Plug-In Compliment (Studios A, B, C & D)
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio A (The Green Room)
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio A Equipment List
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio B (The Blue Room)
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio B Equipment List
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio C (The Red Room)
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio C Equipment List
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio Charts
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio D (The Gold Room)
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio D Equipment List
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio D History
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio One
• Pro Tools Audio Engineering Program
  Studio One Equipment List
• Video Editing School at Video Symphony
• Video Editing Systems
• Video Production Career Training
• Video Production Classes at Video Symphony
• Video Symphony is affiliated with Avid, Digidesign, Adobe, Apple
• Video Technology at Video Symphony
• What Is a Recording Engineer?
• What is Adobe Illustrator?
• What is Adobe Photoshop?
• What is Avid?
• What is Post Production?
• What is Pro Tools?
• What is Video Editing?
• What is Video Production?