

The Foundry is at the cutting edge of software development, marketing and sales for visual effects software. The company's widely adopted, high-end compositing system NUKE is also based on AMPAS Sci-Tech Award® winning technology. In 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded a Sci-Tech Award® to The Foundry’s development team for the FURNACE image processing suite. The UK-based company has established itself as a critical partner to major feature film studios and post production houses worldwide including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Studios, Weta Digital, The Moving Picture Company, Framestore and Digital Domain. It’s the perfect next step for us to train the trainers who teach NUKE artists on location.”įxphd also offer courses in NUKE, MARI and STORM.Ībout The FoundryThe Foundry is a world-leading innovator in visual effects technologies. Over the years, we’ve successfully trained thousands of NUKE artists around the globe and developed the best ways of educating via the internet. John Montgomery, co-founder of fxphd & fxguide, adds: “We’re really excited that The Foundry have chosen fxphd to create and implement a curriculum to certify NUKE trainers. We are confident that together we can grow a global network of Certified NUKE Trainers who can in turn teach many more artists NUKE.”

We believe the standard of training offered by fxphd is second to none and their policy of using teachers from production provides a level of realism that is hard to match. The yearly recertification will also enable trainers to keep up to date with new NUKE releases and features.īill Collis, CEO of The Foundry comments: “With the growing number of NUKE seats, there is increasing demand for quality trainers to teach artists all over the world. They will also have the opportunity to exchange knowledge with other trainers in the program on special forums and have access to exclusive post-certification asset packs for courseware design from fxphd. They can also nominate a selected place of work as a ‘Certified NUKE Training Centre’. Those who complete the program successfully can call themselves ‘NUKE Trainer: Certified by The Foundry & fxphd’ and will be listed on The Foundry’s website. The certification process involves over 30 hours of in-depth NUKE training from fxphd’s world renowned team with assessment via a combination of online technical questions and practical project-driven work. THE PROGRAM – THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME AN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED NUKE TRAINER The increasing demand for NUKE training worldwide prompted The Foundry to look for a partner to help them create and deliver a high quality training program that was accessible remotely regardless of location. Leading visual effects software company The Foundry today announce a NUKE trainer certification program in conjunction with industry renowned online trainers fxphd.
