Compositing
This course is the blueprint for your career pathway, where you will learn from the basic up to the advanced level of prep techniques. It is a step-by-step guide to enhance your skills. You will learn how to remove unwanted dust, scratches, cranes, wires, and crew members from a scene then recreate the scene’s characters and backgrounds by using the appropriate prep techniques that make the scene more realistic. At the end of this course, you will learn how to play with the pixels to get the finest quality and create an illusion for the audience by remoulding the scene.
COURSE DURATION
30 weeks
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​TIME COMMITMENT
40 hours a week
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TIMING OF SESSIONS
one per day up to 8 hours
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WHAT DO WE OFFER?
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· A course of 20 weeks to get you up to the standard required to deliver first-class VFX
· Dedicated mentoring from a senior industry member
· Intensive training using industry standard software tools (provided) while using our high-quality training materials
· Continued access to video tutorials featuring industry experts and the potential to use your project work in showreels
· The opportunity to apply for available roles at WHITECAT VFX STUDIO
WEEK STRUCTURE
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1: VFX Compositing Pipeline, Colour theory and Colour Grading
2: Screen levelling for Green/Blue Screen and Fix the issues, Introduction of Keying
3: Primary Keying, Secondary Keying and Addictive Keying
4: Despill and Edge blending, Integration of FG and BG and Perspective Adjustment
5: Defocus and Integration
6: Using 2D elements into Compositing, Tracking and Projection
7: Volume and Light integration of element in Compositing, QC Training
8: Element Compositing
9: Introduction of CG Compositing and Basics of lighting
10: Introduction of Deep Compositing
11: Practicing on Complex Shot
12: Exercise and final assessment