Digital Painting Courses
A 3-D animation certificate program gives students practical hands-on training in computer graphics and animation for a variety of mediums, such as Internet Web pages, video games, printed brochures, advertising materials, publications and graphic art projects. Students explore cutting edge technologies in animation modeling, lighting and texturing.
A certificate program in 3-D animation typically takes six months to a year to complete. Coursework focuses on hands-on training in the fundamentals of computer animation, including surface mapping, motion, distribution of volume, lighting and 3-D perception. Course topics can include:
- Computer animation production
- Computer graphics for animation
- 3-D modeling
- Video game development
- Digital imaging
- Motion graphics for multimedia
- Human Anatomy
- Body in Action
- The head
- Male Figure and Female Figure
- Different Views
- Turn Around
- Body Parts
- Character Design
- Digital Compositing
- Lighting and Color balance
- Modeling
- Animation Modeling
- Storyboard
- Character animation
- Sound Mix and Visual Effects
- Film Making