From 14:00 to 17:00 visitors will have the opportunity the tour the campus of Pixl Visn Media Arts Academy. In our lectures we explain the basis of many film clips, the application of Visual Effects in the entertainment industry and how we structure our training program, which includes lectures and mentoring from professionals working at top studios in the U.S. and Canada.

You might want to bring a portfolio of your previous art work or a list of films with Visual Effects that you were the most enthusiastic about.

What many do not know is that to be 3D visual artist, one must not necessarily be able to draw well, and the more technically inclined people are also in high demand in this industry.

During the presentation we will talk about how quickly it is possible to start a career as a VFX Artist, how much you will earn, and how you will progress through the industry after graduation.

We look forward to seeing you here.

Andrei Stirbu and Robb Innes
Managing Directors

Date

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Programmübersicht

How to Find Us:

The Pixl Visn Academy is located in Mediapark, Building 6, in Cologne, not far away from the Cinedom.

Parking:

An underground car park is located directly under the Media Park

With Public Transit:

Take the tram line 15 or 12 to the  Christophstraße Subway (U-Bahn) Station
(Walking time: 7 minutes)

Take the S-Bahn S6, S11, S12 or S13 to the Hansaring Train Station
(Walking time: 10 minutes)

We are back again this year to present the opportunities that our training program offers as a 3D artist. We will be at our booth answering questions and offering advice on how you can start a career with 3D in film, TV and of course Games.

Gamescom is the World's largest games event with 275,000 visitors, more than 5,000 journalists and 557 exhibitors from 39 countries attending the show in its 2011. Many game developers announce their new titles at the Event and offer the first glimpse to excited fans.

Speakers’ corner will offer exciting speeches, discussions, presentations and shows all about media, and of course, games. We will be presenting at Speakers corner on Friday August 17 from 11:15 to12:00. You can check out the full program at the official Gamescom site.

Come and visit us in Hall 10.1 at Stand D033a; you can find us here, just look for the booth with giant blue robots.

The exhibition runs from July 6, 2012 until January 6, 2013. To see the exhibition in Bonn, here is the link with more information:

 http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/pixar/index.htm

 http://www.wiwo.de/videos/news/pixar-ausstellung-ein-blick-hinter-die-kulissen/6845380.html

We hope you enjoy.

Photograph by Markus Nass from Medienfest.NRW

Mediafest NRW is coming to Mediapark June 23 and 24 to provide the media makers of tomorrow with access to information and seminars covering a wide range of topics: from film, television, journalism and PR, Media Technology and Management, to games, music and drama.

We will be presenting both Saturday and Sunday during Mediafest.NRW 2012 as well as hosting seminars in our campus in Mediapark.

For the sixth year The Mediafest.NRW event will be connecting universities, businesses and educational institutions as well counseling young adults interested in further training towards careers in the media industry of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Come and visit us at our booth, attend one of our information seminars or sign up for a workshop.

Schedule:

• Medienfest.NRW

Andrei Stirbu Speaking with Guests of our Open Day on April 1

The Presentation on the Entertainment Industry and on our 3D Animation and Visual Effects Program

Student Jonas Ulrich demonstrating his work to guests of our Open Day on April 1 2012

Guests of the Open House on April 1 watch Jonas Ulrich work on a student project.

We have another Open Date coming up on the 21^st of April, we hope to see you there.

• Open Day at Pixl Visn Saturday, April 21 2012.

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/effect-ing-the-story/

The step by step lesson guides students through the process of building 3D environments and characters using the same 3D software that created some of your favorite movies and video games.

For the 2012 workshop we are creating a fun pirate themed island castle that introduces our students to the basics of 3D Animation.

You can see videos of students from our previous workshop on vimeo or learn more about the new Introduction to 3D workshop on our site.

Fees

The fee for the full-day, 8-hour course is 149 € per student.

Hours

10:00 to 19:00 on Sundays unless otherwise posted. Space is limited.

• The Introduction to 3D Winter 2011 Workshop

• The 2012 Pirate Island Introduction to 3D workshop

Einstieg is an event that takes place in various cities throughout Germany with the goal of helping young people get started on a career by bringing Companies, Universities, and Schools together in one place. We were there to answer questions about studying 3D Animation and Visual Effects at Pixl Visn Media Arts Academy as well as how we could help students begin their career working in Film, Television and Video Games.

The two day event at the Koelnmesse hall kept us busy with speaking to everyone who stopped by about our 3D Animation and Visual Effects Program. We enjoyed meeting every one that came out and are looking forward to helping some of you on your way to becoming professional visual effects artists.

While we were at the event we introduced a brand new Introduction to 3D Animation workshop for 2012. Our new workshop will teach you how to create a Pirate cove in 3D, you can learn more about the class on our site.

If you could not make it to the event to speak with us don’t worry, you can always sign up for a tour of the campus or register for the new workshop online. We are ready to answer your questions and talk about our program, the visual effects industry, and what it is like working as a visual effects artist in the entertainment industry.

Contact us today to learn more.

• Einsteig Cologne

• Introduction to 3D Animation 2012 Workshop

• The 2011 Winter Wonderland Intro to 3D Workshop

Einstieg introduces you to the training and education options that you have. Young people who want to learn more about how to achieve their career goals are able to meet with many different universities and companies all under one roof.

We will be ready to answer any questions you have at our booth in hall 7, stand H 23; you can find us on this map or just look for the booth with giant blue robots.

Come and visit us in hall 7, stand H 23; you can find us on this map or just look for the booth with giant blue robots.

Einstieg Köln 2012

Date:

February 10. & 11.

9.00 to 16.00

Admission:

€ 5; discount for school groups

Location:

Koelnmesse, Hall 7, North Entrance

Visitor Information:

www.einstieg.com/koeln

Pixl Visn Booth:

Stand H 23

Directions:

www.einstieg.com/messen/koeln/anfahrt/

Arriving by bus or Train:

• Koelnmesse/Osthallen

• Koelmesse / Deutz

For Entry to Navigation:

• Pixl Visn At Berufe Live Rheinland

Pixl Visn Winter workshop by Michael Lotzen

During the full day class, students were taught how to create a winter wonderland in 3D and created a video to show everyone what they learned. The workshop is open to anyone who is interested in 3D animation and begins with the basics. The lessons direct the students step by step through the process of creating objects in 3D for the project.

Pupils are also given time and encouraged to add their personal touch to the animation with guidance from the instructor. After they learn how to create everything for the project they begin arranging and decorating the scene.

The videos are available to watch on our workshop album on Vimeo and we will be adding more videos on a regular basis.

Head over to Vimeo check out some of the work

Introduction to 3D WInter Workshop 2011

We will have additional classes on the Tuesday the 27th and Thursday the 29th for anyone who couldn't register in time. You can see what you will learn in the full day class by having a look at the animations made by students on our vimeo channel.

If you couldn't make it to one of our earlier classes, you can register online now.

• The Pixl Visn winter wonderland Intro to 3D Workshop
  

• The 2012 Introduction to 3D animation Workshop on Pirate Island

We've made a video to show off the city with a retro film look.

Pixl Visn Retro NYC on Vimeo

We have launched a new workshop to make learning 3D available to anyone. We designed this workshop for people with little or no experience with 3D Animation.

We teach students in the workshop how to create a fun 3D scene step by step and introduce the fundamentals of modeling in 3D by starting with the basics.

Throughout the workshop students are encouraged to be creative and put their own touch on the animation.

Fees

The fee for the full-day, 8-hour course is 95 € per student.

Hours

10:00 to 19:00 every Saturday and Sunday until December 22. Space is limited.

• Find out more about the workshop

• The 2012 Introduction to 3D workshop

• Einstieg Cologne 2012 is coming up
  

• Pixl Visn Media Arts Academy at Einstieg Cologne 2012

Here is a sneak peak at the Robot as he will appear in the commercial.

After a week of getting ready and hours of rendering on the new workstations in the digital media classroom, the robot is ready to begin his acting career. You can read more about the workstations and how they perform here. We were pleasantly supprised by the results.

We are excited to see the how he looks on the silver screen. “I am happy with how the robot turned out and think it will look great along with the rest of the commercial.” said founder Andrei Stirbu, who spent the better part of the last few days working on the video.

The robot will be making his way to the big screen soon. The next time you are in Mediapark to see a film at the Cinedom, don’t forget to stop by and visit us next door.

With our classroom full of workstations ready and waiting for the arrival of the first students in January, we thought it was a shame to not give them a workout. So we tested some heavy 3D scenes in Autodesk Maya and created a few large comps in Nuke.

The z400 workstations from HP handled all the Maya tasks effortlessly; modeling, texturing and animating were smooth to work with and images were quick to render. Compositing high resolution images was just as pleasant in Nuke.

The workstations feature fast Quad-Core Xeon processors and plenty of RAM, but the Quadro graphics cards make the biggest difference. Professional cards let you work on larger and more detailed characters and environments without slowing you down.

• 3,06 GHz Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core Processor W3550

• 6 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM unbuffered

• NVIDIA Quadro 2000 (1 GB)

We are happy to report that the performance of the workstations is better than we expected and we can't wait to see what our students accomplish using them.

The android, who does not yet have a name, is being built in Autodesk Maya by Andrei Stirbu, one of the founders of Pixl Visn. “I expect it to be finished sometime this week.” said Stirbu, while he put the finishing touches on the eyes.

The, currently unnamed, robot will be representing our school in various media over the coming year, but more importantly he will be playing an active roll in the education of our students. First semester students will be able to use him to learn the basics of animation, rendering and lighting.

When complete, the robot will be making his way to the big screen before the main attractions at the Cinedom multiplex in Mediapark, across from our campus. The next time you watch a movie at Cinedom come by and visit us after the show.

As the model is being constructed, we will post new pictures showing the progress. Feel free to leave a comment or question.

Do you have an idea for the robot’s name? We would love to hear your suggestion; leave your submission below in the comments.

It was great to meet everyone who visited us at our booth and to see so many people excited about games in one place.

See you at Gamescom next year, or come down to our campus in Köln and see us there.

For more images from the Gamescom event, check out our Flickr gallery.

Gamescom is Europe’s biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment. We will be in Hall 8, Stand B035. Stop by to learn more about how you can start a career in an exciting and growing industry.

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