There are cur­rently 2 new courses at CGWork­shops open for reg­is­tra­tion: Com­posit­ing in Nuke with Steve Wright and Rig­ging in Maya 1 with Todd Widup. Plus from now until the end of Feb­ru­ary 2010, all CGS mem­bers get 10% dis­count* off all CGWorkshops.

Steve Wright course offers an eight-week intro­duc­tion to Nuke, a pow­er­ful visual effects com­posit­ing pro­gram that is tak­ing the visual effects indus­try by storm. While designed for com­pos­i­tors, this work­shop is also ideal for 3D artists that want to under­stand the Nuke work­flow as it is being inte­grated into mod­ern CGI pro­duc­tion pipelines.

Lead Crea­ture Tech­ni­cal Direc­tor and Maya expert Todd Widup will take you through the ins and outs of rig­ging in Maya 1. This course will take you through many aspects of rig­ging, from writ­ing a check list of what all your rig needs, to opti­mum posi­tion­ing of joints, and finally, work on both script­ing the rig build­ing and the mechan­ics behind the scenes on how to build the rig by hand.

* For new mem­bers the 10% CGWork­shop dis­count becomes effec­tive 24 hours after you have paid your CGS mem­ber­ship payment.