DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMPOSITING I

SOFTWARE: ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS, MOCHA, PHOTOSHOP

What is a digital image? What do we mean when we call something “photoreal?”

This is a hands-on After Effects bootcamp focused on compositing and VFX fundamentals. This class aims to prepare students with the base skills they need to enter the VFX industry, and to hone their eye as critical visual technicians.

Assignments focus on grading, mattes, keying, distortion, rotoscoping, color management and 3D Camera tracking. We also cover valuable industry skills like negotiating contracts, managing clients and AI-based workflows.

This is an introductory course, with an average class size of 10 to 15 students.

DIGITAL CEL ANIMATION AND ILLUSTRATION

SOFTWARE: ADOBE ANIMATE, PHOTOSHOP, AFTER EFFECTS

How can animation deepen our ability to tell a powerful story?

This class is a hands-on craft course on the traditional animation pipeline. Over the semester we cover a wide array of animation styles, including hand-drawn FX animation, puppet animation, rotoscope animation and lip sync. The student’s also pitch, storyboard, animate and composite their own short film from start to finish.

This is an intermediate course, with an average class size of 8 to 12 students.