Mar 28, 2024  
Fitchburg State University 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fitchburg State University 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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COMM 3740 - Compositing and Visual Effects


3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every fourth semester.

Compositing and Visual Effects is a specialized elective that covers modern effects and workflows. The course delves into advanced visual effects and finishing techniques using modern acquisition and post-processing tools. Topics covered in class include matte generation and clean plate techniques, chroma key shooting and post-production, pre-visualization for effects shooting, rotoscoping and keyframing techniques and project workflow and management. Students will master a minimum level of competency with a range of advanced compositing applications, producing a final project of complexity and quality from pre-visualization through output to target medium.  
 

Prerequisite(s): COMM 3520 , or COMM 3521 , or COMM 3710  and either COMM 3024  or COMM 3750 . 



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