Animation in Archviz

Post Production Archviz - Online Masterclass

Online or In-class Advanced Course

Add a degree of motion to the built environment and craft stunning architectural animations. Within this hybrid course, you will work on a real-life project and complete a quality animation as a member of a small team.

Take our hybrid course either online from anywhere or in-class at the HQ of Brick in Budapest. Both formats will be held parallelly and all attendees will have full mentorial support and access to the software needed.

ONLINE OR IN-CLASS ADVANCED COURSE

8 seats | 10 days | 80 hours live

1650€ *

*price including 27% VAT

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Architectural Animations

With captivating ambience

Animations are gaining momentum in a variety of industries. It is no wonder, as the medium engages the viewer and shows nuanced and even abstract details that stills can not capture. Since architectural concepts and client expectations become more complex too, archviz professionals increasingly receive commissions that involve animation creation.

If you want to keep up with the demands of the industry and advance your career, you should master this powerful tool. Through this course, you will learn the practicalities needed to craft animations with compelling atmospheres. On top of that, you will become competent in client communication, teamwork and time management.

Upon completing the course, you will be prepared to communicate a sense of place more effectively and wrap up animation projects with a profit.

Program

What you will learn?

During ten-day-long course, you will learn all the fundamental aspects of architectural visualization movie making; from finding the right source of inspiration to editing, post-production and beyond. This is for you, if you have intermediate 3ds Max skills and basic movie editing knowledge.

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Movie production workflow

Learn the fundamental aspects of archviz movie-making, and a highly efficient production workflow while polishing your client communication skills.

Animation and Editing

Become skilled at animating cameras and adding final touches such as editing music, and creating titles and subtitles.

Render Management

Streamline your shot management workflow and get to know how to effectively handle sequence renders and use render farms.

Post-Production and Animation Extras

Applying animation FX add-ons and gain understanding of the basics of compositing

Hybrid course

Learn the way you want!

Our Animation in Archviz course is held in a hybrid format, which offers the most flexibility in terms of participation. You are free to decide how you want to take part - either online from anywhere in the world or in-class at Brick’s HQ in Budapest. No matter which option you choose as they will run in parallel, with the same curriculum and mentorial support.

When attending the in-class course, you will study in a well-equipped environment. You will have the chance to see what life is like at one of the top archviz studios. In the breaks, you can connect with other artists of the Brick community in a welcoming, home-like atmosphere. If you choose to study remotely, you will use your own workstation and have access to special software by connecting to our remote desktops.

Course schedule

Week 01

Week 02

DAY 01

Virtual office tour and getting to know each other
Presentation on the movie inspiration
Presentation on the movie workflow
Time management and teamwork basics
Client Communication
Introduction of the Project

DAY02

Develop a storyline and create a narrative
Camera animation basics in practice (FPS, keyframes, graph editor, tools, motion blur, DOF)
Organizing in 3DS Max - with the help of the Pulze Scene Manager
A practice-based workshop - making 10+ shots with animated cameras
How to make viewport previews and fast preview render sequences

DAY03

Editing basics
The introduction of Davinci Resolve
Editing to music
Choosing the best 10 shots from all of the shot previews of yesterday
Practice-based workshop - Making a draft animatic to a chosen stock music (only with subscription)
Review of animatics

DAY04

Review of animatics from the previous day
Practice-based workshop - Fixing the animatics by the comments
Voting for the best animatic of the student’s versions

DAY05

Introduction of Anima plugin
Showcase of Chaos Phoenix plugin
Tyflow
Timelapse animation
Live demo of Chaos Vantage
Virtual Camera tracking

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Rendering by Helio

Greener Rendering in the Cloud

Helio Render offers a quick and easy setup, allowing users to spin up the cloud render solution within 10 minutes. This feature, coupled with its fast and intelligent data transfer, easy job submission, and fast cloud infrastructure, makes Helio Render an efficient and effective option for rendering small and large jobs. Additionally, users can lower electricity consumption and increase data center utilization by migrating to the cloud.

During the course, students will have access to Helio Render's power for producing animation sequences, and upon completion, they will receive a $250 render unit for personal usage.

Requirements

Experience

min 3 years of experience in architectural visualization
Intermediate 3Ds Max Skills
You must be over 18 years old
Intermediate communication skills in English

Software

Microsoft Windows 10
Zoom Client
Google Chrome Browser
Parsec client

Hardware

CPU - 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
16 GB (32 GB RAM or more recommened)
Graphics Hardware - min. 2 GB RAM
2 pcs. monitor 1920x1080 display resolution
Headset / webcamera
min. 20-100 Mbit internet
Disk Space - 15 GB of free disk space for install

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Teachers & Mentors

Attila Deák

Creative Director

András Vida & Giulia Adami

Creative Director & Senior 3D Artist

Andrea Pedrotti

Art Director

Lilla Hajnal

Senior 3D Artist and VFX Artist

Benefits

You will not only gain professional architectural visualization knowledge, but we also offer the following awesome benefits to encourage your further adventures:

Brick Academy Certification

After fulfilling the course requirements successfully you will get a certificate from Brick Visual.

Bonus render unit

You will receive a 250$ Helio render unit upon completing the course.

Free Pulze Software

Elevate your workflow with our professional Pulze Post Manager and Scene Manager, developed in-house! Get your 6 months free licence during the course!

Provided assets

We provide you with a special modelbank and photo bash contents to use in your personal practice.

Testimonial

"Thanks a lot for this amazing masterclass, who brought me so great skills but moreover opened my eyes to the world of archviz animation. I've been thrilled to get to touch this world that adds another dimension to my "every day" stills and brings stories to life, so thanks a lot for that."

– Hugues Rebay

3D Artist