Curious Turtle offers Europe-wide support and training for video professionals.
We give training in over 15 leading industry video & audio software packages, together with our library of video training DVDs and Film Wash Color Effects for Adobe After Effects and Apple Color.
We want to help you learn and inspire. Our courses revolve around ideas and workflow, not just about the buttons.
Since 2003, we have enjoyed great success training world-renowned broadcasters, independant production companies, educational institutions and freelance artists who want to hone their skills in the latest popular tools for editing and graphic design.
Sky Interactive (UK), Red Bee Media - BBC (UK), Viasat Broadcasting Group (UK), Granada (UK), TV2 (Denmark), DK4 (Denmark), KNR (Greenland), SVT (Sweden)
We have locations in both Aarhus, Denmark and London, England, but with clients across Europe, we are more than happy to come directly to you - wherever you are.
mocha V3 offers a big step forward in terms of tools, organization and potential time-savings.
Quickly get up to speed with these new features in just under two hours of new tutorials. Including upgraded rotoscoping tools, project management and the 3D Camera Solver module.
The popular series of color grades are now available for DaVinci Resolve and Resolve Lite.
Color grading is a vital tool in any production. It is the final touch you give to your footage, and will completely transform the story, look and emotional impact of your video. Film Wash Color Effects is a set of powergrades designed with one purpose - to take your footage from good to great. We're not talking about regular, simple color correction presets - Film Wash is a library crafted to give your video a deep, textured rinse and keeps you firmly in control.
Ready to Go - A Source of Inspiration or One-click Wonders
All the Film Wash looks are ready to use, straight out of the box. We know that not all footage reacts in the same way to a color grade, so everything is still fully customisable. Add it to your primary color correction, mix it back with a single slider or blend it with multiple looks.
Over 65 new color effects - Compatible with DaVinci Resolve & Resolve Lite
Film Wash Color Effects for DaVinci Resolve are battle tested and are proven to work in the real world. Floating Point calculation means you can easily mix Looks together without fear of permanently clipping black or white levels.
The essential course for those making the transition from Apple Color over to DaVinci Resolve or Resolve Lite.
Over five hours of 1080P video training taking you through some typical workflows from start to finish, and learning some instantly usable new tricks with Resolve's node-based grading.
"I designed the course I wish I had when I started"
Ben Brownlee, author of Creative Color Grading for Apple Color, presents these tutorials. The focus is on practical tips to get you working quickly and in the right way. You start with system configuration and the best ways to import projects from your NLE. Naturally, the majority of the course is spent in the grading area, where you explore the power and flexibility of Resolve's nodal interface.
In addition to the core color tools, you will see how to create complex secondary corrections in the most straightforward and time efficient way. Outputting is handled both directly with Resolve or through an XML/AAF workflow, which maintains total flexibility between the edit and the grade.
Boost your skills with the most comprehensive mocha course ever
Curious Turtle have done it again with the latest in mocha training tutorials - mocha Projects : Real-world Solutions with Imagineer Systems mocha & mocha Pro.
It starts with the fundamental tools and extended techniques for planar tracking, including tracks mattes and when to use the Uberkey. Then we kick it up for more complicated shots.
See the planning that goes in to deciding what to track
Use the unique qualities of the planar tracker to create "impossible" tracks
Make complex tracks simple, with track mattes
How the Curve Editor stops tedious keyframing work
Create complex track mattes and roto shapes in a fraction of the time
Learn the mantra "Track Once. Use Often"
"App Pack" Modules - A New Concept in mocha Training
mocha's target application flexibility is a huge feature. At Curious Turtle, we have tried to replicate that by creating a modular training course. The core six-hour mocha course is demonstrates how to get the tracking, roto shape and supplemental elements ready. We can then finish in a number of other applications.
Currently the Adobe After Effects module is available. Offering almost 3 hours of additional training, as we take the mocha results and complete our shots in After Effects.
Additional "app packs" will be made available in the near future for finishing in other programs.
Film Wash Color Effects - Commercial Color Grades Made Easy
Color grading is the final touch you give to your footage, and it can completely transform the look and emotional impact of your video. We like to think of it as the final loving kiss for your projects. Film Wash Color Effects is a set of filters designed with one purpose - to take your footage from the ordinary to the unique. We're not talking about regular, simple color correction presets - Film Wash works to give the video a deep, textured rinse and keeps you in control.
Ready to Go - A Source of Inspiration or One-click Wonders
All the Film Wash looks are ready to use, straight out of the box. We know that not all footage reacts in the same way to a color grade, so everything is still fully customisable. Using only a few sliders, you can make the most common adjustments in seconds.
Over 70 new color effects - Compatible with After Effects V6.5 through to CS5.5
Film Wash Color Effects for After Effects are battle ready and are proven to work in the real world. Create stunning effects, even if you are not on the latest version of After Effects. Easily mix Looks together to create extra depth to your picture with infinite possibilities.