Gnomon

This course builds on the principles from Overview of Digital Production and leads students deeper into the technical and creative processes involved in creating visual effects for film and television.

This course provides students with a working foundation of the interface and tools of Adobe Photoshop. Through lectures, demonstrations, and exercises, students learn tools for photographic retouching, color treatment, use of layers and selections, photographic manipulation, and compositing.

This course covers the motion capture production pipeline for film and games. In addition to learning the basics of motion capture, students will gain experience in setting up an optical system, capturing data, and applying the data to a character.

This course builds on the principles learned in Digital Painting, and through weekly lectures, in-class practice, and out of class assignments, expands student learning in developing high-end concept art using various film and game, industry-aligned software.

This course exposes students to the methods used to achieve high-quality visual effects animation. Tools are learned in context with how they are used in a professional production environment, and problem-solving is critical to coursework.