China’s first certified Nuke Training was successfully held at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in DaLian, China. Based on Nuke 6, Certified Nuke Trainers from Beijing HappyView Information Consulting Co. Ltd,  Mr Huang Liang 黄亮 and Guo Yanjun 郭彦君 was on location to deliver this course. Although they are based in Beijing, Beijing HappyView Information Consulting Co. Ltd brought their classroom to many on-site locations within China. Bringing certified training to different parts of the country.

The attendees were teachers and students that came from Film and TV Studio of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. With a class size of 15, two certified trainers were on site to make sure that everyone in class were given ample attention. This hands-on course is based on Fatbars Limited Training Services : Digital Compositing with Nuke 101 with training materials written and created for this course. By attending this certified course, the attendees received an official completion certificate from The Foundry Training Central Asia.

All attendees will be listed in the official The Foundry Training Central Asia Website soon. Please contact Mr Huang Liang 黄亮  directly if you wish to hold classes in your facilities in China.  Email: powerhl@mail.com  • Website : www.livecoding.com

A number of specialist VFX educational centres in Singapore and across Asia are investing heavily in Nuke and NukeX. With Nuke site licenses in place at award winning VFX houses worldwide and the demand for Nuke Operators increasing, four educational institutes in Singapore including Ngee Ann Polytechnic and ITE College Central will offer Nuke training next semester.  In addition, creative training facilities in Hong Kong and Korea will offer specialist Nuke training too.

Singapore’s ITE College Central have invested in 67 Nuke seats and Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Film and Media Studies has acquired NukeX licenses for its Diploma in Digital Effects course, where Nuke will be used as the compositor of choice. Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design and Media and New York University TischAsia’s School of the Arts will also provide specialist Nuke training to their students.

In addition, the Korea Creative Content Agency who specialise in courses for broadcasting and game creation and The City University of Hong Kong have also purchased Nuke for their specialist VFX and creative training facilities.

Read the full press release.

Singapore’s first certified Nuke Training was successfully held at Media Village in Singapore. Based on Nuke 6, Certified Nuke Trainer,  Ms Janice Tso was on location to deliver this course. The attendees came from Singapore and Malaysia, from both the educational and post production sectors. This five day hands-on course is based on Fatbars Limited Training Services : Digital Compositing with Nuke 101 with training materials written and created for this course. By attending this certified course, the attendees received an official completion certificate from The Foundry Training Central Asia.

The certified online exam was also successfully attempted by the attendees. By passing certification exams, they became an Certified Nuke End User for Level 101. All successful candidates are now listed in the official The Foundry Training Central Asia Website.
Congratulations to the following :

• Au Kean Hoong   • Institute of Technical Education
• Gavin Lim    • Void Deck Pictures
• Liswanto    • Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Isazaly Mohamed Isa  • Kino-i Sdn Bhd
• Ng Yong Seng • Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Syed Muammar Shah • Institute of Technical Education
• William Wong • Mercury Entertainment

Due to the overwhelming response, the next class in Singapore will be at Media Village in August 2010. Please contact Mr Patrick de Silva of Media Village if you wish to join the next class. Email:     pat@mediav.com.sg   Phone:     +65 6475 8809

NUKE 6: DIGITAL COMPOSITING WITH NUKE
(101 Nuke End User Certification Program)

Dates: 10 to 14 May 2010 (5 days)
Cost: US$1,250 per person
Venue: The Media Village, Singapore
213 Henderson Road #03-11, Henderson Industrial Park, Singapore 159553

COURSE BREAKDOWN
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This five-day, hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Nuke. Nuke has a unique channel based approach; state-of-the art image based keyer; full 3D compositing including the capability to import geometry, lights, cameras and shaders; and supports stereoscopic imaging. Through customized visual effects shots created for this course, students will learn to combine live action with computer-generated elements, key blue and green screen shots, combine motion tracking data into Nuke’s 3D compositing world and create multi-layer composites using Nuke’s node tree organizational structure.

ENQUIRIES
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Email:     pat@mediav.com.sg
Phone:     +65 6475 8809

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
FATBARS LIMITED & THE MEDIA VILLAGE

Please email patrick for detailed course information.

LIMITED SEATS ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE REGISTER EARLY.

This six nights hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Nuke. Nuke has a unique channel based approach and supports stereoscopic imaging, state-of-the art image based keying and full 3D compositing including the capability to import geometry, lights, cameras and shaders. The workshops are mainly catered for people who want to learn first hand, professional compositing software in action.
Registration is now open. Click here to register.

Fatbars was at Filmart 2010 where they showcase the certified Nuke training courses as well as their Stereoscopic post production. This year, Filmart 2010 showcased 3D moviemaking buzz. Thanks to Zalman and The Foundry, Fatbars showcased Nuke Ocula Technology Demo directly, using Zalman’s 3D monitors and 3D glasses.  Mr Matt Plec from The Foundry shown in the photos below.

The Foundry is pleased to announced that Nuke 6.0 has been released and can be downloaded here. Nuke 6.0 has a completely new shape rotoscope and paint toolset, and includes Keylight as standard.

NukeX is incorporated in the Nuke download. The additional features are activated with a NukeX license key. Customers entitled to this upgrade have been emailed with their NukeX keys.

If you are new to Nuke and interested in NukeX, please contact sales@thefoundry.co.uk.

Armed with The Foundry’s Nuke compositing software, Image Engine was the lead VFX vendor on District 9 – the debut feature from director Neill Blomkamp. The Vancouver based VFX studio completed 311 shots on the film, which grossed $130m worldwide in its first five weeks. The quality of the work was such that Blomkamp declared, “Image Engine has done absolutely top tier, brilliant work that far exceeded my expectations. Read the full case study or download a 17 minute video breakdown of various shots in District 9 by Shervin Shoghian, Compositing Supervisor at Image Engine, pictured above.

It’s been a long time in the making, but Avatar has finally been released. BBC London News caught up with The Foundry to see how they’d helped James Cameron realize his vision.

The Foundry’s Ocula plug-ins to tackle problems encountered during post production of stereoscopic footage win an iaward.

The first set of dedicated software tools for 3D film post-production, which address common problems experienced with stereoscopic imagery.

Chair judge, Dr Lincoln Wallen said:

“The Foundry’s Ocula is likely to have a significant impact on the film industry and as such we are proud to announce it as the winner of the 2009 iawards ‘entertainment and media category’. We look forward to seeing the results in many upcoming films that have benefited from the use of this technology.”

The iaward website: http://iawards.org.uk/default.aspx