Hasta La Motion!

The reason I ask is because I know AE in and out … it’s been my comp software of choice for many years, and was used in my Visual FX degree program while in school. I’m aware of node-based software, such as Nuke or Fusion, but the interface and workflow is just so drastically different, I feel I need to invest in some classes to learn it (something I don’t have time for at the moment). As a junior compositor, it’s probably in my best interest to eventually learn the node-based software, but is that something that’s high priority right now? If there are still Visual FX (not Mograph) companies out there that use AE, I would be interested in who they are and what they do… if not, then damn… I gotta find some time or really good tutorials to get on this stuff!

In addition to "Chuck", Dan Curry has worked as a Visual Effects Producer on all Star Trek series (except the original) and as a Title designer on many features… He will be the guest live on Filmnut tomorrow night (April 1st) and you can instant message in questions during the show. You can watch it on:

http://www.thestream.tv (8pm pacific time and 11pm eastern)

If you miss the show live I will post a link to it here the next day.

Best,
Jeff Schubert

Hi,

I am a software engineer with 15 years of work experience, 4 of them writing tools in Python that saved one company $1M, and the rest in C/C++.

Right now I am taking a graduate course in CGI/Animation using Maya, and I find that I like it a LOT. Although I am by no means an artist (although I do decent modelling work due to some CAD background) I have noticed that studios have a use for workflow automators and tools developers.

Should I go in at intern or entry level just like everyone else? Or will I be turned away from every door for not being in my 20’s? I had even thought of being an independent vendor to plug-ins and tools, but what does the VFX/animation world need most?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

The Eternal Squire

to go for junior TD level job what type of reel should one make?
and also what are set of jobs does a TD do from junior level to senior ?

Guys
i do know many would have asked this question several times before but let me make things clear . I would like u guys to suggest me the best places to study VFX in Canada or US . My interest lies mainly in order of vfx compositing , Dynamic effects , modelling and animation ( not rigging characters like stuff) of now. And i have no prob with long courses if it doesnt costs much and i do consider cash as factor.

I have my bachelors in science and right now doing a course in vfx in India as i thought my field of interest certainly lies in vfx and would like to expose to global standards.. waiting for ur suggestions….