Background Fundamentals Jan14

Class Listing

Class 1

How to win an Oscar. The process of selecting the SciTech awards and Oscar VFX award.

Class 2

Introduction to demystifying terms in a digital colour pipeline.

Class 3

Taking basic onset data for vfx.

Class 4

Fundamentals of CG materials.

Class 5

How computerization might affect your career.

Class 6

Responding to forum requests, Mike visits Lightcraft Technology and talks to Eliot Mack about their Previzion live keying virtual set systems.

Class 7

Producing and high end bidding - The roles of vfx producers at various levels, and a few tips of being a successful producer.

Class 8

Mike talks to inventor, cinematographer Pawel Achtel about how he improves image quality in underwater photography using Epic cameras.

Class 9

We explore UDIM, another popular UV texturing scheme.

Class 10

Beyond the Pixel - Presented at CVMP 2014, new research in a method to store images with a contour model.