DVFX – Diplomain Visual Effects Course. 24 month
Were you surprised by the action sequences of Krrish 3 &Ra.One? Did you imagine being in space while watching Gravity or on the battle field in 300: Rise of an Empire? These were the result of visual effects (VFX) technology and VFX artists. VFX is the integration of live – action and computer generated imagery to create environments, which look realistic and believable to the audiences.
Course Overview
Visual effects today plays a key role in feature films, television programmes, animation, video games, commercials and almost all forms of entertainment. The Indian VFX industry reached Rs. 9.3 billion in 2013.* With the large number of movies being made in Bollywood and across regional languages, the VFX industry is projected to reach Rs. 14 billion by 2015. This fast-growing industry demands trained and skilled VFX artists who could work on national and international projects and bring the director’s vision to life.
DVFX Plus is a career course, designed to provide you with all the fundamental and advanced skills required to be a successful VFX artist. This course covers subjects ranging from the very basic of 3D film making like pre-production and storyboarding, to advance level topics of motion graphics, digital design and editing. These will help you to enhance your skills and meet industry requirements. At Accept Studio Academy we provide studio-like environment for practical training sessions, which help you get the same experience as a professional VFX artist
*FICCI-KPMG Indian Media & Entertainment Industry Report 2014
Course Covers
1. Pre-production
2. Storyboarding
3. Cinematography
4. Basics of photography
5. Stop-motion
6. Digital design
7. Layer-based, node-based & advanced compositing
8. Clean plate & wire removal
9. Motion graphics
10. 3D design
11. Advanced particle effects
12. Cloth FX, pyrotechnics, rigid body & fluid simulations
13. Realistic digital environments & rendering techniques
14. Concepts of set extension & CG integration
15. Match moving & camera tracking
16. Stereoscopic conversion
17. Editing with FCP
18. Procedural FX workflow
19. Project – VFX shot with miniature models
Software to learn
1. Adobe Photoshop
2. Adobe After Effects
3. Adobe Premiere
4. Autodesk 3ds Max
5. Adobe Audition
6. Blackmagic Fusion
7. Mocha
8. Silhouette
9. PFTrack
10. Nuke
11. Final Cut Pro
12. Thinking Particles
13. Fume FX
14. Ray Fire
15. Real Flow
16. Vue
17. Houdini
Career options after completing ADVFX
1. Compositor
2. Camera tracker
3. Match Moving artist
4. FX artist
5. Motion graphic artist
6. Matte painter
7. Clean-up artist
8. BG prep artist
9. VFX generalist
10. Stereoscopy artist
11. Depth artist
12. Video editor
13. Pre-viz artist
14. Roto artist
15. Paint artist