PRD-328: Mastering KeyShot Rend & Anim

This is an elective course that will help students master rendering techniques in KeyShot to more effectively communicate their designs and ideas in a compelling and believable way. This course is open to all majors; previous experience in KeyShot is required. Previous experience or classes in CAD/SolidWorks, photography, and product design is also required, unless instructor judges CAD competency based on a case by case basis. This course will cover how to optimize your KeyShot workflow, advanced materials, textures, and lighting, photorealism, and animation techniques. This class will dive deep into creating more compelling compositions in KeyShot, advanced materials, and material/texture creation. The first several weeks will be focused on improving skills for rendering still images (including Photoshop tips), while the majority latter weeks will focus on animation in KeyShot - introducing other software tools (such as Premiere, Blender, and iMovie). This class will meet once per week for instruction and discussion on the class topics, in-class assignments, and one-on-one breakout sessions. Projects will range from recreating an image with given models and assets to making photo real images and animations of your own 3D models in your own style.