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Guerilla VFX for Indie Film Makers

Learn to take a VFX project from start to end as a solo artist for your own films
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(7 reviews)
72 students
Created by
Abo Nabam

8.2

CourseMarks Score®

6.2

Freshness

8.6

Feedback

9.1

Content

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Video: 6h 35m
Language: English
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CourseMarks Score®

8.2 / 10

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6.2 / 10
This course was last updated on 4/2019.

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Student Feedback

8.6 / 10
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Content Score

9.1 / 10
Video Score: 8.6 / 10
The course includes 6h 35m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.
The average video length is 4 hours 30 minutes of 47 VFX Visual Effects courses on Udemy.
Detail Score: 9.3 / 10

The top online course contains a detailed description of the course, what you will learn and also a detailed description about the instructor.

Extra Content Score: 9.5 / 10

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Table of contents

Description

  What you'll learn
  Requirements
  Who this course is for
FAQ
  Price
  Refund policy
  Scholarships
Instructor
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Description

This is an Intermediate Course since I cover multiple software to achieve the desired result. Therefore before purchasing make sure you have a basic understanding of how Nuke, Maya, Substance painter works.

Project Files are included if you want to follow along. Also all my nuke scripts too if you want to dig into the nodes ity bity!!
While i show you the techniques of finishing a shot all the way from 2d to 3d, I hope after watching this training you will be more confident on approaching a shot. Main goal is to be the Swiss army knife of VFX, specially for Indie film makers on a tight budget.
Summary of Lessons
•Keying in Nuke
•Creating the background matte painting
•Modeling the rock debris and animating in Autodesk Maya
•Overview of the Space Ship model & UV unwrapping it
•Texturing the ship in Substance Painter
•Look dev our rock debris and the Space ship
•Bringing all the renders to Nuke for our final Composite

Most of the Lessons Folder contains its own project files(nuke scripts,maya scenes)
Softwares Used
•The Foundry Nuke
•Autodesk Maya 2018
•Substance Painter
•Adobe Photoshop
•Redshift Render Engine
•PdPlayer(for previewing image sequence) not a must
•Filmconvert(optional)

You will learn

✓ You will learn how to be more confident on approaching a vfx heavy shot where you are the sole person with the responsibility to finish the shot.
✓ Learn to do Key for a green screen footage
✓ Creating a basic matte painting landscape in photoshop
✓ sculpting in Maya to create our rock asset
✓ learn how to use substance painter to texture our spaceship asset
✓ Know how to use the Redshift render shader and render settings

Requirements

• Be comfortable with industry standard tools such as The Foundry Nuke, Autodesk Maya, Photoshop & Substance Painter

This course is for

• Aspiring students Who wish to learn the inner workings of a VFX shot. To help with your own future projects
• Film makers who are interested to learn the vfx production phase
• For artists who likes to be involved with all the phase of a vfx pipeline

How much does the Guerilla VFX for Indie Film Makers course cost? Is it worth it?

The course costs $49.99. And currently there is a 600 discount on the original price of the course, which was $124.99. So you save $75 if you enroll the course now.
The average price is $19.8 of 47 VFX Visual Effects courses. So this course is 152% more expensive than the average VFX Visual Effects course on Udemy.

Does the Guerilla VFX for Indie Film Makers course have a money back guarantee or refund policy?

YES, Guerilla VFX for Indie Film Makers has a 30-day money back guarantee. The 30-day refund policy is designed to allow students to study without risk.

Are there any SCHOLARSHIPS for this course?

Currently we could not find a scholarship for the Guerilla VFX for Indie Film Makers course, but there is a $75 discount from the original price ($124.99). So the current price is just $49.99.

Who is the instructor? Is Abo Nabam a SCAM or a TRUSTED instructor?

Abo Nabam has created 1 courses that got 7 reviews which are generally positive. Abo Nabam has taught 72 students and received a 4.5 average review out of 7 reviews. Depending on the information available, Abo Nabam is a TRUSTED instructor.

More info about the instructor,

Abo Nabam

VFX Freelancer, CG Generalist
Abo Nabam graduated from  Vancouver Film Academy. After graduation, he participated in the production of many short films and participated in many outsourcing work. In the movie “Warcraft” as a visual artist, responsible for the VFX  of the award-winning short film Metta-Via. In addition, he is also involved in the VFX projects of many short films.At present, he mostly works as a freelancer. But he also loves to create learning materials for the upcoming aspiring artists.
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Learn to take a VFX project from start to end as a solo artist for your own films
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Platform: Udemy
Price: check current price
Video: 6h 35m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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