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Tuesday, 09 March 2010

WEBINARS

Steve periodically offers webinars on a variety of visual effects topics, some free and some fee based. Upcoming webinars are listed below. All webinars are recorded then offered as an archive video for a small fee. Look for archives of previous webinars at the bottom of this page. Our webinars are produced by the Center for New Media Studies.

 

WEBINAR: "WORKING WITH GREENSCREEN SHOTS"
january 21st * 10am pst

 

Greenscreen and bluescreen shots used to be the domain of high-end feature films and television shows, but no more. Corporate communications, training, marketing and other types of web videos are now making wide use of greenscreens to take their productions to the next level. Learn how greenscreen shots work, how to shoot them properly and most importantly, how to work with them during post-production to get the cleanest looking videos. Taught by Steve Wright, an industry leader in visual effects and compositing, this webinar will help you avoid the mistakes that bust budgets and ruin quality.

If you are an editor, videographer, cinematographer, producer, director, 3D artist, 2D artist, post production supervisors, corporate communications manager, educator or instructor this is a must attend webinar!

Register here for the webinar
 
 

FREE NUKE WEBINAR: "WHAT'S SO HOT ABOUT NUKE?"
january 26th * 10am pst

 

You’ve heard about Nuke and how it is taking the visual effects industry by storm. You’ve heard that Nuke site licenses have been purchased by such VFX power hitters as ILM and Weta Digital. But what is it exactly that makes Nuke so much more powerful than any other compositing programs?

In this webinar Steve Wright will lift the hood of Nuke and reveal those unique features that make it the power-on winner in the VFX community. This is NOT a sales presentation designed to get you to buy Nuke, but a hands-on revelation of the production power of Nuke by a senior production artist. Attend this free one-hour webinar and you will find out exactly ’s so Hot About Nuke!

HUGE BONUS!!! The Foundry has authorized Steve Wright to give away one free Nuke license with support for one year to one lucky attendee of this webinar! That's a $4,500 value for free!

Register here for the webinar

Other giveaways include:

PipelineFX
Qube! - 1 Qube! Supervisor and 5 Qube! Workers with one year support and software upgrades and a free 4-hour Qube! JumpStart remote installation consulting service. Qube! is a robust and highly scalable render management solution that can be quickly integrated into any production workflow, and is backed by world-class technical support. Retail value $3,500!

Smith Micro
Poser Pro, the professional 3D figure design & animation software. Geared towards a multitude of production environments, Poser Pro offers professional-level application integration as well as a 64-Bit render engine and network rendering support. The Poser Pro bottom line - reduce design and production time and access thousands of rigged and textured models. Retail value $499 each copy!

AJA Video Systems
AJA IO Express - the perfect Mac or PC interface for anyone who needs an inexpensive monitoring and mastering solution when working with Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD, and more. Portable and simple to use, Io Express is ideal for filebased workflows. Retail value $995!

RE:Vision Effects
DE:Noise makes it easy to remove excessive noise in one easy-to-use tool! Available for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Autodesk Combustion, Autodesk Toxik, The Foundry's Nuke, Eyeon Fusion, Eyeon Vision and Boris Red. Retail value $189.95!

Sony Creative Software
Sony Sound Forge Pro 10, a professional digital audio production suite which includes everything you need to quickly get from raw audio to finished master. Includes Noise Reduction plug-in. Retail value $399.95!

Sony Vegas Pro 9 including DVD Architect Pro 5, and Dolby® Digital professional AC-3 encoding software. With this combination, you get an intuitive environment for video and broadcast professionals. Retail value $679.95!

Focal Press
Compositing Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist - This is an introductory book about visual effects compositing designed for directors, editors, post-production supervisors, students, and beginners that want to get an overview of the world of compositing to understand its basic techniques and vocabulary.

Digital Compositing for Film and Video - This is an advanced compositing technique book designed for working compositors in production that want to better understand the art and science of compositing and it is loaded with compositing technique and production tips for bluescreen and cgi compositing.