I'm doing the VFX in a short film in which I need to recreate a pov of someone looking through a microscope. I already have references of scientific documentaries and such, but I would find it helpful to have cinematic or artistic examples too

I have question, so if anyone here as watched an ian Hubert video where he does his green screen work adding keyed footage into blender, im trying to do the same with green screen video plates, when I get it tracked and solved in syntheyes I get a good track and then when bring the tracking data and keyed out footage in, the footage tends to start sliding after getting it parented to the camera in blender, how do I fix this so it works correctly

I know a lot of gore is the result of sfx makeup, but I was watching alien: romulus and theres a scene (several) that involves acid burning through someone.

For scenes like that, or just general body horror that cannot be done through sfx alone, how are you able to make something look realistic without having actually seen it?

just a genuine question from someone who knows next to nothing about vfx haha

Hey VFX Community. I first want to apologize, if this is a post you have experienced a lot lately, but I really need advice! Summer 2025 I am graduating from High School, which allows me to search into a bunch of schools. I have always had fun in blender, AE and such as a side hobby, when I was a bit younger and slowly starting to pick it up again. Here comes the part I really need advice on, I plan on trying to attend "https://cada-edu.com/da/" in 2026 or 2027 in Denmark, which means I graduate from that in 2030-2031ish. I have recently got a lot of AI Videos on my feed, especially the new Coca Cola ad, which lead me to read the comments about so many upset people scared of losing their jobs in these types of industries.

I know its my dream, and I should obviously follow it, but I also have to think about how much it has potential to evolve in 2031 when I "possibly" graduate. What is your guys opinion? Do you guys feel threaten by AI? Tell me all about it, I will read every comment!

Hey everyone,

With the recent announcement of subsidies aimed at supporting the UK VFX industry, I’m curious to know if anyone has seen or heard of any immediate impact on the market. Are studios getting new inquiries or locking in projects?

From what I understand, many UK studios are facing a slowdown and could be running out of work in the next few months. I’m wondering if these subsidies will actually help bring in more work.

If you’re in the UK or connected to the industry here, have you noticed any shifts, or is it still the same uncertain outlook? Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

Thanks!

When do the Tariffs on VFX and Rotoscoping go into effect?

Hi everyone, I'm a 3D noob doing it as a hobby. I've never done anything organic and upon rewatching Prehistoric Planet I came up with a few questions:

1. How do you handle a shot when there are multiple animals from the same species, and you want to show variation? Is it purely in the texturing for color variation and using the exact same model?

2.What about differences in facial features or small variations in body type, do you have multiple models? or can you handle that with displacement maps?

3. And things like broken horns and shape variations within horns, can you handle that with a displacement?

Thanks.

I'm not in VFX, but can someone explain to me how this happens with such a high budget?

I see a poorly lit and mostly fake background shots movie that removes all sense of realism to the scenes.

Here are some of my favourite CG heavy films with similar budgets that are on a completely different level.

Star Trek (2009). 150mill

Edge of Tomorrow. (2014) 178mill.

Dune 2 (2024) 190mill.

I don't subscribe to the hate train people are on with The Rock. He gave great performances in The Other Guys, Fast Five & Pain and Gain. But lately, he seems to be constantly in $200mill budget movies that don't look it, with the exception of Black Adam.

https://preview.redd.it/5s9spdy63n1e1.png?width=833&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d0ca32192e26690869f686abbf7b6296def614f

Rarely a good sign for any company to appoint administrators but especially bad news in this market? Axis studios were in this position not long before they were unable to pay staff.

What’s the best keying software that don't need green screen?
I’m a CGI artist and I'm planning to shoot a VFX-heavy sci-fi short and want to avoid the nightmare of extensive rotoscoping (will do most post work myself). And I'm striving for high-end results...

I want of course to extensively test it before the shooting...

While cost is one reason I’m thinking about steering away from a green screen studio, the bigger factor is that many of my shots are exteriors. I want to take advantage of natural light, especially diffuse skylight, which is notoriously difficult to replicate convincingly in a studio (even in big-budget Hollywood productions it sometimes looks fake in my opinion).

How reliable are these new tools that don't need green screen no longer, and would they hold up in a production like this? How good are those with hair?

And which ones should I test?

I'd prefer tools that I could run locally (I have two RTX 4090) but if the best one should be cloud based I would of course use that one...

What other studios would hire remotely in Southeast Asia? Just curious.

In light of all the general negativity around the industry at the moment and very much a feeling of 'get out now', what other avenues have people explored? Particularly from a compositing background.

I'm still in the process of building a new compositing showreel to land my first industry gig. As much as this is still an industry I want to explore, I'm wondering if it's actually a good idea?

I desperately want to be involved within the creative industry in some way, and my focus has been compositing so outside of strictly 'vfx' where else could I take this?

I asked if Foundry was ok, based on some decisions that were being made a while back and everyone said Foundry was essentially bullet proof. Well...turns out not so much:

https://www.youtube.com/live/1GMkSOUi-q0?si=GByhR8jmrOxJrD8q&t=2239

Hello everyone!

I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for a while. I'm trying to figure out the best and fastest method to take a frame from a render, paint over it in photoshop and have it stick to the rendered cgi image. Almost like having the UV for every object projected camera view and and then projected from that view.

I've been able to do this by bringing and Alembic cache into the scene and using that, but ideally I'd like like to try and stick with AOVs or render passes, so I don't have to bring geometry into the compositing software if I don't have to if at all possible. I primarily use Fusion for compositing and Blender for cg work, but I'm open to Nuke and Maya too.

I've tried using UV passes, Position passes, and Points to Position but haven't been able to get the results I want. I've linked a video for the After Effects plugin called Paint and Stick that kinda visually shows the idea I'm looking for. I'm not necessarily looking for the "right" way, but any workflows, techniques, or ideas I could explore would be appreciated.

Thanks to everyone!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4V5LEZImo

Hi everyone. I'm a freelance artist and have a few projects coming up that will involve storing a lot of files/renders and sharing some of those files remotely with artists easily (and allowing them to upload to share back). Also, I was hoping not to house this project locally on my machine, so I was thinking of external hard drives. I already use Frame.IO for sharing WIPs and stuff with clients, but the amount of files I will need to keep track of (I think) will be a pain to manage online through their interface.

Do any VFX folks here have any recommendations for NAS solutions? Or something of the equivalent? Thinking Dropbox isn't going to work, and WeTransfer, or other file-sharing apps like it are going to be a time suck with upload time.

Thanks in advance!

What does compTA do in the company?

I wonder because we don't have compTA in company

kindly any experienced artist answer me (with genuine answer)

:)

Hello, I just noticed alot of studios moved to hybrid work days and i was wondering if someone has an idea as to why this happened?

Why I Quit After Effects (to work in hollywood VFX)

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Looking for the name or explanation of this effect and how it could be executed in video?

Hey everyone, I've been thinking about making this post for days now after reading an abundance of posts stating how sad and hopeless people find the industry right now. As a second year VFX student graduating this spring I am terribly panicked and stressed about creating a good demo reel and getting hired in order to make my schooling worth it.

since high-school, I knew that I wanted to pursue VFX and am extremely passionate about it, hearing this news of people with years of experience not being able to find a job is crushing to me.

to be honest with you guys, being on this page hasn't been good for my mental health at all as every time I read a post it's almost always about how sad the job market is. I think about my demo reel at all times of the day, as for some reason I feel that it is the one and only thing that changes my possibility of getting hired, which I guess is true in a certain sense.

I have definitely thought about changing career paths if I cannot find employment within a couple years of graduating, I live in Vancouver so I thought that job opportunities would be good seeming as its a hotspot for VFX and movie companies but recently people have been saying the opposite.

if anybody has any words of advice or things they think might help me from stressing the fuck out when I think about my demo reel, that'd be amazing. hope you are all doing well.

Hi, I am wondering if it still makes sense to hop into the movie postproduction industry. I have no experience of working in studio. Couple of years ago I finished film school with video editing and VFX specialization. I did only freelancing since then, did many courses of various 3D softwares and Unreal Engine, and recently I am more into using AI tools. How the industry looks like now? What are the requirements in studios to start as a junior? I guess that they are using AI heavily from some time and it will be only more of it. On the other hand I see that companies like Nuke are still green, even though there are AI compositing tools on horizon. Unfortunately I don’t have anyone to ask about how now the pipeline look like so no idea how to prepare with knowledge and skills that are needed.

Any advices on preparing portfolio and resume?

Obviously the industry is in bad shape right now. Though I have been lucky getting some interviews as a junior FXTD. The question comes about asking salary for a Jr position when the industry is in bad shape.

Should I be greatly reducing my asking price?

Will asking too high ruin my chances?

Currently in Vancouver Canada.