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After a successful 20 year career creating visual effects first for television commercials then feature films, Steve is now dedicated to VFX compositing training for today’s rising stars of the VFX industry. As a senior compositor, 2D technical director, master trainer, and author of the definitive book on VFX compositing, Steve has the technical background, production experience, and teaching skills to offer training to the highest professional industry standards. Whether you are just starting out or want to advance your ongoing VFX career, professional training by an industry pro is by far the quickest way to get ahead. You can start today to add the tips, tricks, and techniques gleaned from 20 years of production experience to your personal skill set. In addition to VFX compositing skills training, Steve also offers application training for both Shake and Nuke. |
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What Clients Say: |
"In a matter of hours, Steve managed to address many of the core issues that arise when working in the logarithmic and linear color worlds. His style and ability to convey information made the training session both fun and effective. I would highly recommend Steve's training to anybody looking to enhance their knowledge of concept and work flow in the digital video & film fields." - Greg Russell |
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Steve has prepared a variety of classes & workshops here for you to choose from, depending on your area of interest. Some are location-based while others are online, but they are all about technique – those skills that are only gained after years of production experience. Regardless of the topic, each one is designed to make you a better compositor able to solve difficult production problems and produce your shots more quickly and more artistically. These are the skills that the management of a VFX studio looks for when deciding who to hire. Check back to see our latest offerings! |
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| Online Workshops | These workshops are delivered over the Internet to save you travel expenses and provide scheduling convenience since you do them at your convenience. They offer training videos, project media, and instructor feedback via forum or Skype. Click on the event name to learn more about that workshop. |
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CGSociety.org |
8 wks |
July 12 - Sept. 4
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An 8 week "Introduction to Nuke" visual effects compositing workshop presented by Steve and sponsored by CGSociety Workshops. The format is a closed forum to 35 students. Each week students download 45 to 90 minutes of tutorial movies with project media. After viewing the training videos each week, they then complete an assignment that uses the project media and the techniques just learned. Each assignment is then uploaded to the CGSociety website so Steve can offer comments and tips to each student individually. More details... |
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vfxIO.com |
Self-paced |
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This One-on-One Nuke workshop contains over 10 hours of highly informative videos and assignments. Watch the videos, do the assignments and turn in your Nuke scripts to Steve. Meet with Steve via Skype and desktop sharing where he plays your VFX Supervisor and critiques your shots for a total of 4 hours live talk time with Steve over VOIP. Here's a chance to get your questions answered! More details... |
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Lynda.com |
Self-paced |
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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! No instructor feedback provided in this online self-paced course. |
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CGSociety.org |
8 wks |
Next Class TBD |
An 8 week "Introduction to Shake 4.1" visual effects compositing workshop presented by Steve and sponsored by CGSociety Workshops. The format is a closed forum to 35 students. Each week students download 45 to 70 minutes of tutorial movies with project media. After viewing the training videos each week, they then complete an assignment that uses the project media and the techniques just learned. Each assignment is then uploaded to the CGSociety website so Steve can offer comments and tips to each student individually. Shake is a great way to learn node based compositing. And it's inexpensive too! |
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vfxIO.com |
Self-paced |
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One of the most difficult things for a newcomer to the world of VFX is to build a demo reel that will help you land a real production job. In this unique self-paced workshop you get to select five spectacular feature film VFX compositing shots that you then composite yourself. With full copyright permissions, these composited shots can be placed on your demo reel as a compelling demonstration of your compositing skills to help get that big compositing job in the VFX industry. |
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vfxIO.com |
Self-paced |
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This popular workshop offers the same content as the “Intro to Shake Compositing” workshop presented on CGSociety above. The two key differences are that this workshop is completely self-paced and your assignment reviews are done over the Internet using Skype. Being self-paced allows you to start any time, and if suddenly get busy at work you can slow down or pause this workshop then resume when time permits. The Skype reviews allow you to ask questions and get immediate feedback. |
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vfxIO.com |
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For facilities training, the staff collects in the training room at the appointed hour to participate in a web-based seminar. A closed webcast goes to a single machine in the training room which is connected to a digital projector. The presentation is viewed by the entire class and participants can ask questions of the instructor like a personal appearance. Much more cost effective than paying transportation and lodging costs for a visiting instructor. Contact Steve to arrange a webinar today! |
| location based | These workshops and classes are live lectures located in various cities and come with project media so you leave with shots you can add your demo reel. Click on the event name to learn more about a particular class or workshop. |
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Your Facility |
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Nuke was specifically designed by Digital Domain to be the 2D back end to a modern 3D production pipeline so it is loaded with special features that make it the most effective compositing software for this modern workflow. Steve will come to your VFX facility and train both the 2D and 3D staff on those special features of Nuke that make it the most efficient and highest quality compositing program on the market today. Special emphasis is placed on the multi-pass CGI compositing and the extensive 3D compositing environment built into Nuke. Contact Steve to schedule a site visit to your company. Get trained "The Wright Way!" |
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3 days |
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This unique Friday, Saturday and Sunday workshop will explore and demonstrate the key features of Nuke and equip attending artists with a basic understanding of Nuke’s powerful workflow. Day 1-demonstration of Nuke’s unique features that make it the compositing program of choice for modern CGI compositing pipelines. Day 2 - covers bluescreen and greenscreen compositing. Day 3 - covers compositing CGI. Prerequisites for the class are a solid background in compositing visual effects using programs such as Shake, Combustion, Digital Fusion, or After Effects. More details... |
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Your Facility |
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Steve conducts VFX compositing training for the entire staff at various VFX facilities around the world. Classes are designed to the level of the staff and the topics are specific to the production needs of the company. Training is conducted with Shake or Nuke, then ported to any other compositing program used at the facility such as Combustion, Flame or Digital Fusion. Contact Steve to schedule a site visit to your company. |
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Your Facility |
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This is Nuke training specifically for the staff of VFX facilities that are transitioning from Shake to Nuke. The common Shake operations are mapped to Nuke for easy transition including workarounds for Shake features not present in Nuke. The major features of Nuke that are not available in Shake are also covered such as Nukes linear light space, working with multiple channels, and the powerful 3D compositing system. Contact Steve to schedule a site visit to your company. |
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Rockport, Maine |
1 week |
Jul 25-31 Sept 19-25 |
This one-week introductory course to VFX compositing is presented by Steve at Maine Media Workshops in Rockport Maine. Here students will learn the core competencies for compositing visual effects shots used for major feature films and television commercials. Key topics such as bluescreen compositing, motion tracking, cgi compositing, and much, much more are presented. |
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Rockport, Maine |
1 week |
Aug 1-7 Sep 26-Oct 2 |
This is the follow-on workshop to the “Intro to VFX Compositing” workshop above. Building on that knowledge base, students will learn advanced keying concepts, match move techniques, and modern multi-layer cgi compositing working with real feature film 2k film scans and HiDef video plates. |
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Your Facility |
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Steve is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable senior compositors on the arcane subject of compositing log images for feature film. With eight years of production experience at Kodak's Cinesite, he learned the science and math of compositing log images from Kodak's original creators of the process. Expert in both the art and science, Steve can teach your staff how to pull mattes and composite with log images, combine linear elements such as matte paintings or HiDef video with log images, properly composite and color correct linear cgi elements with log images, and convert all cgi shots to log space and color correct them. On-site hands-on training experiences of a couple days to one week or more are available. Training materials and images are provided. Contact Steve to schedule a site visit to your company. |
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