Compositing
Learn Digital Compositing with Nuke in 4 weeks
Step into the world of digital compositing with our tailor-made short course focused on Nuke, the industry-leading software for compositing and visual effects. Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker, a visual effects artist, or a digital art enthusiast, this course is designed to equip you with the skills to seamlessly blend digital elements, creating convincing and visually stunning scenes. From mastering basic operations to implementing advanced techniques, we’ll guide you on a journey of creativity and technical proficiency. Join us, and let’s transform your creative visions into captivating realities with the power of Nuke compositing.
Who is this course designed for?
This course is for intermediate users of Autodesk Maya who want to make a career in 3D character animation. Learn from our proven, trusted Character Acting curriculum – based on what is taught in big international studios. The training goes beyond the theory to help you truly understand the art and craft of animation. Work with industry quality characters and assets and create an amazing demo reel full and then prepare yourself to apply for a job as a character animator.
Course Outline
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Story Lecture: Once upon a time… Story is King
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Three parts of a great story (Introduction, Build up and Resolution)
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Storyboard
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What is acting? Playing a role
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Improvising with Voice and speech
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Continuity
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Body Mechanics
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Pantomiming
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12 Principles of Animation (Overshoot, anticipation, secondary motion etc)
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2D planning process (sketch a basic storyboard)
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Paths of Actions
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Setting up basic keyframes
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Introduction to Timeline and range slider
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Animating simple objects (bouncing ball)
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Playblast for review
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Using graph editor to perfect motion
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Animating with physics: bouncing ball & obstacle course
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Homework – Students will practice the basic principles on simple objects
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Getting inspiration from references
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Referencing a rig
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Creating Poses with emotion (face and body)
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Posing: Weak vs Strong Poses, Line of Action, Weight, Centre of Gravity, Balance
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Working in passes (block, spline & polish)
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Walk/run/jump cycle animation starting with the blocking pass
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Doing additional animation passes
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Polishing of walk/run/jump animation with a focus on the principles of animation
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Homework Student exercises include walk, run cycle and primary facial expression.
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Getting inspiration from references
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Weight, Centre of Gravity, Balance
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Working in passes (blocking and splining)
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Doing additional animation passes
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Bi-pedal character movement
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Basic Quad-pedal or four legged movement
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Homework Student exercises include Heavy Lift, walking and running
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Fine tuning your acting
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Overlapping actions
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Offset body parts
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Acting through pantomime
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Dealing with intense physical action shots with Weight pushes, pulls and lifts
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Making the right acting choices
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Facial Animation
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Lip synchronization techniques
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Student to act or choose a reference shot (12 seconds or less) for their portfolio
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Tuning your shots
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Working with continuity across cuts
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Planning and blocking process for a substantial length of dialog
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Improve believability and appeal
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What is Portfolio vs Reel?
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Project – Student must work on their character project for their reel and final assessment.
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Putting It All Together/Work Day using Premiere Pro or any simple editing software
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Adding Sound Effects and music
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Finishing and exporting the final 12 sec video
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Instructors will review the finished piece for their portfolio, and students will be graded.
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Instructors will review and grade the finished piece for their portfolio
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Final viewing party: Kick back, relax, and watch student reel
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