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New Training DVD from Allan McKay: Advanced Visual Effects Volume 3

Master 3D techniques used to create blockbuster Hollywood films

(Los Angeles, CA – October 23, 2010) – VFX Solution LLC, is pleased to announce Advanced Visual Effects Volume 3 from Allan McKay, part of the popular series of training content from the Advanced Visual FX series for Autodesk 3ds Max.

Allan McKay is an award winning VFX Supervisor and the Director of Catastrophic FX, a highly acclaimed studio specializing in visual effects for Hollywood films. Allan created effects for Priest, The Last Airbender, Day Breakers, Superman Returns, Blade Trinity and dozens of others. Allan has held master classes all over the world including a frequent panel and master class speaker at SIGGRAPH each year, also awarded as Autodesk Max Master and tied to dozens of projects that have either received or have been nominated both for Oscar and Emmy awards.

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The Advanced Visual Effects DVD, which includes over 11 hours of training, focuses on these key features:

1-sprits dripping down soda can
2- vehicles cloaking
3-Krakatoa mapping and Fume displacements
4-Box 2 particle deformations and tearing
5-Creating Krakatoa Dirt Explosions
6-Tornado destroying house
7-Building fracture rigs to tear metal
8-Box 2 birth groups
9-Particle Fracturing Management
10-Magical Effects
11-Creating FX Tools
12-Fracturing and character effects
13-Collapsing Pillars

Pricing and Availability

Advanced VFX 3 is available now from Allan McKay’s website and authorized resellers around the world at an SRP of $99. For a reseller near you, contact sales@catastrophicfx.com. Advanced VFX 3 DVD currently is only available in direct download format, provided as quicktime videos alongside with various user files.Visit the Advanced VFX 3 product page for more information.

About Advanced VFX 3 Developer Catastrophic FX and Allan McKay

Catastrophic FX, founded by Allan McKay, is a complete post production facility, offering 3D Animation, high-end visual effects and compositing for TV commercials, feature films and game cinematics. http://www.catastrophicfx.com/

Allan McKay is a Hollywood veteran with almost two decades of experience working on both feature films and TV commercials for prestigious studios across the globe. http://www.allanmckay.com

If you would like more information about this topic, or would like to schedule an interview with Allan McKay or Catastrophic FX, please call or contact at 818-528-4099 or e-mail Sam at sales@catastrophicfx.com

Purchase Information
Advanced Visual Effects Volume 3 is available to download to day for US $99
To purchase Advanced Visual Effects, and for more information please visit http://www.vfxsolution.com/site/store/html/avfx3/
The online 3 minute trailer can be located at http://vimeo.com/15969872

Hey guys!
So I am in a bit of a situation. I have a class right now that I’m taking called "Pre Production" and here we basically have to pitch ideas and work towards some kind of animatic for our thesis project by the end of class.

I pitched an idea but have realized now halfway through that its totally not going to work for me and is not going to show my compositing skills or matchmoving skills and would also involve lots of particles which I’m not doing.

So now I have to come up with a new idea by wednesday or I’m quite screwed 🙁

I was hoping that someone could give me inspiration for an idea that would help show my compositing and matchmoving skills. Or links to some videos that have a big chunk of both these elements in them?

Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

Thanks so much!

Hey all,

My name is Stefan Lipsius. 25, living close to Toronto Ontario. Ive been interested in compositing for awhile now, but I havent done too too much with it. Ive done a couple of the tutorials over at videocopilot.net which were alot of fun. What Ive liked the most are the special effects / particals. Spell effects, fire, etc.

My question for you pros is this; Is it possible to find junior SFX jobs that do only particals, or do I need to learn roto and stuff as well?

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I should start, if Im doing this all on my own? I have experience with maya and photoshop and stuff through school (game development graduate). But lately Ive been feeling Im more into compositing than game developement.

Any suggestions or info would be GREATLY appreciated.

oh, and I already have the art and science of digital compositing book. 🙂

Thanks for your time

Stefan

Hello everybody!

In about three weeks (more or less) our team will end a promotional video to highlight our small, but industrious, independent production company.

The director wants to use some optical flares on this promotional video.

(video copilot optical flares, strar trek flares alike)

We are looking for an "Optical Flares Artist"

There will be certainly a little budget.

For anyone who might be interested, can send its own reel (or some optical flares works) at:

recruit@
magicartsfilms.com

please… send only LINKs

Thank you! :cyclops: