VES Board of Directors
If you are a Visual Effects Society (VES) member you should have already received email regarding the Board of Director's nomination forms. If not, make sure the VES has your current email or check...
View ArticleRotoscoping - The Basics
Mike Seymour @ fxguide has written up a great article on Rotoscoping. It covers the history, the process and the list of the various roto tools available. I'm glad he spoke to Tom Bertino and Jack...
View ArticlePeople, not computers, create visual effects
There's an impression that is perpetuated in the media that visual effects are created entirely by computers. The human artists are left out of this narrative. The term CGI is now being used...
View ArticleVisual Effects Union - IA efforts one year later
I know most of you would rather just focus on the technical issues of visual effects and many of you have an aversion to even thinking about unions after being bombarded by myths and inaccurate...
View ArticleDream Quest
Below are a few videos with visual effects by Dream Quest, a visual effects company I co-founded in late 1979. These are from the first 5 years. The company was later sold to Disney and changed it's...
View ArticleVES and VFX trade organization
There's a LinkedIn discussion going on regarding Vfx trade organizations and the Vfx foundation. LinkedIn discussion This also includes some potshots at the VES. I wrote up a response but thought it...
View ArticleActing and Animation
Acting and Animation There has been debate and discussion lately regarding if motion capture is pure acting. Here are a couple of latest links to check out: James Franco requests recognition for Andy...
View ArticleVES feedback
VES Visual Effects Handbook feedback We are having meetings and starting to work on the revised VES handbook. Most of the feedback we have received has been very general. If you want to see additional...
View ArticleDigital Domain plans to have paying students make up 30% of workforce
[Update: 9/15/2012 DD has now closed their Florida facility. Some of the classes have been put on hold and certainly students won't be working at the DD facility as planned. But the post is still...
View ArticleVisual Effects Union, take 2
(Update 4/23/2012 fixed missing BECTU link) Yesterday there was an IA Union meeting with a number of visual effects artists. Most were from Sony Imageworks but there were others attending to get...
View ArticleBeyond 24fps
Peter Jackson has been shooting The Hobbit in 3D at 48fps*. Jim Cameron is looking at doing Avatar sequels at 60fps. The preview of some of The Hobbit footage this last week caused some concern and...
View ArticleMelies quote of artists and businessmen
This is a story from Georges Méliès, early film director and visual effects artist. The film HUGO covered part of his life and the VES (Visual Effects Society) uses his image of a Rocket in the face...
View ArticleWhat happened?
What happened? A week or two ago the LA Time ran an article on some of the problems of the visual effects industry. It covered someone who had been in visual effects for awhile and wanted things as...
View ArticleWaiting
Even though there is a real IA visual effects union effort starting up many have decided to continue to sit on the sidelines. They are waiting for the perfect solution for the visual effects industry....
View ArticleVisual Effects Tips 1
Here are a few tips and suggestions for visual effects artists. Some of these overlap my post on being a good visual effects artist. It takes more than just knowing how to use a visual effects...
View ArticleVisual Effects Tips 2
[Visual Effects Tips 1 post] Time is important in visual effects. There’s never enough of it so make every attempt to minimize wasted time and simple mistakes. Many of these examples are animation or...
View ArticleGetting a Visual Effects job
Getting a Visual Effects job This article is primarily for professionals who are already working in the visual effects business. If you’re just starting out make sure to read the post on Career in...
View ArticleThe Value of Visual Effects
The Value of Visual Effects There’s often discussions about the costs of visual effects. But for now let’s take a look at something seldom discussed and that’s the value of visual effects. What are...
View ArticleWhy do visual effects costs so much?
Why do visual effects costs so much? This question comes up constantly even from those who should know better. Many simply wish to ignore the reasons. If you haven’t done so yet please read The Value...
View ArticleVisual Effects Trade Association
At SIGGRAPH John Textor announced he was giving Scott Ross $100,000 to help start a visual effects trade association. This is probably a good thing. What is a trade association? It's a group of...
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