Course description

Our short courses give you the opportunity to study the first 14 or 21 weeks of our MA Visual Effects Production (Compositing) degree. This option is suited to students who want intensive training without academic qualifications. You’ll complete the first 2-3 modules of this programme and gain an introduction to all things 2D. We’ll teach you how to composite layers together seamlessly, to create a showstopping final shot. You’ll cover all the essentials including rotoscoping, prep work, keying, camera tracking and colour correction
Learn from Klaudija Cermak, who has over 30 years of industry experience on high-end commericals, broadcast programmes and feature films.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
To study this short course, you must:
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Be over 18
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Have a good understanding of written and spoken English
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Feel comfortable using a computer.
Training Course Content
Module 1 - Compositing 1
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The interface: premultiplied images
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Production pipeline and light
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Digital images, formats and resolution
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Film properties and behaviour: log vs. linear
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Premultiplication maths
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Introduction to Nuke
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Transformations and rotoscoping
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Transformations and introduction to tracking
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Multiple-point tracking
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Planar tracking and refining track data
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Introduction to rotoscoping
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Rotoscoping human movement
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Rig removal composites
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Rotoscoping in Silhouette (SFX)
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Tracking in SFX
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Painting in Nuke
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Generating clean plates
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Advanced paint and prep work
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SFX prep techniques
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Warping and morphing
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Advanced prep work
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Matching film grain
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Marker removal
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Keying
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Introduction to keying methods
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Keylight node and the despill process
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Primatte and IBK keyers
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Compositing outside the keyer
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Pre and post processing: refining the key
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Colour correction and grading
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Exposure, gamma and curves
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Density and colour matching
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Colour management
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Atmospherics
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Module 2 - Compositing 2
Module 3 - Advanced compositing for visual effects
Why choose Escape Studios
Top 6% of Institutions for Graduate Employability -- by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
First Unreal Authorised Training Center in the UK
Expenses
Fees
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14 weeks - London campus: £7,845
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14 weeks - Live online: £6,100
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21 weeks - London campus: £11,080
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21 weeks - Live online: £8,590
Continuing Studies
Compositors often start out as rotoscope artists or in junior roles, but rise to become compositors and compositing supervisors. From here the path is open to becoming a VFX supervisor.
Escapees from our compositing courses have gone on to work at companies including: Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Cinesite, DNEG, MPC, Milk VFX, Sky, Electric Theatre Collective, JellyFish Pictures and Pixomondo.