Practice Plates

[SFedor]

Hi All–

I was curious if you know of any sites that offered plates and elements, preferably with live-action footage, that is free for students to use for practice and experimentation? I have some stuff coming from my film dept, but obviously the more I can get my hands on things and play around, the better!

Thanks for the tips!

[tscholton]

Our training site fxphd offers students high quality original footage as part of the classes.

Jeff

[tao wang]

Thanks Jeff. I have looked into your courses before and I may take some in the future, but unfortunately right now, even the low cost of the course is out of my price range.

[Anonymous]

pixelcorps.com is another option, less for working professionals and probably more for the student level person who wants exposure to the widest scope of disciplines vs specific instruction. lots of footage to play with, not a lot of cost.

there are also lots of books out there that are offering HD or better footage to play with – the Encyclopedia of Visual Effects comes to mind, and also I think steve wright has a new one. Those are primarily for compositing.

another good source of live action footage is stock libraries. you know, naturelibrary.com, eyewire, etc

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