21ME583 VFX – Visual Effects syllabus for ME

Visual Effects:

Set Up Your VFX Content Development Workstation, The Foundation of Raster for VFX: Pixels, Color, and Alpha; The Foundation of Motion for VFX: Frames and Codecs; The Foundation of Audio for VFX: MIDI, Wave, and Sample.

The Foundation of 2D Vector for VFX:

Point, Path, and SVG; The Foundation of 3D Vector for VFX: Models and OpenGL; Professional VFX Software: Black magic Design Fusion; VFX Pipeline Composition: Using the Flow Node Editor.

VFX Pipeline Animation:

Using the Timeline Editor; VFX Pipeline Motion Control: Using the Spline Editor; VFX Pipeline Pixel Isolation: Animated Polyline Masking; VFX Pipeline Automated Masking: Matte Generators.

VFX Pipeline Pixel Tracking:

Using Motion Tracking; VFX Pipeline 3D Production: Compositing 3D Assets; VFX Pipeline 3D Rendering: Shader, Material, and Texture; VFX Pipeline 3D Modeling: 3D Text-Title Creation.

VFX Pipeline 3D Animation:

3D Text-Titling Modifiers; Advanced VFX Pipeline Effects: 3D Particle Systems; Advanced VFX Pipeline Physics: 3D Particle Physics; Advanced Interactive VFX: i3D Content Publishing.

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Gain good understanding about compositing process.
• Identify major applications of compositing process used in industry.
• Develop a visual effects pipeline.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of grading and VFX principles, practice and system capabilities.
• Create customized tools through software or scripting to allow for more creative application of visual effects techniques.

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% ( 18 Marks out of 50)in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together

Continuous internal Examination (CIE)

Three Tests (preferably in MCQ pattern with 20 questions) each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

• First test at the end of 5th week of the semester
• Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester
• Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

• First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester
• Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester Quiz/Group discussion/Seminar, any two of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours)

The sum of total marks of three tests, two assignments, and quiz /seminar/ group discussion will be out of 100 marks and shall be scaled down to 50 marks

Semester End Examinations (SEE)

• SEE paper shall be set for 50 questions, each of 01 mark.
• The pattern of the question paper is MCQ (multiple choice questions). The time allotted for SEE is 01 hour.
• The student has to secure minimum of 35% of the maximum marks meant for SEE.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Karen E. Goulekas Visual effects in a digital world

2. Wallace Jackson Vfx fundamentals: visual special effects using fusion 8.0

3. Martin Watt and Erwin Coumans [Digital] Visual Effects and Compositing