CG Protege Students are selected for JEDI MASTERS (JUMP) Program

7 of our students have been selected into the recent Jedi Masters Program for Visual Effects. All thanks to the team effort of the lecturers from ILM and CG Protégé. Some of our CGP graduates came back to help our current students. The training program has been very successful. Here’s wishing all our students the very best in their JUMP program at Lucasfilm Singapore.  May the Force be with you.

CG Protege Welcome Training Consultant

We are happy to announce that we have hired industry professional to join our FULL TIME training consulting team. A VFX Training Consultant.

This is our commitment to provide you the best in training and education in hope to raise the standard of the industry. We are very fortunate to have them as our FULL TIME CONSULTANT where they will share their knowledge with our students in the coming years.

 

PATRICK WOO - VFX Training Consultant

Patrick was a Effects Technical Director at Double Negative Singapore. He has been working with Double Negative from November 2007 to May 2012. On many occasions, Patrick was given a chance to work at the head office London. His production experience includes Costume Technical Director work, Simulation of costume / accessories / props. Maya and Houdini, Environment work and Matchmoving work. The movies he has worked on include Hellboy2, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Paul, Sherlock Holmes and many more. Before he joined Double Negative, he is one of the top students from CG Protege. 

More about Patrick's work here

VFX Talk by Alvin Yap from Framestore CFC, London

Alvin is a close friend of ours. Currently he is working as VFX Artist at Framestore CFC, London. He specialises in using Houdini for VFX production. He was previously teaching at CG Protege before leaving for his overseas ventures. We thank him for taking the afternoon off to share with us his experience working in the industry.

This is his website. From his progressive projects and works we can see and learn from how he has prepared himself to attain his dream job in the USA and now, the UK.

Some of his movie credits includes:

2007 | National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets
Volumetric FX Artist, Asylum FX

2008 | Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
VFX Animator, Rising Sun Pictures

2009 | Terminator : Salvation
VFX Technical Director, Rising Sun Pictures

2009/10 | Nanny McPhee 2
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Clash Of The Titans (only 1 shot, probably uncredited)
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Potter 8
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

more pictures and his VFX test at our facebook. Click here!