The Only Official Nuke Trainer Certification: Nuke for Trainers

Matt Leonard (Head of Training at spherevfx) is deslighted to be working with fxphd and The Foundry on Nuke for Trainers.

This is the only way to become an officially certified NUKE trainer. After successful completion of the course, which includes passing both standard and practical exams, members will be listed on the Foundry’s web site as a Certified NUKE Trainer. These members can also nominate a selected place of work as a Certified NUKE Training Centre.

This curriculum is totally separate from fxphd's normal offerings, due to the fact that it is targeted towards those who wish to train other artists in NUKE. The program is not designed to make great shots for your reel, but to provide you with detailed information about the software and how to pass that knowledge on to others.

You can view information about the courses on our Nuke for Trainers course listing page.

About the Program

Enrollment in the program costs $995USD and includes the following:

Over 30 hours of training broken into two courses: NUKE for Trainers Level One & Nuke for Trainers Level Two.

Full resolution, high quality 1440×900 screen recordings available for immediate download.

One-year access to our private NUKE for Trainers discussion forum where you can ask me questions.

Associated footage and project files to work along with the course instruction. This footage is only for private use as part of the Nuke for Trainers course and not allowed for use on demo reels or other applications.

An online exam for each of the two courses.

A practical, project based exam for members to apply what they learned. This includes members recording a screen tutorial which shows their teaching method.

Upon successful completion of the course, artists obtain a listing on The Foundry web site.

Certified NUKE Trainers will be able to purchase packages of footage and assets which they may use for their classes.

Certified NUKE Trainers may nominate a single place of work as a Certified NUKE Training Centre.


Additional Information

Join any time.

Class material is available immediately for download. No waiting.

Access to VPN software is not included. However, members of the normal fxphd curriculum may use the VPN software for the Nuke for Trainers curriculum.

You have two attempts to pass the exams.

There are currently no software discounts associated with the program.


How this Program is Different from the Standard fxphd Membership

Curriculum is geared towards teaching Nuke and the knowledge needed to do so.

Forums are private and not part of the normal fxphd forums.

Screen recordings are higher quality, full resolution captures.

There are multiple exams, including a practical submission-based exam.

All course material is available for immediate download – no waiting.

You can view information about the courses on the Nuke for Trainers course listing page.