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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. |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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. |
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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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 Nuke
Training Now Available!
Steve is pleased to announce that he has added Nuke compositing
training to his training services. Nuke is the world class VFX
compositing program developed at Digital Domain over many years
of heavy CGI production experience on major feature films. The
Foundry, famous for its large library of high quality
VFX compositing plug-ins, now provides Nuke sales and support. Nuke
is a leader in the CGI compositing workflow offering many unique
features that streamline the CGI production pipeline.
The Newest Nuke The
Foundry has just released Nuke 5.1v2, the latest version of Steve’s
favorite new digital compositing program. Nuke’s claim to
fame is that it was born and bred in the fiery furnace of production
by the digital wizards at Digital Domain, a world leader in visual
effects. The Foundry now provides sales and support for this world-class
compositing program. Along with this latest release they have also
announced the PLE, or Personal Learning Edition, which is a fully-featured
free trial version. Now everybody will need Nuke training.
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 Click
on the icon to view a very informative video about fine tuning
the size of your matte that is better than the usual dilate and
erode.
The dilate and erode operation's commonly used to expand or contract
mattes have the problem that they typically can only move in one
pixel increments. This often results in the matte being too big
or too small. This production tip shows you how to use
a combination of a gentle blur and a contrast adjustment to make
your mattes just right.
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- It's
here, "Compositing
Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist" an
introductory book about visual effects compositing.
- November 24th - 28th, 2008 – one
week location-based Advanced VFX
Workshop for "Hollywood
in Mexico Films" in Monterrey, Mexico.
- December 6th - Greenscreen
and bluescreen compositing demos for the Digital
Cinema Society at Big Vision Studios in
Burbank, CA.
- March 8th - 14th, 2009 – one
week location-based Shake
for Final Cut Pro workshop for Maine Media Workshops, USA
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- March 15th - 21st, 2009 –one
week location-based Intro
to VFX Compositing with Shake workshop for Maine Media Workshops,
USA .
- March 22nd - 28th, 2009 –one
week location-based Advanced
VFX Compositing with Shake workshop for Maine Media Workshops,
USA.
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