VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max

VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 3.95, with 47 lectures, based on 103 reviews, and has 1868 subscribers.

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Summary

Title: VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 3.95

Number of Lectures: 47

Number of Published Lectures: 47

Number of Curriculum Items: 47

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 47

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Create amazing VFX (visual effects) and motion graphics using Adobe After Effects, Autodesk 3dsmax and PFTrack!

Who Should Attend

This course is meant for anyone interested in creating their own VFX (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics) or anyone interested in learning 3dsmax, After Effects and PFTrack. You don't need any experience, and NO FILMSCHOOL – I will go through everything from the basics to more advanced features. If you want a career in VFX then this is the place to start!
Anyone interested in learning Adobe After Effects
Anyone interested in learning 3dsmax
Anyone interested in learning PFTrack
Anyone interested in learning compositing and Visual Effects
Anyone interested in learning how to do motion graphics

Target Audiences

This course is meant for anyone interested in creating their own VFX (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics) or anyone interested in learning 3dsmax, After Effects and PFTrack. You don't need any experience, and NO FILMSCHOOL – I will go through everything from the basics to more advanced features. If you want a career in VFX then this is the place to start!
Anyone interested in learning Adobe After Effects
Anyone interested in learning 3dsmax
Anyone interested in learning PFTrack
Anyone interested in learning compositing and Visual Effects
Anyone interested in learning how to do motion graphics

VFX 101: Learn Adobe After Effects / PFTrack / 3ds Max

Kickstart your career in VFX – No Film School and No Visual Effects Experience required!

Have you ever wanted to do your own Visual Effects or maybe dream about working for a major VFX Studio in Hollywood? Well now you can learn all the basic skills to get you started! This course will give you the all building blocks that will allow you to start using Adobe After Effects, 3dsmax and also PFTrack to create your own amazing Visual Effects – Hollywood Style.

You will also get to use the amazing V-Ray Renderer for 3dsmax which is used widely in the Visual Effects industry as well as in the Gaming world!

What you will learn:

Autodesk 3dsmax
- Creating 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 Tracking Data from PFTrack
- Rendering
Adobe After Effects
- After Effects Basics
- Working with Layers
- Applying Effects to Layers
- Masks & Rotoscoping
- Compositing
- Animation and Keyframes
- Color Grading
- Chroma Keying
- Tracking (2D and 3D)
- and much more!!

PFTrack
- User Track and Auto Track nodes
- Solving the Camera
- Orienting The Scene
- Using Test Objects
- Exporting Tracking Data to 3dsmax
- and of-course much much more!

After each chapter you will do a very exciting mini project with me, to ensure that you understand everything that was covered in that specific lecture before we move on to the next.

I will provide you with sample footage / graphics / 3d modelsand more, that we will use during this course.

The total running time of this course is 4 Hours and 33 Minutes!!!

Get ready to begin your career in VFX right NOW!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction To VFX

Lecture 2: Software Requirements (Trials and Free Student Versions)

Chapter 2: 3dsmax

Lecture 1: The 3dsmax User Interface

Lecture 2: Working with Real World Scale

Lecture 3: Creating Basic Geometry in 3dsmax

Lecture 4: Move / Scale / Rotate / Clone

Lecture 5: Using Helpers to Move and Rotate Objects

Lecture 6: The Modify Panel

Lecture 7: Subdivision Modeling

Lecture 8: The V-Ray Renderer

Lecture 9: Creating a Camera in 3dsmax

Lecture 10: The Activeshade Renderer

Lecture 11: The Material Editor

Lecture 12: Lights and Shadows

Lecture 13: Animation and Keyframes in 3dsmax

Lecture 14: The Curve Editor

Lecture 15: MassFX

Lecture 16: Rendering an Image Sequence From 3dsmax

Lecture 17: 3dsmax – Mini Project

Chapter 3: After Effects

Lecture 1: The After Effects User Interface

Lecture 2: Working With Layers

Lecture 3: Applying Effects in After Effects

Lecture 4: Animation and Keyframes in After Effects

Lecture 5: Masks & Rotoscoping

Lecture 6: Track Motion in After Effects

Lecture 7: The Camera Tracker in After Effects

Lecture 8: Chroma Keying

Lecture 9: Color Grading

Lecture 10: Rendering

Lecture 11: After Effects – Mini Project

Chapter 4: The Final Project – PFTrack to 3dsmax (Part 1)

Lecture 1: Introduction to PFTrack

Lecture 2: Track The Scene Using UserTrack and AutoTrack

Lecture 3: Orient Scene and Test Objects

Lecture 4: Export Tracking Data to 3dsmax

Lecture 5: Convert Footage to Image Sequence using After Effects

Lecture 6: Import Tracking Data Into 3dsmax

Lecture 7: Import Image Sequence Into 3dsmax Environment

Lecture 8: Import and Position 3D Objects and Link Materials

Lecture 9: Apply Animation to CG Objects

Lecture 10: Add Lights to The Scene

Lecture 11: Create a Shadow Catcher

Lecture 12: Render Image Sequence From 3dsmax

Chapter 5: The Final Project – Compositing (Part 2)

Lecture 1: Bring Elements Into After Effects – Compositing

Lecture 2: Match 3D Elements and Footage

Lecture 3: Color Grade Your Final Project

Lecture 4: Render Final Project From After Effects

Chapter 6: Conclusion and Thank you

Lecture 1: Conclusion and Thank You!

Instructors

Ruan Lotter
VFX Artist / Editor / Filmmaker

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 7 votes
2 stars: 5 votes
3 stars: 11 votes
4 stars: 21 votes
5 stars: 59 votes

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