Studio Arts, in partnership with the John Hughes Institute (JHI), will be offering a summer course called, "Digital Matte Painting." Taught by Tim Matney, Digital Matte Painter and veteran VFX Artist, this 8 week course will explore the many ways Digital Matte Painting is used in today’s TV and film post-production. Using examples from production, you will learn about 2.5D camera projection, creating set extensions, making clean plates, working with 3D, creating new elements for compositing, sky replacements, enhancing lighting, and swapping day-for-night...integrating with 3D and compositing the whole time...
According to Tim, “Matte Painting is able to solve problems and provide solutions artistically and technically that would otherwise be too time consuming and expensive in other departments.”
Prerequisite: This is an intermediate course, so good working knowledge of Photoshop, 3D, and composting are essential. Not least, you must understand composition, lighting, perspective, and design!
Class time: Saturdays 8:30am to 12:15pm PST/Los Angeles, July 11-August 29, 2020
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For enrollment and registration information: https://studioarts.com/digitalmatte
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Shotgun for Production Online Course, July 14-Sept. 15, 2020
Soup to Nuts in Shotgun
Studio Arts, in partnership with the John Hughes Institute (JHI), will be offering a summer course called, "Shotgun For Production." Taught by Heather Dinkins (Production Manager-Technology, Method Studios) and Ming Qiu (Production Manager, Tau Films), this course will demystify and deconstruct Autodesk Shotgun over a 10-week period.
Starting with Shotgun Basics, each 3-hour online session will focus on different aspects of Producing, Tracking, Reviewing and Managing your project within Shotgun. The coursework is a blend of scheduled instruction with interactive on-demand workshops as determined by you. According to Ming and Heather, “you will learn how to customize and use the tools within Shotgun to your best benefit.”
Prerequisite: Working knowledge of the computer.
Class time: Tuesdays 7pm - 10:00pm PST/Los Angeles, July 14-September 15, 2020
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For enrollment and registration information: https://studioarts.com/shotgunforproduction
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Creatures in Motion Online Workshop, July 8-August 26, 2020
The Big Cat Walk - Quadruped Animal Anatomy and Locomotion for Animators
Studio Arts, in partnership with the John Hughes Institute (JHI), is offering an online Eight-week, hands-on, workshop in animal anatomy, mechanics, and the workflow in Autodesk Maya for photoreal creature animation. The workshop will be taught by Ruth Daly (Tau Films Animation Supervisor/JHI Faculty).
According to Ruth, "Quadruped locomotion can seem daunting until broken down into simple workflows that allow us to achieve lifelike results from toes to tail!"
Prerequisites:
- Knowledge of Maya interface including some basic animation workflows involving the graph editor, keyframe manipulation, and timing; Maya 101
- some experience with animating biped/human rigs will help but not essential.
Class time: Wednesdays 6:15pm-10pm PST/Los Angeles (Lecture and Lab)
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For enrollment and registration information: https://studioarts.com/creaturesinmotion
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