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SWDFX Newsletter January 2012

OP ED: GAME ON

If you want to do world class visual effects then the only place to be is in feature films, right? Not any more. Video games are rapidly stepping up the quality and complexity of their visual effects simply because it makes them a lot of money. We all know that “Deathly Hollows part 2” is the current record holder for fastest selling film at the box office at $169 million its first weekend. You may not know that Harry Potter was crushed like a bug by the release of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” (Activision) just this last November with sales of $750 million its first 5 days. Read more at Game On: your next VFX job just might be a game

STILL TIME TO JOIN OUR NEW NUKE 3D WORKSHOP!

There are still a few seats left for Steve's new Nuke 3D compositing workshop online at CGSociety. This 6 week workshop runs from January 16 through February 24 and covers basic through advanced 3D compositing with Nuke including camera tracking, the new planar tracker, and particle systems.

Learn more by visiting the Nuke 3D Compositing Workshop.

Open enrollment will close on January 23rd or when the workshop is full.

LAPPG NUKE DEMO SMASHING SUCCESS!

Steve delivered his rousing "What's So Hot About Nuke" demo to a group of producers, DPs, editors, and post-production folks for the Los Angeles Post Production Group. The purpose was to give non-compositors an understanding of why Nuke has taken over the post-production world.

3 DAY LOS ANGELES NUKE INTENSIVE

Future-proof your compositing career by learning Nuke! Power up on Nuke with Steve's 3-day Nuke intensive on Feb 24th - 26th hosted by Motion Media in Santa Monica, CA. This is a unique opportunity to quickly come up to speed on Nuke as taught by a master trainer and VFX compositing expert.

A $100 discount is available for LA ACM SIGGRAPH, VES, DMA/LA, LAPPG & DCS members. To claim your $100 discount, send an email to Motion Media here, with your name, membership number and affiliation so that your membership in one of the above groups can be confirmed.

ROADSHOW: NUKE IN SEATTLE

Join Steve in Seattle, WA where Motion Media has invited him to speak about Nuke. The event will be held at the Adobe Systems offices on February 9th & 10th. Steve will be demonstrating Nuke techniques for After Effects users. For more information send an email to Motion Media here with a subject line of "Nuke in Seattle".

ROTOSCOPING with MOCHA

Join Steve in his 4 week online Mocha Rotoscoping workshop starting February 27th hosted by CGSociety. Each week view Steve’s video tutorials, do the assignments, turn in your Mocha scripts and receive helpful audio feedback on your work. Discuss problems with your fellow students and get answers to your questions in this closed forum. By special arrangement with Imagineer Systems, students receive a free fully-featured 30-day Mocha license when taking this course. Open enrollment will close on March 5th or when the workshop is full.

For more information or to enroll visit Rotoscoping with Mocha at the CGSociety today!

REMOTE LEARNING WITH STEVE

You can now get unique one-on-one or group personal training from Steve anywhere in the world utilizing the latest desktop sharing technology. If you have a high-speed internet connection you can sit virtually side-by-side with Steve as he demonstrates visual effects compositing techniques on your workstation.

He has conducted such personal training in Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, India, Argentina, Brazil, China and across the United States on whatever topics the artist requested - compositing with log images, Nuke’s unique color management, exotic 3D compositing techniques and stereoscopic compositing, or powerful bluescreen and greenscreen keying techniques. Steve has even conducted “virtual lectures” at colleges and universities such as Ringling College, Syracuse University and the Rochester Institute of Technology.

View our list of online one-on-one workshops with Steve. Visit vfxio.com to contact Steve if you would like to arrange some personal training.

STEVE WRIGHT'S VFXIO.COM: WHO WE ARE

Master Trainer, Steve Wright, delivers visual effects compositing, Nuke, Mocha, Shake and 3D Conversion training to 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.

Steve not only teaches online and in the classroom, but he also travels to VFX facilities around the world to train the studio's VFX staff in skills & compositing techniques gleaned from those years of production experience as well as to improve the facility's 2D/3D production pipeline productivity. Visit vfxio.com today to learn about our VFX compositing training opportunities!

3RD EDITION NOW AVAILABLE!

The third edition of Steve's very popular Digital Compositing for Film and Video, a.k.a "The Compositor's Bible" is now available at bookstores like Barnes & Noble or on Amazon.com.

Reflecting important new trends in the visual effects compositing industry, major new sections have been added on stereo compositing, multi-pass cgi compositing, and 3D compositing. Since many compositors are strictly 2D folks, there is also a primer on 3D animation to help with key terms and concepts. Order your copy today at Amazon.com

MISSED IT? NOW YOU CAN OWN IT!

If you missed any of Steve's webinars, you can now get them on-demand! Click on the webinar link of your choice to learn more, watch a preview clip or add it to your learning library today!

Nuke for After Effects Users
Designed specifically for After Effects users doing high end visual effects shots, this webinar reveals the key features of Nuke that make it so different from AE and why it is the best tool for complex shots.

Stereo 3D Conversion with Nuke
A tour of the entire stereo conversion workflow from scene planning to final stereo render using Nuke. Included are demonstrations of the rotoscoping required plus the depth grading process.

What's So Hot About Nuke?
Nuke as exploded into the world of high-end visual effects compositing to become the dominant program used by all of the big studios. Learn the key features about Nuke that make it the hot new thing.

Working with Greenscreen Shots
Greenscreen shots are growing more prevalent as the technology cheapens and is now practical for episodic TV and even corporate videos. Learn the do's and don'ts of lighting and photographing greenscreens.

"The Compositor's Bible"

-Jeffrey Jasper
Compositing Supervisor
New Deal Studios

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*Nuke training
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