Some departments of animation in which one can have great career opportunities are given below.

3D Animator: This department gives life to the 3D models. According to the story, with the controllers given by rigger the characters are animated and given life. There are different types of human beings, the expression of the living things, the movements are captured and are given life in the 3D module, which means one has to completely involve in the animated character.

Effects/Dynamics Artist: The work of this department is to give the effects of water, fire, smoke, dust particles, burst effect. For that one should have knowledge in the software the particle system, rigid body and also in the biological science and composition and lighting knowledge would be an added advantage. If there is knowledge in any of the tracking software then one can shine in the visual effects field in cinema.

3D lighting Artist: For the animated scenes the correct lighting, reflection and to join the refractors and to look natural is the work of this department. One who is in this department is given knowledge of different types of lighting to be studied and to combine that to the animation scenes, to make them suitable for the sets/locations and the work would be easy if one has knowledge about photography. Along with this there would be working of different types of renderers, 3D animation knowledge on the process of work, combining creativity and technological value. If one has knowledge of the composing software then it could yield best results.

3D Composing Artist: The last department of the animation department is this where different types of outputs are combined and given the final touch to the animated picture. If one has knowledge of the compositing software and knowledge of 3D lighting and to give the finishing touch to the animated pictures and creativity is needed. One should have knowledge of the photo shot/photography and in the different types of image compressions so that it would be beneficial.

Visual Effects

The visual effects field is growing at a rate of 18.7% every year and in the coming four years there would be market value of about Rs. 4600 crores, which is the estimation of Indian Software Service Institution Organization Nascom.

For the movies to be hit the visual effects are very useful. In Hollywood, the old movies that were box office hit are changed into ‘stereoscopic 3D’ and so there is demand for the visual effects experienced persons. In this region there are four sections that are present for career development: 1) Robo-paint-restoration artist. 2) Tracking, match moving artist. 3) Visual affects compositor. 4) Mat painter-DG Mat artist.

Importance of training

In the animation and visual effects industry if the employment opportunities are considered then selecting a good training institution is very important.

• The track record of the institution.
• The experience in the teaching department.
• Library.
• Computer & Laboratory.
• The experience of the teaching staff and their qualifications.
• All these should be taken into account.  Along with this, the opinion of the senior students is to be taken and then decision should be taken based on it.