First of all, two exciting new books on the market since ‘VFX Compositing Students Reading List’ blog post.
- Visual Effects for Indie Filmmakers: A Guide to VFX Integration and Artist Collaboration
And who wouldn’t want to read this wonderful book? Perfect not just for filmmakers but also your VFX team projects in which you may be exploring the possibility of being a filmmaker yourself. And let’s celebrate female writers in VFX!
- Virtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5: A step-by-step guide to creating a complete animated short film
This is another book to take you out of your comfort zone and shift your thinking to becoming a content creator or just widening your horizons.
So, some of the websites to follow that will help you expand your knowledge beyond classes are:
Covering all aspects of film-making from concept to delivery. Be informed, Compositing is just a small cog in the pipeline however, VFX Compositors are expected to know it all.
This is a classic filled with articles and podcasts on all aspects of VFX.
Interviews, breakdowns and showreels that will develop your eye for detail.
Chris Brejon’s website on lighting, CG and cinematography. A must!
VFX breakdowns and podcasts by Ian Failes. You can’t develop as an artist unless you watch befores and afters extensively.
Great website for VFX Compositing techniques. If you haven’t mastered IBK Gizmo yet this is the place to go to.
This is a Youtube with great Foundry’s Nuke VFX Compositing techniques revealed weekly.
Read Compositing Academy Alex Hanneman’s post Sora, and the Future of VFX Compositing to see what VFX Compositing skills will keep you future proof.
More free Nuke VFX Compositing Tutorials from Hugo Guerra.
Wonderful Matte painting breakdowns and tutorials.
Beautiful filmic stock footage to practice on and use on Showreels. Paid but worth it.
Production quality VFX footage, free tutorials and free practice footage.
Recorded FX footage to be used in VFX.
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