Alpha Chromatica๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ
๐๐ป ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐ซ
In 2014, I made up Canadaโs first full-time, year-long compositing program after seeing over 90% of my VFX students get hired for comp.
I made up the Four Pillars of Compositing, roto, paint, key, and integration to create 2D generalists who masquerade as compositors. A lot of them knew prep work inside out and became incredibly good at it. And that translated directly into their comp work.
I made up the Six Realities of Compositing (thereโs a secret seventh) to explain how we see, imagine, photograph, interpret, expect, and approximate everything in a shot.
I made up Canadaโs first full-time remote compositing program in 2023 to cut the fat and make high-level training more accessible.
And now, in 2025, I made up ๐ ๐๐ซ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ.
AI isnโt coming. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ. MAX is how we train for it.
Weโre using AI to eliminate ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, the tasks that eat up hours without adding anything to the final image.
We want to iterate faster ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ. To refine, experiment, and improve without the traditional bottlenecks.
๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
This is where VFX education is heading.
And once again, ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฝ.