Registration is open for the new July09 Term. We've been working hard to get a great slate of courses for the term and are excited about our new offerings. Check out the new course listing and signup today. The term starts on July 6 with orientation week, and classes beginning July 13.

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What is fxphd?


fxphd is an online vfx, production, post-production training program led by professionals. We offer both application and craft-based courses, online forums for feedback, and vpn software. Curriculum includes courses in applications such as Nuke, Flame, Maya, Houdini, After Effects, Final Cut, Color, and more. As owners of RED #22, we have been involved with the ground breaking camera since the very first shipments -- and built a solid foundation of on-set and post courses dealing with shooting RED.

For an introduction to the site, check out our QuickTime tour of fxphd.

Members of fxphd -- called postgrads -- have access to the high quality footage from fxphd shoots as well as other effects material, such as traditional 2D animation and advanced multi-pass 3D render. This allows them to create their own composites and build shots for their reels under the instruction of fxphd Professors. Footage ranges from NTSC and PAL all the way up to 4:4:4 1920x1080 imagery.

Our postgrads range in jobs from managing directors and CEOs of VFX companies to 3D artists and flame artists. But it doesn't stop there -- we were pleased to count as members freelance editors, PXC producers, web designers, traditional animators, and telecine assistants. fxphd even made inroads on-set with photographers, DOPs, and the odd live action Director who just wanted to be more informed and technically savvy.

Over the history of fxphd, we've grown to become the leading online subscription site for high-end post-production training. Over 90% of our members rate fxphd a "brilliant" or "great" value for their money -- with the same percentage rating their course professors "great" or "exceptional". Our goal is to provide structured training which builds term upon term and our postgrad members have loved the approach.

Feel free to drop by the forums and post questions in our Help Desk. We'll answer your questions as soon as we are able and if we don't get to it, it's likely one of our members will. You'll find our forums to be incredibly high level - with very little noise. And don't forget to listen to our weekly fxphDOD podcast -- you can listen to this week's episode and all past ones by visiting our fxphd podcast page.

Spare a thought for Wired Magazine, while advertising pages are down by 23.8 % overall according to MediaWeek’s Monitor, poor Wired magazine is down a shocking 47.1%. Literally the magazine has seen its advertising support halve. That is worse than mega luxury goods publications like Town & Country (down only 37.4% by comparison).

Interestingly photography magazines are only down by about 15%-18%, (American Photo, Popular Photography & Imaging etc), (figures for Cinefex or American Cinematographer were not available). Admittedly wired is not as bad as luxury yacht magazine Power & Motor Yacht which is off a whopping 62.8%, but still what did poor old Wired magazine do so wrong? I like Wired… (their Apple Rumor blog report card is just the sort of geeky stuff I like ! ) but man you’d have to be rocked by a 50% drop! - Good Luck Wired.

PS. We are in Singapore this week, watch for a really cool interview with concept artist Feng Zhu later this week. If you at Broadcast Asia please drop by our sessions and say hi.

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