by Nick | Sep 1, 2020 | General, Nicks Rants and Raves, Visual Effects
Unreal Engine Poses “Existential Threat” to Traditional Renderers Unreal Engine is changing the game. A respected colleague and friend emailed me a couple of months ago with this advice: “If you’re planning on investing in render hardware any time soon, I...
by Nick | Jun 10, 2020 | Visual Effects
How Junior VFX Artists Can Thrive in Production Tips for success from a production expert I’ve had an amazing path through visual effects these past couple of decades. Below are some of the many mistakes I made and lessons I learned along the way. I have also...
by Vickie Boughen | Apr 20, 2020 | General, Visual Effects
A refresher course for CG and visual effects artists “CG and visual effects artists need to understand cameras and camera movement. Why? Because the best CG and VFX shots should mimic what real-world cameras can do; otherwise audiences can easily be taken out...
by Vickie Boughen | Jan 29, 2020 | Visual Effects
The second in our new series of blogs by visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes for his site befores & afters. Ian is an experienced freelance writer and also the publisher of vfxblog.com. We approached Ian to write a blog about CG Masters and the job...
by Vickie Boughen | Dec 16, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Visual Effects
Befores & afters is a brand-new visual effects publication from visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes, an experienced freelance writer and also the publisher of vfxblog.com. We approached Ian to write a blog about CG Masters and the job skills...
by Vickie Boughen | Oct 3, 2019 | Visual Effects
Katana for Lighting & Look Development Siggraph 2019 – Los Angeles Our very own Director of Education, Nick Boughen was asked to speak at Siggraph 2019 and explain why CG Masters adopted Katana. From the Foundry’s YouTube page: “Nick explains that a part of...
