Get free learning through webinars in this Corona outbreak and being at home.
Foundry is very innovative and aggressive to help entire Media & Entertainment industry people, when all are doing work from home (WFH). It is time to remain safe and continue being productive. You need to act wisely and use this time to sharpen your skills and become industry ready professional. They have launched free online training sessions.
Working on the same notion, Foundry announced its virtual events plan. These online training schedule will start from April 2020 and mainly focusing to 3D Artists, Lighting Artists and Visual Effects Compositors. The categories are as follows.
- Foundry LIVEstream – a series of talks around projects, pipelines and tools.
- Foundry Webinars – A 30-40 min technical deep dive into Foundry products, workflows and 3rd party tools.
- Foundry Skill-Ups – A 30 min guide to improving your skills as a compositor/lighter/texture artist to get to that next level in your career.
- Foundry Sessions – Special conversations with our customers, sharing insights, tips and tricks.
- Foundry Workflow Wednesdays – 10 min weekly videos posted on social media showing tips and tricks with Nuke from our experts.
After each online training session, there will be Q&A round of 15 minutes.
The April schedule of free online training sessions from Foundry are given below.
1. April 7, 2020 – Foundry Webinar: All-new Nuke 12.1 updates you need to know
Join our Head of Creative Services – APAC, Roy Yang as he reviews the latest features of 12.1 followed by a live Q&A.
2. April 9, 2020 – Foundry Session: Alternative methods of income for the creative industry
With most of the VFX industry having to adapt to working from home and with so many film and TV productions being cancelled or delayed, learn what a digital artist can do as an alternative method of income.
3. April 14, 2020 – Foundry Skill-Up: Explore what you can do with Katana
Join Arielle Martin, Creative Specialist, to explore Katana, learn how to boost your workflow and get up to speed with new features.
4. April 21, 2020 – Foundry Webinar: Leviathan Texture Workflow in Mari
Join Texture Artist Paul H. Paulino as he shares his workflow and how Mari was used to create photorealistic textures for Leviathan Sentinel.
5. April 23, 2020 – Foundry Session: How to improve your Nuke workflow with Python scripting
Ben McEwan, Compositing Supervisor at Image Engine Design Inc., will provide tips and tricks on how Python scripting can improve your workflow.
6. April 28, 2020 – Foundry Skill Up: Becoming a Senior Compositor
Looking to improve your Nuke skills and advance your career? Join our skill-up for insight on how to become a Senior Compositor.
It is initiative of Jennifer Goldfinch (Foundry’s Director, Worldwide Field Marketing and Alliances). Her though process is:
“Our main goal is to keep our global community of artists inspired and engaged during these uncertain times. Connecting with our customers has always been important to all of us at Foundry, and we remain committed to offering best-in-class service to help them overcome the toughest creative challenges. We are excited to launch this series of virtual events so we can bring customers and industry partners together to share insights, projects and stories from around the globe.”
Kindly share inputs / suggestions regarding this Foundry Virtual Events to virtual.events@foundry.com.