Learn Visual Effects: Adobe After Effects/PFTrack/3dsMax
Get started in Visual Effects. No Film School or Visual Effects Experience necessary!
Do you dream of working in VFX? You can now learn the basics to get started. This course will teach you how to use Adobe After Effects, 3dsmax, and PFTrack to create amazing Visual Effects - Hollywood Style.
You will also be able to use the V-Ray renderer for 3dsmax, which is widely used in the Visual Effects and Gaming industries.
Download trial versions of the software here:
PFTrack: http://www.thepixelfarm.co.uk/pftrack/
After Effects: https://www.adobe.com/africa/products/aftereffects/free-trial-download.html
3dsmax: https://www.autodesk.co.za/products/3ds-max/free-trial
Required assets can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uKggMSLKItj3chbs9Ifo5i_AQTr8tFl1?usp=sharing
What will you learn:
- Autodesk 3dsmax
- Geometry:
- Subdivision modeling
- Animation and Keyframes
- Texturing and the Material editor
- The Active-shade renderer
- The V-ray Renderer
- MassFX Physics Engine
- Lighting and Shadows
- The Graph Editor
- Importing 3D Models
- How to use PFTrack Tracking Data
- Rendering
- Adobe After Effects
- After Effects Basics
- Layers
- Applying effects to layers
- Masks & Rotoscoping
- Compositing
- Animation and Keyframes
- Color Grading
- Chroma Keying
- Tracking (2D & 3D)
- You can find out more about it here. !
- PFTrack
- Nodes for User Track and Auto Track
- Solving the Camera
- Orienting the Scene
- Use Test Objects
- Exporting Tracking Data To 3dsmax
- And of course, much more!
To ensure you have a thorough understanding of each lecture, you will be doing a very exciting mini-project together with me after each chapter.
I will provide sample footage, graphics, 3d models and more that we will use in this course. These assets can be found in the Class Project section.
4 hours and 33 minutes is the total course duration. !
Start your career in VFX now!
For review, please upload your class project deliverable in mp4 to Skillshare's project gallery! The details of the project can be found under Class Project.
