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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR - $15 Includes the pre-show interview with Steve Wright and an HD version of the webinar archive (downloaded to your computer, not streamed, and yours to keep forever). No bonus material included.

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR + BONUS MATERIAL - $25 Includes the pre-show interview with Steve Wright and an HD version of the webinar archive . The bonus material includes an audio podcast interview with Steve Wright answering more questions not answered during the webinar, an extra bonus video not shown during the webinar and sample media files to practice along with Steve! All files are downloaded to your computer, not streamed, and yours to keep forever.

DESCRIPTION

The explosion in stereo 3D movies with blockbusters like "Avatar" and "Clash of the Titans" has established this new format as a permanent fixture for the future of filmmaking. While some movies are actually photographed in stereo, others are photographed "flat" then converted to stereo in post using a process called "stereo conversion". This is the biggest explosive growth industry in filmmaking today and one of the hottest new employment opportunities in the entire entertainment industry. Whether you are a filmmaker or a post-production artist, if you work in the film industry you need to understand how stereo conversion is done.

This webinar will walk through the stereo conversion process from shot breakdown to the massive labor-intensive job of rotoscoping right through to depth grading and stereo filming. It will be a grand tour of the entire process that will build your vocabulary of stereo terminology and an understanding of stereo post-production workflow. The actual stereo conversion will be demonstrated with Nuke, the premier VFX compositing program that has established itself as the industry standard for stereo conversion. The principles will be demonstrated in such a clear way that no prior knowledge of Nuke is required.

Also, since stereo images are being presented you will want a pair of red and blue (anaglyph) stereo glasses to enjoy them in glorious stereo. If you don't have anaglyph glasses no worries, you will still find the webinar immensely informative.

AGENDA

• Key stereography concepts.
• Shot breakdown.
• Creating the rotos.
• Creating the depth map.
• Making clean plates.
• Setting up stereo cameras.
• Depth grading the shot.
• Rendering the stereo views.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

VFX producers, VFX supervisors, Roto Artists, Compositors, 3D Animators, Stereographers, Filmmakers and anyone who wants to understand the stereo conversion process.

PREREQUISITE

A general understanding of filmmaking, visual effects or rotoscoping. No Nuke experience required.

PRESENTER

Steve Wright is a 20 year VFX senior compositing veteran with credits in over 70 feature films that has turned master trainer for VFX compositing, Nuke, Shake, and Mocha. His training activities includes books, on-line and location based classes and workshops, plus staff training for VFX studios around the world. His client list includes Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Feature Animation, Prime Focus, Reliance MediaWorks, Troublemaker Studios, and 18 other major studios around the world. Steve is also the author of 2 compositing books including Digital Compositing For Film and Video and Compositing Visual Effects.

HOST

Marcelo Lewin is the founder and CEO of Ahead Of The Curve Media, LLC, owner of FilmmakingWebinars.com and CoderWebinars.com. Previously, he founded various other companies including Pixel Heads Network which was acquired by ProMAX and MyInternetDesktop.com which was acquired by Internet Appliance Network. Prior to starting his companies, he has worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, NBC, Toyota, and J.F. Shea.

VIEWER COMMENTS

• "Awesome presentation, really clear and interesting!" - Vik D.
• "Brilliant presentation!" - Andrew D.
• "Cool webinar! Liked it!" - Hadrien R.
• "He's going over soooo much stuff but Steve Wright always makes things so understandable! He's great!" - Grant I.
• "Excellent. Being a newbie to 3D, Steve is doing a great job of explaining theory as well and melding it with the technique. Great Job." - Gregory B.
• "Steve's an excellent compositor and excellent teacher." - Christopher V.
• "Exciting possibilities, thanks again for another great webinar!" - Anne T.
• "Fantastic presentation! Both eyes (L,R) learned so much. Thank you!" - Shawn F.
• "Great, this webinar will help with shooting Stereo." - Ron S.
• "Great presentation, makes it both exciting and scary at the same time... well done!" - Patricia P.
• "Great webinar and very informative." - Jose R.
• "He is really great. Explaining everything so clearly. Very impressed by this webinar." - Dave H.
• "Covered some extremely important issues that are often skipped when diving into this kind of work." - Bruce H.
• "It's great to have both very hard and easy examples and the explanation of why they are difficult or not." - Sam R.
• "Very Clearly Presented! Thanks!" - Don L.
• "I really liked the webinar - the time taken to make sure that key terms/vocabulary were defined clearly really helped, too." - Jessica T.
• "This is awesome. I didn't know Z-depth displacement meshes were possible in Nuke! Steve makes everything look easy - just as any good artist would." - Raymon M.
• "Incredible Master Class Steve! Thanks from Spain!" - Buba M.
• "Love it! As always, Steve gives a very clear and thorough explanation." - Kurniawan S.
• "Amazingly detailed presentation! Learned a lot!" - Hannu H.
• "AMAZING webinar! Thanks you so much for sharing this! STEVE WRIGHT YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER EVER!" - Jenny K.
• "Really great presentation, thanks Steve and Marcelo!" - Alexander A.
• "Really informative and well done." - Diego D.
• "Really liked the webinar! Steve is of course GREAT!" - Jadan D.
• "Pretty cool stuff!" - Juan M.
• "Steve always rocks!" - Jean-Pierre P.
• "Steve is a fantastic teacher. Very clear, pleasant, and to the point. Thanks for having him on." - Pascal M.
• "Thanks STEVE!!!! FANTASTIC PRESENTATION!! RAD!" - Kyle B.
• "The webinar was great, especially for having only one hour." - William S.
• "This has been excellent! I've never seen such a detailed explanation of the stereo 3D conversion process." - Robert E.
• "Very concise and good for the newbie to understand!" - Becky P.
• "Webinar was the clearest and best how-to I've seen in 30 years!" - Henry K.

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