The high quality courses at fxphd are the main reason members join the site, but along with membership comes a range of  included “bonus extras.” This includes VPN access to the full versions of a wide variety of software: from Nuke to Houdini, Maya to Modo, RenderMan to Arnold, and more. The online forums are another bonus extra, which provide high level discussion with other members as well as the artists teaching the courses.

Our member’s favorite bonus extra is Background Fundamentals, our weekly magazine-style course which covers the latest trends and technology in the field. It enables artists to keep up to date on changes in the industry and discover what is coming out around the corner.

We thought we’d share a free sample from this term’s Background Fundamentals in order to give you a taste of the series. In this class, 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.

Check it out below, and then check out all of our courses at fxphd and also find out how it works.