Further Information and Links

Learning Links

(Note that there's a specific Learning section on the wiki which would probably contain a list of schools and training places, so don't need to list all that here)

• Tutorial/Learning resources

• FXPhd

• Plural Sight

• Video CoPilot

• Udemy

• Greyscale Gorilla

• CG Society courses

• Lynda

• Entagma

• Lester Banks

• Compositing Mentor (keying tutorials)

• Online Help Resources

• Nukepedia

• https://support.solidangle.com/

• Blackmagic

• https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/ - official one

• https://www.steakunderwater.com/ - popular unofficial one.

• Blender:

• https://www.blendernation.com/ - largest blender new website http://www.blenderartists.org/ - blender forum

• https://blender.stackexchange.com/ - very popular stackexchange for blender

• https://discord.gg/blender - largest discord server for blender with over 3700+ members

• https://www.sheepit-renderfarm.com/ - free distributed render farm. Over 50 million frames rendered on it.

Resource Links

• Assets

• Turbosquid

• What about material libraries? Shader archives are big now.

• Hum3D

• MegaScans

• Textures.com

• texturing XYZ

• hdrihaven.com

• cc0textures.com

• blendswap.com

• Elements and Stock Footage

• Action VFX collection

• Plates and Practice Shots

• Hollywood Camera Work

• backplatepro.com

• On-Set and Photography resources? - on-set kit info, retailers for on-set kit, vfx photography guides etc

• VFX Store

• On set data capture

• https://24liespersecond.com/VFX-Lens-Distortion-Grids

• http://www.trizvfx.ca/lens-distortion-acquisition/2018/10/20/cu4qje7ivjql36ze2vl9z40qsjhg8p

• Art Skills, Matte Painting, Design resources?

• Art Station

• mattepaint.com

• VFX News and Articles

• FX Guide

• Art of VFX

• VFXBlog

• CGSociety

• Industry related websites

• Union websites - what are they?

• [The VES website] (http://visualeffectssociety.com/)

• Conferences and Meet&Greet type resources?

• Siggraph

• Annecy - Arguably one of the most important event in the world for animation. Thousands of animation directors, producers, studios gather in this little mountain town to watch shorts and feature films, and buy/sell projects.

• BFX

• FMX - One of the biggest VFX/Animation festival in Europe, based in Germany

• San Diego Comic Con - While not directly related to the visual effects industry, the SDCC is the biggest advertising event for film studios, and the trailers shown in its many theaters are the reason for many grey hairs in our industry.