This course will cover digital animation production. Students will learn tools and techniques to create digital movies, motion graphics, effects and animation for broadcast and the Web. Projects are designed to give students production and interface knowledge covering Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and After Effects. Live action, digitized hand-drawn images and photographs will be assembled in sync to sound. Compositing exercises will cover a wide range of features. Green screen, motion tracking, stabilization, timeline effects, 2D and 3D space, cameras and lights are some of the motion graphics techniques we will use. Methods of digitizing traditional animation will also be included.
NOTE: Students have exclusive use of a computer during scheduled class hours. Lab time is included in the instructional hours; additional lab time is not available.