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FXPHD – NUK306 Production Nuke Finishing

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FXPHD – NUK306 Production Nuke Finishing
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In this advanced level NUKE course, members explore what it takes to truly take a shot to final, from a film visual effects perspective. Professor Alex Fry, fresh off his stint as lead compositor at Animal Logic for The Great Gatsby, works through several scenes of a recent independent project and show advanced techniques for getting great composites in NUKE.
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FXPHD – UNR202 Production in Unreal Engine 4

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FXPHD – UNR202 Production in Unreal Engine 4
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In our previous Unreal courses, we gave you a fast-track intro to the UDK 3 Unreal Development Environment and some cutting edge tech for how this emerging technology might be used in the future for pre-visualization and live action motion picture production.

Well.the future, and Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), are here.
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FXPHD – BKD237

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FXPHD – BKD237
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Class 1: Mike talks to Andrew Jackson, the vfx supervisor whose work includes Knowing, Happy Feet 2, 300 and the last blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road.

Class 2: Mike talks to VFX supervisor Eric Durst about his role and relationship with other departments onset and how he physically prepares himself for his job.

Class 3: Mike goes to Animal Logic to talk to animation guru Rob Coleman about managing his team of talented animators.
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FXPHD – AFX224 The 15 Mograph Spot

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FXPHD – AFX224: The 15 Mograph Spot

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In this course, we will create a 15-second spot from start to finish. We will create a dynamic LED wall that communicates with the audio, add a car as a focal point in the room LED. Once the video is created, we will turn off the display of the car and the wall to create a stylized and dynamic equalizer in the same scene files from previous lessons. This will allow us to create a brand new movie. took 2nd place, which works with the same camera and elements from previous lessons. Once the creation of an equalizer is completed, we will create a pixelated 3D-city in After Effects with stylized skyscrapers surrounding our car, turning on .obj files Trapcode Form. In our last lesson, we disable our 3D-car to create a 3D-logo in After Effects using the built-in plug-ins. [Read more…]

FXPHD – NUK204 – Intermediate Nuke

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FXPHD – NUK204 – Intermediate Nuke
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Our new second-level intermediate Nuke X course picks up where the 100 level offering leaves off. Using Nuke X version 6, professor Sean Deveraux will work through concepts in the app as well as lead several project-based classes. The 3D compositing environment of Nuke is one of its strengths, so several classes will dive fully into this feature with practical, real-world examples. Deveraux will also be covering the nuts and bolts of setting up Nuke for automation as well as taking a first look at Gizmos, Nuke’s “macro” functionality. The focus is on the type of work that any compositor might run into while working at a facility.
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FXPHD – Lighting & Rendering Destruction FX in Houdini & Nuke

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FXPHD – Lighting & Rendering Destruction FX in Houdini & Nuke
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Autodesk Maya, Side FX Houdini and The Foundry Nuke will be used in this course to complete photoreal lighting for the visual effects destruction scene which was started in the HOU213 course. You will have access to highly detailed assets which have been made by fxphd which will allow you to render out lighting passes for a detailed Nuke composite. This course will cover some finishing touches to the FX work as well as an in depth look at the lighting process for feature film VFX.
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FXPHD – NUK203 – Nuke and Stereoscopic

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FXPHD – NUK203 – Nuke and Stereoscopic
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Nuke 203, taught by Daniel Smith, is an intermediate level class that is built upon the foundation of how to use Nuke and understanding its basic concept and work flows. This course will tap into Nuke’s Multi-View workflow and leverage stereoscopic work as a way to explore a complex shot from beginning to end.

FXPHD – NUK203 – Nuke and Stereoscopic
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FXPHD – Advanced Resolve 11

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FXPHD – Advanced Resolve 11
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This is brand new advanced Resolve training, offered for the first time ever online.

”I have wanted to make an online version of my successful advanced classroom course : International Colorist Academy R201, for a long time,” says Warren Eagles. “People have constantly been asking for more, not just how to use the software but why do you do it. So here it is!”

Advanced Resolve v11 is an ideal course for existing Resolve users who are looking for more knowledge in both the software and the art of color grading. “As with all my classes I try and add a little more: tips, tricks, RAW, working with clients and workflow solutions are just some of the topics I will be covering,” says Warren.
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FXPHD – MOG214 The Anatomy of a Promo

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FXPHD – MOG214 The Anatomy of a Promo
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This course looks at the Anatomy of the TV Promo and covers approaches to Directing, Editing, Scripting, as well as Art Direction and creating Graphical and Motion collateral for several live action promos. We break open the formulas and techniques for promos, and we take a look at several global campaign promos Mark has directed, scripted and cut for the BBC, and for the BBCÆs Australasian market, where he is based. During the course we will give out material to cut your own promo. Additionally, the second half of the course looks at scripting, boarding and shooting a Zombie promo. We will also give out this footage for you to cut your own promo for a 60 second æZombiefestÆ promo. The material will means weÆll cover techniques across the board in Premiere and After Effects, and Final Cut. Mark Bowey is a Director and Art Director, and has worked on films including æThe Fifth ElementÆ and several æJames BondÆ movies as a graphical Art Director and Videographics Designer. More recently, he has worked at leading Australian TV Network Foxtel as an Art Director, and at The BBC in Australia as a Senior Promo Producer and Director.
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FXPHD – DMP203 – Digital Matte Painting Techniques III

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FXPHD – DMP203 – Digital Matte Painting Techniques III
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Ludovic Iochem returns for a new term to keep sharing digital matte painting and environment tips and techniques on a bigger project, from the matchmove, to the compositing of the CG Environment. In this new course, weÆll push the technique to the 2.5D Environment and will learn how to create a CG Environment, from a Matchmove Camera, to the 2.5D Script in Nuke, through the layout in Maya and DMP in Photoshop. This is the third part in our series on digital matte painting by Iochem, and all courses are also available during the term.
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