An introduction to Visual Fx and Digital Compositing concepts through Green Screen extraction.
STUDENTS NEED:
- Computer
- Adobe After Effects w/Keylight (trial available)
- No previous experience needed.
Date & Time
July 17, 2010, 2pm–5pm
July 24, 2010, 2pm–5pm
July 31, 2010, 2pm–6pm
July 17, 2010, 2pm–5pm
July 24, 2010, 2pm–5pm
July 31, 2010, 2pm–6pm
Pricing
$225 for members
$250 for non-members
$225 for members
$250 for non-members
Class 1
Saturday, July 17, 2pm–5pm
with Chad Goei
– Overview of the art of Visual Fx and its uses in media
– What is Compositing?
– 2D and 3D concepts
– After Effects Intro: The interface & basic tasks
– The concept of Keying
Class 2
Saturday, July 24, 2pm–5pm
with Chad Goei
– The Green Screen shoot: Students will be shot against Green Screen to composite themselves in a scene. We will be shooting with a still camera, however basic shooting & compositing concepts remain the same. We will also be working with sample green screen footage
– How to capture footage in Final Cut
– Working in After Effects:
o Layers, Masking, Keyframes, Animation, Color & Alpha Channels
o General Tools & Plug-ins
– Keying Methods (we will be focusing on Keylight)
– Pulling a Key and Compositing onto a background
o G-mattes & clean-up
Class 3
Saturday, July 31, 2pm–6pm
with Chad Goei
– Overall Integration:
o Color-corrections, Focus, Grain, Lightwrap, Shadows etc.
o Adding other elements to your scene
– Rendering
o File formats, Image Data, Compression
o Creating output templates
o Rendering Elements, Mattes, and Final Rendering
Refund policy:
Please note, all class fees include a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $25 that will be deducted from your refund if you sign up for, then drop, a class. So, for example, if you sign up for Machine Sewing 101 and pay the $155 class fee, but then remember that you have trapeze school final exams that conflict with the Sewing class and shouldn’t have signed up after all, we will refund you $130 of your tuition payment.
Gift certificate purchase:
If you have a Machine Project gift certificate you’d like to redeem for a class, please email us at machine@machineproject.com and let us know.