Hasta La Motion!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/024…1E7HE4G5Y4M4KE

Added this to the books section but I’ll let the link linger here for a while.

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Hi guys,

I need some advices and answers to my suspiciousness before I go a step

further to my future career.

I just started my 3D study in my 30’s and I am loving it.

I am about to decided my stream next month, either vfx or modeling.

The problem is that I love both of them, particularly lighting.

I feel so awesome when I see lighted and rendered image of my model.

My friends suggests me that I should take vfx stream instead of modeling to

become a lighter. So my concerns are :

1) If I take modeling stream, isn’t there any way that I can be a lighter at all?

2) And I heard once I graduate, only job I may get is a shot prep as a step stone

to lighter so I was looking for infos about that entry level job, but couldn’t find

enough. What is the difference between shot prep and junior lighter?

3) Is there many jobs for lighters in the industry? I’ve been seeing many job

posts, but didn’t see many lighting jobs on the list.

As a responsible husband and a future father at age of 30’s I really need

valuable advices from you guys.

Hope you guys have wonderful weekends.

Cheers.

Okay im in currently am studying Electronic Media and Raymond Walters College in Ohio. E Media is basically everything from web design to graphic design to animation, photography, and cinematography. It is a descent program and we have had many students get offered jobs from big tv stations such as ESPN and MTV. i havent yet taken video production classes but i know the basics. I know what your thinking its a dumb idea for me to do this. Well i am 19 now and have been using photoshop since i was in the fifth grade so like when i was like 10. I know animation, photography, and graphic design. I think i know enough without school to do this and i already have a list of clients "whom im producing music videos for free to get my name out there" despite my lack of a video portfolio. Basically what I need to know is what equipment I will be needing.

What I have

• 24 inch iMac "2 generations before the iseries processors. the last one they made with a black plastic back.
• first i series maxed out Macbook Pro 17"
• Canon 7D
• around 7 lenses
• Final Cut and CS5 master collection
• friends

I think that should be a sufficient start right?:D

What i need to know is like things like Raid drives are they needed or what? Any advice on what else i would need would be greatly appreaciated.

Im thinking about names i have a really really clever name that im trying to get LLC on it or something not sure about the legal jazz yet.

Which is another thing i could need help with.
Any examples or starter tips for legal documents i would need?
I know this is more of a vfx site but i figure everyone here will still be able to help or does some input and ideas my way.

Thanks,
Patrick

Just if your curios to my superstar client
youtube : zac adams
Thats all old stuff his new songs for the album are done in a studio and sound amazing if you like his stuff he could use the support on itunes thanks everyone again.

Hi all!

I’m new to post production and am learning Nuke with a view to getting a job as a junior compositor. With so many entry level jobs being outsourced, those few entry level jobs that still remain require at least 6 months commercial experience. Chicken and egg :confused:

How does one land their first job as a junior compositor in London?

Thanks for your thoughts,
Tony

Hello people,

I am new to MEL scripting and I am working on a small project in Maya. I am trying to get the bounding box information in MAYA by using xform command,however it’s giving a syntax error or a message which says invalid use of maya object bounding box.:mad:

I tried this command in MEL:
float $dummy[]=’xform -bb pCubeShape1′; and it says syntax error. 🙁

Can anyone over here help me with a simple command.

Thanks in advance!