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3D Modeling and Animation 1 (Maya)

Learn to navigate this complex 3D software and its many tools and workflows as they are used in major animation and VFX studios, preparing you for specialized study in the track of your choice.

Feature Animation 3

Animate convincing dialogue, gestures, and body language to create compelling character performances. You’ll develop observational sketchbook drawings and original video references to create industry-level work for your professional animator’s reel. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 497C.)

Senior Portfolio for Animation and VFX

Create a reel of your best work to showcase your skills. To professionally market your abilities, you’ll hone client/artist relationships, practice presentation techniques, and develop consistent identity, resume, reel packaging, and stationary systems.

3D Character Animation 1

Learn the unique character animation techniques of different professional studios. You’ll study real-world weight, physics, object interaction, pantomime, character sketching, and motion analysis to animate 3D characters.

3D Character Animation 1 for Animators, Riggers

You’ll focus on conceptualizing, storyboarding, and executing a high-quality animation project.

Fundamentals of Lookdev and Lighting

Learn how to render beautiful animations, just like your favorite studios. You’ll learn core principles of looked and lighting, including painting in 3D, how to work with BRDF shaders, linear lighting, animation caches, compositing of render passes, and much more.

Studio X 3D Animation

In this advanced 3D animation course that recreates the production environment, you will be responsible for generating animation to the specifications of the project’s stakeholder. You will focus on matching action across shot cuts, adapting animation styles to align with project aesthetics, and delivering files in the production pipeline. Portfolio… Read More

Cinematography for VFX

Setup lighting, green screen, and tracking markers the way professional VFX supervisors understand for both studio post-production and Indie type “guerrilla” filmmaking. You’ll learn new digital camera operation and sensor types and how to best record on set VFX elements for successful compositing and integration with digital elements.

Introduction to 3D Production A (Unreal)

In part one of this two-part course, you’ll learn to navigate the complex 3D software and its many tools and workflows as they are used in major animation and VFX studios, preparing you for specialized study in the track of your choice.

StudioX for Compositing

Students will composite shots in a production environment. This class focuses on skills that will be beneficial to surviving in a real production environment. Shot dailies will be held weekly with production notes published to the class that will push students’ work to a higher level. (This course is cross-listed… Read More