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

Tuesday, 06 January 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.

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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Nuke Training for Frameboxx!

FrameBoxx is a major animation and visual effects training company located in India that has contracted Steve to develop a complete Nuke training course for them. The course will be offered at all 40 of their training sites located throughout India and the Far East. It will consist of a total of 24 two-hours classroom training sessions, 10 classes for introductory, 6 for intermediate, and 8 for advanced Nuke training. Once the course is developed, Steve will travel to India to train their trainers on how to deliver the course as well as conduct special Nuke workshops while in country. The Nuke course rollout is scheduled for the second quarter of 2009.

Frameboxx Animation | Visual  EffectsIndia has a rapidly growing visual effects community to support their huge film-making Industry. In recent years India has been upgrading their film industry to include digital visual effects and well as the introduction of the digital intermediate process for film finishing.

Add Mix NodeClick on the icon to view a movie that reveals how to insert a node into an existing flowgraph in
Shake 4.1.

When Shake 4.1 was released, there was a change to how the GUI works when inserting a node between to other nodes. In the past, the node would automatically insert itself when it passed over a noodle, but now the behavior is different and you need to know the secret handshake shown in this production tip to make it happen.