We’ve just released our 2014 and 2015 editions of Background Fundamentals from the archives — a total of 8 courses — as part of the streaming offerings at fxphd.  We now have well over 100 courses on offer, all available for viewing with your membership which starts at $79/month. No more terms to worry about: that means if you’re a member you can watch all of the course content listed on our courses page.

In addition, we have the premiere of “Background Fundamentals 2016, Volume 1” which is our current BKD series for our streaming members. We don’t have a set schedule for releasing new episodes of the course, but over time, we’ll be adding new ones for member’s viewing pleasure.

Background Fundamentals is our TV-magazine style course, lead by Mike Seymour. It covers a wide range of topics from new production techniques, to rendering, to science and math, to image processing, business practices, and more. It helps keep you up to date on the fundamental building blocks of visual effects.

Background Fundamentals Free Samples

Here are some free samples to give you an idea of what Background Fundamentals is all about. There are a lot more classes just like this as part of the fxphd membership and you’ll see why our members love it so much.

 

Background Fundamentals: October 2015

Mike Seymour speaks with Lars Borg from Adobe about the benefits and challenges of HDR video and the new, more artist friendly ACEScg color space.

 

Background Fundamentals: January 2016

An exclusive look at the vfx in the film Gods of Egypt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMo0okD_WA

 

Background Fundamentals: July 2015

Mike talks to Andrew Jackson, the vfx supervisor whose work includes Knowing, Happy Feet 2, 300 and the last blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road.