MSc/PgDip Animation and Virtual Environments
- Part-time study available
- International students can apply
- Based at MediaCityUK
A brand new state-of-the-art animation suite with post production facilities is based at Mediacity. There is also a stop motion room and digital media performance lab for showcasing work. The 3D Animation software packages used for teaching will be industry led, such as Autodesk's MAYA.
The specialist video facilities consist of a mixture of solid state HD and DV digital cameras with a number of dedicated PC-based non-linear video editing workstations connected to a server based storage system. Material can be edited using programs such as Final Cut Pro and the Adobe Production Premium package (including Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects). Finished material can be compiled onto DVD, Blu-ray or encoded into a multitude of codecs suitable for web applications such as youtube, or encoded for mobile devices. There are multimedia computer-programming suites to support the web site design studies. 3 Craft edit suites with industrial hardware and software. Television studios with HD cameras and green screen capabilities.