Win Some Rad Prizes in the The Foundry's NUKE Non-Commercial VFX Competition
If you've been honing your skills in the free version of NUKE, now is your chance to win a bucketload of cool prizes in The Foundry's inaugural summer competition.
As a quick refresher, The Foundry's NUKE lineup of compositing softwares are some of the most powerful and oft-used tools in the VFX industry, and for many of the top post houses, NUKE is essential knowledge for newcomers. For that reason, The Foundry put out non-commercial versions of the entire NUKE family — so that anyone can learn the software for no cost and take advantage of it for small non-commercial projects.
Now, the fine folks at The Foundry are running a competition for all users of non-commercial NUKE, and they're giving away a ton of awesome prizes, including Wacom tablets, graphics cards, fxphd memberships, and of course, licenses to the commercial versions of their software. All you've got to do is take the following short sequence from Runic Films’ sci-fi short Hashtag, add a HUD and keyboard, and then finish the sequence any way you'd like, using any of the tools available in NUKE. You can either submit a single shot, the entire sequence, or both. Check out the clip:
And here are the prizes that you can win:
Best sequence
Prize package worth over $14,000:
- Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 creative tablet, Intel Core i7: 512 GB—worth $2499.95
- fxphd Standard Membership —worth $359
- NVIDIA Quadro K5200 graphics card —worth $2,200
- Production COLLECTIVE license with one year’s maintenance—worth $9,900
Runner-up
- fxphd Standard Membership —worth $359
- Wacom Grip Pen—worth $79.95
Best shot
Prize package worth over $12,000:
- Wacom Intuos Pro , Professional Pen & Touch Tablet, Special Edition—worth $379.95
- fxphd Standard Membership —worth $359
- NVIDIA Quadro K5200 graphics card —worth $2,200
- Production COLLECTIVE license with one year’s maintenance—worth $9,900
Runner-up
- fxphd Standard Membership —worth $359
- Wacom Grip Pen—worth $79.95
Judges’ pick
Prize package worth over $12,000:
- fxphd Doctorate Membership —worth $559
- NVIDIA Quadro K5200 graphics card —worth $2,200
- Production COLLECTIVE license with one year’s maintenance—worth $9,900
In order to register and download all of the assets you'll need to get started, head on over to The Foundry's site. The competition ends on September 15, so you've got a month to work your version of the sequence into a visual effects masterpiece.
Source: The Foundry
