Introduction to Visual Effects Creation

Gain an understanding of the creation of visual effects. Students break down the core disciplines involved in creating visual effects, including compositing, 3D animation, cloth simulations, tracking technology, rotoscoping, cleanplating, paint and stereoscopic. Other topics include performance capture, VFX supervision, studio pipelines, understanding color for VFX, virtual production and XR. Requirements for both film and TV are examined though lectures, exercises and industry guests who discuss their work on specific effects-driven projects. Students also complete a short VFX sequence using Adobe After Effects.