Subscribe to feedPixel Corps Summer 2007
May 18th, 2007 by Michael KreidlerI listened to This Week in Media last night and came across this special offer for joining Pixel Corp. this summer:
n development for almost 7 years, the Pixel Corps has nearly 1500 members in 30 countries. The Pixel Corps is designed to create a global production community capable of generating content around the world. It’s not just about acquiring skills…it’s about becoming part of a community. The Pixel Corps blends training, real-world challenges, and community participation to build a development system unlike anything else available. Our goal: To build a highly networked, highly skilled, highly organized group of artists prepared for the next opportunities that emerge in the media field.
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For the Summer of 2007, we’re offering a “Beta2″ program to test our new training and challenge systems with our membership. We’d like to include as many people as possible. So, we’re offering the Summer Beta2 for only $50! The lowest priced offer in our organization’s history. We hope you join us for a summer packed with training.
The Pixel Corps offers an “All-You-Can-Eat-Approach” to our training. We simply give members more than most can possibly absorb. As a result, many members often focus on only a few of the following features (though they have access to all of them for the same price).
| Training | Experts | Challenges | Community | Teams | Software | Discounts | FAQ |
As a new member of the Pixel Corps, you will receive over 90 hours of video training on everything from drawing to photogrammetry to digital mattes.
Our training includes both general concept training as well as specific training for applications including:
- Adobe’s Photoshop and After Effects
- Apple’s Shake
- Maxon’s Cinema 4D
- SoftImage’s XSI
- REALVIZ’s Image Modeler, Stitcher and Matchmover Pro
- 2D3’s Boujou Bullet
- ZaxWerk’s Pro Animator
- Luxology’s Modo
- AutoDesSys’s FormZ…among others.
While some of the training is “Basic” training, much of it consists of production solutions for real problems. Many of the tips and tricks in these videos are hard to find anywhere else at any price. We’re adding new applications this summer and new training every week.
In additional to the weekly video training, members will have access to new online courses at very affordable rates. These courses are a result of members looking for specialized training. We have partnered with some of the top artists in the industry. We’ll kick off the June session with Iain McCaig (Character Designer, Star Wars Episode 1,2 and 3) and Modo Master, Dan Ablan.
Example training:
 Photogrammetry - Alex Lindsay |
 Drawing and Light - Iain McCaig |
 Blending Mocap - Morgan Bottner |
 Photo Extraction - Alex Lindsay |
I just recorded an interview with Dr. Jim Coyle (aka iJim) and as I was playing with the file I saw the recording was made at a depth of 8 bits but a sample rate of 64Kbps. I can never remember to what these terms refer, but I know the net result is the recording isn’t terrible. Still, I like to understand the terms better than that, so I got onto Wikipedia and looked up the term ‘Bit Rate’. I will admit my brain was not firing on all cylinders, and so I was not absorbing much. I generally scanned the page to see if there were any pretty pictures. Alas, there were none.
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