SGO Mistika course. Composition and effects June 2013

Few in the audiovisual industry today are unaware that one of the world’s best post-production software is of Spanish origin. Movies like “The Hobbit”, “Tintin”, “The Amazing Spiderman” or “Prometheus” are just some of the titles in which Mistika, the software of the SGO company, has participated. Designed for editing, visual compositing, color grading and stereoscopy, Mistika is one of the most complete and powerful finishing solutions on the market today.

In this SGO Mistika course we will study the visual compositing tools and FX effects. It will teach both Mistika’s working philosophy in the creation of compositing “stacks” and the use of the most common ones for film or advertising.

TEACHER: Ricardo Posada

Before focusing his career in color correction, Ricardo Posada worked professionally as a 3D animator, digital compositor with Mistika and visual effects supervisor in productions for major advertising brands, making him an unusually complete professional with a wide scope in the post-production field and with an accumulated experience of 15 years of work. He is a senior operator of the SGO Mistika system, and for the last ten years, director of the audiovisual services company Quimera.

DURATION: 16 hours

PRICE: 480€ (400€ booking before May 18th or taking any other Mistika course in 709) Applicable the “amigo promotion” and other discounts (not cumulative between them)

WHEN: From June 24th to 27th. Afternoons from 16 to 20h (may vary slightly).

WHERE: CES Audiovisual Campus. You have all the information about how to get there here. If you need any kind of information you can contact 709 MR by email or telephone (668840783).

COURSE CODE: MKFX73-240613

EQUIPMENT USED: SGO Mistika 7 on HP Professional Stations (one per student)

DEGREE: At the end of the course the student will receive the official SGO “Mistika User” certificate and a temporary license (up to one year) of Mistika Insight (runs on Windows 7 32b). Both the qualification and the license are granted by SGO, being at the discretion of SGO and the teacher if the student has finished the course with the necessary level (a final test will be done).

AIMED AT: Editors, post-producers, colorists, visual compositors, post-production directors, stereographers, etc.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: It is essential for the completion of the course to have previously taken the initiation course or have demonstrable experience with the program (presentation of CV is required) This course does NOT explain the basic handling of Mistika.

CONTENTS:

During the course we will deepen in the use of the composition and effects tools briefly described in the basic course and we will perform several exercises in order to establish the use of these tools.

• Mistika compositing philosophy. Effects compositing in Mistika.
• Comp3D. Use of layers inside Comp3D.
• Motion Tracking.
• Title Plug In.
• Dummy.
• Paint.
• Warp .
• Effects based on masks. Different ways of working with masks.
• Effects based on Motion estimation. Time deformation.

For any information you can send an e-mail to info@709mediaroom.com