Graduate Certificate - Digital Creature Animation - Technical Direction (PCDCA)

The Digital Creature Animation - Technical Direction Graduate Certificate program at Sheridan College is a one-year graduate program that enables students to study advanced computer animation techniques, expand their professional portfolio, and showcase their technical skills and creativity. Specifically, upon graduation, students will have developed the following skills: • Apply appropriate principles of animation to the articulation of a CG creature/character including realism. • Convey personal style through design elements. • Operate a computer animation pipeline system including file management, shell scripting and troubleshooting. • Produce 3D animated sequences through technical direction including planning and problem resolution. • Create advanced creature tools such as scripting for the purpose of enhancing the deformation, simulation or appearance of a CG creature. • Utilize hardware and software protocols specific to the field of animation. • Integrate computer generated imagery and live action elements.