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Academic Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Academic Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MPFV257 Digital Compositing: Manipulating Time and Motion 3cr


This course is an introduction to visual effects

techniques for combining separate image sources

such as live action, 2D animation, and still

images into one cohesive project. 

Among the course topics students learn animation

techniques, working with masks and traveling

mattes, track motion, creating motion paths,

remapping time, and rotoscoping. Basic color

theory is also addressed.

The primary software is After Effects which is

also demonstrated in cross-application workflows

with Photoshop and Premiere. Techniques are

explored through multiple exercises and the class

will conclude in the realization of one final

project.

Lectures of pre-digital and digital compositing

techniques and the screening of contemporary

artists’ works create the conceptual framework of

the class and informs the students’ visual

vocabulary.

Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Photoshop and Premiere

Hybrid Studio Critique

Instructor’s Discretion