Industry News (2010#26) [updated]
eyeon Software ships Fusion 6.1 with these new features:
- OpenCL support
- Renderman support
- Python scripting
- RED Mysterium-X support
- particle system enhancements and particle caching
- relighting enhancements
- 3D import (FBX) enhancements
- and more …
The Foundry ships Nuke 6.0v7 which fixes some bugs. They also have a public beta on their new website which looks quite nice.
The new July 2010 term is now open over at fxphd.com. In addition to existing classes there are plenty of new courses available:
- AFX212 – After Effects Project – The Open, Part 2 (Professor: Danny Princz)
- BKD217 – Background Fundmentals July10 (Professor: Mike Seymour)
- C4D205 – Cinema 4D and Design III – (Professor: Tim Clapham)
- DOP203 – Tools of the DOP (Professor: Tom Gleeson)
- DOP211 – DSLR Cinematography: Nature (Professor: Mike Seymour)
- LST201 – Intermediate Lustre (Professor: Ivar Beer)
- NUK303 – Nuke Stereoscopic Master Class (Professor: Russell Dodgson)
- PRM201 – Intermediate Premiere Pro CS5 (Professor: Tim Kolb)
- RFL202 – Real Flow 5 Project Workshop (Professor: Mark Stasiuk)
- RGT201 – Red Giant for FCP (Professor: Simon Walker)
- SMK204 – Intermediate Smoke/Flame III (Professor: John Montgomery)
- VUE201 – A comprehensive Guide to Vue (Professor: Eran Dinur)
I highly recommend fxphd for professional VFX training. Should you decide to sign up I would appreciate if you name me (Martin Weber) as referal (I get an additional free class then).