Course Overview
This course introduces students to the principals and terminologies used in Digital Compositing and Visual Effects. Along with the Compositing 2 & 3 courses, students will practice variant methods and techniques currently utilized in 3D productions. The course is taught using Adobe After Effects, one of the leading applications in the field of motion graphics. Students explore different digital output formats (such as HD and film), create new compositions and import different types of media into a project. They will animate layers across time and space, and utilize animation curves to control a layer’s movements. Variant shortcuts are explored to allow for an efficient production and a better control of timing. Students will create titles and credits for a demo reel using Text Animators, create a digital storyboard and time it’s shots correctly, use QuickTime compression and render their final files. Previous graduates' demo reels will be studied as examples of the sequence of compositing and editing in a successful demo reel.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
2.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify common terminology used in the Visual Effects and Compositing fields.
- State various movie formats used in production.
- Import different media files to a project.
- Utilize shortcuts for layer timing controls and animation.
- Animate layers' properties in 2D & 3D space such as position or rotation.
- Utilize animation curves to fine tune animation.
- Create a real-time preview.
- Create different types of text animation using Text Animators.
- Create a digital storyboard and adjust the timing of every shot.
- Demonstrate how QuickTime movies are rendered and compressed.
Effective as of Fall 2013
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