Digital Visual Effects

Start an exciting career in the rapidly growing digital visual effects industry. Create dynamic and realistic visual effects for use in film, television, games, and architectural visualization. Learn to produce a concept sketch and storyboard, shape a model, stage a scene and represent movements in three dimensions. Gain professional skills through a practical, hands on approach in labs that are outfitted with the latest tools and industry-standard software with training focused on major trends in visual, digital and special effects arts.

What You’ll Learn

• Solve common technology problems related to computer software used in the production of visual effects.
• Capture and process imagery for use in VFX productions by selecting and applying current and relevant, industry-standard techniques.
• Use image processing techniques to integrate digital imagery and various sources of photography into a final product.
• Implement different creation and acquisition techniques to produce computer generated elements appropriate for usage in a VFX piece.
• Use matte painting and set-extension techniques to photo-realistically modify existing photography.
• Simulate photo-real images to match live action footage by the application of advanced rendering techniques.
• Apply cinematography and editorial concepts to further storytelling in the production of a time-based VFX piece.
• Prioritize the requirements and milestones of a VFX piece through pre-production techniques.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to complete a final product.
• Produce a marketable demo and self-promotional package suitable for the VFX industry.
• Maximize the use of time, and function within a production pipeline, using appropriate file management and workflow strategies.