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VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max (Udemy.com)

Do you want to learn how to do amazing VFX (Visual Effects)? Learn 3ds Max, After Effects and PFTrack in this course!

4.0
103 reviews

Created by: Ruan Lotter

Last updated February 2017

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What you will learn

  • Create amazing VFX (visual effects) and motion graphics using Adobe After Effects, Autodesk 3dsmax and PFTrack!

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Against the other 118 rated Udemy courses in Adobe After Effects on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.0 out of 5higher than 3% of them
  • Reviews103#77 of 119 by number of reviews
  • Length4.4 hourslonger than 63% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2017earlier than 93% of them

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Overall Score : 80 / 100

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Course Description

VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max

Kickstart your career in VFX - No Film School and No Visual Effects Experience required!
Have you ever wanted to do your own Visual Effects or maybe dream about working for a major VFX Studio in Hollywood? Well now you can learn all the basic skills to get you started! This course will give you the all building blocks that will allow you to start using Adobe After Effects, 3dsmax and also PFTrack to create your own amazing Visual Effects - Hollywood Style.
You will also get to use the amazing V-Ray Renderer for 3dsmax which is used widely in the Visual Effects industry as well as in the Gaming world!
What you will learn:
  • Autodesk 3dsmax
    • Creating Geometry
    • Subdivision Modeling
    • Animation and Keyframes
    • Texturing and the Material Editor
    • The Active-shade Renderer
    • The V-ray Renderer
    • MassFX Physics Engine
    • Lighting and Shadows
    • The Graph Editor
    • Importing 3D Models
    • How to use Tracking Data from PFTrack
    • Rendering
  • Adobe After Effects
    • After Effects Basics
    • Working with Layers
    • Applying Effects to Layers
    • Masks & Rotoscoping
    • Compositing
    • Animation and Keyframes
    • Color Grading
    • Chroma Keying
    • Tracking (2D and 3D)
    • and much more!!
  • PFTrack
    • User Track and Auto Track nodes
    • Solving the Camera
    • Orienting The Scene
    • Using Test Objects
    • Exporting Tracking Data to 3dsmax
    • and of-course much much more!
After each chapter you will do a very exciting mini project with me, to ensure that you understand everything that was covered in that specific lecture before we move on to the next.

I will provide you with sample footage / graphics / 3d models and more, that we will use during this course.

The total running time of this course is 4 Hours and 33 Minutes!!!
Get ready to begin your career in VFX right NOW!Who this course is for:
  • This course is meant for anyone interested in creating their own VFX (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics) or anyone interested in learning 3dsmax, After Effects and PFTrack. You don't need any experience, and NO FILMSCHOOL - I will go through everything from the basics to more advanced features. If you want a career in VFX then this is the place to start!
  • Anyone interested in learning Adobe After Effects
  • Anyone interested in learning 3dsmax
  • Anyone interested in learning PFTrack
  • Anyone interested in learning compositing and Visual Effects
  • Anyone interested in learning how to do motion graphics
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Instructor Details

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Ruan Lotter is a Filmmaker, Editor and VFX Artist from Cape Town, South Africa. He has directed and edited several short films, internet commercials and music videos over the last few years. In 2007 he started experimenting with Adobe After Effects, 3dsmax, Maya and PFTrack to name a few of the applications, and never looked back.
He currently works as a VFX Artist and Editor at Zebra Worldwide, doing post-production on international commercials and video projects.
He also runs a YouTube channel called TunnelvizionTV where he teaches people interested in Filmmaking and VFX (visual effects), from around the world, the secrets to many Hollywood VFX techniques.
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4.0

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By Abdullah JOUN

thanks

By Khilendra Singh Thakur

This lesson keep my interest in VFX's

By Vedant Anil Kondkar

yes

By Pedro Ganme

Um ótimo curso!!!

By Murat Kayserilioglu

it is very fast so its not easy to follow.and very basic knowledge is given to us.

By Tei Brito

I thought it was an easy tutorial to follow and direct to the point but it could have been longer and with more examples.

By Tevfikcan Erdogan

Çok yavaş ve kendini tekrarlama var!

By Muhammed Alhammouri

This course is very useful and professional

By AHMED S SAFWAT

clear and detailed explanation

Very recommend

By VFX Sameer

It's an excellent course to learn about motion graphics as well as visual effects. Everybody should watch this course who want to learn about visual effects.

By Kim Him

Clear and concise. I really enjoyed this course. Thank you so much.

By AtiQul HoQue MiLon

Thanks for this great course.

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