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Namely: the Pro Tools alternative Reaper, for which the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts offers an entire YouTube course. Or the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences’ rental system, which should appeal to every device fetishist. Also included in this issue: the Legendary Edition of the gaming evergreen Mass Effect, our interview with Weta Digital about Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Blender 2.92 and plenty of tech topics in general!
The topics
Which apprenticeship suits me?
It all starts with the training focus – but which factors are important? And where does what take place?
Film Academy: Off to the student Oscars? Nobody has more prizes, and not without reason: the animation institute in Ludwigsburg is world-class.
HDM: Media dumplings? Delicious! The VFX industry is booming in Stuttgart – practical, because the second excellent university is in Vaihingen!
Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences: How do I get to ILM? The insider tip among film and animation universities: the Georg Simon Ohm in Nuremberg Masterminds?
HFF: Munich Masterminds Freshly founded and already with star power: The flagship school for camera & directing now also trains VFX artists! (S. 22)
MD.H: Great design degree programme? The private university in Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf offers Digital Film Design and Design Management. For you too?
New3dge: L’art pour les effets visuels? The school in Paris offers game and film studies – but do you have what it takes?
Lost Boys: Peter Pan’s Finest In Vancouver and Montreal you can study Comp, FX TD and Lighting. Worth the trip?
FH Upper Austria: Studying with neighbours Digital Arts in Hagenberg – idyllic studies against a magnificent backdrop?
ifs: VFX op Kölsch Some things are different on the Lower Rhine – but if you want to combine art, technology and science …
St. Pölten UAS: Media makers from Lower Austria Media Technology, Media Production, Digital Design and more can be found just outside Vienna.
Dresden University of Applied Sciences: Mum, I’m doing something with media! Off to the Eldorado of the Elbe? Graphic design and media design in Dresden!
HSLU: To the artists’ canton to study? Lucerne has a lot to offer – but can you manage with Schwyzerdütsch?
Ansbach University of Applied Sciences: VFX cadre instead of barracks sound? There is a public UAS in Franconia that teaches visualisation and digital media. Interesting?
Bavarian Film Academy: There you are BAF! Pure practice at the gates of the TV stations – in the secret capital
Offenburg University of Applied Sciences: Digital in the border triangle Technically savvy and public? Yes, that’s possible!
Catalyst: Underground university in Berlin? Visual effects and creative production for all those who don’t have anything to do with the school-like university routine?
SAE: Studying at the Institute of Sound Engineering, Games, Animation, VFX: SAE wants to teach a lot.
Film University: The wolf among film schools The film city of Babelsberg as a campus – that’s possible if you go to the Konrad Wolff Film University!
CC2021: Big spring update
Adobe releases updates for Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop – what new tools are coming?
Home
Sehsucht brings the creepy factor to the concrete jungle and shows for eight episodes why prefabricated housing is creepy.
Legendary Scaling
“Mass Effect” is coming back – but how do you remaster more than 30K textures? We asked Bioware how good AI-upres is, and what else is worth remastering
Ohm.Rent
The rental software for universities – but not only. The tool for all those who are tired of lists.
Output codecs for Resolve 17
MainConcept plugs the gap in the Resolve workflow: Exporting without compromises at last!
New illusions with particles
Boris FX chases the particle throne from Trapcode Particular – but does it work?
The Reaper in Lucerne
Pro Tools is the industry standard – but does it have to be? Lucerne lecturers show that there are alternatives.
Interviewing all over the world
Streaming is exploding and thousands of new products are vying for attention. But which of them are any good?
Weta takes a second go..
“The Justice League” got a second run at the screens. We asked Weta what they did differently this time.
Blender 2.92
The impetus for Everything Nodes is there. But what is Geometry Nodes all about?
Decal Placer Script for 3ds Max
Simply place traces of use, stickers and more without more polygons? It’s possible, and we’ll show you how.
Neon light in the dark
Bruce Lee is still present: Poy Chin Tong visualises for his 80th birthday.
Let’s team it up!
The top dogs in high-end compositing, Nuke and Flame, get on much better in real life than you might think.
ZBrush – new upgrades and Spacemouse
60% of sculpting time is wasted on moving the model. Wouldn’t a 3D input device come in handy?
