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Compositing Visualization Program

VFX & Compositing

Compositing merges real footage with digital elements like CGI, effects and motion graphics so everything looks natural and cinematic. You learn After Effects for motion graphics and titles, Mocha for tracking and screen replacement, Nuke for node-based compositing, Silhouette for rotoscoping, paint work and clean-ups, and 3DEqualizer for 3D camera tracking and matchmoving.

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Compositing Visualization

Program · 6 months

You'll learn · 01/08

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 // Layer by layer

One frame.Five layers.

A finished shot is a stack of layers, each made in a different program. Switch them off one at a time to take this frame apart. The frame is a drawing, to show the idea.

IAM

5/5 layers

  1. Stage 011/3

    Track

    3DEqualizer and Mocha follow the camera and the surfaces in the shot, so new elements stick to them.

  2. Stage 022/3

    Separate

    Silhouette is used to trace out whatever has to sit in front of the new elements.

  3. Stage 033/3

    Assemble

    Nuke and After Effects stack the layers and give them one final look.

03Course content

What you'll learn.

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

  1. How layers, masks and blending combine separate images into one.

  2. Layer-based compositing, titles and motion graphics.

  3. Planar tracking for screen replacements, clean-ups and object removal.

  4. Node-based compositing, the way feature-film shots are assembled.

  5. Detailed rotoscoping, paint work and wire removal.

  6. Precise 3D camera tracking and matchmoving.

  7. Placing rendered CG elements into live-action footage.

  8. Recreating the real camera's movement so CG can be locked into the shot.

04Software

The tools you'll use.

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

05Careers

Where it cantake you.

8 roles this course prepares you for.

  • Compositing Artist
  • VFX 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.

Ready to start?6 months.

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