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Compositing

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Live action heroes

Our evening Compositing Course follows the same principles as our full-time course and is designed to teach the full compositing pipeline, as used by professionals in visual effects studios.

In 20 weeks we teach you how to create professional standard composites that seamlessly merge live footage and computer generated imagery.

You’ll learn how to fuse CG elements, matte painting and motion tracking inside live action as well as exploring Nuke's 3D camera projection capabilities. The compositing course ends with a showreel project where you’ll combine everything you’ve learned into a single shot of your own design.

Course Breakdown

  • Introduction to Compositing
  • The Alpha Channel
  • Keying
  • Rotoscoping
  • Colour
  • Edge Integration
  • Physical
  • Digital Preparation
  • Light
  • Film
  • CGI
  • 2.5d
  • Adding Polish
  • The VFX Pipeline
  • Stereoscopic Workflow
  • Data

Course Also Includes

  • Access to a free Graphics Primer online course designed to give you the essential Computer Graphics grounding you need 30 days before you start your classroom course
  • Access to Escape’s unique interactive online learning platform where you can communicate with tutors and other students, but also check out other students’ work
  • 12-months free access to our Nuke for 3D Artists online course
  • Unlimited showreel clinic sessions with Escape Studios experts after you complete your course
  • Career support with our recruitment experts who will give you advice on your CV and showreel and help you with job applications and interviews.

Jobs you can apply for after this course

  • Nuke Compositor

For further information on any of our courses or to book a place, please contact our Training Team

Laura Jacobs

Escape Studios enabled me to realise my dream of being able to work in the Film Industry. By teaching me everything I could possibly need to know about compositing and passing their fantastic industry links it provided a spring board which enabled me to go out there and grab my first film job!

Laura Jacobs

Course Graduate Work

Example student work from this course.

Course Graduate Work
Laura Jacobs Showreel

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Complete this course to...

  • Apply for jobs as a compositor
  • Learn Maya and Nuke
  • Seamlessly combine CG elements into live action

Who is this course for?

  • Aspiring compositors
  • Compositors wanting to learn Nuke
  • Student and graduate Compositors preparing for the job market
  • 3D visual effects artists looking to enhance their skills
  • Creative career changers

Prerequisites

  • Use of a Windows PC
  • Good understanding of spoken English

Course Details

Location: London, UK
Format: Part Time
Duration: 20 weeks (Tues & Thurs 7pm - 10pm)
Software: Nuke
Price: £2,750

Start Dates

  • August 17th 2010
  • October 12th 2010
  • February 22nd 2011

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