Introduction and Presentations

• Virtual office tour and a round of introductions
• Introduction to the art of archviz
• Composition Basics
• Lighting moods presentation
• References presentation
• Reference game challenge with review

Drafting

• What to think about an image? overall workflow
• Discussing random drafts: Why good? What can be improved?
• Interactive workshop - Making draft together
• Individual exercise - Drafting

Optimization

• Draft check, heavy reference help
• Scene manager introduction
• Introduction to how to manage and optimize a scene
• Optimizing a bad version of a scene 
• Continuing drafts using the scene manager

Mentoring

• Q&A of Home lectures
• Mentoring

Mentoring and Review

• Mentoring
• Review session I.

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Introduction and presentations

• Virtual office tour and a round of introductions
• Introduction to the art of archviz
• The art of good composition and its importance
• Prep Exercises review and Q&A

Model preparation to production

• Export and import
• Basic File Cleaning
• Start a project
• Export-Import Exercises, Proxies, cleaning files. Transferring files.

Camera and Shaders

• Basics of architecture photography
• VRay Materials
• Exercises Shading

Lighting

• Practice within mentor-assisted sessions
• Focusing on composition and lighting
• Creation of colored clay renders
• Students prepare 4 colored clay renders
• Review session

Approaching an Architectural Project I.

• Following a given reference

Introduction and Overview

• Virtual office tour and introductions
• Introduction to the art of archviz
• Presentation of references
• Discussing random drafts: What makes them good? What can be improved?

Drafting

• Creating a draft in front of students, riddle style
• Discussion on scene manager, matte painting, and AI
• Practice-based workshop: Working on a provided image

Camera and Lighting Setup by using reference

• Creating cameras with light cache and finding references
• Camera check before lunch
• Finalizing one draft by the end of the day

Advanced Camera Work

• Working on previously selected other camera(s)
• Review session at the end of the day

Simulated Production Day

• Simulating a real production day with a "boring" fixed camera setup
• Personal project option (selected or free references)

Introduction and presentations

• What is Archviz Animation
• Theoretical part of archviz movie making: Workflow, schedule, pipeline, teamwork, client communication, storyline
• Project structure

Camera movements and transitions

• Camera movements and transitions
• Real photo shooting - outdoor and greenbox
• Practice based-workshop - working on the shoots

Storyboard

• The purpose of storyboarding
• Camera positioning, staging and simplified perspective
• Working with Vantage
• Project Intro
• Practice based-workshop - camera

Editing

• Davinci Resolve
• Editing to music
• Practice based-workshop - editing

Making Animatic

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

Vegetation with iToo Forest Pack

• Discuss the feedback received on the review
• Creating a Forest Pack from scratch
• Individual exercise - Creating vegetation based on reference
• Individual exercise - Creating vegetation in a specific scene
• Mentoring - Continuing drafts

Post-production

• How to make a good image with Post-production
• Matte-painting techniques
• Reference following using Check Layers
• Post-production exercise with review

Using AI tools

• Introduction of AI
• AI enhance and upscale
• AI in-paint and PS structuring
• Interactive workshop - Enhance an image with AI
• Individual exercise - Improve a draft with AI

Mentoring

• Q&A
• Mentoring

Mentoring and Review

• Mentoring
• Review session I.

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References and Post-Production

• Referencing Basics
• Introduction to Post-Production Workflow
• Scene Manager Tools
• Post-Production Exercises

Drafting

• Introduction to Drafting
• Demo - Drafting Approach
• Basic Drafting Exercises

Approaching an Architectural Project II.

• Approaching an Architectural Project IV.
• Full on training with mentors

Approaching an Architectural Project III.

• Approaching an Architectural Project IV.
• Full on training with mentors

Review and Wrap up

• Review and Q&A

Review and Detail Preview

• Review session
• Continue to detailed preview phase

Personal Project Drafts

• Drafts with personal references in different projects

Finalization and Review

• Fine-tuning the drafts
• Final reviews

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Tyflow and Phoneix FD

• Tyflow
• Phoneix FD
• Practice based-workshop: Tyflow and Phonex FD

Rendering I.

• References
• Lighting and Rendering
• Animation render setup basics
• Practice-based workshop - Setting lights by following references
• Scene optimization for render
• Rendering test on workstations to check the time

Rendering II.

• Practice-based workshop - Optimization the scenes for render, max. 30 mins/frame and continue to setup the lights and FX plugins on the other scenes
• Sending out shots for rendering

Advanced Post-production and compositing

• Advanced post-production and compositing with Fusion
• Fusion on real-life examples (using Multimatte, RGB and alpha masks, usage of Z-depth, sky replace, zdepth, cryptomatte, fog)
• Practice based workshop - post-production and compositing
• Introduction and presentations

Finalization

• Sounds effects, post effects
• Practice based workshop - finalizing the movie.
• Update the final movie, Color grading the final shots, Render out the final movie

Discuss the feedback received on the review

• Discuss the feedback received on the review
• Mentoring

Mentoring

• Mentoring

One day - one image

• Create a brand new picture in one day

Mentoring

• Mentoring

Mentoring and Review

• Mentoring
• Review session II.
• Closure presentation, summary, conclusions

Unreal engine production

• Anatomy of a project and importing and UNREAL FILE STRUCTURE
• 3ds max and unreal pipeline: Datasmith, BP, assets, migration, reference viewer, FBX Cinematics: Workflow BP, skeletal mesh and Cinematics
• Practice-based workshop

Character in Unreal

• Import in Unreal
• Retargetting Animations
• Anima to Unreal
• Character: Practice-based workshop

Tyflow and Phoneix FD in Unreal

• Tyflow to Unreal Import Workflow
• Phoniex FD to Unreal Import Workflow
• Tyflow and Phoniex FD: Practice-based workshop

Unreal Port-production and Postprocess volume

• Unreal Post-production Settings and Postprocess Volume
• Animation render setup Basics and appropriate use of rendering CVARS
• Fusion on real-life examples (using Multimatte, RGB and alpha masks, usage of Z-depth) Skyreplace, zdepth, cryptomatte, fog)

Finalization

• Update the final movie
• Color grading the final shots
• Render out the final movie
• Q&A

Assessment test

With the assessment, you can put your newly acquired archviz knowledge to test to see how well you fare. Also, to be considered for a paid 3D artist position at Brick Visual, this test is compulsory.

Evaluation and career counseling

Within an individual counseling session, we discuss the results of your assessment test and your performance throughout the course. Based on the evaluation, we provide career advice or decide if you receive a job offer from us.