Editing Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]] | |||
[[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]] | |||
== Schedule == | == Schedule == | ||
This class is currently officially unscheduled (having not yet been formally presented to, or voted on by, the NoiseBridge membership). The proposed schedule is 7-10pm every Thursdays. Class duration is also undetermined, but will likely be between 5 and 15 weeks, depending on participant interest and my availability. | |||
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== Suggested Reading == | == Suggested Reading == | ||
[http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Effects-Professional-Studio-Techniques/dp/0321499786|Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Studio Techniques] by Mark Christiansen | |||
[http://www.amazon.com/Effects- | |||
Written by my friend and former LucasArts co-worker, Mark Christiansen, this is the single best guide to professional VFX techniques in After Effects, and the required textbook for my VFX2 class at the Academy of Art. Highly recommended, especially for anyone whose interest in AE is in the areas of photo-realistic VFX compositing, greenscreen compositing, and HDR workflow (the latter being increasingly standard in film VFX). If you're only able to purchase one book related to my class, this is the one. | Written by my friend and former LucasArts co-worker, Mark Christiansen, this is the single best guide to professional VFX techniques in After Effects, and the required textbook for my VFX2 class at the Academy of Art. Highly recommended, especially for anyone whose interest in AE is in the areas of photo-realistic VFX compositing, greenscreen compositing, and HDR workflow (the latter being increasingly standard in film VFX). If you're only able to purchase one book related to my class, this is the one. | ||
[http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Digital-Compositing-Second/dp/0123706386/|The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, Second Edition: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics] by Ron Brinkmann | [http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Digital-Compositing-Second/dp/0123706386/|The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, Second Edition: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics] by Ron Brinkmann | ||
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[http://www.amazon.com/After-Effects-Expressions-Marcus-Geduld/dp/024080936X/ref=pd_sim_b_26 After Effects Expressions] by Marcus Geduld | [http://www.amazon.com/After-Effects-Expressions-Marcus-Geduld/dp/024080936X/ref=pd_sim_b_26 After Effects Expressions] by Marcus Geduld | ||
An "expression" is the name After Effects gives to its ability to re-wire any keyframeable parameter to any other parameter, either directly, or run through a script. And since the expressions engine uses javascript, these scripts can be made to do some rather nifty stuff. I've not read this book, as I don't yet own a copy, but the title makes it | An "expression" is the name After Effects gives to its ability to re-wire any keyframeable parameter to any other parameter, either directly, or run through a script. And since the expressions engine uses javascript, these scripts can be made to do some rather nifty stuff. I've not read this book, as I don't yet own a copy, but the title makes it sounds like it would be the perfect gift for a die-hard After Effects addict and expressions junkie (hint hint). | ||
[http://www.amazon.com/DV-Rebels-Guide-All-Digital-Approach/dp/0321413644/|The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap] by Stu Maschwitz | [http://www.amazon.com/DV-Rebels-Guide-All-Digital-Approach/dp/0321413644/|The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap] by Stu Maschwitz | ||
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Not strictly a VFX text - or rather, not solely a VFX text - this book from my former ILM co-worker (and subsequent Orphanage co-founder) Stu Maschwitz is a manifesto for no excuses filmmaking, in which the clever use of VFX is but one part. Still, what VFX advice is there is vital, and infused with Stu's irrepressible passion for film and filmmaking. Like Robert Rodriguez (see "Rebel Without A Crew", below) Stu WANTS YOU TO STOP COMPLAINING and MAKE YOUR MOVIE and the DV Rebel's Guide is a guerilla training manual to help you accomplish that. (And do overlook the now rather outdated title; the book's techniques are just as applicable to cheap HD filmmaking.) | Not strictly a VFX text - or rather, not solely a VFX text - this book from my former ILM co-worker (and subsequent Orphanage co-founder) Stu Maschwitz is a manifesto for no excuses filmmaking, in which the clever use of VFX is but one part. Still, what VFX advice is there is vital, and infused with Stu's irrepressible passion for film and filmmaking. Like Robert Rodriguez (see "Rebel Without A Crew", below) Stu WANTS YOU TO STOP COMPLAINING and MAKE YOUR MOVIE and the DV Rebel's Guide is a guerilla training manual to help you accomplish that. (And do overlook the now rather outdated title; the book's techniques are just as applicable to cheap HD filmmaking.) | ||
[http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-Crew-23-Year-Old-Filmmaker/dp/0452271878/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238835537&sr=8-1 Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player] | [http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-Crew-23-Year-Old-Filmmaker/dp/0452271878/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238835537&sr=8-1 Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player] | ||
Not a VFX text, but included here for its potential utility as a guide to hacking your way into a career in filmmaking. Armed with only $7,000 (much of that earned by repeatedly checking himself into the hospital as a test subject for drug trials) aspiring director Robert Rodriguez produced his first feature-length film "El Mariachi" at the age of twenty-three. Originally intended to be sold to the Spanish-language direct-to-video market, the film was eventually picked up by Sony, who polished the audio and gave the film a theatrical release, thus launching Rodriguez' (From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Sin City, Spy Kids) Hollywood directorial career. An honest and thoroughly entertaining book, you'll learn how his "edgy editing style" was a workaround necessitated by his inability to record sync sound (his camera was too loud), how he lit his scenes using color-balanced bulbs in whatever standard light fixtures were available on location, and how he used a borrowed hospital wheelchair for all his "dolly shots". Pure genius, brash and inspirational. | Not a VFX text, but included here for its potential utility as a guide to hacking your way into a career in filmmaking. Armed with only $7,000 (much of that earned by repeatedly checking himself into the hospital as a test subject for drug trials) aspiring director Robert Rodriguez produced his first feature-length film "El Mariachi" at the age of twenty-three. Originally intended to be sold to the Spanish-language direct-to-video market, the film was eventually picked up by Sony, who polished the audio and gave the film a theatrical release, thus launching Rodriguez' (From Dusk 'Til Dawn, Sin City, Spy Kids) Hollywood directorial career. An honest and thoroughly entertaining book, you'll learn how his "edgy editing style" was a workaround necessitated by his inability to record sync sound (his camera was too loud), how he lit his scenes using color-balanced bulbs in whatever standard light fixtures were available on location, and how he used a borrowed hospital wheelchair for all his "dolly shots". Pure genius, brash and inspirational. | ||
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