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Frequently Asked Questions

Quick Answer to common questions

What is the difference with traditional video tutorials?

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Checking frame-by-frame your animations by professionals to quickly understand errors and improve specific aspects. Is also important the interaction with other students on the private site reserved for the animators

What is the difference with traditional class ?

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You choose the day and hours of your live lessons with the teacher, from the comfort of your home. You can also attend the lessons from any Internet access and all the review are recorded and you can download and use forever. Another big difference? The Costs! SquashnStretch.net is the cheapest Profesional online school!

Traditional course last at least 3 years so it is better for sure

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Classroom courses were the only way to study live with professionals, good courses but sometimes dispersive as they often deal with topics that may not be of interest such as modeling, texturing etc. In SquashnStretch.net we meet in live session with students and teacher exactly in the same way of the traditional course but from the comfort of your home and focusing exclusively on animation

How long a single Workshop lasts ?

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Each Workshop is 12 weeks long. Following all the Workshops, the course lasts about 2 years.

Do I have to attend all the Workshops?

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Not at all. It is also possible to attend a single workshop at a time, make a stop and come back if you wish to keep learning. By attending all the workshops from the first to the last you get the right to access the private site of the school 'forever', you will be a member of the SquashnStretch.net community with access to weekly webinars, participate in group shorts, the possibility of downloading videotutorials, PDFs, new models and all the updated material continuously available to members.

How long do the live lessons last?

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Live review sessions last about 20 minutes per student. Throughout the week it is possible to publish the progress of your work, in order to get more critique from instructors. So the number of tips / help / tricks you can receive is related to the time and passion you spend studying.

Group Webinar

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In addition to live review sessions, we have also online webinars, group lessons where we analize videos and clips from the best Cartoon and VFX movies. We also study original PDFs to better understand these principles and fundamentals. So an important new appointment to be added to our live lessons!

What tools does SquashnStretch.net provide for animators?

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A growing number of original characters RIGs to animate and even some freely available on the internet. Strong exclusive discount for commercial Rigs. Free tool like Animbot for all our Students!

What software is used?

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We use Autodesk Maya because is the standard animation software, but what you will learn in SquashnStretch.net is the method to create character animation. Knowledge that can be applied to any animation software or 2D animation!

So I need to use Maya?

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Not at all, you can use any 3D software, just send the animations in .mov or .avi format

After following the course, is there a job placement program?

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The best business card for an animator is your show reel, to show what you can do, no matter age, sex, etc. It is also important to create the right connections with industry professionals, to have even more visibility and learn how the industry works. SquashnStretch.net offers collaborations with prominent elements of world fame (Cinzia Angelini for her Milafilm.com) where our best students did a sort of internship.