3D school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

This course is an in-depth study of programming techniques used to develop the artistic vision of a 3-D environment. Industry standard shader language is used to create rendering effects for the production of still images and animations using the most prevalent software in the industry.

Students develop believable lighting and rendering solutions for environments in both live-action integration and computer-generated scenes. Students will understand the lighting tools available as well as a variety of rendering techniques to create believable lighting situations.

Through this course, students become proficient in industry-standard modeling software applications, and how they allow for quick, accurate, and transformable visualization of designs as a tool to facilitate communication between designer, engineer, and client.

This course explores alternative techniques for creating and animating 3-D cartoon characters with emphasis on exaggerated action through timing and squash and stretch. Students are encouraged to push the technical limitations of the medium to achieve familiar cartoon motion. Learning emphasis is placed on advanced problem solving in 3-D animation. Students are encouraged to demonstrate character appeal through applied personal aesthetics.

Starting with character development through writing and 2-D conceptualization, students translate their designs to fully textured 3-D models. Issues from stylizing anatomy to suitability for deformation and rigging are addressed.