About Me

Simon Walker is an instructor for the International Colorist Academy (ICA), an Adobe Certified Instructor in Premiere Pro, an Apple Certified trainer for FCPX, and an Apple Certified Final Cut Studio Master Trainer. He trains industry professionals in editing, motion graphics, colour grading, audio sweetening, DVD and Blu-ray authoring and video compression.

He has been filming, editing, designing & animating short-films, adverts, interactive programs and motion graphics sequences for over 15 years, and won several awards for the interactive multi-media training programs he wrote, filmed, developed, and produced for UK National Supermarket chain Somerfield PLC.

Simon is the author of seminars and short courses for the video industry including Video Optimising & Compression, Internet Film-making, Grading with Magic Bullet Suite and Motion Graphics for FCP editors. He teaches the video compression and distribution module for video professionals at Ravensbourne University (MA/MSc Professional Media Practice), using Premiere Pro, After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder, and regularly runs the official Adobe Certified editing training course: An Editor's Guide To Premiere Pro.

He has also published several Guru Packs of grading presets for Red Giant Software's Magic Bullet Looks post production software package, which enables end-users to easily add colour corrections and grades to video footage. 'Simon Walker's Weddings and Events for Looks' is designed to enhance footage from specials events, and Simon Walker’s Master Artists for Looks is allows editors to apply visual techniques like Chiaroscuro, Sfumato and the Impressionist style of capturing light, color and specular highlights to their video footage.

He is currently running courses for Ravensbourne in Soho and North Greenwich, as well as for their sister training schemes Commercialising Digital Technology and Put Your Business Forward, and additionally runs courses at training centres in London, Cardiff, Manchester and Scotland. He has trained broadcast production staff at the BBC, BBC Post, ITV, Turner, Bloomberg TV, Met Film School, University of Salford, The National Film School and Hogarth Worldwide, as well as at numerous media agencies and TV production companies.

Simon frequently runs camera, editing, and post-production skills courses at Cyfle, (the only Skillset Approved Training Company for the Creative Media Industries in Wales), for industry professionals, helping them learn the key techniques of video production and advising how they can use these practices and workflows in their own productions. 

He has also delivered training as a professor for fxphd.com, in editing, grading and post-production techniques with Red Giant plug-ins.

In addition, Simon often presents at industry events and at editing user groups around the UK and Europe, such as IBC, BVE, FCPUG Supermeets, WEFCPUG, and UKFCPUG, where he demonstrates timesaving editing tips and techniques.

Software

Adobe: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, Encore, Director. 

Apple: FCPX, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Color, Compressor, DVD SP, Soundtrack Pro. 

Clients
Adobe, Vodafone, Natural History Museum, Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw, Sony, Co-op, Somerfield PLC, BBC Post, BBC Worldwide, Corus Steel, WHSmith, Scottish National Opera, Royal Bank of Scotland, 2012 Olympic Commission, Business Link, Investors In People.

Shooting Experience
XD CAM, Canon HD DSLR, HDV, BETA-SP, DV-CAM