The aim of this course is to give you the building blocks needed to specialise in your desired computer-generated art form. Using sophisticated graphics and animation packages such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects, you’ll develop your skills to be able to create dynamic, animated 2D content before moving on to motion graphics and stop motion animation in your first year.
By year two, you’ll be creating 3D assets yourself and then combining these with video and 2D content to use in your own advanced VFX compositions. You’ll explore the roles and principles needed in the VFX industry to fully understand where you want to progress to and the area you’re most interested in.
Here at ACC, we understand that to be the best, you need to have access to the best equipment and software available. The kind of stuff that the professionals use to create these masterpieces. We’re excited to share that from November, our Animation and VFX students will have access to Pixar’s bespoke rendering software, ‘RenderMan’.
RenderMan, an award-winning software (including being the first software to win an Oscar), has been used on some of the film industry’s biggest hits including The Lion King, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Avatar. The capabilities of RenderMan have to be seen to be believed, and we’re certain that our students are going to truly feel the incredible benefits from using it.
Alongside educational licences for every student on our Animation and VFX course, we’re also excited to announce a student masterclass in animation techniques from RenderMan staff and other great experiences still to be announced.
