Forum: Beginners Talk

Okey people i really need some advice from someone who do this for long time. I would like to create a character or creature from concept art, from Zbrush, so, so that character be used in production, so with animation etc, especially for cinematic or features films. Is that's possible. Can i...

For all of you who haven't been in the know or have not received the email yet, cmiVFX is having a public 25% Off sale for all training videos at the cmiVFX.com store. We are welcoming many new additions to the team especially Sue Samonig formerly from Eyeon Software, and Foundry Certified Nuke...

Hi, I'm running Maya 2012 on a mac and for some reason whenever I create an image plane the programme becomes impossibly slow to work with i.e, I cant tumble around properly. I've imported an image to align geometry so I can get a nice looking preojection and i'm sure i've not done anything...

Hello everyone, I’m new to the forum and a newbie to VFX. I’m interested in going into VFX compositing and have chosen to learn Nuke, Maya and Python. Can anyone let me know if these choose are the right ones to make for what I want to do? I’m a bit confused because every time I browse a new...

Hello Guys I don't know if somebody else has asked this before (I'm sure someone already has). I'm a junior artist and for what I've seen from the industry, a lot of work seems to come in the form of freelance. Considering that, how do you calculate or estimate how much you should charge for a...

I have been looking for tutorial in this forum about Rotoscope for Stereoscopic movie using Fusion, what i want to ask is 1. Can i use rotoscope technic for stereoscopic based from other software such us Nuke , Moca etc 2.Is There any tutorial for this ? coz i'm already searching in this...

Hello everyone, I'm Arthur, I work in a brazilian broadcast television and I moving to Canada next month. I am loooking for a good shool of Visual Effects over there, and I am between Vanarts, VFS, Lost Boys and Sheridan, am I missing any other? I already took a course of Digital Character...

hello friends , can u guys please suggest me some good universities for visual effects . present i'm working in production from past 1 year . i already got a bachleor's degree. so now i'm searching for master degree . ...

I am not having any luck finding any jobs in compositing because I am a junior level artist with no studio/production experience doing compositing. I would not mind relocating to other countries, but those countries want locals only. I have over a years worth of 3D conversion roto experience in...

I have currently learned how to use autodesk maya and after effects and want to know what books I should buy to learn about visual effects. In addition, I'm interested in being a visual effects animator. What would I have to learn for this to happen?

I've been learning Nuke for a bout 2 years now, and I'm very confident with it. I had a look at Eyeon Fusion and I like what I see (in terms of tools). Do you think I should learn Nuke like the back of my hand? Or do you think I should learn Nuke very well and Fusion very well?

Hi i need a expression thats make every 3 particle thats born the color green red and blue. so i get the participle like a id pass, and i also wondering if there is any good books or websites that can help me to learn more about expressions. (using nukes particle system) hope anybody can...

Hey guys, got a small question. What is the purpose of shot breakdowns in a reel? To show your understanding of the compositing process or to show that a shot was done by you, not by someone else? Or both? Thanks.

can i know where i can find fusion camera projection tutorial ?

Hi everyone can anyone explain well how the relighting process works ? Which is the correct workflow ? I know the relighting using normal pass applied to a material in the 3d environment and the RGB ID pass which separate the lights in the RGB passes but this second workflow is not very...

Hi guys what's exactly "unclamped" and "clamp" mean ??? Example for vray render element: VRayUnclampedColor - The unclamped image color. What kind of level represent exactly ? How can i use this element in compositing ? I can not find a good explanation on the web. thanks

hello! how is the correct workflow flow motion blur?, so in my case, i have rendered Background CGI, hero Obj CGI, im kinda confused where shuold i apply the MB, should i do this? B A (motion blur the BG) merge over ( motion...

hey all! I'm going to be starting a new job as a rotoscope artist and I'm not too sure what I should be asking. I have two years experience as a compositor for quite a few animated films and shows but this is my first job in live action. I was just wondering what the average wage is for a...

Hey guys, i am doing to be skilled modeler and to work for film industry.At the moment i am learning poly modeling, from tutorials. Should i learn Nurbs and SubD? Some of the people i ask, they told me to learn, some of them not. And why should i learn Nurbs? Can with polygons and now Zbrush, be...

Do i need to undistort and fix rolling shutter eveytime i need to 2d/3d something on a shot? or it depends?

Hello everyone, am trying to send my sequence from preimere to scratch. I shoot my clips with a Sony alpha 65 and imported it to preimere, am done with my sequence, saved it as a .edl and now import it into scratch. Scratch won't show my clip but instead it shows me a color frame or something...

Hi i live in London. What is the salary for a VFX Production Coordinator or a VFX supervisor for a tv show.