School of Motion - VFX for Motion (FULL) Free Download

School of Motion – VFX for Motion (FULL) Free Download

DESCRIPTION
VFX for Motion will teach you the art and science of compositing as it applies to Motion Design. Prepare to add keying, roto, tracking, matchmoving and more to your creative toolkit.

Visual Effects for Motion Designers

Some of the coolest work in the industry blurs the line between Motion Design and Visual Effects. This class will teach you to move between both worlds, using advanced compositing techniques to add another dimension to your work.

Meet your classmates, get comfy with the course format, and learn some compositing basics. You’ll get a benchmark project to work on to see where your skills are, currently.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How to develop a “good eye” for compositing
How cameras and eyeballs are different
Technical gotchas you’ll deal with as a compositor

Gird your loins… it’s roto week. You’ll learn many different ways of attacking this common compositing task. It’ll get a little gnarly.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Ways to break down shots for roto
How to approach manual rotoscoping
Matching roto’d elements to a new shot

You’ll become a master of Keylight, and will understand how to break shots apart to create pixel-perfect mattes. You’ll also learn more about matching elements.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

After Effects’ Keylight keyer
Combining multiple keys
Troubleshooting tough keys

This week is a “focus week,” a chance to catch up on course work and material. You’ll also learn about the differences between the MoGraph and VFX worlds.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Nodes vs Layers
Project Organization

Dive into the world of motion tracking! You’ll learn to use point and planar trackers to add elements to footage, as well as how to clean up shots using your tracks.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Point and Planar tracking
Paint and clean-up
FG Element Integration

You’ll learn how to create effects using lots of built-in tools and compositing techniques. You’ll also get some help from ActionVFX, who have provided elements for you to use.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Creating effect stacks
Mimicking a “look”
Using FX element footage

This week is another Focus Week, giving you time to catch up if you need it. You’ll also learn about how your new VFX skills can be put to good use in the industry.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

VFX Reel best-practices
How to market your new skills

Learn to use camera tracking to embed elements into footage. This technique is invaluable, and opens up amazing creative possibilities.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Comping 3D elements into footage
Dealing with lens distortion
Advanced integration techniques

It’s time to put everything you’ve learned to the test by completing the final project, a visual effects / motion design extravaganza! This will be one heck of a portfolio piece.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How to approach a tough composite
Advanced tracking and integration
See what you’re made of