Escape gives 3D artists the Nuke know-how

June 29, 2009 - PRLog -- Escape Studios offers first visual effects course combining the best of Nuke and Maya 3D imaging software

London, 24th June 2009: Escape Studios has moved quickly to offer the industry’s first combined Nuke and Maya training course to give any aspiring 3D visual effects artist the “must have” skills to pursue a career in the visual effects industry.

Escape Studios, Europe’s leading school of computer graphics, has designed a highly interactive online course - “Nuke for 3D artists” - which is perfect for those with a working knowledge of Maya (the leading 3D imaging software) and anyone looking to gain extra training to help further their visual effects career. Nuke is fast becoming the leading 3D compositing software and is regularly used by film and television post-production companies to create cutting edge visual effects for epics like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and King Kong.

The Nuke application, developed by The Foundry, is poised to become the industry standard following Apple’s decision to halt further development of Shake in 2007. While the Shake application was suitable for 2D design, Nuke’s compositing environment has been tailored to suit 3D environments, bringing extra design capabilities to the world of visual effects.

During the 11 hour course, students will gain valuable insight into how computer graphics work is rendered in multiple passes, and rebuilt in the compositing environment – key techniques for any visual effects artist. The unique training course can be adapted to suit individual needs and preferred learning styles. The course encourages students to speak with Escape’s world class tutors and other students undertaking the training, which provides useful feedback and collaboration at every stage. To make learning easier, Escape has also designed an animated character to provide additional tutorial throughout the course.
Ben Minall, Training & Demo Manager, The Foundry, highlights the benefits further: "The high quality tutorials are presented in a slick format and show the workflow from Maya into Nuke in a way that lets you see both sides of the coin. The content is delivered clearly, at a relaxed pace, in easily digestible chunks."
Lee Danskin from Escape Studios comments: “From 3D enthusiasts to professionals, the “Nuke for 3D artists”, course provides vital training in the software and techniques required to make it in the visual effects industry. It has been specially created to replicate the production environment, which means our students get to taste what it’s like to work in this exciting industry and the necessary training to help them stay ahead of the competition.”

“Nuke for 3D artists” is available now. The online course costs £249, please visit the following page for further information: http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/online-course...


About Escape Studios

Escape Studios is Europe’s leading school of computer graphics delivering learning, recruitment and technology services for the visual effects and games industries. Based in London, one of the world’s leading centres for the visual effects industry, Escape Studios provides accelerated CG learning to school leavers, graduates, industry professionals and businesses. We help recruit top industry talent and provide expert computer graphic solutions to the visual effects and gaming sectors.

For further information, please visit http://www.escapestudios.com  

About The Foundry
The Foundry is a world-leading innovator of visual effects and image processing technologies  that boost productivity in motion picture and video post production. On February 10th 2007,  the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded a Sci-Tech Award® to The Foundry’s development team for the Furnace image processing suite. The company now holds two products with AMPAS Sci-Tech Award® winning technology including high-end compositing system Nuke.

The Foundry’s products support a wide range of host platforms including After Effects, Autodesk® Media and Entertainment Systems, Avid DS, Baselight, Film Master, Nuke, Scratch, Shake and Final Cut Pro.

Customers include: Digital Domain, The Moving Picture Company, Framestore, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros and Weta Digital Ltd.

About Maya
The award-winning Autodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering solution. Because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (application programming interface) or one of two embedded scripting languages, the Maya Embedded Language (MEL) or Python®. This level of openness, combined with an industry-leading suite of 3D visual effects, computer graphics, and character animation tools, enables you to realize your creative vision for your film, television, game development, and design projects.

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Escape Studios is Europe’s leading CG Academy delivering learning, recruitment & technology services for the visual effects and games industries. We provide accelerated CG learning to school leavers, graduates, industry professionals and businesses.