Industry training body ScreenSkills is offering a new free Nuke Compositing for Film Professionals course run by vfx artist Victor Perez.

The course will be delivered by DV Talent, and supported by The Foundry.

VFX artist Victor Perez (The Dark Knight Rises; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Lés Miserables) is on board as the course leader

The part-time course will be delivered online, via zoom. During the 6 week training programme, delegates will learn all the basics of digital compositing using the industry-standard Nuke software. As well as technical aspects of the interface and programme, the course will also develop participants’ artistic capability, training the eye to study and analyse the process of compositing two or more images from different sources while keep a photorealistic logic.

The course is aimed at established professionals working in the film industry who are looking to upskill or consolidate their technical and creative capabilities. Students will use footage and elements from real productions from both film and video sources, and will get extended access to Nuke for 12 weeks after the course in order to practice and cement their learning in their own time.

Victor Perez is a hugely experienced and respected senior VFX artist and a NukeTM Official Certified Trainer. His credits include Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, Rogue One: a Star Wars Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, John Carter and 127 Hours.

For more info, email training@dvtalent.co.uk or visit www.thetalentmanager.com/courses Successful applicants will be expected to have a proven track record working in the film or VFX/ post industries.