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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
VCD4142 | Digital Compositing | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | The main objective of this course is to transfer the information on the digital compositing projects by examples to students, which is one of the main fields in visual effects and animation in tv and cinema. Also it focuses on making students gain artistic and technical experience on the field by given application projects in order to make a base to be able to handle digital compositing projects for any kind of post-grad professional work in cinema or tv. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Recognize the categories of digital compositing. 2) Analyze the national and global examples of the area. 3) Define the digital compositing workflow. 4) Display technical skills for visual effects and digital compositing. 5) Execute the steps for digital compositing workflow. 6) Execute preliminary visual effects and compositing projects for TV and cinema |
This course covers subjects on the various techniques on compositing and altering moving image as well as application examples, classworks and projects. The necessary software skills to make these applications are presented to the students on a weekly basis. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Detailed information about lessons, program and calendar. | |
2) | Digital compositing categories. What's going in Turkey and the World. Adobe After Effects as a compositing tool. | |
3) | Digital Compositing workflow. Terms of set extension, matte painting, motion control, original plate, principal photography versus digital cinematography. Rotoscoping, tracking, matchmoving, chroma keying tools in After Effects. | |
4) | Preparing materials for a painless workflow. Different approaches to similar shots. Adobe After Effects: Basic compositing tools of After Effects. Photoshop - AE intercourse. | |
5) | Sky Replacement Çalıştayı Adobe After Effects: Chroma Key, BlueBox-Greenbox, Alpha-Luma matte, garbage matte, travelling matte. | |
6) | Basic Matte painting workshop. Adobe After Effects: Rotoscoping. | |
7) | Advanced matte painting workshop. Adobe After Effects: Stablizing, motion tracking. | |
8) | Basic rotoscoping workshop. Adobe After Effects: 3d camera and 3d layers. | |
9) | Advanced rotoscoping workshop. Adobe After Effects: 3d camera, multipass render, z-buffer. | |
10) | Chroma keying workshop. Adobe After Effects: Primary & secondary color correction, animating filters, optical effects. | |
11) | Motion tracking & matchmoving workshop. Adobe After Effects: Corner pin, perspective distortion. | |
12) | Final Project workshop 1 | |
13) | Final Project workshop 2 | |
14) | Final Project workshop 3 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The course notes will be given weekly. |
References: | 1) The Art & Science of Digital Compositing, Ron Brinkmann, May, 1999, ISBN-10: 0121339602, ISBN-13: 978-0121339609 2) The Invisible Art, Mark Cotta Vaz, Nov 2002, ISBN-10: 0811831361, ISBN-13: 978-0811831369 3) www.vfxworld.com 4) www.fxguide.com www.creativecow.net |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 50 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 10 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 90 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Project | 14 | 42 |
Homework Assignments | 14 | 42 |
Final | 1 | 3 |
Total Workload | 129 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |