[image title=”barcamp091″ size=”medium” id=”583″ align=”right” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/barcamp091.jpg” ]Well…this one was a bit bigger than our past ones thanks to our friends at daVinci, The Foundry, and Sohonet who helped sponsor the event. Almost 200 people dropped by the meetup, which was held next to the convention center at the Renaissance Hotel. As always, it was great
[image title=”picture-9″ size=”medium” id=”575″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/picture-9.png” ] NAB starts this weekend in Las Vegas. fxguide and fxphd will be reporting from the show all week. It is interesting to see how the show plays out, clearly many companies have been pulling back on exhibiting, so we expect much of the interesting action to be off
[image title=”img_2841″ size=”medium” id=”571″ align=”right” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_2841.jpg” ]One of the areas that we offer courses on this term at fxphd is Red in Production. One interesting aspect of this course for me personally was comparing notes with the Knowing team at Animal Logic about keying and tracking the Red footage. On Red Dwarf we had more
[image title=”img_2306″ size=”medium” id=”566″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/img_2306.jpg” ]We normally post fairly regularly on the Deans Blog but we have been under NDA for the last few months so it has been hard. The NDA was for our work on the new Mini-series Red Dwarf in the UK. fxphd was heavily involved with the upcoming specials. John
[image title=”new term coming” size=”medium” id=”558″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tease.png” ]Yes, it’s that quarterly time of year here at fxphd — the prep for the new courses we’ll be announcing for the April09 term. Mike and I are always a bit nervous rolling out the new offerings because we know we can’t make every single person happy.
[image title=”rto210″ size=”full” id=”554″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/rto210.jpg” ]I’m enjoying featuring some of our courses in the blog because while Mike and I work full time on the site, fxphd is more than us and there’s a ton of stellar work being done by our profs this term. One of the courses I was looking forward to
[image title=”zippyhippy” size=”medium” id=”539″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zippyhippy.jpg” ]John and I are in London and it is just so great to met up with so many people from the fxphd extended family. On fxguide.com John posted about the great Nuke Event we co-sponsored with the Foundry. Tonight we are looking forward to the pub meet up, and
One of the great things about running fxphd is meeting and working with a wide range of talent from around the world. But one thing I’m enjoying in Chicago this term is having two profs teaching courses that I have worked with over the years.The first is a good friend of mine, Liz Tate, who
[image title=”c016_c008_1005fx_3685″ size=”medium” id=”527″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/c016_c008_1005fx_3685.jpg” ]We’ve got an explosive new term at fxphd in January, with 15 new courses and even more returning favorites. We just posted our preview video of the term and you can download it here. It’s a 30 minute overview of the new courses which we’ll be offering, as well
[image title=”img_1341″ size=”medium” id=”511″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/img_1341.jpg” ] Starting with our Sydney offices… Happy New Year. This was taken on fully manual tonight on a DSLR down by the water at Sydney Harbour. We are really looking forward to 2009 – we have some amazing courses and some new cool productions planned. We will be once