COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Finding Creativity in the Age of AI

As artificial intelligence expands, many creative professionals are assessing where it fits into the creative process. What areas can benefit from AI? What areas might be threatened by it? And how can creative pros employ AI in ways that enable them to work smarter, faster—and more creatively?In this course, Nick Harauz—an expert video editing instructor and creative podcast host—explores the ways that professionals of all kinds can employ AI to analyze data, make smarter decisions, rapidly ideate and brainstorm, and customize AI to align with their vision. Learn how to identify your creative baseline. Explore ways to fuel, ignite, nurture, defend, and share your creative endeavors, as well as ways AI can (and cannot) help you. Plus, experiment with a helpful framework for creating without AI.

Midjourney: Tips and Techniques for Creating Images

Midjourney is a wildly popular tool for generating images based on text prompts. In this course, instructor and video producer Nick Harauz details the tips and techniques behind getting the best results from this amazing tool. Nick goes over the basics of joining Midjourney and installing Discord, creating your first text prompt, and viewing your images on Midjourney. He shows you how to go further with Midjourney by using external images with your text prompt, blending images, using text separation and weights, and more. Nick highlights additional image parameters and shows you how to use image-generative AI with other AI apps. He explains Midjourney copyright, as well as some generative image app alternatives. This course will get you started on your text-to-image machine learning journey.

AI and Generative AI for Video Content Creation

Artificial intelligence is transforming many aspects of professional life, and the fields of audio and video production are no exception. From tools that streamline tedious tasks to generative AI tools that create entirely new content based on text prompts, there's almost no area of media production that isn't being touched by advances in AI.

In this course, join video producer and educator Nick Harauz as he explores the AI-powered tools that are currently transforming the world of media and opening up new doors for creative production, from video to audio and motion graphics to visual effects. By the end of this course, you’ll also be prepared to navigate the ethical and moral implications of using AI for multimedia content creation.

Finding Creativity in Uncertain Times

The creative process can be a challenge. Combining that challenge with uncertainty can leave you wondering if your creativity left on a quest without you! In this short course, expert content creator and author Nick Harauz shares some of the lessons he's learned from his own struggles to stay creative during periods of rapid change. Nick presents ideas to challenge your own thinking and tips to initiate action, so you can continue creating today and keep your ideas in motion through the one thing that's inevitable: change. Nick covers finding your creative side, breaking up with straight-line thinking, tapping into the power of observation, and more. He explains ways to find balance, gather ideas, and deal with feedback. Then Nick dives into actions you can take, including building an inspiration hub, challenging your inner critic, finding a safe place to fail, and more.

Final Cut Pro Essential Training

Learn how to edit video and create polished, professional-looking projects with Final Cut Pro, the flagship nonlinear video editing software from Apple. Instructor Nick Harauz covers all phases of post-production—from ingest and organization to editing and refining clips in the timeline, correcting audio, managing media, and delivering the final project. He also covers primary and secondary color correction, and shows how to use effects to change the look and feel of video, audio, and graphics. Each stage of the post-production workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, using real-world examples and projects. If you want to learn to navigate the Final Cut Pro interface with speed and ease and use its toolset to breathe new life into your productions, join Nick in this course.

Premiere Pro for Social Media Content

In post-production, the social media content you captured will take on a new life. Knowing how to work with video editing tools efficiently clears the way to focus on what truly matters: your story. In this course, video editing expert Nick Harauz helps content creators of all skill levels get the most out of video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. Nick shares his knowledge on how to import, edit, and export video efficiently and effectively. Each stage of the post-production workflow is explained using real-world examples and sequences. If you want to learn how to navigate Premiere Pro and use its toolset with ease to take your social media content to the next level, join Nick in this course.