Visual Effects Animation Professional

Learning the tools and techniques to create realistic movement in CG objects and characters is at the very heart of this course. Whilst part of the role of animators is to bring to life to characters in visual effects there's a whole host of other techniques needed to give movement to characters, vehicles and environmental elements. Until now, these skills could only be acquired on the job, working in the industry. Filling a vital role between the animators and VFX artists, this course will provide you with a wide range of tools to solve the technical problems posed in animating for VFX.

Object Tracking and advanced Roto Animation techniques are just some of the skills that you’ll learn to perfect. Once you’ve mastered these you’ll work with animation rigs and Motion Capture techniques to be able to bring your characters and objects to life. This course is completely unique and will make sure that you understand how these techniques are used in a post-production environment.

For the final stage of the course you will learn how to simulate a large crowd scene for a stadium shot or battle sequence and will be able to work this into your all-important jaw-dropping showreel.

Course Breakdown

• Introduction to the User
• Introduction to Lighting and Rendering
• Animation Basics
• NURBS Modelling
• Polygon Modelling and UVs
• Introduction to Texture Mapping
• History of Visual Effects and Camera Tracking
• Advanced Lighting
• Advanced Texturing
• Compositing and Rendering
• Introduction to FX
• Project Work
• Advanced Tracking
• Character Rigging
• Mechanical Rigging
• Motion-Capture
• Crowd Simulation
• Project Work

Course Also Includes

• Access to a free Graphics Primer online course designed to give you the essential Computer Graphics grounding you need before you start your classroom course
• Access to Escape’s unique interactive online learning platform where you can communicate with tutors and other students, and also check out other students’ work
• 12-months free access to the Maya Essentials Bundle, ZBrush for 3D Artists, Nuke for 3D Artists, Advanced Lighting and Advanced Shading online courses
• 12-months free access to the 3D Equalizer and Matchmover online courses, exclusive to our classroom students
• 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

• Animation TD
• Motion Capture Clean Up
• Roto Animator
• Camera TD

Our Tutors

All of our tutors are professional CG artists with experience at the very top of their fields. Click here, to see some of their profiles.