Advanced Diploma in 3D Animation & Multimedia Course
(1.5 Years)
Fees ₹ 2,22,281 Special Offer: ₹ ??,990 (55% Off) All Inclusive
1. Introduction
Softpro Animation Academy provides you advanced training in animation i.e. Advanced Diploma in 3D Animation Course. This 3D animation course is an 18 Months Long-Term Certified Course, taught by the Experienced Professionals. This course has been especially designed for the students having a creative imagination, want to become a successful animation professional.
2. Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of Windows
Working knowledge of Photoshop/ Illustrator.
3. Must Watch Videos
4. What You Will Learn?
I. Pre Production (Sketching)
- Planning
- Sketching
- Scripting
- Storyboarding
- Concept Art
II. Production
- Modelling
- Texturing
- Lighting
- Rigging
- Skinning
- Explosion
- Animation
III. Post Production
- Editing
- Compositing
- Sound Editing
- Broadcast
SOFTWARE YOU WILL LEARN
Sketching

PHOTOSHOP ™

ILLUSTRATOR ™

Corel ™

3D MAX ™

Character ™

UI/UX ™

UI/UX ™

Premiere PRO ™

After Effect ™

AUDITION ™

5. Career Paths
- Story Board Artist
- Clean-up Artist
- Digital Artist
- Layout Artist
- Lighting & Shading
- inBetween Artist
- Key Frame Artist
- Compositor
- Image Editor
- Digital Ink Artist
- Rigging Artist
- Lighting Artist
- Animator Artist
- Digital Effects Painter
- Digital Sculptor
- 3D Modeler
- Video Editor
- Audio Editor
- Paint Artist
- Scanner Operator
6. Course Content - MUST DOWNLOAD BROCHURE NOW
I. Pre-Production
Module 1. Visualization, Sketching & 2D Storyboarding
- Artistic Visualization
- Basics of Drawing
- Types of Lines
- Types of Shading
- Types of Tracing
- Free Hand Drawing
- Working with Layouts
- Visual Grammar
- Anatomy (The Head & the Figures)
- Facial Expressions: Figures
- Figure sketches study
- Concepts to basic techniques in Animation
- Construction Line
- Character Development
- Storyboard Making
- Lighting & Shading Study
- Classical Animation
- Principles of animation
- FlipBook Design with Light Box
- Developing a storyline concept
- Outlining Conceptual ideas
- Animation Layout and Design
II. Production: 3D MAX & Maya
Module 2. Animation Fundamentals
- Course Overview
- Getting Started with Maya
- Basic Modeling
- Model Detailing
- Model Finishing and Delivery
- Laying out UVs
- Materials
- Textures
- Rigging for Animation
- Animation in Maya
- Dynamics in Maya
- Lighting
- Rendering
Module 3: Modeling
- Exploring the UI of Maya
- Exploring Types of Objects
- Creating Primitive Objects
- Exploring Viewport Modes
- Understanding the Pivot Point
- Polygon Modeling
- Understanding Polygon Geometry
- NURBS Modeling
- Understanding a NURBS Curve
- Drawing and Modifying NURBS Curve
- Understanding a NURBS Surface
- Working with Booleans
- Products and Environment Modeling
Module 4. Texturing
- Exploring Different Types of Materials
- Understanding Materials Attributes
- Working with Hypershade Window
- Texturing in Maya
- Different Types of Textures
- Advanced UV Texturing Mapping
- Shading and Texturing Surfaces in Maya
- Assigning Material to Surfaces
Module 5. Lighting
- Working with Different Types of Lighting
- Creating Light Effects in Maya
- Understanding Shadows and Mental Ray
- Exploring Rendering Nodes
- Mental Ray Attributes
- Various Camera Types
- Creating and Animation with Cameras
- Overview of Cameras Attributes
MODULE 6. 3Ds Max interface
- Creating objects
- 3D objects from 2D shape
- Transforms: position, rotation, and scale
- Managing objects: layers, hide, and isolate
- Introduction to materials
- Adding lights and cameras
- Rendering: V Ray
- More complex objects: Modifiers
- Booleans and compound objects
- Introduction to polygon modeling
- More complex materials: UVW coordinates
- Maps and Materials
- Texture unwrapping and painting with Photoshop
- Introduction to animation
- Keyframe animation
- Animating lights and cameras
- Rendering animation sequences
- Editing and compositing animation footage
Module 7. Rigging, Skinning & Expressions, Animation
- Rigging, Skinning & Expressions, Animation
- Various Types of Animation Methods in Maya
- Maya Keyframe Animation
- Advanced Graph Editor Tips
- Camera Animation
- Attach an object to a Motion Path Animation?
- Rigging, Constraints, and Deformers
- Character Rigging and Animation
- IK Spline Handle Tool
- Creating and Using Paint Effects
- Create a composite of Paint Effects strokes
- Exploring the Paint Effects Canvas
- 2D-3D Canvas Techniques
- Understanding Dynamics and Particle System
- Exploring Different Dynamic Systems
- Create nParticles in Maya
- Fluids Effects and Their Types
- How to work with nHair?
- Creating and Editing nCloth
- Working with Types of Rendering Methods
- Software and Hardware Rendering
- Overview of Vector Rendering
- Setting up Render Using Mental Ray Rendering
- Rendering a Scene
- Working with Rendering Layers
- Exploring Render Nodes Reference Library
III. Post-Production
MODULE 8. PREMIERE PRO INTERFACE
Lesson 1. Learning the Premiere Pro interface
- Understanding digital video
- Switching Premiere Pro Workspaces
- Opening, closing, and moving panels
- Understanding the Application Tools
- Setting Application Preferences
- Using the Project Panel
- Understanding media management
- Creating and organizing bins
- Using the Media Browser Panel
- Previewing Clips: Hover Scrub vs Source Monitor
- Transcoding Video
- Locating Missing Media
Lesson 2. Learning to edit clips
- The Cuts-Only Editing Methodology
- Continuity editing
- A Roll vs. B Roll & Cut-ins
- Cut-aways & Cutting on action
- Working with Multiple Video Tracks
- Adding and deleting tracks
- Renaming tracks
- Trimming Clips in the Source Monitor
- Adding Clips to the Timeline
- Making Insert and Overwrite Edits
- Using the Timeline Editing Tools
- Markers: Timeline vs Clip
Lesson 3. Using video & audio transitions
- Understanding Transitions
- Adding transitions to video clips
- Preparing a clip to receive transitions
- Editing transition settings
- Adding an Audio Transition
Lesson 4. Learning to use Premiere Pro graphics
- Understanding the Uses of Titles in Video
- Creating & working with Graphic Clips
- Adding Images to a Graphic Clip
- Creating an end credit roll
- Time stretch and frame blending
Lesson 5. Working with imported graphics
- Working with Photoshop & Illustrator Files
- Importing layered Photoshop files into projects
- Understanding and Animating Static Clip Effects
- Position | Scale | Rotation | Opacity
- Adding Transitions & Effects to Images
Lesson 6. Using Premiere Pro Video Effects
- Understanding Video Effects?
- Animating Static Clip Effects
- Animating text with keyframes
- Applying Video Effects to Clips
- Timeline vs Project Panel
Lesson 7. Premiere Pro audio editing
- Understanding Clip Audio
- Using the Essential Audio Panel
- Assigning Audio Clip Types
- Exporting from Premiere Pro
lesson 8. Greenscreen Footage
- Creating a Garbage Matte
- Working with the Ultra Keyer
- Learning to stabilize shaky footage
- Using the Warp Stabilizer
Lesson 9. Advanced Editing in Premiere Pro
- Using the Trim View
- Slip, Slide and Rolling Edit Tools
- Match frames
- Nested timelines (Sequences)
Lesson 10. Masking Techniques in Premiere Pro
- Using keys & matte keys
- Color, Garbage &Track mattes
- Advanced transitions
- Advanced Audio editing in Premiere
Lesson 11. Integrating Photoshop
- Animating
- Importing layers as a sequence
- Alpha channels
- Updating Photoshop files
Lesson 12. Integrating After Effects
- Working with Premiere projects in After Effects
- Non-destructive integration
- Integrating Audition with Premiere Pro
- Working with Premiere projects in Audition
Lesson 13. Color Correction in Premiere Pro
- Creating a new reference monitor window
- Gang to reference monitor feature
- Working with color scopes
- 3 Point Color Correction
- Color Match
Lesson 14. Project optimization
- Using Media management
- Managing multiple projects
- Optimizing system performance
- Optimizing render speed
- Render que Output module templates
Lesson 15. Using the cloning tools
- Understanding high dynamic range
- Creating linear HDR compositing
- Understanding color management
- Creating Look up tables (LUT)
Lesson 16. Color, light, and heat
- Creating Lighting qualities
- Changing lighting direction & light strength
- Creating reflections & realistic shadow
- Understanding Multipass 3D compositing
Lesson 17. Creating environmental effects
- Creating fog, smoke, mist, wind, precipitation
- Making realistic fire and heat distortion
- Creating explosive effects
Lesson 18. Rotoscoping video footage
- Creating manual rotoscoping
- Using the roto brush
- Using the paint brush to Painting on color
Lesson 19. DVD export in Premiere Pro
- Using sequence markers
- Adding chapter information
- Exporting video from Premiere Pro
Module 9. Editing with After Effects
Lesson 1. Digital Video basics
- Analog versus digital
- Frame rate and resolution
- Understanding your Storage space
- Knowing your system requirements
- Defining motion Graphics
Lesson 2. After Effects Interface
- Creating a project
- Understanding the After Effects panel system
- Understanding the Composition Window
- Working in the Timeline Window
- RAM Preview vs. Standard Preview
Lesson 3. Media Management
- Importing media files
- Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
- Previewing footage, stills, and video, audio
- Trimming a video clip
- Using the Interpret Footage dialog box
- Looping an audio or video file
Lesson 4. Layers in Adobe After Effects
- Layer basics
- Layer options
- Creating a layer solid
- Understanding the layer switches
- Time stretch and frame blending
- Nesting compositions/layers using precomps
Lesson 5. Using Keyframes in Adobe After Effects
- Animation of layer properties using keyframes
- Using layer parenting to ease repetition
- Understanding motion paths
- Working with layer blending
- Controlling the speed of animations
- Easing principles
Lesson 6. Using text in Adobe After Effects
- Creating text
- Character palette
- Paragraph palette
- Animating text with keyframes
- Animating text using presets
- Using Bridge with After Effects
Lesson 7. Masking, Alpha Channels &Effects
- Masking
- Animating masks
- Working with alpha channels
- Track Matte
- Effect basics
- Animating effects
Lesson 8. Introduction to 3D in After Effects
- Exploring the 3D capabilities
- Creating 3D layers
- Using multiple viewports
- Understanding 3D Transform properties
- Animating 3D layers
- Creating and using lights
Lesson 9. Outputting in Adobe After Effects
- Rendering from a composition to various formats
- Understanding the Render Queue
- Adjusting render settings
- Duplicating jobs in the Render Queue
- Creating render templates
- Exporting a project file
- Rendering an individual frame
Lesson 10. Camera & Motion Tracking
- Using the 3d camera tracker Compositing
- 3d graphics with video
- Understanding motion tracking
- Motion tracking vs stabilization
- Setting a track point
- Using null objects
- Using the warp stabilizer
Lesson 11. Time remapping video
- Understanding time remapping
- Slow motion effects
- Fast motion effects
- Using frame blending
- Color correction and adjustment
- Adjusting tonality
- Adjusting Color
Lesson 12. Creating a background loop
- Expressions overview
- Creating scripts
- Using expressions
- Effect parameters
- Layer index
- Creating keyframe looping
- Conditional events
Lesson 13. Using the cloning tools
- Understanding high dynamic range
- Creating linear HDR compositing
- Understanding color management
- Creating Look up tables (LUT)
Lesson 14. Color, light, and heat
- Creating Lighting qualities
- Changing the lighting direction & light strength
- Creating reflections & realistic shadow
- Understanding Multipass 3D compositing
Lesson 15. Creating environmental effects
- Creating fog, smoke, mist, wind, precipitation
- Making realistic fire and heat distortion
- Creating explosive effects
Lesson 16. Rotoscoping video footage
- Creating manual rotoscoping
- Using the roto brush
- Using the paintbrush to Painting on color
Lesson 17. Project optimization
- Using Media management
- Managing multiple projects
- Optimizing system performance
- Optimizing render speed
- Render que Output module templates
Lesson 18. Chroma keying
- Understanding greenscreen shooting basics
- Using masks for compositing
- Using garbage mattes
- Using key light
- Refining a matte
Module 10. Sound Editing with Adobe Audition
Lesson 1. Audio Interface & Basic Editing
- Audio interface basics
- Testing inputs and outputs with Audition
- Optimizing system performance
- Using external interfaces
- Opening a file for editing
- Selecting a region for editing
- Cutting, deleting, and pasting audio regions
- Cutting and pasting with multiple clipboards
- Extending and shortening musical selections
- Simultaneous mixing and pasting
- Repeating part of a waveform to create a loop
- Showing waveform data under the cursor
- Fading regions to reduce artifacts
Lesson 2. Signal Processing
- Effects basics
- Using the Effects Rack
- Amplitude and Compression effects
- Delay and echo effects
- Filter and EQ effects
- Modulation effects
- Noise reduction/restoration
- Reverb & Special effects
- Stereo imagery effects
- Time and Pitch effect
- Third-party effects (VST and AU)
- Using the Effects menu
- Managing presets
Lesson 3. Audio Restoration
- Reducing hiss, crackles
- Reducing pops and clicks
- Reducing broadband noise
- De-humming a file
- Removing artifacts
- Manual artifact removal
- Alternate click Sound removal
Lesson 4. Mastering
- Mastering basics
- Equalization
- Dynamics
- Ambiance
- Stereo imaging
- “Push” the drum hits; then apply the changes
- Mastering diagnostics
Lesson 5. Sound Design
- About sound design
- Creating rain sounds
- Creating a babbling brook
- Creating insects at night
- Creating sci-fi machine effects
- Creating an alien drone flyby
- Extracting frequency bands
Lesson 6. Creating and Recording Files
- Recording into the Waveform Editor
- Recording into the Multitrack Editor
- Checking remaining free space
- Drag-and-dropping into an Audition Editor
- Importing tracks as individual files
- Importing tracks as a single file from an audio CD
- Saving a template
Lesson 7. Multitrack Editor Orientation
- About multitrack production
- Multitrack and Waveform Editor integration
- Changing track colors
- Loop selections for playback
- Track controls
- Channel mapping in the Multitrack Editor
- Side-chaining effects
- The Multitrack Mixer View
- Mixer view basics
Lesson 8. Editing Clips
- Creating a DJ-style (mixtape)
- Continuous music mix with crossfading
- Mixing collection of clips
- Exporting a collection of clips as a single file
- Selecting all clips in a single track
- Merging all clips in a track into a single file
- Editing for length
- Clip edits: Split, Trim, Volume
- Extending a clip via looping
Lesson 9. Creating Music With Sound Libraries
- About sound libraries
- Getting started
- Building a rhythm track
- Adding percussion
- Adding melodic elements
- Using loops with different pitch and tempo
- Adding effects
Lesson 10. Recording in the Multitrack Editor
- Getting ready to record a track
- Setting up the metronome
- Recording a part in a track
- Recording an additional part (overdub)
- “Punching” over a mistake
- Composite recording
- About, Clip & Track Automation
Lesson 11. Mixing
- About mixing
- Testing your acoustics
- The mixing process
- Exporting a stereo mix of the song
- Burning an audio CD of the song
- Exporting to SoundCloud