Steve Wright's VFXIO.com - Insdustrial Strength Training for Visual Effects Compositing Artists!

Saturday, 04 July 2009

Steve Wright, Master Trainer, 20 year visual effects veteran Steve Wright's VFXIO.com's mission statement

Master Trainer, Steve Wright, delivers visual effects compositing, Shake and Nuke training for aspiring artists in the VFX industry around the world. With curricula developed by this senior visual effects artist with over 20 years of production experience and excellent teaching skills, these programs are designed to be very accessible and cost effective for you. Steve not only teaches individuals in classroom settings and online, but he also travels to VFX facilities around the world to train the staff in compositing techniques from his popular book on the subject, "Digital Compositing for Film and Video" as well as to improve the facility's 2D/3D production pipeline.

Update your skill set to Nuke, the acadmey award winning feature film compositing system developed by Digital Domain and now supported by The Foundry. Nuke's superior integration with the 3D production pipeline makes it the program of choice for VFX studios that want to modernize their compositing.

Learn Apple's Shake 4.1 at your own pace with 20 year veteran Steve Wright as your instructor on Lynda.com. Steve has prepared 13.25 hours of Shake 4.1 training to get you up to speed on node based compositing. If you want a serious VFX job in this industry, you must understand node based compositing!

These workshops offer personal training one-on-one as part of the workshop. Steve will review each of your project assignments with you personally to offer suggestions, tips, techniques, and answer any questions you have. Live, over the Internet!

Steve travels to VFX facilities around the world to provide staff training on the subject of VFX compositing plus consulting on the 2D/3D pipeline. Improve the productivity of your compositing department and increase their artistic and technical proficiency with a site visit by Steve. Invest in your staff today!

Periodically Steve conducts training classes and workshops in various locations in the US and around the world. Some are week-long workshops and others are 2 or 3-day weekend classes with project media you can add to your demo reel. Come learn from a pro and increase your job potential!

To get a job an any VFX studio you have to show them your demo reel with a breakdown of your work. These programs provide project media with a finished shot video so you can build the shot yourself and put it on your demo reel. Included are tips on how to present your demo reel and shot breakdowns.

Steve has authored two best selling books on the subject of compositing visual effects in addition to his other training products. Be sure to check out the 80 FREE production exercises that work with "Digital Compositing for Film and Video" which you can access from our store just by creating a log in account!

   

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MAINE MEDIA WORKSHOPS- SIGN UP TODAY!

Steve will be conducting a series of one-week Shake workshops at Maine Media Workshops in beautiful Rockport, Maine, starting the week of July 27. The first week is Shake for Final Cut Pro 6, focusing on Shakes's workflow for FCP editors. The secon week is an Introduction to Shake Compositing, and the third week is Advanced Shake Compositing.

THE COMPOSITING STARTER KIT

Apple's Shake 4.1 is now under $370USD
Amazon.com now offers Shake for an incredibly low price below $350. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase Shake, a world-class node-based compositing program, to learn visual effects compositing. You can then take Steve’s Shake tutorials on Lynda.com followed by his many workshops or classes and break into the entertainment industry. Comparable node-based compositing programs cost $2500 and up.

"NUKE'S COLOR MANAGEMENT DEMYSTIFIED" Article

Nuke has a unique internal "linear light space" that it automatically converts all incoming images to regardless of what color space they were origninally in. While this is necessary for proper image processing as well as to merge images from a variety of sources, it can be hard to understand. Click here to read more about Nuke's internal color management.