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Between HFF and VHS | Retro article
Looking back: A special film school opened in Mannheim in DP 06 : 2014. The non-profit organisation Flimmermenschen views film as a holistic cultural phenomenon. An educational programme for students, hobbyists and newcomers to the industry.
How do Thinking Particles actually work?
If this question is on your mind, you can now find the answers - thanks to eight free online courses from EffectiveTD. Professional training from industry veterans at Scanline and Stormborn Studios.
Free, compact e-book provides information about Nanites
What are the advantages of Nanites in Unreal Engine 5 - and how do lecturers teach the geometry system to their students?
Rise and SAE Institute Launch VFX and 3D Animation Scholarships
Rise and SAE Institute offered three Visual FX and 3D Animation diploma scholarships, plus recurring internships at Rise studios in four German cities.
Digital Production 03:2021 Explores VFX Education and Production Tools
Digital Production 03:2021 surveys VFX and animation education, Mass Effect remastering, Weta Digital, Blender 2.92, Resolve codecs and production technology.
SGO Makes Mistika Boutique Education Edition Free
SGO released a free Mistika Boutique Education Edition with the professional immersive toolset for conform, colour, VFX, editing, VR and Simplify3D.
Lucerne University Launches Master’s Specialisation in Animation
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts expanded its animation education with a master’s specialisation beginning in the 2021/22 academic year.
How to Become a Concept Artist: Skills, Career and Portfolio Tips
A concise guide outlines the skills, lifestyle, career planning and portfolio thinking needed to work as a professional concept artist.
Connected Ink 2020 Runs as a 24-Hour Hybrid Education Event
Wacom’s Connected Ink 2020 brought educators, students and creators together for 24 hours of talks on creativity and education technology.
Epic Games Offers Free Virtual Production Primer
Epic Games’ free Virtual Production Primer provides 15 hours of training across ten videos covering Unreal Engine production workflows.
Chaos Announces V-Ray 5 Webinar Series
Chaos scheduled three 2020 webinars covering V-Ray for 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D and SketchUp plus Lavina and Chaos Cloud.
Unity Course Teaches Real-Time Animated Storytelling
Unity’s beginner course covers real-time previs, animation and cinematography in approximately 25 hours of self-paced training.
The FMX Programme Is Online!
So, time to start planning the FMX 2017 programme! The schedule of talks from May 2 to 5 is online.
Sneak Peek – DP 03 : 17
One factor that makes working in the film and post-production industry so interesting: you never stop learning. That is why, in our first focus, we give you further-training tips and show paths into the CG industry beyond a traditional degree. To ensure that you also have enough time available for your education, in the second focus we present the most practical plug-ins.
Video2Brain Open House
This year's leap day is especially useful: on February 29, Video2Brain provides free access to its courses and subjects.
“Hands on xK” Training Week and More
Five days of HFF “Hands on xK” workshops from February 29 to March 4 cover editing, postproduction, camera, VFX and production.
Further Training at HFF Munich for External Participants
No longer a student, but still interested in broadening your technical horizons? HFF Munich's further-training programme, including “Hands on xK”, can help.
Cinematography Continuing Education at HFF Munich
From March 1 to April 10, 2014, external participants can once again take basic and expert courses at the Film Technology Study Center of HFF Munich.
List of Universities for Continuing Education
Anyone who has already looked through the current career supplement may have missed the list of universities – here it is now as an online PDF.
Studying at Stanford
Anyone can now study at the elite Stanford University – online. Stanford has been offering free online courses since October, and due to high demand the offering has now been expanded.
Multimedia Designer by Distance Learning
Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt's new 19-month course teaches multimedia-design fundamentals with Adobe CS5 Web Premium.
EAMgraduate: Masterclass Application Deadline on June 18, 2010
European Animation Masterclass: professional preparation for the European animation industry.
MCAD Online Web Seminars Using KOMPAS-3D
Learning 2D and 3D CAD is easy with free webinars from ASCON
L4 Launches Funded Further-Training Courses
According to the company, the L4 Institute for Digital Communication is starting the new year with a series of compact vocational further-training courses.
Training: Newcomer Block One
The GameCamp seminar series, which runs until 2012, still has places available at short notice in the beginner courses of its first “newcomer” block. Registration is available at www.gamecamp.games-lab.de.
SAE Summer Class: Learn Video Production from Professionals
Shoot your own film in five days.
Seminar on Software User Interfaces
Design & Usability seminar “Designing Successful User Interfaces,” 15–16 July in Munich.
Klaus Wildenhahn Visits HFF “Konrad Wolf”
Documentary filmmaker Klaus Wildenhahn is coming to the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television for an intensive course in the directing programme.
E-Learning Gains Ground
Most large companies use e-learning for employee education and professional development.
MHMK Media Project Management Course Enters Second Round
Media Project Management is the title of a part-time, modular qualification program with a university certificate at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences for Media and Communication (MHMK). The course is primarily aimed at project managers in the media industry.
Cartoone Feature (ES)
Three-Day Continuing-Education Programme for People Working in the Animation Industry.
dc days: Introductory Talk “Python Scripting in Maya”
Haggi Flöser-Krey explains the fundamentals and uses examples to show why Python is cooler than MEL.
dc days: Pixomondo Leads Professional Seminar at the Digital Creation Days
Mohsen Mousavi presents “Crowd Simulation and Setting Up a Pipeline,” an English-language session.
dc days: “Fix It in Post—What Can Still Be Done Afterwards”
Christian Schiller and Oliver Stannius of animoto put the notorious phrase “fix it in post” to the test using the Bodycruzer “Urban Jungle” production as an example.
dc days: Practical Seminar with Timo Schumacher
The VFX technical director offers beginners the seminar “Setting Up and Controlling Hair Instances in XSI.”
dc days Architecture Special: “Interactive Environments with Open-Source Software”
In “Interactive Environments,” architectural-software specialist Wolfgang Höhl demonstrates the correct use of free software in architectural visualisation.
Preparing for Tomorrow’s Entertainment
The Mobile Animation Content professional-development programme begins with an information evening at ifs on 7 October.
3D Designer Training at AEP — New Class Starts in October 2008
The trainees are creative, highly motivated and look forward to learning the craft of a 3D designer at AEP over the next three years. The class is fully booked, and the training programme is officially recognised.
DPIntensiv Seminar on 19 September: Budgeting for Professionals
This one-day seminar addresses the question: “How do I budget and plan a VFX project using Excel, MS Project and mathilda?”
New Vocational School Offers Dual Qualification for Advertising and Events
The first day of training at the new private Macromedia vocational school for marketing and events, established in cooperation with the Munich and Upper Bavaria Chamber of Industry and Commerce, is 16 September 2008. Applications remain open until 5 September.
dc days: “Fix It in Post — What Can Still Be Done Afterwards”
Christian Schiller and Oliver Stannius of animoto put the notorious phrase “fix it in post” to the test using the Bodycruzer production “Urban Jungle”.
dc days: Introductory Talk “Python scripting in Maya”
Haggi Flöser-Krey explains the basics and uses examples to show why Python is cooler than Mel.
dc days: Pixomondo Leads Professional Seminar at Digital Creation Days
Mohsen Mousavi presents the English-language talk “Crowd Simulation and Setting Up a Pipeline”.
dc days Architecture Special: “Interactive Environments with Open-Source Software”
In “Interactive Environments”, architectural-software specialist Wolfgang Höhl demonstrates the correct use of free software in architectural visualisation.
dc days: Practical Seminar with Timo Schumacher
The VFX Technical Director offers beginners a seminar entitled “Building and Controlling Hair Instances in XSI”.
Stuttgart Computer Graphics Professor Offered Position at Clemson University in South Carolina
A major honour for Stuttgart Media University (HdM): Professor Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard Eberhardt, a computer graphics specialist at HdM in Stuttgart, has received an offer from Clemson University in South Carolina, USA. The appointment is associated with leading its Digital Production Arts programme. The Stuttgart computer graphics specialist owes this distinction to his reputation in computer animation and graphics.
HD at Work – academy
At the HD Academy, industry experts share their knowledge of the new high-definition HD format. Training on HD production equipment and practical workshops bring HD to life.
A talk on "Insights into the New Professions of DIT, PPS & Color Grader" takes place on 2.7. Cost: 20 euros/reduced 10 euros.
Further Training for Professionals – Register Now!
Lifelong learning is a must in the DCC industry. Benefit from the expertise of experienced practitioners and make important contacts. Registration deadline: July 2
Further Training with DIGITAL PRODUCTION
More DP Seminars in June and July/Exciting Topics and High-Calibre Speakers - Register Now!
Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt Honoured at the 2008 Innovation Award
The Innovation Initiative and Huber Verlag annually honour the most innovative ICT solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt was one of eight winners in the e-learning category for its SAP user certification.
Information Event on the Master of Arts and SAE International Graduate College
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 May 2008, SAE Munich will hold an information event about the Master of Arts and SAE International Graduate College beginning at 5:00 p.m.
video2brain Wins 2008 Innovation Award
At CeBIT 2008, video2brain received the Initiative Mittelstand Innovation Award for its Mein video2brain personalized customer area.
Experience the media world in Canada:
MedienCampus Bayern is offering another exchange programme with the Canadian region of Québec for students and young professionals in all media-related disciplines.
Technology council to counter the shortage of skilled workers
The number of vacancies for engineers and computer scientists continues to rise. There are currently around 30,000 vacancies in this field each month, an increase of more than ten percent over the previous year, the VDI said today at CeBIT in Hannover.
Schavan: “Use the Internet of the future for education”
Ministry provides 30 million euros to support the further development and use of Web 2.0 technologies in vocational training.
Broadcasting Council Praises WDR Training Activities
In 2006, Westdeutscher Rundfunk trained a total of 1,455 young women and men in vocational training occupations, traineeships, work-shadowing placements and internships. This emerges from the 2006 education report presented to the Broadcasting Council, which the committee acknowledged with praise.
denkwerk takes initiative for professions of the future
Final examination of the first Online Marketing Specialists at the Cologne Internet agency/training in new occupational fields.
Further training Mobile Animation Content
Creative content for mobile distribution is rapidly gaining in importance with increasing sales and the dynamic development of mobile devices. Multimedia entertainment no longer takes place exclusively on the computer, in the living room or at the cinema. Viewers are increasingly deciding for themselves when they want to watch which programmes and, above all, where. Networking with thousands of other viewers turns media consumption into a communal experience.
The International Film School Cologne offers an in-service training programme that provides an overview of opportunities and business models.
Focal points:
Made for Mobile - Case Studies
Story Development
Location Based Services
Mobile Games
Mobile Marketing
Business models and value chains
Basics of mobile technologies and standards
Basics of series development
Mobile TV
Stages of production and workflows
Project/concept development
Presentation training
Mobile rights: Copyright protection, rights ownership
Media impact research
Mobile 2.0 - mobile social communities?
Excursion to Helsinki:
Innovation Network Forum Virium /
Nokia Research Centre
Structure:
In 8 workshops of 2 to 3 days each (Wednesday to Friday), needs and basics of production for mobile devices are taught in the form of presentations and papers and implemented in project work.
Further Training Mobile Animation Content
New continuing education offering from the International Film School Cologne.
Information Evening Education and Continuing Education Games Industry
The information event from GAMESplaces takes place this evening from 19:30 to 22:30 at CineStar Metropolis, Frankfurt am Main.
Macromedia: New Seminar Program Available
430 seminar offerings in six cities / “Photoshop Professional” congress in May
New training programs for the games industry
Berlin Games Academy launches “Game Producing” and “Interactive Audio” training programs in the fall
11. International Summer Academy for Film, Television and Music
As in previous years, there is an extensive range of workshops on aspects of professional film, TV and music production. The main topics are film camera 16/35mm, screenwriting, directing and film music. The Summer Academy will be held at the former Villa Zerboni drama school, the Institute for Youth Work and the Remise/Schloss Fussberg.
BJS seminars on video journalism and Avid Xpress
Seminars are intended to clarify the profession and provide editing know-how for TV productions
Training to Become an Animation Artist
The Fourth Round of the 13-Month Expert Training at the
Macromedia Academy Starts on November 21 in Munich
BBA Trains “IP Broadcast System Engineers”
Bavarian Broadcast Academy Promises Comprehensive Training in a Master’s Degree Program with a Strong Practical Focus
Open Day at Macromedia Munich
On August 30 from 17.00, Macromedia - Academy for Media in Munich provides information about the study programmes
Postgraduate Course 3D Designer/in
Macromedia GmbH, Academy for New Media, is offering training as a 3D Desiger/in from June 2003 as a postgraduate course.