The Beginners VFX Bootcamp. (Udemy.com)
Learn the fundamentals of VFX and CGI in a concise and bespoke training series - 3D digital content in context.
Created by: David King
Produced in 2021
What you will learn
- This course aims to help students get ahead of the crowd by teaching some of the fundamentals of VFX and CGI in a exploratory way and with context.
- These workshops are a great introduction to VFX, 3D and CGI.
- You will be Working in the finest industry standard 2D and 3D software to create a stunning SCI-FI environment.
- You will have an excellent Autodesk Maya introduction to - Basics of the interface - Basic modelling - 3D Lighting, Volumes and Rendering in Arnold - Rigging and Mo-cap - Basics of Animation - Asset Pipeline - Shaders and Texturing - and much more.
- You will also get to work in Adobe Photoshop for an introduction in - Basics of the interface - Navigating the viewport - Utilising the tools to edit your images - creating Mattes for use in 3D.
- Finalising your project in Adobe After Effects - Importing image sequences - exporting a movie using the Media encoder.
- Many 3D tutorials for Film, TV or Games focus on one small
Quality Score
Overall Score : 100 / 100
Course Description
I will offer some of my experience and insight as a 15 year veteran of the VFX industry and reveal some of the secrets i teach to my first and second year degree students.
You will learn some of the fundamentals of Photoshop, Maya and After Effects and create a stunning 3D Sci-Fi scene, with high end assets and Motion Capture data that you can keep forever to use in your own future projects.
Within this Bootcamp you will cover a wide variety of 3D skills such as Lighting, Rendering and Shading, basic animation techniques, an introduction to Arnold and the hypershade, texturing and set creation as well as utilising Mocap data and the Quick Rig tools. This Bootcamp will also give you and introduction to 2D Photoshop techniques, vital for creating the canvas we need to establish our environment, and finally we will touch briefly on After Effects as our Video editor, where we will output our final Renders as a single movie.Who this course is for:
- This course is aimed towards beginners and newbies with an interest in VFX as well as College goers and leavers - First and second year University students - Budding Games artist - VFX and 3D Animation Artists.
- This course will help anyone with an in interest in CGI, VFX, Games, Film and TV computer aided design, but who may not have any, or little experience using the software required to make such environments.
- This training is tailored towards people who want to get a complete taster experience of VFX and computer aided design and animation but don't want to spend a fortune before assessing if it's the right educational or career route for them, and who are lost in a mountain of mini tutorials and confusion.
Instructor Details
- 5.0 Rating
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David King
With over decade of experience within the Visual Effects and Post production industry i have had the pleasure of working with some of the best VFX Commercial teams in London.
Specialising in Simulation but with a solid foundation as a VFX Generalist i have gained valuable experience within all aspects of the VFX Pipeline.
As part of my natural progression within my career journey i now find myself enjoying almost half a decade building a solid foundation as a Visual Effects Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby in the Midlands, teaching the practical application of Lighting and Rendering, Model Making and CG sculpting as well as Pyro and Smoke effects, Fluid and Cloth simulation.
As the course has matured i now deliver content on VR environment creation and rendering as well as Motion Capture and Match moving.
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