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 .