course

Course Credit:  3.0

This course builds on students existing design and typography skills and sets them in motion.  Students in this course learn how to communicate messages by combining video, 3d, animation, and sound.  This course focuses on Adobe master suite, After Effects, Maya, Sound Booth, and FinalCut Pro.  Students will be storyboarding and executing motion graphics pieces that would be used in high definition television and on the web.   Topics include typographic design, alpha channels, keys, masks, compositing 2D and 3D graphics, and video compression.