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Industry Beginners Guide
Industry Beginners Guide
Your guide to navigating the VFX, Animation, Games and Motion Graphics industries
What is a pipeline? What is the difference between 2D and 3D? What does a Matte Painter do? So many questions that come to mind when stepping into the industry. With a tonne of jargon to decipher, loads of job roles to understand and heaps of studios that all work from different pipelines; getting your head around the VFX, Animation, Games and Motion Graphics industries can be difficult.
Careers Guide 2020
Careers Guide 2020
Our free upgraded 2020 Careers Guide is here to help you find your niche in the creative industries and escape to the career of your dreams. It’s packed with all the essential information about pipelines, job roles, expected salaries, skill requirements and qualifications needed to enter this ever-evolving industry full of opportunities.
Guide to Getting ready for the VFX Industry by Paul Paulino
Guide to Getting ready for the VFX Industry by Paul Paulino
'Hey, guys! My name is Paul Paulino, and I am a Texture Painter/Look Development artist at Scanline VFX in Vancouver, Canada and I recently wrote an article talking about my first year in VFX industry.
I decided to write a series of articles talking about some specific topics that might help prepare you for your VFX career, such as organization, problem-solving, networking, time management, etc. Like I said in the previous article, I still have a lot to learn, so keep this in mind while reading. This is just an opinion from my own experience.'
Beginner's Guide to Becoming a Visual Effects (VFX) Artist
Beginner's Guide to Becoming a Visual Effects (VFX) Artist
This guide is for absolute beginners who are trying to find a career that compliments their passion for film, technology, design, coding and digital art. You are the type of person who knows that finance and medicine really isn't your thing. You also know you never want to wear a suit to work either. However, you need some help getting started. It's also a great guide to share with your parents and guardians who are trying to understand what the hell you are rambling on about, and why you are so excited.
CAVE Studio Environment Overview
CAVE Studio Environment Overview
Take a look at the studio setup CAVE has been using for model, texture and look dev turntables. You will find a short overview of setting up the scene using a few different files, which you can pick up for FREE from the shop.
Unleashing Unity for Real-time Animated Storytelling
Unleashing Unity for Real-time Animated Storytelling
Unity is quickly becoming one of the most valuable tools for creators who want to build Previsualization, Animation, VFX, and Virtual Production. Whether you’re an Digital Artist, Technical Director, Animator, Technical Artist, Cinematographer, or general Unity enthusiast looking to dig into Unity’s film workflows, this course will provide the core fundamentals of Unity for Media & Entertainment with an overview of how real-time technology is revolutionizing the film making process.
Unity, the world’s most widely used real-time engine, is used to create half of the world’s games. Unity’s flexible real-time tools offer incredible possibilities for filmmakers, and creators across industries and applications in 2D, 3D, VR, and AR.
Industry Advice for Graduating Animation Students - Pro Tips
Industry Advice for Graduating Animation Students - Pro Tips
It's a tough industry to break in and a tough industry to stay in. Be mindful of the pitfalls, especially when you transition from student to professional. This clip will hopefully include tips that will make navigating these waters easier.
ActionVFX - Tutorials
ActionVFX - Tutorials
Enjoy a diverse range of tutorials and tips and tricks videos to deepen your knowledge about VFX.
Pluralsight - VFX Training
Pluralsight - VFX Training
Learn VFX for everything from beginner to advanced-level visual effects training. Pluralsight’s VFX tutorials offer expert led training in motion graphics, compositing, matchmoving, scripting, video editing and more. Learn on the most widely used platforms in the industry including Fusion, After Effects, Smoke, Mocha, Nuke and more.
ZBrushCoreMini :: 3D for all
ZBrushCoreMini :: 3D for all
Enjoy a true ZBrush experience as you take your first steps into the exciting world of digital sculpting with ZBrushCoreMini... completely free!*
Creating 3D Environment Props and Objects To Tell A Story
Creating 3D Environment Props and Objects To Tell A Story
A Beginners Guide to Creating a 3D Deer
A Beginners Guide to Creating a 3D Deer
Recent grad Elena from Bournemouth University gives us a breakdown of her Ghost Deer project. She explains the tools, techniques and resources she used.
I created Ghost Deer as part of my Masters Degree. I began my Masters in September 2018 with no prior knowledge or experience in 3D before that point. Creating a project like this was a daunting challenge for me. Before studying animation, I had been working in children’s publishing for 2 years. Prior to that, I had completed an undergraduate in Illustration. I never felt quite right working in publishing. So I made the bold decision to go back to school in hopes of a career in animation and film. I created this project in the hopes of kick starting a career in the industry.
Complete Workflow for creating a Stylized 3D Female Action Character
Complete Workflow for creating a Stylized 3D Female Action Character
James Hyun is a Junior 3D Character Artist freelancing at Stalwart Games. He loves all kinds of CG work but is currently focusing on stylized 3D characters which is great for all of us here. James has been generous enough to share his workflow and some tips to help you create your own stylized 3D characters, so lets jump in an get started.
Houdini isn't scary | Part 1 | Basics
Houdini isn't scary | Part 1 | Basics
A tutorial series which goes over the absolute basic to allow people to find the path of least resistance into Houdini. It is important to me that people are not intimidated by Houdini as it is an incredible piece of software with some of the most amazing support I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. This series attempts to allow people into Houdini as complete beginners with only a very basi level of understanding of 3D principles.
Free Unreal Engine Videos Tutorials
Free Unreal Engine Videos Tutorials
Unreal Online Learning is a gamified learning platform that offers free, hands-on video courses and guided learning paths.
Here is a link to a tutorial called 'Getting the Detective's Office Started'. "This course is project-based, and takes the learner from the very start of planning a scene through prototyping the layout to an alpha state. We cover how to properly plan a project using reference and written guidelines similar to a studio production. From there, it goes into how to set up the scene within Unreal Engine and editing your First Person Template. After that, we jump into laying the space out in a block-out and how to edit if needed to get the sizing and flow feeling good. This is followed then by reviewing how to re-import and place updated content and create materials from scratch."
Nuke 101
Nuke 101
Check out 'VFXForFilmMakers' on Youtube. They make great Nuke tutorials which make a brilliant starting point for people wanting to eventually do comp. The Nuke 101 playlist is great for getting started!
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