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ThinkSmart,
a Hyderabad based animation studio in India is offering a 90 days
'Fast-Track' course in animation. The course, which starts from
January 2007, is a 'once a year' course and is three months long.
ThinkSmart
is an animation and film restoration studios which was established
in the late 90's.
The
studio shared that it has also started a 40 days course for Autodesk's
Inferno, an online editing machine used for designing and animation.
Talking to AnimationXpress.com, Vishnu Manchu, CEO,
ThinkSmart shared, "We are looking at selecting 40 students
for the programme and selection is based on their creativity, we
believe that people in front of the machine make the main difference
in VFX and not the machines, that's a reason to bring out this fast
track course."
The
course content mainly deals on compositing, roto scoping, designing,
modeling, texturing, amongst others. The exclusive feature is that
students are trained on live projects and get trained even on difficult
shots in techniques used by ThinkSmart.
The
faculty at ThinkSmart includes top technical talent which has worked
professionally in Bollywood as well as Hollywood projects.
Talking
about future plans, Vishnu Manchu shared, "ThinkSmart is now
recruiting over 140 personnel in 2D and 3D. We have also bid for
prestigious films for VFX work and also restoration works. A 5 acre
plot has been acquired in Vizag for setting up an animation Village"
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