[Noisebridge-discuss] Proposed After Effects / VFX compositing class

[William Heath]

Also can you do it on the weekend in the afternoon as I live in Palo Alto
and its hella hard to get there by 7 pm on Thursday?
-Tim

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM, William Heath <wgheath at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am way interested!  Is there any way we can use free software to do this
> like blender etc...?
> -Tim
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Aaron Muszalski <sfslim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy Noisebridgers!
>>
>> While many of you already know me, there's an increasing number of you
>> who don't (and who I hope to meet in the coming weeks). My name is
>> Aaron Muszalski, although most people know me as Slim, and, among
>> other things, I'm a professional Visual Effects Artist, who formerly
>> worked at Industrial Light + Magic. I currently teach classes in VFX
>> at the San Francisco Academy of Art University, including classes on
>> Compositing, Rotoscoping and Digital Paint. Applications used in my
>> classes include Photoshop, After Effects, Shake (though less so since
>> Apple killed it), Commotion, Combustion and Silhouette.
>>
>> Anyhoople, as an avowed Anarchist and a longtime believer in free
>> culture, free education and so forth (the whole "From Each According
>> To Her Abilities, To Each According To Her Needs" enchilada) I've been
>> wanting to share my professional knowledge to anyone who might be
>> interested. And, if my conversations with many of you over the past
>> year are any indication, a lot of interest exists.
>>
>> To that end I propose to teach a weekly VFX compositing class, either
>> at Noisebridge or, if it proves to be more optimal, as a
>> Noisebridge-branded event at some other space. The class would run
>> approximately the same duration as the classes I teach at the Academy
>> - fifteen weeks - give or take a few depending on my schedule, which
>> can be complex at times. Depending on when the class commences I also
>> may need to schedule a hiatus for part of June, as that is when I
>> travel to the Burning Man work ranch in Nevada and build the Burning
>> Man.
>>
>> So, here's my proposal, submitted for your approval (or argument, or
>> interrogation, or generalized ambient gnashing of teeth):
>>
>> Class: Professional Visual Effects Compositing in Adobe After Effects
>> Instructor: Aaron Muszalski
>> Schedule: Thursdays, 7-9pm
>> Covers: VFX basics, photo-realism, leaning to see, bluescreen /
>> greenscreen keying, motion tracking, rotoscoping, color correction,
>> spill supression, and other assorted advanced and esoteric VFX voodoo
>>
>> THE FEEDBACK THAT I AM MOST INTERESTED IN IS REGARDING MY PROPOSED
>> SCHEDULE. Is 7-9pm Thursday a good time for both the space and for
>> interested students. Are there any potential conflicts that would
>> _necessitate_ an alternate time?
>>
>> Lastly, I'd love to hear a show of hands of people who'd like to
>> participate in such a class!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Slim
>> sfslim at gmail.com
>> http://www.twitter.com/sfslim/
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