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

Saturday, 31 July 2010

 
Steve Wright's VFXIO.com's mission statement

Master Trainer, Steve Wright, delivers visual effects compositing, Nuke and Shake training for 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. 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 skills & compositing techniques gleaned from those years of production experience as well as to improve the facility's 2D/3D production pipeline productivity.

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 VFX 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 eight-week workshops are done at your own pace and offer personal one-on-one training for Nuke or Shake. Steve will review each of your project assignments with you personally to offer suggestions, tips, techniques, and answer any questions you have using remote screen-sharing technology. It's like having Steve sitting right next to you as your personal VFX Supervisor!

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 the guru who wrote the book that has become the industry standard for compositors 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" 3rd edition which you can access from our store just by creating a log in account!

   

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3RD EDITION NOW AVAILABLE!
The much anticipated third edition of "Digital Compositing for Film and Video" is now available in stores and at Amazon.com. This edition is chock full of new material on 3D compositing, stereoscopic compositing, multi-pass CGI compositing as well as a bonus 3D Primer for non-3D artists! Referred to as "The Compositor's Bible," this desk-side companion is a must have for your visual effects library!

STEVE DOES TUTORIAL FOR RED GIANT'S PARTICULAR
Webinar Registration: Working with GreenscreensSteve has been retained by Red Giant to create an online tutorial for their latest release of Trapcode Particular now made for Nuke. Particular is an extremely robust particle system with realistic natural effects, lighting control for shaded particles, 3D camera integration, custom shapes, depth of field, and physics controls such as air resistance, gravity and turbulence. Particular has been used in motion pictures like Spider Man 3 and Angels & Demons. Look for Steve's tutorial on Red Giant's site this August!

 

 

"The Indian Exodus" Op-Ed Piece

There is much concern in the VFX industry about our jobs being outsourced to India, and even China. Indeed, India is rapidly booting up a visual effects industry and has a vast pool of low cost artists to staff it with. Since I have been to India five times to conduct VFX training (the most recent being a two-month visit to two different facilities) I am often asked about the “lay of the land” there. While India has much potential, they do have some systemic problems to overcome. Read more...