Our Introduction to SynthEyes course got members up and running in the software as well as being able to address common problems that come up in post. This course will build upon the knowledge and tackle trickier and more complex tracks in SynthEyes than were addressed in the 101 course. Taught by our fxphd tracking expert Victor Wolansky, he'll dive into more detail in how to make sure you get the most accurate track possible and minimize camera drifting.

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. 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.

Taught by Vancouver-based colorist Lorne Miess, Digital Colour Theory introduces you to the fundamentals of light and colour when applied to film and television industries. Understanding how to make your images look as photorealistic as possible is the premise for this course. Standard theories of additive and subtractive colour models will be discussed with examples from various media and software packages such as Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.

Class 1: We start with Character Rigging. We begin to explore Maya’s joint system by rigging a cartoon style mouse which we’ll be using for a few classes. We look at how joints can be created and edited, along with Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics and the use of Constraints.

This class is the logical next step for those that have already completed the Cinema 4D 101 and 102 courses. This is an updated course that is based upon content from the previous and now outdated C4D201 course. Using the Latest Release of Cinema4D, all the techniques covered Will be using the Current feature set of the Application.

Taught by Eran Dinur, this course offers a comprehensive approach to learning Vue, with an emphasis on workflow and techniques needed for effectively using it in various professional production scenarios. From creating assets for matte painting and compositing to animating and rendering complete 3D scenes.

The course of high-end photography "Digital Photography" by FxPHD. PHT201: Digital Photography generally do FxPhd courses in computer graphics - 3D, compositing, etc. This course is for the photos - this is their first course on this topic. The course unique in that it dealt with the basic techniques (framing, lighting, work with the depth of field, white balance, shutter speed, etc.), but it is the top-level photographer, and in an appropriate environment.

The course goes into the techniques used in doing visual effects work with 3DS Max and its plugins - Thinking Particles, Rayfire, and FumeFX. Coming from a feature film production background, the focus is on quality and efficiency. It is a holistic view of the process - from planning, through fragmentation, rigid bodies, particles, fire / smoke, down to management and assembly.

In this term Gareth will be going into the application of Mari on a high resolution creature for film. He will be covering using Mari in conjunction with other packages and show how you can fit it into your work flow with relative ease. Gareth will be using Mari with Mudbox, Nuke and also show how you can easily use Mari textures in your MentalRay or Renderman set up at home. He will also be covering how to prepare high resolution textures in Photoshop for use in Mari. This will be a project based term showing Gareths process from texturing through to rendering.

Long time fxphd professor Matt Leonard dives into production with his new course covering work he did for Red Dwarf: Back to Earth. Leonard is our leadMaya professor, but he is also an adept compositor who uses tools such as Nuke and Fusion