Hasta La Motion!

Hey there,
I’m a young compositor who’s learning the ropes through some FXPHD courses on Nuke and Fusion. I’m going into an internship in June (my first real work experience!!) and the facility that I’m going to be in is using Flame systems. Now, although I’m doing clerical work and making coffee for my time here, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping to stick it out and ultimately work there. C’mon, how can you beat working on a Flame?? Before I start my internship, I really want to harness some general knowledge about Flame, and since I don’t have 10 or 20 grand to spend, I was curious if there’s a good enough way to understand the basics and UI on a Flame so I can go in being semi-proficient and understanding of what I’m observing and learning while I’m there. I’ve heard that Combustion has a similar layout? Is the UI 100% different from the more ‘feature film’ oriented compositing software like Nuke, Shake, etc.?

Nick

Hello all,

This thread is mainly concerned with the current state/need of demo reel content for compositors. If you are in the position of screening reels for a studio, what impresses the most?

I am 1 month away from finalizing my first student reel, and have a few specific questions.

I have 4 shots focusing on different areas.

1. Roto and character interaction with added CG environment.
2. Matte painting and added CG environment integrated with a plate.
3. Projection clean-plating and roto and CG environment add/replace.
4. Mostly CG shot with practical effects integrated.

Seeing as this follows close to curriculum here at Full Sail, that is the structure of my skill set within the shots.

Would this be a strong compositing setup or should I implement more obvious greenscreen/matte skills. I have a ton in my shots, I just dont have any shots that are 100% greenscreen integration. All of them are plate dependent integration shots.

Also, how important are distracting pass reveals on a reel. I just want to stick to simple linear wipes and pass names. Quick and to the point.

I’ll post some screens as examples shortly.

Thanks in advance for the responses.

-ds

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^see that, or Google for Autodesk flare. I guess it is being announced this year. Anyone know what it is? An end product? Or a backend process like burn, wiretap etc.

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Hi,

I’m booked onto the Compositing course at Escape Studios so I’m in the process of looking for somewhere to live.

As I expected I have found loads of places available for rent online but I don’t really know much about the areas surrounding Escape Studios/Shepherds Bush.

I was wondering if anyone who has taken a course at Escape, or has any knowledge of the surrounding areas would be able to give any advice?

I appreciate this is quite a broad question but I’m grateful for any info/advice you can give, as I don’t really know where to start.

Thanks

Mark

Hello,

I’m a 3rd year Animation student at the University of Dundee in Scotland. I am currently writing my dissertation on animated visual effects in film and I have a question I think you guys can help me with.

What does the future hold for VFX? With recent films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in mind, it seems like it is possible to create even the most outrageous or far-fetched ideas and make them seem real on the big screen.

So from a professional VFX artist point of view, what does the future hold? what are the new challenges that we face in VFX, and where do you see the VFX industry in 10 years from now?

Any help, ideas or opinions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Rob C