I've spent about 7 months making my film, Holy Sh*t I'm Dead. Mainly as a proof of concept using the technology, especially as a storytelling device, but also to push the limits of what's possible with a small team. I can't say enough about UE. I thoroughly enjoy using the software. Enjoy the first two minutes! Full release will be on November 13th.

what do ya think?

I'm still pretty new to VFX, and I've been working on a personal project for a bit, but I'm struggling to figure out a 3D camera track for it.

I'm just a student, so the only programs I have access to are Adobe stuff, Blender, and Unreal.
I'm working on getting a roto (which I can do) of Jameson out, then 3D-tracking him into Blender and adding him to a 3D scene I've made. I've tried AE's tracker and Blender, and neither does a decent job. I've looked into plug-ins and such, but they haven't been very helpful.
I've seen programs that can do a shot like this, PFTrack, SynthEyes, etc., but I just can't afford that type of stuff, as I'm just doing VFX as a hobby/learning on the side for now. Is any version of a decent track possible for this shot, or is it best to move on?

Any ideas?
For now, I'm just keyframing the footage and camera in Blender to hopefully get a somewhat decent-looking job.

Hi, I'm using NukeX 17.0v1 on win, the problem cames in when I view the scanlinerender it's completely broken. The set-up cames from Blender and it's 2 meshes merged and remeshed with geometry nodes, one has an armature and deforms. I'ts Imported as a .usd i've tried also with .abc but I couldn't project the texture.

As you can see from the images the projection works when I am in the 3d view but glitches in the scanlinerender, please help, I am availabe for more in detail description if needed.

Hey everyone, as the title says I’m curious about Outpost VFX and whether or not the AVEC tax rebates in the UK have hindered their talent and hiring.

As someone who is lucky enough to be in a mostly self sustaining country in terms of VFX, where we do have tax rebates of our own but that basically means once you find a job as long as you perform well and there’s work, you’ll be employed until you decide to leave yourself. I find it strange that Outpost VFX are constantly looking to hire UK based artists for an immediate start, even when their own artists contracts are ending and they’re open to work.

I say this because myself and a few others have noticed that in the last 2-3 months the recruiter there has put out the same copy and paste recruitment ad looking for Senior Compositors every couple of weeks (this morning I saw the same post that went out last week as well) and each time it gets less and less engagement as I imagine this being probably the 10th copy and past post this year, they’re close to exhausting the talent pool.

I also find it strange that some ex colleagues at Pixo (albeit in different departments) have recently been hired at Outpost VFX and allowed to work remotely from Germany for the entirety of their contract, why are the rules so fixed for Compositors but not other departments?

Also, the same observation of - ‘company X is looking for UK based Senior Compositors for an immediate > Senior Compositors at company X are finishing their contracts and open to work > company X is looking for UK based Senior Compositors for an immediate’ has become a concerning hiring loop I’ve noticed for a lot of London based studios on LinkedIn this year.

Just also wanted to say, this is in no way a slander of the studio, I’ve only ever heard good things about them, I’m just curious to why hiring seems a bit chaotic…

Lunchtime thought dump over, enjoy lunch everyone!

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