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The Rebelway FX Challenge:
Win a Puget-System VFX Workstation
Hosted By: Rebelway, PugetSystems, SideFX, & The Rookies
Want to win a custom VFX ready workshop? Enter the Rebelway FX challenge today!
The team at Rebelway is thrilled to announce our biggest contest ever, The Rebelway FX challenge! The contest will challenge you to develop impressive FX work for this 3D scene using your software of choice.
Note: There is no sound in this video, but you can add sound FX to your finished scene if you’d like.
The Sponsors
Epic VFX Training
America’s Custom Computer Leader
Developers of Houdini
A Community for Digital Artists
The Prizes
1st Prize
- A Top-of-the-Line VFX Workstation from Puget Systems. (latest threadripper build Valued at over $5,500) This configuration or the latest version of the CPU available at the prize delivery date.
- 1x Intuos Pro Medium
- A Houdini License of Choice from SideFX
- 2x Rebelway Courses
2nd Prize
- A GeForce RTX 3080 Graphic Card or GTX 2080ti , depending on availability.
- A Houdini License of Choice from SideFX
- 2x Rebelway Courses
3rd Prize
- A Houdini License of Choice from SideFX
- 1x Rebelway Course
The Judges
Steven Knipping
FX TD at Industrial Light and Magic
Ahmed Gharraph
Head of CG / FX Supervisor at Framestore
Cory Jamieson
Co-Founder of Barnstorm VFX
Omar Meradi
Lead FX / Senior Houdini FX at Rodeo FX
Igor Zanic
Co-Founder of Rebelway
PITCH
Steven Knipping
Saber Jlassi
Urban Bradesko
JOIN NOW
This contest will test your FX skills by asking you to add FX to at least one full shot (200 frame minimum) from the scene above.
For contest details, download files, and to submit your project, please visit the contest page over on The Rookies website.
Best of luck, we look forward to seeing your submissions soon.
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