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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to communicate and negotiate effectively with suppliers colleagues and clients

planning and organisational skills to

manage time and resources

optimise equipment and resources to achieve desired technical outcomes

prepare hardware and software resources for compositing

problemsolving skills to solve technical problems associated with compositing

safety awareness skills to demonstrate safe and healthy workplace practices

technical skills to

composite a range of elements using computer software

efficiently render composited scenes

interpret client compositing briefs

use advanced computer graphics software

use compositing techniques to develop and realise client vision

Required knowledge

D modelling animation and visual effects development

aspect ratios for image output

camera lighting and shadow matching

efficient sizes and appropriate formats for composited files

game development

postproduction scheduling and sequencing

range of compositing software available

rendering principles

safe and healthy workplace practices associated with use of computer applications

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

adhere to design brief requirements

complete compositing tasks to the required level of quality according to the brief

use and refine elements for consistency best image quality and visual impact

adhere to system requirements related to file size format and storage for efficient retrieval

apply safe and healthy work methods while undertaking compositing work

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to

computer hardware software games engines and file storage

compositing and output briefs

elements to be composited

copyright and intellectual property legislation

OHS legislation and enterprise policy

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

work samples or simulated workplace activities

observation of the learner observing appropriate and safe work practices and maintaining and organising their work space

verbal questioning or interview to confirm knowledge of compositing processes and methods used to resolve issues and problems

informal individual presentations demonstrating progress toward resolving issues arising in a composite

written or interactive computerbased test or quiz

faultfinding exercises

reports and logbooks

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Plan and schedule may include:	booking facilities checking availability of resources for compositing discussions with team members and stakeholders production or pipeline planning scheduling and balancing a range of compositing activities to meet client time line undertaking technical and design research.
Software tools may include:	After Effects Avid Blender Combustion D2 Nuke Digital Fusion Final Cut Pro Flame Flint Fusion Illustrator Inferno Inferno Lustre Photoshop Premier Renderman Shake.
Equipment and media may include:	compositing software computer workstation ergonomic furniture hubs input device, such as stylist tablet, keyboard and mouse output device, such as monitor, TV, printer and speakers render farm render network distribution software rendering software switches.
Personnel may include:	animator compositor designer director manager matte painter modeller production assistant programmer render wrangler supervisor systems administrator technical director texturer visual effects designer.
Elements may include:	background plates CGI characters or objects filmed characters layers matte paintings visual effects.
Optimisation of composited images for rendering may involve:	assessing options with key personnel deleting any unnecessary geometry and components optimising and refining for best render performance organising output preparing layer or pass control preparing opacity mattes and alpha channels preparing renderer attributes rendering selection of most appropriate renderers for specific outcomes testing and diagnosing rendering issues.
Output format may include:	35mm 65mm Cinemascope DVD HDTV IMAX NTSC PAL Quicktime Super 35.