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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


Participants will learn how to create photo-realistic visual effects composites using Adobe's popular After Effects software. No prior familiarity with After Effects is required, however the techniques involved are complex, so a general fluency in computers and graphics software (eg Photoshop) will be a great benefit. In other words, this is an intermediate to advanced level class.
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Techniques covered will include rotoscoping and paint, motion tracking, color correction, bluescreen and greenscreen keying, film grain, warping, edge treatments, expressions, pre-compositions, general compositing theory and practice, and more. A strong emphasis will be placed on photo-realism - what it is, how to train your eye to see it, and how to achieve it. We will also discuss the modern VFX "pipeline" and how the various VFX disciplines function in this pipeline.
Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]]
 
Each student will be provided with the elements needed to produce a "character replacement" shot: the removal of an existing character from a scene and their replacement with a new actor who was filmed against a greenscreen. This is a very fun project, and provides a great framework within which to explore many of the most commonly used techniques in visual effects compositing.


Here are some examples of similar projects created by former students of mine.
Here are some examples of similar projects created by former students of mine.
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8cf1TZbGs&fmt=18 The Godfather character replacement] by Raimondo Albinati
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8cf1TZbGs&fmt=18 The Godfather character replacement] by Raimondo Albinati
== Instructor ==
[[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]] is a professional visual effects artist and educator with over twenty years of experience. A veteran of George Lucas' Academy Award-winning visual effects facility, Industrial Light + Magic, he has worked on such films as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Sleepy Hollow, Galaxy Quest, The Mummy Returns and Star Wars: Attack of The Clones. As a Visual Effects Supervisor he has overseen shots on The Last Mimzy, Grindhouse and Synecdoche, New York. He teaches visual effects at the San Francisco Academy of Art University and is a regular contributor to the art and culture blog, Laughing Squid.


== Schedule ==
== Schedule ==


This class is no longer currently being offered. I do hope to offer it again sometime in the future. If you would like to be notified of this, add your name and email (or other contact information) to the [[Professional_VFX_Compositing_With_Adobe_After_Effects#Interested_in_Future_Classes|Interested in Future Classes]] section below.
Thursdays 7:00-10:00 pm


== Cost ==
The first session will occur on Thursday, April 23rd.


This class is entirely free, and open to all.
Sessions will occur every subsequent week, except on third Thursdays, when "5 Minutes Of Fame" takes place.


== Suggested Reading ==
== Suggested Reading ==


There is no required textbook for this class. However, if you have a strong interest in learning VFX compositing in AE, I recommend purchasing "Adobe After Effects CS4 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques" by Mark Christiansen.
There is no required textbook for this class. However, if you have a strong interest in learning VFX compositing in AE, I recommend purchasing "Adobe After Effects CS4 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques" by Mark Christiansen.


[http://www.amazon.com/Effects-Visual-Compositing-Studio-Techniques/dp/0321592018/|Adobe After Effects CS4 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques] by Mark Christiansen
[http://www.amazon.com/Effects-Visual-Compositing-Studio-Techniques/dp/0321592018/|Adobe After Effects CS4 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques] by Mark Christiansen
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http://www.digitalgypsy.com/vfxlog/
http://www.digitalgypsy.com/vfxlog/


== 2009 Classmembers ==
== Interested Parties & Designated Codenames ==
[[User:jtfoote|Jonathan "Pb" Foote]]
[[User:jtfoote|Jonathan "Pb" Foote]]


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[[User:rubin110|Rubin110 "0.4 Rubins and Counting"]]
[[User:rubin110|Rubin110 "0.4 Rubins and Counting"]]


Leah "Four Barrel" Cooper
Leah (what if I don't have a codename?) Cooper
 
Steve "Malderor" Courtney
 
Jason "the unspeakable" Araujo
 
Toshi "Doktor" Hoo
 
[[User:jmne|Jonathan "Jiminy Cricket" Mayer]]
 
[[User:Mattbot|Mattbot "Mattbot" Mattbot]]
 
== Interested in Future Classes ==


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