This course is for individuals new to combustion as well as for current combustion users wanting to upgrade or enhance their existing post production skills, or perhaps change over from other compositing and visual effects packages.

The course introduces the paint module and some compositing principles. It also explains how to animate, link, and control layers, as well as how to change layer surface properties. Other topics such as channels, mattes and masks, and the use of null objects, lights and cameras are also covered. For more complex situations, tracking and stabilizing of footage, and the use of the Discreet Color Corrector and Keyer, and the nesting of composites are treated. Also covered are Rich Pixel Renderings, as well as Particle Effects in depth.

Organised into a series of theory and hands on lab assignments, the course ensures that the student will receive 35 hours of well paced, intensive professional training.

Once you have completed this course, you will have a commercial level understanding of professional post production disciplines that relate directly to the 3d animation and digital industry, whether it be Film, Broadcast, TV, Web or Pre-Press.

This course does not just focus on the buttons, but does cover the processes that underlie them and the reasons they are used in production. This not only helps you understand the concepts, but also how to apply them to your own work.

This course teaches you the essential elements and concepts of compositing and visual effects using Combustion. You will benefit from the experience of Discreet Certified Instructors as well as educators, consultants and Discreet Training Specialists who have helped to put this course together.

Pre-Requisites
No prior knowledge of Combustion is assumed, although a working knowledge of PC's and the Windows operating environment is assumed.

Course Outline
Using Paint
1. Learning Paint Basics.
2. Animation Text.
3. Exploring Draw Modes in Text.
4. Revealing a Background Image.
5. Wire Removal.
6. Creating Text Gradients.
7. Animating Gradients.
8. Combining Selections.
9. Animating Selections.

Fundamentals
10. Touring Combustion.
11. Creating Simple Composites.
12. Using Operators in a Composite.

Transforming Layers
13. Animating Layers Using Pivot Points.
14. Keyframing.

Linking and Controlling Layers
15. Cropping and Corner-Pinning.
16. Linking Layers Through Parenting.
17. Aligning Objects to a Motion Path.
18. Linking Layers with Hinging.

Changing Layers Surface Properties
19. Setting Surface Properties.
20. Exploring Transfer Modes.
21. Displacing a Layer.

Using Channels, Mattes and Masks
22. Using Alpha Channels.
23. Creating Channel Effects.
24. Using Masks.

Using Null Objects, Lights, and the Camera
25. Animating with a Null Object.
26. Moving the Camera.
27. Creating Shadows with Lights.

Tracking and Stabilizing
28. One-Point Tracking.
29. Four-Point Tracking.
30. Two-Point Stabilizing.

Keying and Colour Correcting
31. Using the Discreet Color Corrector.
32. Using the Discreet Keyer.

Nesting Composites
33. Basic Nesting.
34. Creating a Motion Blur.
35. Importing Workspaces.

Additional Lessons
36. Working with Rich Pixel Renderings.
37. Creating Particles Effects.

Cost
$1980

Duration
5 days or 10 nights : 35 hours

Dates
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