Visual Effects VFX

Introduction

Are you new or aspiring in the game of making that special effect that would wow your audience? Don’t worry, Picsloops guides you through the process of creating and manipulating imagery that cannot be captured during live-action filming. These effects are typically used in movies, TV shows, commercials, and video games to enhance the visual experience, create fantasy elements, or simulate scenes that are too dangerous, expensive, or impossible to film in real life.

Our visual effects VFX sessions will enlighten you on various areas from computer generated imaginery (CGI), compositing, motion capture, matte painting, particle effect, rotoscoping and lot more. We will nurture you on how to combine your graphic design, motion graphic, 3D animation and other skills to create that stunning effect that would keep people wondering. It is not knew that VFX helps filmmakers and creators tell stories by blending real and imaginary elements seamlessly. So you can start your career journey by joining the next batch of students today.

Visual Effect VFX

From story telling to film making, we will take you the entire production process. You will learn how to pre-produce, produce and post-produce scenes for professional screen display. At some point you will work hand-in-hand with Cinematography students for more understanding of the course. 

At the end of this training, students will work on Visual effect project before getting certified. We want to be sure you would be a good fit to compete in the crowded media industry. Some of the software that this course requires are Graphic design, Adobe After Effect, Cinema 4D, Maya, plugins and other tracking tools.

What You Will Learn

Students should be confident to handle any of the below areas at the end of the course.

 Introduction and use of after effect
 Introduction and use of Maya
 Introduction and use of Cinema 4D
 Introduction to motion tracking and match moving
 Principles of visual effects
 Difference between special effects make up versus visual effects
 Story Approach
 Setting assets
 Understanding visual effects workflow
 Use of chroma key footage for visual effects
 Creating a blood splash
 How to use and create smoke
 Shattering and explosion effects
 Use of fluids
 3D composition
 Virtual scene design
 Environmental compositing, integrating CGI in real-world footage
 Audio and foley sound integration
 Combining and export formats

Student Requirements

Interested student must come with one passport photograph and four four thousand naira for registration.

Students should also come with a well functional computer with a minimum operating system of at least 64bit (Window 10 or Mac) and minimum of 4gig RAM.

Course Duration & Schedule

Weekdays (24 Weeks)

  • Mondays and Wednesdays
  • Fridays and Saturdays

2 Sessions per day

  • 9:00am – 11:30am
  • 1:00pm – 3:30pm

* Students can only choose one session

Weekend (25 Weeks)

  • Saturdays only

2 Sessions per day

  • 9:00am – 1:00am
  • 2:00pm – 6:00pm

* Students can only choose one session