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Advanced Diploma in Visual Effects

VFX & Compositing

Visual Effects (VFX) is the art of creating realistic or imaginative visuals that cannot be captured during live filming. In this course, you will learn how to blend real footage with computer-generated elements to create stunning scenes — from explosions, environments and fantasy worlds to clean-ups and realistic motion effects.

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Visual Effects

Advanced Diploma · 24 months

You'll learn · 01/11

01Try it

What the camera shot, and what the audience sees.

Drag the slider to wipe between the green-screen plate, with its tracking markers, and the finished composite.

Plate

Final

Keying removes the green, tracking locks the new background to the camera, and compositing blends the two.

02 // Pulling a key

One clip.Five stages deep.

The diploma page shows this shot before and after. Here you can stop at every stage in between. The matte and the key are worked out from the real footage as it plays.

Premiere Pro · Plate

The clip as it was shot: a performer in front of a green wall, straight from the edit.

Footage: Mixkit

  1. Stage 011/3

    Prepare

    The plate comes in from the edit and is tracked, so new elements can follow the camera.

  2. Stage 022/3

    Separate

    A matte is pulled and the green is keyed out, leaving the performer on nothing.

  3. Stage 033/3

    Combine

    A new background is composited in Nuke and matched until the two read as one photograph.

03Course content

What you'll learn.

11 topics, in the order you'll meet them. Open any one for a plain-language explanation.

  1. What VFX is, and how invisible and spectacular effects are used in films and series.

  2. How a shot travels through a studio, from the shoot to the final composite.

  3. Removing a green or blue background so an actor can be placed in a new scene.

  4. Tracing around a subject frame by frame to separate it from its background.

  5. Following movement in the footage so added elements move along with it.

  6. Working out how the real camera moved, so a virtual camera can copy it exactly.

  7. Layering footage, CG and effects together into one believable image.

  8. Making computer-generated objects sit convincingly inside filmed scenes.

  9. Matching the light and shadow of added elements to the original plate.

  10. Fixing colour problems, then giving the shot its final look.

  11. Using AI tools to speed up concepts, references and repetitive production work.

04Software

The tools you'll use.

Career options: Compositing Artist, VFX Artist, 3D Artist, Motion Graphics Designer, Rotoscopy Artist, Matchmove / Camera Tracking Artist, Paint & Cleanup Artist, VFX Generalist, Freelance VFX Artist

05Careers

Where it cantake you.

9 roles this course prepares you for.

  • Compositing Artist
  • VFX Artist
  • 3D Artist
  • Motion Graphics Designer
  • Rotoscopy Artist
  • Matchmove / Camera Tracking Artist
  • Paint & Cleanup Artist
  • VFX Generalist
  • Freelance VFX Artist

06How you'll learn

Three stages.

  1. Stage one

    Learn the fundamentals.

    Drawing, timing, composition and the software itself. Small batches, daily feedback from working artists.

  2. Stage two

    Build the reel.

    Studio-style projects with real briefs and real deadlines. Every student finishes with a portfolio they can defend.

  3. Stage three

    Get hired properly.

    Portfolio reviews, mock interviews and introductions to our studio partners. We stay reachable after you graduate.

07FAQ

Questions,answered.

  • Yes. Films, OTT platforms, games, advertising, e-learning and social media all need animated content, and studios across India keep hiring skilled artists. A strong portfolio matters more than a degree.

  • No. Drawing helps, and we teach it from the basics, but many roles in 3D, VFX, editing and motion graphics depend more on timing, observation and practice than on sketching talent.

  • Anyone who has passed 10+2 in any stream can join our programmes. Graduates and working professionals who want to switch careers are welcome too.

  • Yes. Our placement cell runs portfolio reviews and mock interviews, and introduces graduating students to studios, agencies and production houses.

  • Of course. Message admissions and we'll book a free demo class and campus visit at a time that suits you.

Ready to start?24 months.

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