TRAINING COURSES

Mark Roberts Motion Control are pleased to invite you to our training courses.

Whether you want to get started, master forgotten features, get answers to your questions, discover and learn the latest Flair features, or learn to troubleshoot. There is a course for you.

Beginner Course

This basic course is for those with a little or no experience or those who wish to re-familiarize themselves with their equipment. A comprehensive course to train you as a competent user. This course will teach you all the basics of setting up and programming as well as maintenance and safety.

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Date:TBC
Duration:1 day
Time:10:00 - 17:00
Course fee:£350

Fee includes Coffee Breaks and Lunch. Flair Manual and Certificate of Attendance

Rig basics

  • General care of a Motion Control Rig
  • Optional: Laying and levelling of the Track
  • Fitting Limit switches and buffers
  • Placing the Base of the Rails
  • Tightening the Flexello wheel on a Milo Track
  • Mounting the turret the right way round
  • Fitting the Lift Ballscrew
  • Fitting the Power Supply Unit (PSU) and Driver Box to the Turret
  • Fitting the Turret Top Plate
  • Safely fitting the main arm
  • Fitting the extend motor and ballscrew
  • Connecting the cables
  • Fitting the head on the arm
  • Connecting the angle bucket cables and engaging the gearbox
  • Camera connectors
  • Connecting the Root Box and PC

Rig Safety

  • Power up sequence of the power supplies
  • Power cabling earthing and generators
  • Safety aspects of the Rig and cable movements
  • Emergency Stop

Flair Software

  • Starting Flair
  • Trouble shooting problems with starting Flair
  • Enabling axes
  • Special functions of the mouse
  • Programming the Hand Held Box
  • Limit and Datum Switches
  • Entering and editing basic moves
  • Controlling fairing
  • Scaling and stretching moves
  • Graphics Displays
  • Animation and camera control
  • Types of animation
  • Feet and frames film counter
  • What is target tracking
  • Selecting a lens
  • Measurements when target tracking
  • Speed and acceleration limits
  • Camera speeds and accelerations
  • 3D graphics displays
  • Time - lapse photography
  • Axis set-ups including
  • Basic Overview
  • Pre and post rolls
  • Run time factors
  • Soft limits
  • Part runs
  • Basic CGI exporting and importing

Intermediate Course.

For operators already competent in Flair this training will further your comprehension and ability.

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Date:TBC
Duration:1 day
Time:10:00 - 17:00
Course fee:£350

Fee includes Coffee Breaks and Lunch. Flair Manual and Certificate of Attendance

Rig Safety

  • Basic rig maintenance and servicing
  • Checking and adjusting limit switch alignment
  • Rig safety features and operating the rig safely
  • Power cabling, earthing and generators

Flair Software

  • Complex move editing
  • Dealing with holds and curve reversal
  • Browsing through moves
  • Film counters
  • Optional : VTR settings and control
  • Lens calibration and scaling
  • The importance of the nodal point
  • Nodal offsets (Basics)
  • Checking rig calibrations
  • 3D fairing
  • Cartesian displays
  • Different types of cartesian control
  • Speed profiling basics
  • Exponentials and field of view
  • Move limitations checking
  • Where to position the rails
  • Pre and post rolls
  • Zeroing setups, calibration and styles
  • Basic 3D move and scaling
  • Part runs
  • Input and Output triggers
  • Keep head level
  • Keep horizons level
  • Synchronizing to external cameras
  • Using triggers for camera control
  • Bloop lights and their use
  • Time lapse photography
  • XYZ/CGI import and export
  • Mimic types and styles
  • Tuning motors

Advance Course.

For those already with a broad experience and knowledge that wish to perfect and advance their skills.

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Date:TBC
Duration:1 day
Time:10:00 - 17:00
Course fee:£350

Fee includes Coffee Breaks and Lunch. Flair Manual and Certificate of Attendance

Rig Safety

  • Rig safety
  • Power cabling earthing and generators

Flair Software

  • Software installation and configuration
  • Checking and calibrating nodal offsets
  • Calibrating axis zeros
  • Advanced 3D fairings
  • Advanced speed profiling
  • Camera varispeed
  • Waypoint fairings
  • Numerical target manipulation and Cartesian editing
  • Mimic modes including mimic +
  • Mimic move smoothing and editing
  • Advanced 3D move scaling
  • Different curve types
  • Gripstick set-ups
  • Hardware and software trouble shooting
  • Fast pulldowns and virtual shutters
  • Tilt 90 and rotate 90 workarounds
  • Advanced CGI import and export
  • Setting up axis velocities and accelerations
  • Short cuts

Please note:

  • Syllabus are subject to change dependent on attendee's requirements and time constraints
  • More advanced features may be covered depending on abilities

Recommendations:

"Excellent course, small number, practical, friendly. Covered a good range of topics in depth. Can't actually fault it. More Courses?"

- Linda Hamblyn , Motion Control Operator on Chicken Run , Aardman Features

"Good 'one to one' on Flair and other rigs (good jargon busting!). Interesting intro into unused features."

- James Buck Motion Control Operator SVC

"I now have a fuller understanding of all the options available. Thank you. Excellent two days"

- Amanda Greenwood, Motion Control Operator SVC

"It was great having access to a trainer who could answer every question asked!"

- Neil Riley, Freelance Motion Control Operator

"Finally got my head round 'BEZIERS!!' Thanks Assaff."

- Roger Robinson, Motion Control Operator, Granada

CONTACT

Telephone

+44 (0)1342 838000

Fax

+44 (0)1342 838001

Rental

+44 (0)7757 330 545

Head Office (UK)

Unit 3, South East Studios
Eastbourne Road
Blindley Heath
Surrey
RH7 6JP
United Kingdom

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