Trainers
Chris Roberts
Master Trainer : Final Cut Studio
Accredited trainer for:
- ACT Master Trainer Final Cut Studio
- ACT Final Cut Pro 7 Level 1 & 2
- ACT Motion 4 - Final Cut Studio Motion Level 1
- ACT DVD Studio Pro 4 Level 1
- ACT Color Correction in Final Cut Studio Level 1
- ACT Sound Editing in Final Cut Studio Level 1
Chris is a freelance video producer, editor and Apple Certified Trainer who has been involved in corporate and broadcast video production for nearly a decade.
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Richard Atherton
Master Trainer : Final Cut Studio
Accredited trainer for:
- ACT Master Trainer Final Cut Studio
- ACT Final Cut Pro 7 Levels 1
- ACT DVD SP Pro 4 Levels 1 & 2
- ACT Motion 4 Level 1
- ACT Sound Editing in Final Cut Pro Level 1
- ACT Final Cut Studio Level 1
Richard is a full-time trainer teaching for the BBC, Granada, S4C and many other television companies, independent producers and training centres. He is a co-founder and organiser of The West of England Final Cut Pro User Group.
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Peter Wickenden
Peter Wickenden is a freelance technical support specialist, artworker and database developer. He ran his own graphics studio from ’77 to ’88, moving to Macs in ’87. This was followed by a move into studio management in repro houses at a time when the Mac was the only input device ‘talking’ to hi-end systems (Hell, Scitex, Contex etc). He took on technical support of a graphics/pre-press network in ’92, covering such varied areas as typeface design, database development, client studio set-up advice, single image build, OS 9 to OS X migration, cross-platform and file-transfer troubleshooting. Peter holds Apple’s Certified Technical Coordinator qualification.
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John Moores
Master Trainer : Logic Studio
John Moores is an accomplished guitarist, with numerous session credits for both recording artists and film and TV. As a composer, John has written and produced music for television, radio, film, corporate and multimedia uses, including the BBC TV ‘Crimewatch’ theme. He also works as a sound designer and music programmer.
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Mark Cullimore
Accredited trainer for:
- Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5
- Apple Certified Technical Coordinator 10.5
- Apple Certified System Administrator v10.5
- Mac OS X Directory Services v10.5
- Mac OS X Deployment v10.5
- Mac OS X Advanced System Administration v10.5
- Mac OS X Security Best Practices
- Mac OS X Deployment
- Xsan Administration
Mark is a full-time technical trainer and Apple Certified System Administrator based in Tewkesbury near Gloucester.
He has over ten years experience with Macs and PCs, specialising in server and storage solutions.
Mark Wood
Certified Trainer : Aperture 2
Mark Wood is a photographer with fifteen years of experience delivering courses to professionals and under-graduates. He has a diverse portfolio of photographic work, including commercial, editorial and studio portrait work, through to critically acclaimed fine-art.
Teaching remains very important to Mark, making his work with the NTI an ideal way to share knowledge with other photographers. Mark regularly delivers courses in Aperture, Photoshop and Colour Management. He is also an Aperture Mentor Trainer for Apple EMEIA
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Jonathan Eric Tyrrell
Master Trainer : Final Cut Studio
Accredited trainer for:
- ACT Master Trainer Final Cut Studio
- ACT Final Cut Pro 7 Levels 1
- ACT Motion 4 - Final Cut Studio Motion
- ACT Final Cut Studio
- ACT DVD Studio Pro 4
- ACT Color Correction
- ACT Sound Editing for Final Cut Studio
- ACT Final Cut Server
Jonathan Eric Tyrrell is a filmmaker and Pro Apps Mentor Trainer for Apple Europe. He received an MA in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick before moving to Vancouver, Canada in 1999. Over the last few years he's worked in North America to extended his production experience and in 2004 accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Media Arts program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Jonathan was one of the authors of Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System in the Apple Pro Training Series book from Peachpit Press. As an Apple Certified Trainer he has taught classes across North America and Europe. Jonathan recently edited and post-supervised the short film, Centigrade, which premiered in competition at the Montréal World Film Festival and won 5 Leo Awards, as well as Best Narrative Short at the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival. He has recently returned to Europe and continues to balance a production career with Apple Authorised Training.
Derek Young
Accredited for:
Derek Young’s experience as a film and video editor with over thirty years in the industry, assisted greatly in producing an Avid course which was not only concerned with the function and operation of the Avid system, but also with the editing techniques related to the process of the Avid editing.
In 1991, Derek was approached by the National Film School in conjunction with Avid USA to develop and establish Avid Training Courses for the UK. Training courses were run over a three day period and a two day period (more advanced training) with 12 students working on 6 Avid Media Composers and Derek as the sole trainer.
These courses were originally based in Beaconsfield but later, as demand dictated, were taken throughout the UK, ranging from Glasgow to Bristol to Plymouth to Belfast. In all, an approximate 2,600 editors and non-editors were trained by Derek on Avid Media Composer during the period 1991 and 2001.
As Avid did not have a training department in the UK, Derek also ran training courses for Avid, based in their London office and, again, various locations throughout the UK. Derek even trained some people for Avid that later became Avid Trainers and ACI's.
The courses stretched to the BBC at Television Centre, Wood Norton at Evesham and Cardiff, also at LWT in South London and Scottish TV in Glasgow.
The introduction of Avid Xpress, which is based on the success of Avid Media Composer, opened up another field of training dealing with post production 'in-a-box' - the complete package within the Avid System. This was Avid's answer to the Apple system 'Final Cut Pro'.
In between running these courses Derek continues to edit programmes for Broadcast and Corporate Television.
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Mike Abbot
Accredited trainer for:
- Adobe Certified Instructor
Since founding his own design studio in 1986, Mike has handled a vast number of projects as a working designer and digital graphics specialist. His experience ranges across print, video and digital media.
With a specialism in 3D and photographic based digital imagery, Mike brings together a range of skills in 3D and 2D graphics, photography and digital post-production. Providing imagery for a wide range of advertising and marketing communications work, his clients include major corporates, advertising agencies and design studios across the UK, Europe and North America.
In addition to his studio work, Mike's experience has led to training work with a number of UK universities and many commercial clients. Mike is experienced across both Mac and Windows platforms, trains on 3D and 2D software and techniques, and is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Mike's studio work can be seen at: http://www.vgd.co.uk
Pete Owen
Accredited trainer for:
Pete Owen provides creative software training solutions; cross-media design and illustration for a broad range of international clients, among the impressive list of clients he has worked for are Coca Cola, Nestlé, Guinness and McDonald’s.
Pete Owen is a creative, self-motivated and versatile individual with significant experience in the field of design across a broad range of media and internationally recognised as an award-winning illustrator. He is also an experienced design/web software trainer with extensive knowledge of modern media production processes - he is a Certified Adobe Expert and Instructor.