New Features VFX Artists Can Benefit From Premiere Pro CC 2019

Dear Aspirants, today in our blog we will give an overview on some of the new features of Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 that can benefit VFX artists.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 is the video editing software developed by Adobe Systems.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC is the successor of Adobe Premiere first launched in 1991.

The new version of Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 will mostly be used by professional media houses, film studios to edit audio/video visuals.

This editing software supports high resolution video images.

It helps to turn raw footage into stunning cinematic products.

Video, audio and graphics can be imported using this software to create new edited video which can be export to the other medium or format for distribution.

New Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 will be a great help to the VFX artists as it has been launched into the market with some advanced features.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 supports both Windows and Mac platform.

New Features In Premiere Pro CC 2019 For VFX Artists

More Native Support Cameras

This feature will provide to work with various clips from different sources, so more camera support is better.

New Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 will support footage imported directly from cameras such as Arri Amira Camera, Arri Alexa LF footage, Sony Cameras, High-Efficiency Image Format (HEIF)/HEIC Capture format used by iPhone 8 and iPhone X.

Visual Effects artist could gather many images and visual from camera sources to work.

More camera support feature will allow professionals to capture the raw footage from different types of digital cameras.

Once the footage will be captured into the Premiere Pro CC software then the professionals can work with different visuals.

VFX artist can import the 3D projects in the Premiere Pro CC through cameras which has been prepared on other software.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 provides built-in-support for Arri Amira Camera and now it will allow to import from Arri Alexa LF (large footage) file format, Sony Venice V2 and iPhones latest versions.

Additional Selective Grading Curves In Lumetri Colour

Colour adjustment is an important part of any visual content.

The Colour Grading option has additional selective Colour Grading Curves in Lumetri Colour.

VFX artist can work on colour improvement of the visuals easily with this new Colour Grading feature.

Visual Effects artist can even fine tune skin tones by working on Lumetri or Luminance/saturation Curve.

This feature also allows naming of various Lumetri Colour effects on a single clip.

Artists can get faster experience while working with Lumetri Colour Effect.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 allows the VFX artists to have more control over cinematic colour grade.

Consolidate Duplicates

In case of big movie project multiple VFX artists works on the same project file.

In that case there is a chance of importing multiple duplicate files of the same clip into the project bin of every VFX artist.

Hence VFX artist can remove the unnecessary duplicate copies with the Consolidate Duplicates Command.

This feature can save lot of time and will avoid frustrations in VFX artists while working on same project.

The VFX artist will simply have to select Edit>Consolidate Duplicates to remove duplicates from the project bin.

Grouping For Team Project

Collaborator Grouping is another feature that has been added to latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro CC for the benefit of VFX artist to work in a large team.

VFX artist can simply share their project with the group.

Team project simplifies the work with multiple team members in post-production stage.

Collaborator Grouping will allow editors, motion graphic artists, VFX artists to work together.

They can share sequences, compositions among themselves with this feature without the need of additional hardware.

One can easily invite or add or manage new team members.

Team member can work from anywhere and can easily link the media.

This new feature will help in the creation of multiple versions and collaborates on shared material.

Projects can be shared without overwriting someone else efforts.

VFX artist can share their visuals with the team through Collaborator Grouping and can rectify their work based on the team member’s suggestions.

Improved Auto-Saving Option

It happens many times that while working on a project, suddenly Premiere Pro crashes down and you don’t remember the last time when you saved your project file.

New auto-saving feature allows to automatically save the current primary .prproj file of your work.

Thus you can have much better chance of retaining your recent work in the original project file.

This setting is off by default, one can activate this option by simply clicking to Edit>Preferences>Auto-Save>Auto-Save also saves the current projects.

Once the Auto-Save is enabled, Premiere Pro CC will create a backup project file for all open projects along with current working project file.

For VFX artist auto-saving is a great help as VFX artist deals with heavy visual contents which need to be saved immediately otherwise they have to go through again creating complex visual effects for the scenes.

This feature will add another layer of protection against losing work.

Virtual Reality Enhancement

Adobe Premiere Pro CC has added ability to create 180/Virtual Reality video for Monoscopic and stereoscopic content.

This will allow VFX artists to see the 3D contents more effectively.

Artist can play the complete video in the Google VR180 format for YouTube or other platforms.

While wearing HMD (Head Mounted Display) one can place markers on the media which was impossible earlier.

In previous Premiere Pro version one had to remove headset to add markers.

Also improvement has been made to reduce crashes and speed up render times.

This is a great help for the VFX artist as their work needs lot of rendering time.

The latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 has lot of practical benefits that can make the work easier for the Premiere Pro users.

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When To Use After Effects’s Roto Brush Tool

Today in this blog we will study about when After Effect’s Roto Brush Tool can be used.

Rotoscoping is a process of tracing and isolation objects within an image.

It is a laborious work because here one needs to create a matte for every individual frame.

To rotoscope one second of video, one would need to do 24 to 30 mattes depending on frames-per-second and each and every matte should match the movement of the isolating object.

Fortunately Adobe After Effects has come up with a wonderful Roto Brush Tool to make the task of rotoscoping easy and simple.

With the new Adobe After Effects Roto Brush Tool one can do many ventures.

Adobe After Effects Roto Brush Tool is very similar to Quick Selection Tool of Adobe Photoshop.

Roro Brush Tool will allow to brush over the area one would want to select, with easy roto brush tool one can add or remove from the selection.

But the difference is that with rotoscoping one is working on the abundance of images rather than one.

Application Of After Effects’s Roto Brush Tool

Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects software developed by Adobe Systems.

It is widely used in post-production stage in filmmaking and television productions.

Roto Brush Tool is a tool which comes inside Adobe After Effects along with other tools.

Roto Brush Tool is a great help in case of visual effects and compositing.

The VFX artist can make use of this tool to the fullest.

Roto helps to create a matte that separate an object from its background and then one can change the background or can apply effects to the foreground.

Before working on rotoscoping; artist should study the footage carefully.

By studying the footage artist would be able to determine timeframe for the project.

Artist should have the clear view in mind about which section of the image he/she want to rotoscope.

Making A Selection With The Roto Brush Tool

Roto Brush Tool is used to draw line strokes on the indicative areas of the foreground and background elements.

After Effects uses the line strokes information to create a separate boundary between the foreground and background sections.

As Rotoscoping allows separating the subject from a background, it proves to be a great help when subject is not shot with green or blue screen; one can easily separate the subject using After Effects Roto Tool.

Once the subject is separate one can make adjustments to the subject like colour correction, changing the background, animated transitions and many more.

One of the main advantages of this After Effects Roto Brush Tool is that once a initial selection is made with the Roto Brush Tool .

After Effects will by itself introduce matte for the next 24 frames which will allow one to work at a sufficient pace of one second at a time.

After Effects makes use of each brush strokes to improve the results on nearby frames.

In case the subject changes shape from one frame to the next, the divided boundary created by the roto brush tool will adapts to match the subject.

To start with the Roto Brush Tool, first select the Roto brush tool then select the area and drag the brush tool to make selection.

Once the first selection is complete, it will serve you as base frame.

After Effects provides its users different view options to see the selection.

One can see the alpha option as black and white boundary or as a covering.

One can also see an X-ray view of edge selections.

Rotoscoping as VFX tool is used in almost every movie and television shows.

In case of feature film rotoscoping process may take hours or days to complete.

Rotoscoping is an art form so mastering it will need time, patience and skills.

Roto Brush Tool Used To Change Background

In the above picture we can see the effect of rotoscoping, in the right window box the subject is separated from the background by applying Roto brush tool.

On the left window box we can see the background image has been changed to more beautiful scenic view with sunset, clouds and trees.

The foreground subject is the same in both the pictures.

After Effects Roto Brush Tool has the ability to create complex curve lines.

Users can use Roto Brush Tool as a dragging brush tool.

The beginners can simply select the Roto Brush Tool in the toolbar and work to make the foreground bright or to darken the background.

This tool can also help to clone the people or to add text between components on screen or some other crazy visual effects.

Separating a very complicated shaped person or object with the help of Roto Tool could be very time consuming and tough job.

For example in case of two people fighting, it could be impossible to follow the actions of both the person correctly with one single selection outline.

After Effects Roto Brush Tool also allows the artist to fine-tune rotoscope in a simpler environment.

After making a rough selection through Roto Tool, Refine Edge Tool should be selected and applied.

Roto Brush And Refine Edge Tool

Refine Edge Tool is used to achieve a clean rotoscope along with Roto Brush Tool.

If the artist is not frequently rotoscoping the images then he/she can invest time in fine tuning the rotoscope image.

It is necessary for the VFX artist to learn the application of Roto Brush Tool and Refine Edge Tool so that he/she could work efficiently.

It is also necessary to select the motion blur in the Roto Brush Parameters, so that the edges can flow naturally if the subject has lot of motion.

After Effects Roto Brush Tool is a simple, fast and great option for clean VFX Rotoscoping rather than working on drawing and animating masks.

Previously Rotoscoping was a tedious work but now with the advent of users friendly software Rotoscoping has become fun and exciting.

Every VFX artist both professional and aspirant should learn this technique even if they are more interested to create the explosions effects.

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Creed II VFX Breakdown Brief Discussion

Today in this blog we will talk about the use of VFX in the American sports drama film Creed II directed by Steven Caple Jr.

Hollywood’s action packed movies are all time favourite to the audience all over the world.

Creed II is scripted by popular Hollywood action hero Sylvester Stallone along with Juel Taylor.

Creed II is the continuation of the previous Creed made in 2015.

It is the eighth part of the Rocky film series.

Creed II has stars like Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren etc.

Creed II is about Adonis Creed who returns to the boxing ring to take revenge of his father’s death.

VFX Treatment Of Creed II

Creed II featured Michael B. Jordan in the lead role as a talented boxer Adonis Creed and the son of world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.

Adonis Creed’s trainer and mentor Sylvester Stallone prepares Adonis to fight against Viktor Drago a powerful athlete whose father Ivan Drago killed Adonis father in the ring 33 years back.

The 72 year old actor Sylvester Stallone’s return as Rocky Balboa into this movie is an exciting and interesting part for the fans of Stallone.

MGM or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced this film which released in November 2018.

The VFX to this film has been provided by MR.X and Zero VFX companies.

MR.X, USA based VFX company provided total 311 VFX shots for Creed II.

As Studio MR.X has a long relationship with MGM; MR.X handled most of the VFX of the intense boxing matches.

Creed II’s storyline follows the boxing matches between Adonis Creed and Viktor.

As we all know that Chroma keying technique helps to add desired background later at the post-production stages.

Green Screen VFX tool was used in the stadium scenes to add the CGI background of multiple crowds.

VFX team removed the Green Screen at the post production stage and extended the stadium and inserted the crowds at different places of the stadium with the help of CGI.

VFX artists created the CGI crowd which were used at the back of the stadium where as the real crowd were used at the front of the stadium.

Under the guidance of VFX Supervisor Eric Robinson, Jo Hughes and Dean Wright, Creed II got its stunning visual effects.

VFX artist Crystal Dowd of Crafty Apes VFX Company also contributed in the process.

The film was shot at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and some scenes were filmed at Grey Towers Castle.

The final training montage of Adonis was shot in the desert of Deming, New Mexico.

Production team created outdoor set with heavy tyres, chains and water tanks.

Kramer Morgenthau captured best action shots for the film.

The Close-Ups and the Mid Shot of the boxers and their actions were captured in a thrilling way.

As a Cinematographer, Kramer Morgenthau shot the punches from many angles to highlight the dramatic part.

Crowd Simulation Visual Effects

Fighting scenes were shot in the fake boxing rings with Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.

Stunning CG Stadium was crafted by Zero VFX Company.

VFX Supervisor Eric Robinson was on set to arrange all the key fight sequences.

VFX team worked till the last day of post –production to handle every details of the film.

As Eric Robinsonsaid in his interview that: “Boxing sequences are crafted to deliver fun, unique challenges.”

MR.X Company in Toronto and Bangalore delivered their best efforts in making of this film.

VFX On Connecting Boxing Punches

Team worked on the punch shots, with the help of VFX they made the boxing punch shot and the face more believable.

Facial expressions got the touch of the texture and colour through visual effects.

Actor’s spit and the sweat were highlighted with visual effects.

Before the shot actor took mouthful of water and then let the water loose during the shooting and in between to correct the flow of water VFX team added the specific tone to the water to make it visually prominent.

In fact artists did the colour grading and correction to the water droplets to make it look like blood for more impactful scene.

Another challenge was to keep the boxing match fresh and energetic as it had nine rounds.

The director planned new style for each round, so as to avoid repetitiveness.

It kept the audience in suspense as the fight occurred.

It was thrilling to watch Michael B. Jordan getting in to shape for the fighting scenes.

The director made the audience to feel every blow of the boxing punches through the visual treatments.

Director Steven Caple Jr. confessed that he watched many Karate films before making this film to learn the tension building methods and excitement in the boxing scenes.

He further said “Small moments in the film are important and they don’t have to do anything with the budget. Those moments are independent film in its own way”.

3D Lighting For The Stadium

Extra3d lighting was added with the help of visual effects surrounding the boxing rings.

3D software provided the Spot lights all around the boxing ring stage.

Zero VFX contributed in providing well-illuminated boxing ring surrounds.

Zero’s team of artists created ground-breaking illusions which served story.

Zero VFX team put life into the fighting scenes.

This film made a huge success due the great collaboration of the all team members.

VFX artists from different part of the world shared their expertise and knowledge to make Creed II best version of the film.

This film is all about honour and identity, power and heroism.

Creed II made a profit of over $213 million and received positive reviews from the critics worldwide.

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Visual Effects In Mowgli Legend Of The Jungle

Today’s blog will provide the detail information about the visual effects used in the film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.

Both Live-action as well as animated movies has been made on the Rudyard Kipling’s famous fictional character Mowgli.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle released on the Netflix and selected theatres in 2018.

Huge viewers will be able to see Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle online due to its release on Netflix.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is about a naked feral boy child rescued by a panther (Bagheera) and raised by a family of Indian Wolves.

Rohan Chand an American child actor is the protagonist in this movie.

Andy Serkis is the director of this film who is best known for his performance capture roles in the films like The Lord of the Rings, King Kong etc.

Mo-Cap For Computer Generated Creatures in Mowgli Legend Of The Jungle

Actor Rohan Chand who played the role of Mowgli is an orphaned boy who is bound to choose between human society and jungle.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a combination of live-action along with CGI or Computer Generated Imagery.

Motion Capture is an important VFX technique which has been performed in this film by actor Christian Bale for Black Panther Bagheera.

Bagheera protects Mowgli in the jungle, he is sensible and wise; he knows that Mowgli belongs to the humans in the village.

Mo-Cap with head mounted camera captured the actor’s performances.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch did the Mo-Cap for Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger.

The ferocious Shere Khan is hampered by a lame leg.

Cate Blanchett did performance capture for Kaa, an Indian Python; narrator of the film.

Kaa is dangerous uses hypnotism to get over Mowgli.

Naomie Harris gave Mo-Cap for Nisha the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as her wolf cubs.

Akela, head of the wolf pack is played by Peter Mullan.

Akela is like father figure to Mowgli but as Mowgli grows he thinks that his family will be safe from Shere Khan if Mowgli moves to man’s village.

Tabaqui Hyena is a new character to many as he was never featured in the Disney adaptation of Jungle Book.

Performance capture done by Tom Hollander for Tabaqui a sly hyena who serves as messenger to Shere Khan.

John Lockwood a hunter shoots Akela, before dying Akela gives his blessing to Mowgli to lead Jungle’s creatures and the wolf pack.

Serkis himself did Mo-Cap for Baloo the bear who is one of the Mowgli’s teachers.

Baloo is a biggest character with a heart of gold and a close friendship with Mowgli.

Baloo is less responsible than Bagheera and don’t understand why Mowgli can’t stay in Jungle.

Serkis is the master of Motion Capture, so his Baloo is someone special.

The plot of the film follows Mowgli who gets captured by the villagers.

Messua played by actress Freida Pinto adopts wild Mowgli and thinks he is her long-lost son.

As the villagers were Indian their costumes were very similar to the authentic Indian dresses.

During the end of the film Mowgli kills Shere Khan and ends the reign of terror.

In the Mo-Cap process sensors captures the facial details and transfers it to the CG characters.

Most of the shooting for this film took place in South Africa and at Warner Bros. Studios in England.

Live-Action Merged With CGI

Animation Supervisor Max Solomon believes that actor’s sensitive performances are transposed onto the 3D creatures by the animators which makes the audience engage with what they see on screen.

Framestore studio created the animal creatures which reminded us of the actors through their eyes.

3D software were used for modelling the animals, 3D animals were given motion through the Mo-Cap techniques.

Framestore, Black Ginger and Rodeo FX did the visual effects for this film.

Framestore did 1164 shots of visual effects for this film.

Studio artists used in-house muscle and skin simulation technology on the animal characters.

Maya’s nCloth feature was used to add layers in detail.

VFX Supervisor Nigel Denton-Howes supervised the overall visual effects whereas Rodeo FX used creature FX simulation to sharpen facial expressions of the animals.

Jungle creatures with their in-depth facial expressions have made the story much lively.

Along with Mo-Cap different Simulation software added the details in the creature’s body.

Motion Capture and Animation together created visually stunning world of Rudyard Kipling’s popular story.

At Rodeo FX Visual Effects Company which is located at Canada, Computer Generated team animated Shere Khan in a dynamic way.

Stunning World Of Rudyard Kipling

Team united actor Rohan Chand in a CG photo-real environment surrounded by Computer Generated elephant.

CG elephant were crafted in the 3D software while the sounds of the real animals were added later on.

To create Jungle environment Framestore searched from the extensive plant library from the software.

FX team worked a lot to develop the interactive things needed to bring the plants to life.

Selecting the flora and fauna, then merging it with the live-action is an interesting task as well as laborious.

Many actions have been shot inside the studios with the Green Screen and later real background was added.

Lighting was also adjusted to make the jungle bright and fresh.

The whole process of adding visual effects were done at the post-production stage for which Serkis did lot of planning and sketching.

Truly Andy Serkis has the power to develop a performance beyond what is shot.

Andy Serkis moves his camera in impossible angles through the caves, tracking shots and down cliffs.

Human actors wore stilt walkers over the Mo-Cap suits to imitate the height and posture of the animal they are playing.

Mowgli: The Legend of Jungle is a mad fantasy world where characters had bodies of human but the untamed spirit of a creature.

It is a film between man-made and computer-made and Andy proves himself as courageous to explore.

This film received positive reviews from the critics who praised the cast, visual effects and Serkis’s direction.

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VFX Technology Used To Create Magic On Screen

Today this blog will inform you about how VFX Technology is used to create magic on screen.

We all have watched those nerve-racking shots on the big screen where actor jumps from the tallest building or performs life threatening stunts.

But the fact is that those stunts are not that dangerous as they look on the big screen.

And the reason behind it is the magic of VFX Technology.

Hollywood’s larger than life movies like Skyscraper or High-Rise has VFX Technology loaded visuals which makes us to believe in the unbelievable incidents.

The definition of VFX says it is the combination of live-action footage and computer generated imagery to create an environment which looks realistic.

In the movies VFX is used to create stunning shots which would be dangerous, expensive and impossible to capture using film camera.

VFX Technology packed movies not only keep the audiences glued to their seats but also has opened a new area for the professionals to explore and innovate.

VFX Technology Magic On The Screen

We as an audience love to see magic on the screen.

On screen magic takes us to the world of imagination.

Hollywood has a long list of movies where magical things happened with the help of technology.

Remember all those Disney movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin where beautiful visual effects have been incorporated with the live-action.

Fantasy world of Disney Movies makes the time stills and takes the audience to the childhood environment filled with love and fun.

The purpose of VFX technology is to provide help in filmmaking.

A film needs a very vast set which requires expenditure and labour.

It is much easier to create a set digitally rather than physically to save time and reduce labour cost.

The war sequences in the movies shows huge mass of army but practically few hundred peoples have been used actually in the shooting location.

For example movies like Bahubali or The Lord of the rings used vast set of soldiers create with the help of CGI.

Many times stunts performed by the stunt man can be replaced by the actor digitally.

Removing unwanted extra or explosions are too easy act with the help of computer.

Digital technology helps us to add backdrop or correct the errors to give a perfect experience of a film.

In the movies VFX loaded scene requires a lot of planning and innovation as because VFX is the main part of storytelling.

VFX Technology usually used at the post-production stage but the filmmaker plans about it at the pre-production stage only.

There are various tools which helps in creating mind-blowing Visual Effects.

Techniques To Create VFX Tricks

Written by J.K Rowling the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has an extensive VFX content to bring the magical creatures of the wizard world to life.

The visual effects of this movie transported us to a world that does not exist.

CGI Technique

Any Images that needs to be drawn or created using a computer tool is called Computer Generated Imagery.

Film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduced a new world of CGI creatures and new digital environments to the Harry Potter fans.

CGI can be 2Dimensional or 3Dimentional.

The magical 3D creatures were created by famous Framestore Studio’s team of animators in this movie.

This film became the first Wizarding World Film to win an Academy Award.

Motion-Capture Technique

VFX techniques like Motion-Capture widely used to track the movement of the creatures.

In this technique of Mo-Cap movement of person is recorded through sensors.

Movie War for the Planet of the Apes has used this vfx technique a lot.

Forced Perspective Technique

Movies like Elf and Harry Porter used VFX Technology Forced Perspective to create unbelievable shots.

In Harry Porter movies fictional character Rubeus Hagrid looked like a giant by the use of forced perspective.

Forced Perspective creates optical illusion to make an object appear far away, closer or larger than its actual size.

In the movie Elf oversized human struggles to fit in with Santa’s elf community.

3D Modelling Technique

Shah Rukh Khan starred movie Zero used 3D modelling VFX tool to give a new look to the Bollywood actor.

3D modelling and sculpting technique gives shapes to all kind of characters and monsters.

In the movie Zero this technique transformed the body of the actor into a dwarf.

This technique is very much is use now days to make magic on screen.

HDRI VFX Technology & Techniques

HDRI method gave an amazing viewing experience to the film Echo directed by Victor Perez.

High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI) is used to produce high range of luminosity which is not possible with standard digital imaging technique.

The wide landscape received a bright luminance effect with the help of this technique.

Green Screen Technique

This VFX Technology is used for joining two images together; here the colour in the top layer is made transparent revealing another image in the background.

It is also known as chroma keying.

Film-The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey used this VFX tool.

Rotoscoping Technique

In this process artists manually trace over motion picture footage frame by frame.

It is a vital process where you can take out elements from live-action footage.

The artists get realistic movements by tracing over the actor in the shot.

Animated film The Case of Hana and Alice was entirely animated with rotoscoping.

Crowd Simulation Tool

Crowd Simulation is the process of creating, rigging or texturing humans, clothes and props in large numbers.

Movie like Lord of the Rings used crowd simulation to generate massive crowd in the battle ground.

Adobe After Effect VFX Tool

Adobe After Effects tool is another VFX tool used for motion graphics, logo animation and title introduction.

This tool has unique features which help to perform different visual effects on the shot.

The film Star Trek has utilized Adobe After Effect to create moons to asteroids on the screen, planets were colour-corrected using this tool.

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Steps From MAAC Student To VFX Instructor

Today we are going to share with you the interview of a very simple boy who has now turned out to be a more confident human being after his association with MAAC Kolkata.

As we all know that MAAC is very popular as a learning centre all over Eastern zone.

In Kolkata MAAC has three branches MAAC Chowringhee, MAAC Rashbehari and MAAC Ultadanga.

Thousands of students are taught at different MAAC Centres every day and over thousands are placed at different reputed Companies.

Till date MAAC or Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics has offered its students wide range of well-structured course curriculums.

Let’s have a look at interesting life events of our MAAC Alumni Mr. Kushal Dey in this blog.

After completing H.S Exams Kushal Dey was searching for a course where he could learn about the techniques of visual effects used in movies.

And from here Kushal’s journey with MAAC started.

Mr. Kushal Dey did ADVFX Course at MAAC.

Now you may be curious to know about ADVFX Course.

Well ADVFX stands for Advanced Program in Visual Effects.

Visual Effects are integral parts of feature films, television programmes and all sorts of entertainment programmes.

ADVFX Course offers many career options for the aspiring students.

This Career Course has the potential to build a skilled VFX artist.

The Course deals with Cinematography, Digital Design, Stop Motion, Cloth FX, Fluid Simulation and many more subjects.

ADVFX offers in-depth knowledge about VFX techniques and so it proved to be great help for Kushal Dey.

Kushal joined MAAC classes and learned about VFX but a turning point came when he participated in 24 FPS International Animation Awards.

24 Frame per Second (FPS) is an event conducted by MAAC in collaboration of United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) every year.

It is a wonderful event where students from Animation or VFX fields showcase their talents.

Students prepare Short films, Show-reels or Multimedia artwork to present at the event.

As Kushal said “24 FPS is a platform for student to experience the Industry pipeline, methods and culture while they are being a student.”

This event is open for students, professionals and studios across the world.

Films made up of 3D Animation or Live-action or amazing Visual Effects wins the heart of the audiences.

24 FPS event was an eye opener for Kushal Dey, he came to know about current work methods and technologies.

24 FPS International Animation Awards inspire students to make film where they can work professionals and can do all sort of research.

Here a group of industry experts and jury members evaluate the work of students and select the best one.

Kushal Dey did his best at the 24 FPS event and came out with flying colours.

At MAAC; Faculty members provide the students production-house like environment where they can prepare their projects.

Every student as well as faculty involve themselves in-depth research before preparing projects.

An Incident That Changed Kushal’s Life

A life changing incident happened when Kushal’s faculty members inspired him to appear for T3 (Train The Teacher) interview.

Kushal recalls that incident as “My life turned upside down when my faculty approached me for T3 or (Train the Teacher)”.

T3 or (Train the Teacher) is a MAAC program where faculty selects student from the batch and provide them training and groom them to become future MAAC trainer or faculty.

He further recalls “I was shattered as hell because of my nature of being introvert”.

Kushal was very shy person at that stage of his life, he felt nervous before appearing for interview.

But his Mentors were a great support for him.

They encouraged him and prepared him for the life changing interview.

As from Kushal “I faced one of the craziest interviews of my life with mixed content of confidence, nervousness, stupidity and a pinch of fear which actually changed my life.”

Kushal successfully passed the interview and he got selected for the VFX Technical Instructor Position.

Kushal Dey is currently working as a VFX Technical Instructor at MAAC.

He has lot of responsibilities on his shoulder now.

First he was a MAAC’s student now he himself is a faculty.

Kushal is posted in his own reputed Institute and he is feeling proud about it.

But the stage of learning has not stopped here for Kushal Dey, he is still learning something new on every day.

He expressed his gratitude towards his Institute by words “MAAC Kolkata has not only taught me the industry of movies but also some crucial life lessons which I can never forget.”

It is clear from his words that MAAC’s faculty members prepare the students out of the syllabus.

Our highly professional mentors teach every student how to handle obstacles in life.

Getting a job is not enough one should learn communication skills, positive attitude, team work and many other characteristics to become successful in the professional life.

Kushal Dey is thankful towards his mentors and he is enjoying his work to the fullest.

MAAC As A Leader

MAAC conducts faculty training programs time to time to keep the classroom teaching standard high.

MAAC Program like T3 (Train the Teacher) has proved to be beneficial to many Students.

Other than 24 FPS International Animation Awards MAAC hosts other events too which helps students to grow as industry professionals.

MAAC Kolkata faculties are always exposed current technologies and information.

MAAC has high-end computers and equipments to train students.

Along with VFX Courses MAAC also offers Web and Graphic designing courses.

Demand for Web page development is increasing day by day and so the requirement for web designers and graphic designers are also increasing.

All the MAAC Centres Chowringhee, Rashbehari and Ultadanga are under the directorship of Mr. Naveen Choudhary.

Mr. Naveen Choudhary is like huge support behind each MAAC Members.

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