compositing school!

[mikael_p]

Hello!!

It seems like every cgschool have forgotten compositing, I was searching for school, but i couldn’t found anyone that was focusing on compositing, why? Does anybody know any school that teaching compositing?

[jjones]

I'm at the Savannah College of Art & Design. We have plenty of resources to learn on your own, but unfortunately the compositing instruction here isn't what I hoped. Luckily I prefer to experiment and teach myself as much as I can but it would be nice to have a more structured department.

Though I have learned a lot here, when it comes to comping I feel like I'm on my own. But every machine has Shake (2.5 on Windows, 3.5 on Mac and Linux), Five (usually functional) suites of Flame, Combustion, Matchmover, and we're hoping to get Nuke in the Fall. We also have access to plenty of equipment and studio space w/ greenscreen.

I have been looking at the Academy of Art College though, and from what I've seen they have a more thought-out compositing program....such as a class dedicated to rotoscoping. Maybe an option for grad school if I don't land that sweet job soon enough after graduation. :fingerscr

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[mikael_p]

okej, but I'am living in sweden so USA is a little to far for me I was considering UK or som e elsewhere in Europe..

[Loga]

Check this out:
http://courses.bournemouth.ac.uk/3Details.asp?programmeCode=made
It´s a Master course from the University of Bournemouth in the UK.
I can´t give you mor information but i´ve heard the NCCA in Bournemouth is pretty good. http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/newhome/index.htm

[daMongolian]

My school, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, is in California, even more of a trek from Sweden than Savannah would be, but I figure I'll post anyway =)

We've got two 5 week Compositing classes, the first meets two days a week for 10 meetings, and covers photoshop skills and creating a digital matte painting, the second part of the 5 weeks is a crash course in After Effects.

The second Compositing class, covers more actual composting, digital rotoscoping, pulling keys, matchmoving, multi-frame painting. After Effects is the main program used, but students are also introduced to Commotion and Matchmover as well.

As you can imagine, both classes are extremely fast paced and require a lot of dedication and outside work to build up the skills needed to get a job in the industry.

In general, the whole school is like that, the program is preset, and everyone follows the same class sequence. There are two Modeling, Texture & Lighting and Compositing classes each; three animation classes, one hand drawn, two digital. One Technical Direction, and Effects classes.

I found our Compositing classes to be very helpful, and well thought out, but even some of my classmates who are going to focus on animation have expressed that they wished there was a third compositing class.

I think my hope will be, once I graduate, to get a job someplace rotoscoping, and then to continue to learn on my own, until my skills are good enough to move more into the composting end of things.

greg

[pragya]

hey guys can anybody help me out, please?
i am a trained offline editor using avid and fcp... but i want to upgrade to online editing on smoke, flame, combustion... i am looking at an intensive maybe one yr course concentrating only on high-end compositing in the US... pls help!

[mbenard]

Hey mikael_p,

We spend all year exploring Compositing through our project based learning.

Currently the program covers a lot more than just Comp but since we are project based my students can customize their shots to better explore their interests/strengths.

Cheers,

M

[IACON]

As a grad student of Visual Effects in the Academy of Art University, I can tell you that they put a lot of emphesis on compositing. There are several instructors that are mainly compositors.

[zeegod]

i believe from what i have learnt bout compositing is that one whoo wants to consider compositing seriously must have be a jack in just a few stuff some like aspect ratio, color channels, bit depth, color space intended plane perspectives AND A QUESTIONING EYE and to aquire the basic info bout the above said aint no that difficult and i dont think one needs to depend on any school or a tutor for that matter.

get the basics and try it out when ya got the hardware and time then the things will follow. cuz there is hell a lotta info available around you not to mention that they are all free.

so happy compositing folks.

[ivanoviski]

I have just finished my Bachelor's in Digital Design and i feel like the area i would like to emphasize my knowledge is ironically the one that was touched the least in my course, Compositing. I live in New Zealand and i am not financially confident that i can move overseas for another degree, are there many, if any, good online schools for compositing?! I know the basics of Shake and After Effects but i wish to go from basic knowledge to advanced, any tips?

[Gentle Fury]

I went to full sail in orlando and I hadn't even heard of shake till I went there....

[spineblaZe]

I have just finished my Bachelor's in Digital Design and i feel like the area i would like to emphasize my knowledge is ironically the one that was touched the least in my course, Compositing. I live in New Zealand and i am not financially confident that i can move overseas for another degree, are there many, if any, good online schools for compositing?! I know the basics of Shake and After Effects but i wish to go from basic knowledge to advanced, any tips?

In your case I wouldn't recommend any more school. It sounds like you have a solid base, so I would just turn to self education. You could buy a TON of dvd's from places like http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/ and http://www.digitaltutors.com/ (http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/index.php) and learn what you need for far less than what it would cost to go back to school.

[boomji]

I live in New Zealand and i am not financially confident that i can move overseas for another degree, are there many, if any, good online schools for compositing?! I know the basics of Shake and After Effects but i wish to go from basic knowledge to advanced, any tips?


lo and behold...
www.fxphd.com :niceone:


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[Debojit Das]

I am a self taught compositor, and i have worked in 6 films till now. The softwares i use on a daily basis are AE, C4 and DF for compositing, Sony vegas for video and sound editing and ofcourse photoshop. But Compositing is beyond software. You need to read books of Steven Wright.... Visual Effects for the Aspiring artist, Compositing for film and video, and of Ron Brinkmann........ Art and science of digitalk compositng. You also must check out lot of tutorials of any software package because compositing fundamentals are same for all. Most tutorials you will get for AE on websites like www.creativecow.net, www.videocopilot.net.......... i used to try the AE tutorials on C4........ its really simple if your concepts are right.

also compositing is more technical and no school can teach you everything like how to work with log files, or interlaced videos or color correcting premultiplied...... and the list is endless..... like what is DI , how films are scanned and all of it if you really want to be good in your profession.

So please dont get demotivated if your course wasnt sufficient, if you try you can learn by yourself, you should have the enthusiasm, and aspiration and most importantly fun. Any queries are welcome. Thankyou.

my email : www.joedjoe_911@yahoo.com

[RiaFX]

Lost Boys Learning out of Vancouver, B.C. is a a great VFX and compositing school. Not only to you have course work but you work on various projects to give you a feel for working in a studio. They also have many connections with-in the industry. If I were seriously interested in learning and was very driven, I would look them up for sure. The students produce very high quality work and have a extremely high placement rate.

[nidhogge242]

If you want to learn online then I'd really recommend FXPHD. Outstanding courses, mentors and material.

If you want to go to an actual school in Sweden then I'd recommend IAA in Eksjo, Smaland.

[pw_Escape]

Hi there

We have two classroom and an online mentored option for compositing at Escape Studios.

You can find details of the courses here:-

Classroom Compositing for Production

(http://www.escapestudios.co.uk/find-a-compositing-course/)Classroom Compositing Professional (http://www.escapestudios.co.uk/compositing-professional/)

Online Mentored Compositing Course (http://www.escapestudios.co.uk/mentored-compositing-course/)

We have an exceptionally high success rate of employment from our compositing courses drawing on our close links with the industry here in London, and the demand for good juniors has never been higher!

Please contact me if you would like anymore information.

Paul

paul [at] escapestudios.com
www.escapestudios.co.uk