Fxphd Intermediate Shake I Issue 03 CD-ViH | ISO | 106 MB
Shake is the main stay of feature film compositing and in this course Tahl Niran focuses on the detailed workflow you need for real world feature film style compositing - but which are also relevant to other work such as compositing for commercials. This term we will be compositing a range of material from Cineon to Panalog and even traditional animation files. As shake is often used for compositing 3D - special attention will be given to this important area this term.
Fxphd Intermediate Maya III Issue 08 CD-ViH | ISO | 189 MB
This is the start of a whole new era of 3D training at fxphd. We will be starting out with modelling and then moving to texturing and lighting. For the first time we have a new and exciting program that integrates with our other courses.
Fxphd Character Drawing and Development Issue 09 CD-ViH | ISO | 145 MB
Our drawing class this term focuses on character design and development, taught by Siju Thomas. Thomas is a talented artist who specilizes in creating characters -- beginning with traditional skeletal, muscular, and skin sketches and then taking them to 3D modeling. A point which he's sure to drive home is the idea of creating characters which are grounded in reality -- varied concerns such as considering movement based upon physique, determining dental structure and jaw line based upon diet (aka, a carnivore would most likely have incisors), and more.
Fxphd After Effects Design and More II Issue 08 CD-ViH | ISO | 105 MB
Mark Christiansen builds upon his incredibly successful AFX220 class, by leading a team effort focusing on design-related issues in After Effects. Using the new After Effects CS3, we cover a wide range of topics, including design principles, interoperability with Photoshop and Illustrator, animation tricks, keying, and new features in CS3. Most of the course will be not specific to CS3 so you'll be fine using older versions, but we'll highlight changes in the app and cover some of the cool new features.
Fxphd After Effects Design and More II Issue 07 CD-ViH | ISO | 156 MB
Mark Christiansen builds upon his incredibly successful AFX220 class, by leading a team effort focusing on design-related issues in After Effects. Using the new After Effects CS3, we cover a wide range of topics, including design principles, interoperability with Photoshop and Illustrator, animation tricks, keying, and new features in CS3. Most of the course will be not specific to CS3 so you'll be fine using older versions, but we'll highlight changes in the app and cover some of the cool new features.
We wanted to lay out the game ahead in more detail than we ever have before - since people have asked for a tad more of an idea of the direction and focus of the future Background Fundaments. classes.
FXPHD Shake 301 Advanced Shake I DVD-HELL | ISO | 1.06 GB
Professor Tahl Niran takes Shake to the next level -- rounding out our three levels of Shake courses. This term, he takes an in-depth look at advanced compositing via a project based approach. A very solid level of knowledge is assumed for the class, so it is suggested that you take the previous Shake courses before diving into the Advanced Shake course.
FXPHD Shake 201 Intermediate Shake I DVD-HELL | ISO | 726 MB
Shake is the main stay of feature film compositing and in this course we focus on the detailed workflow you need for real world feature film style compositing - but which are also relevant to other work such as compositing for commercials. This term we will be compositing a range of material from Cineon to Panalog and even traditional animation files.
As shake is often used for compositing 3D - special attention will be given to this important area this term.
FXPHD Shake 101 Introduction To Shake DVD-HELL | ISO | 782 MB
This introduction to Shake allows compositors and vfx artists to learn this primary film compositing tool. Run by Professor Tahl Niran and Dean Mike Seymour, this course allows you to quickly get across the thinking required to approach shots in Shake, and along the way learn a few tips and tricks. As this is a Level 101 course it is not designed for existing hard core Shake users.
FXPHD PHT 201 Digital Photography DVD-NoPE | ISO | 2.74 GB
There are a lot of aspects to photography, so we have decided to make it commercial and focus on all sorts of everyday issues. Professional photographer Tim Wheeler will show how to shoot high-end professional photographs. If you're interested in lifting your game - or actually working professionally - this course will be ideal for you.
Fxphd PFT301 Advanced PFTrack DVD-NoPE | ISO | 2.8 GB
Victor Wolansky's intermediate PFTrack course has been a continual favorite at fxphd and he'll be building upon it with an advanced 3D tracking course. In this term we will take 3D tracking beyond the basics. We will see not only camera tracking, but also motion capture, plus even more "impossible to solve" tracks. This will be combined with a lot of practice and advance techniques.
FXPHD Maya Lighting And Rendering DVDR-W3D | ISO | 1.54 GB
This course, taught by Matt Leonard, is going to be slightly different from our other Maya offerings because we’re going to be working alongside a new and very exciting project called ‘Moving Day’. This short film is being directed by award wining director Jason Wingrove. ‘Moving Day’ tells the story of a young girl and her fight against the fairies who inhabit the garden of her new home. Our short film is literally being produced throughout the term and we’ll have first hand experience of working in post during a live project.
Fxphd Introduction to Flame Issue 10 CD-ViH | ISO | 510 MB
Many people have wanted a simple introduction to the flame. Starting at the basics Mark Vandenbergen covers how to use flame and all the main modules. Mark started with one of the first flame's ever, and worked around the world on Flame, including a stint at the then Discreet Logic designing UI. Mark takes a straight forward approach allowing someone who perhaps is an assistant to move up to doing jobs of their own. This is a unique course as most Flame material is aimed at more senior users, and skips the fundamentals of starting out with this powerhouse visual effects product.
We wanted to lay out the game ahead in more detail than we ever have before - since people have asked for a tad more of an idea of the direction and focus of the future Background Fundaments. classes. Based upon feedback from students, this new term and the following term's Background Fundamentals will concentrate on the visual effects knowledge and tasks that artists run into on a daily basis - focused on method and theory not individual applications. Over the next two terms we will be covering all the cool and no so cool but important things that come up. From label replacement, matching 3D and live action, keying and lighting, and even some 3D stereoscopic effects. In each case we will try and make the class self contained to that week, while addressing real world shots, with an eye to both budget and timescale. Yes we will even try and budget and cost shots as we go. Plus we get to fly in helicopters and stick needles our (digital eyes). - We hope this will be the most hands on and fun BKD yet.
FXPHD - NUK103 - Introduction to Nuke DVDR-W3D | ISO | 1.68 GB
Class 1: Nuke the interface. For the first class we will go through all the ins and outs of nuke's robust interface and touch briefly upon a few different tools to get us up and running very quickly.
Class 2: Cookie cutting, rotoscoping and fun with splines in an introduction to nuke's powerful roto tools.
Class 3: 2D/Pattern tracking and all the in's and out's of image transformations in nuke, including shot stabilization and corner pins!
