Digital film and television technology was introduced into China film and television production in 1980s. Then in the middle and late 1990s, large film studios and provincial TV stations introduced the latest foreign digital video hardware and software equipment, and film production companies gradually came into contact with the digital video special effects synthesis technology. At present, there are more than 1 0,000 post-production institutions of film and television special effects in China, and thousands of film and television dramas are produced every year. Experts believe that the total number of film and television talents is still insufficient in the next few years, especially in the later period of special effects. It is estimated that there will be at least a shortage of 1.6 million talents in the later period of special effects in the next five years. What software are there for post-movie special effects? The necessary software for studying film and television in the later stage: AE, Combution, 3DMAX, MAYA. AE, the full name of After Effects, is a video editing and design software developed by adobe Company, and it is a professional special effects synthesis software of high-end video special effects system, which belongs to Adobe Company in the United States. It draws lessons from the success of many excellent software, and promotes the video special effects synthesis to a new height. Burning is a three-dimensional video special effects software. Combustion software based on PC or Apple platform is a set of cutting-edge tools specially designed for visual special effects creation, including five tool modules: vector drawing, particle, video special effects processing, trajectory animation and 3D special effects synthesis. The software provides a large number of powerful and unique tools, including dynamic pictures, 3D synthesis, color correction, image stabilization, vector drawing, short format editing, demonstration, Flash output and other functions. In addition, it also provides the creative ability of new motion graphics and synthetic art, as well as the improvement of interactive interface; Enhanced the interactive operation function between its painting tools and 3ds max software; It can handle flint, flame, hell, fire and smoke through cleaner coding and recording software. 3DSmax, the computer 3D model making and rendering software of Autodesk Company in the United States, was originally named 3ds, because it is similar to the dos era and needs to memorize a lot of commands. Because it is inconvenient to use, it is changed to MAX, and its graphical operation interface is more convenient to use. Max has experienced V 1.0, 1.2, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 (not subdivided) ... Now it has developed to version 9.0 or above, and gradually improved the lighting, material rendering, model and animation production. Widely used in architectural design, three-dimensional animation, audio-visual production and other static and dynamic scene simulation production. Maya is the world's top three-dimensional animation software produced by Autodesk Company in the United States, and its application objects are professional film and television advertisements, character animation, movie stunts and so on. Maya has perfect functions, flexible work, easy to learn and use, high production efficiency and strong realistic rendering. It is a high-end production software of movie level. Expensive and famous, it is a tool that producers dream of. Mastering Maya will greatly improve the production efficiency and quality, adjust the simulated character animation, render the real effect like a movie, and move towards the world's top animators. What are the main applications of special effects in the later stage of movies? Television station: CCTV film crew, behind-the-scenes editorial department of TV stations at all levels in China; Media companies: major media production companies serving TV stations at all levels in China; Dubbing institutions: cinemas, dubbing companies, dubbing networks and other dubbing institutions; Film and television companies: all kinds of film and television post-editing production companies; Advertising wedding: major photo studios, advertising companies, wedding companies, corporate publicity activities and other services; Multimedia production: multimedia software development enterprises and new media production enterprises; Self-employment and independent film production: freelance writers, film critics, cameramen and directors set up film and television production, studios and film and television production businesses. Post-film special effects major-Four-dimensional DreamWorks focuses on the post-film special effects system of Four-dimensional DreamWorks, including: three-dimensional modeling, lighting materials, advanced rendering, animation, particle special effects, rigid body special effects, fluid special effects, cloth simulation, hair simulation, fireworks and building collapse, and various natural landscape special effects simulation (explosion, collapse, smoke, stars, halo, waves, hurricanes, waterfalls, dust, etc.). ). The employment direction is professional film and television special effects production company, film and television advertising production company, film and television cartoon production company, film and television post-synthesis company, TV column production company, etc.