Compositing & VFX
FULL TIME
Compositing & VFX
This intensive course has been designed to give you all the knowledge you need to enter the industry as a professional compositor.
The main software you will learn is Nuke or Digital Fusion, however this is not a course just to show you how the software works. Our program is designed to teach you the techniques and procedures that are used in real production environments of real projects. All our tutors are members of Yafka studios and other world class VFX facilities. This course give you the opportunity to learn in depth and exercise skills on a professional level. Apart from the compulsory 12 hours a week its strongly advised to study an equal amount of hours at home. Because of the nature of the course you will have the chance to have work experience while study and get your name on international film projects.
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Here is an outline on what you will learn
- Color Theory, Color Management
- Rotoscoping
- Shot Preparation, Clean up, Rig Removal Techniques.
- The art of creating a matte and advanced Keying techniques
- Tracking
- Grading : color corrections, color matching ,Depth queueing.
- Edge Treatment
- Filters and Grain
- Nuke 3D Environment capabilities
- Camera Projection Techniques
- Set extensions and matte painting compositing
- Render Passes and CG Multipass Compositing pipeline
- Nuke advanced relighting techniques
- Various techniques and tips
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Course starts mid October and finishes at the end of June.
Approximately 31 weeks, 3 days per week , 4 hours each day.
Usually each class starts around 18:00 in the evening and finishes at 22:00.
Everybody over the age of 17 with a basic knowledge of using Windows.
A one to one interview will be taken with all candidates, priority will be given to those that have a true passion on the subject.
Intermediate users are advised to apply in one of our short courses.
Upon request we will send you the course program and structure in detail
Fees and Funding
The Course cost is 6000€