Tips to Shape Your
Career in 3D Animation

March 16, 2010 The breathtaking 3D animated movies have shown a way to career in 3D animation world that once was untouched. To get into animated 3D jobs, you need both technical as well as artistic capabilities. In India IT and all its related sectors are at boom. Today many big international entertainment giants like Walt Disney, Sony Pictures and Turner Entertainment are turning towards India to outsource the 3D animation jobs that include both the content as well as making animated 3D. So there gonna be huge supply of 3D animation jobs in India in coming years. All these comes under software computer jobs.

In the year 2007 the 3 animation industry in India was close to US$ 0.31 billion and it s expected to reach US $940 million by the end of 2012. This extra ordinary growth is because of revolution in entertainment and movies. Both Bollywood and Hollywood movies rely heavily on 3D animation technology for all the special effects that are inconceivable in the practical world. You can witness these effects in movies like Air Force 1, Independence Day and New release Avatar. Apart from entertainment sector the role of 3d animation cannot be neglected in medicine, aeronautical, e-learning, mobile content, defence and education sector.

Types of Jobs, Salary and Career in 3D animations

You can be graphic artist, script writer, lighting artist, texture artist, shading artist, background or pop modellers to start your career in 3d animation. Freshers get not less than 10,000 per month as their first salary that can be increased to many folds within a short span of time if you skills and knowledge to create 3d animations.

From Where to Get 3D Animation Training?

There are many 3D animation schools and institutes to get the 3D animation training. 3D flash animation, computer animation, 3D character animation, graphics etc all are taught at 3d animation schools. The best 3D animation schools are:

• Arena Multimedia (Arena Animation)
• Maac
• Frame-boxx
• Maya

Arena Multimedia is providing many courses in 3D animation sphere through its 165 centers in India and more than 35 centers across the world. These include 3 D Graphics &Visualisation that covers 3D visualization, 3D motion and 3D graphics for films and television. Then there are Arena Animation Academy Specialist Program (AAASP), Animation Pro and Animation Engineering (DAE) by Arena Animation.

At MAAC you can do three years degree in 3 D animation that is affiliated to IGNOU. The total cost of this 3D animation training is close to Rs 3.6 lakh. You can also do the AD3D Xpert and AD3D Pro of Cambridge International Examination cost around Rs 2 lakh. Along with this there are many short duration courses that cost between Rs 40,000 to 60,000 in this category on computer software jobs.

MAAC is the education division of Maya Entertainment Ltd (MEL) that gives quality 3D animation training. It has 69 centers in India and Middle East for about 12, 000 students.

Frameboxx has 51 centers across India and one of the leading 3D animation training centers.

Starring 3D Animation Softwares

3D animation software help you to create an animated 3D which then is used in number of different projects. With the advent of e learning most of the educational projects are not made in 3D animation software to enhance the knowledge level. These are used both in schools and offices for easy understanding of new concept. Also to simplify the complex pattern of medicine #3D animation softwares are used to create animated 3D. Almost all the architects and interior designers use one or other kind of 3D animation software to create the interior and exterior of building before and after the architectural work.

• 3D Max
• AC3D
• Blender
• Cinema 4D
• Cobalt
• Electric Image Animation System
• Inventor
• MASSIVE
• Modo
• Maya
• SolidThinking
• Solid Edge