The Pixel Corps VFX Bootcamp is designed to provide attendees with an overall understanding and working knowledge of the key aspects of the visual effects pipeline. The idea is not to spend 3 days on a single subject, but instead to cover the entire pipeline.  It will be intense. It's not a beginner course, but it's also not an expert course. The design for the course is to allow artists in specific fields to cross-train and producers and directors to have a bird's-eye view of the process.

The course is hands-on with short explanation sessions and real-world examples to work on. The goal is to get attendees over the "hump" of learning many of the applications needed in the day-to-day production environment.

In addition to classes, there will be evening talks about visual effects from prominent VFX artists and supervisors.

Attendees will need to bring a computer/laptop capable of 3D and compositing. Some topics will be covered in OSX-only applications (compositing).

Study aids will be provided 2 weeks prior to the class to prepare students for the course and allow them to begin many of the examples.

SEATING IS LIMITED TO 16.

THE CLASS FEE INCLUDES MORNING SNACKS, LUNCH AND 2 DINNERS.

 

Course Outline

 

Monday
Integration
   Key Photoshop Skills
    - Cloning
    - Extraction
    - Color Correction
    - Rotoscoping
   Greenscreen and Roto
    - Understanding Greenscreen Extraction
    - Basic Keying
    - Procedural Garbage Matting
    - Basic Rotoscoping
    - Tracking and Roto

Tuesday
   HDR and Photogrammetry
    - Understanding High Dynamic Range Imaging
    - Building Basic HDR Images
    - Building HDR Spheres
    - Basic Photogrammetry
    - Building Organic Surfaces with Photogrammetry
    - Building Rigid Surfaces
    - Photomodeling

   Matchmoving
    - Manual Matchmoving
    - Photogrammetry Assisted Matchmoving
    - Tracking Assisted Modeling
    - Autotracking

Wednesday
   Particles and Effects
    - Basic Particles
    - Smoke and Fire
    - Creative Uses for Particles

   Rendering and Multipass
    - Efficient Approaches to Rendering
    - Understanding the Rendering Process
    - Object Multipass
    - Surface Multipass
    - Normal Mapping in Compositing

Thursday
   On-Set Skills
    - Proper Lighting for Greenscreen
    - Placing and Choosing Tracking Markers
    - Set Measurements

   Topics on Production
    - Naming Conventions
    - Working Efficiently
    - Shot Breakdowns
    - Question and Answer

Friday
   Building a Shot - Using the skills from the first 4 days, the class will shoot, track, and complete a basic visual effects shot from scratch.

 

Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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Friday, June 27, 2008 at 06:00 PM (PT)

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