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

Monday, 08 February 2010

 
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 academy 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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GREENSCREEN WEBINAR ARCHIVE AVAILABLE!
Webinar Registration: Working with GreenscreensVisit the Center for New Media Studies to view the information packed Greenscreen webinar for 30 days or download it and own it forever! As an added bonus, you'll get Steve's awesome PDF on tips and tricks for shooting good greenscreens!


NUKE WEBINAR ARCHIVE AVAILABLE NOW!
Did you miss it? Do you want to own it?. Steve Wright's webinar "What's So Hot About Nuke?" is now availble as an archive with two options - view it for 30 days or download and own it forever! Bonus - a podcast and PDF of FAQ's is included in the "View It" and if you "Download It," you will get the assets and Nuke scripts used in addition to the podcast and PDF of the FAQ's

*** Webinars produced by CenterforNewMediaStudies.com ***

 

 

"THE LIGHTER/COMPOSITOR " Op-Ed Piece
Heads up visual effects compositors, our world is about to change again. Just when you got your head around 3D compositing here comes 3D lighting. The official handwriting is on the wall. The Foundry (Nuke) and Sony Picture Imageworks (SPI) announced in early November that SPI’s proprietary Katana 3D lighting software will soon be integrated into Nuke. This will have a profound effect on the visual effects pipeline affecting both 3D and 2D artists. You only have about one year to prepare. Read more….


  • January 25th Start of Steve's 8 week online NUKE workshop through CGSociety.New class starts March 1st!
  • January 26th Steve conducts a free "What's So Hot About Nuke?" webinar. ARCHIVE NOW AVAILABLE!
  • February 1st - 3rd - Steve is doing "Train the Trainers" Nuke training at In-Three for their Indian operation in conjunction with AAA Digital Imaging
  • February 7th -27th - Steve to conduct Nuke training for AAA Digital Imaging (Mumbai, India) parent company of Lowry Digital & recent partner to In-Three!
  • March 1st - April 25th - Start of Steve's 8 week online NUKE workshop through CGSociety. ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN!.