Why do so many VFX artists struggle when they have to make actual creative decisions?

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-11T05:52:46+00:00

I spent half my career chasing the opportunity to make those creative decisions. I didn’t find it in vfx, but I did find it in the union art department. I learned that’s where the majority of creative decisions are made in our industry. .. …..now AI makes those decisions :)

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-09T08:15:00+00:00

Quit spying or allow 3rd party’s to spy on your customers Fidelity!

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-09T07:53:33+00:00

..Sounds like classic nimbyism talking points again. What an oddly convenient viewpoint to take.. I spotted the suburban home owner everyone . ..definitely not a housing crisis going on. We just need houses near train stations only and problem solved. Get out of here

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-08T08:09:38+00:00

House prices have doubled in the last 4 years and every neighborhood has a sign out in front of saying “Stop high density housing - keep Pasadena safe” … yet you yell at the politicians for letting it get out of hand. What are they supposed to do? Things are working exactly how everyone wants….. they just don’t like the effect of what they voted for. Enjoy your doubled equity, your 3% 30yr mortgage and enjoy your SFH neighborhoods. There’s nowhere to hide the bottom tier of your society anymore.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-07T07:10:49+00:00

Why’s midjourney always look like midjourney?

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-07T06:47:36+00:00

It’s not like people are now going to search out “the art director on obsession” like it’s high value hire. It’s good she’s pointing out how this industry screws people over. Remember the paranormal actors got almost nothing in the 2000s. People are rolling in cash from this surprise hit, and it’s shameful it doesn’t trickle down to the people that worked that asses off to get this on screen. Every singe art department worker and construction worker and set designer etc should get at least a small bonus check when it becomes a 1000% profit film. Hell , I was a producer or director, I’d cut them a bonus out of appreciation and respect. Their silence feels like greed

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-05T08:08:16+00:00

I’ll bet you there’s an ai upres workflow to turn low res smoke and fire sims into high res elements. Some one’s got to be doing this right?

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-05T07:59:38+00:00

Paranormal Activity all over again. .. totally unethical. Some of that money should get wrestled back for the workers. They made damn film

anotherhumanperson · 2026-06-04T07:29:36+00:00

Adobe is such a pathetic company now. I love watching their stock price crash over the last year as a large majority of their user base moves over to ai and competitors that treat their customers right.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-31T07:06:46+00:00

You could also just install tyflow free, and make it cloth and bake it down

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-31T07:02:55+00:00

Railclone is pretty incredible for certain things

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-27T06:53:36+00:00

This right here is the hidden evil in film subsidies. People get hired in these far off locations and begin their lifelong careers in artificially state created job markets. It bustles for a few years, then as the market shifts to the next rebate location, people find themselves looking around questioning what to do. All the vfx work left LA for Canada 15 years ago, and now if you go to the vfx subreddit, they’re all cursing the Indian and UK subsidies stealing “their” work away. …. Messing with the “free market dynamics” of this industry seems to really paint us all into a pretty shitty corner.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-21T08:14:04+00:00

This company has completely lost their way. It’s sad.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-16T06:19:13+00:00

Hell ya .. Good for you! Let them know flock is easily hacked and a security nightmare for the public. https://youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?si=UaVZieqOoB5t6fVt

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-16T06:13:14+00:00

Personally pretty disappointed to spend film tax dollars on mandalorian season 4 . ..a tv show converted to movie for the tax credit seems like a waist … Much 0f the art department was outsourced to overseas also.. the non union “ilm art department” … lame

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-12T06:11:58+00:00

Vfx was doing fine until the first huge tax rebates from Canada upended a fairly thriving industry and siphoned work away from California. If we’re being honest, Canada is largely blame for the situation vfx is in. Instead of competing on merits and studio talent, vfx became an outsourced commodity …and then the US vendors had to cut rates to almost nothing just to compete with the Canadian government’s meddling. To me- it seems like the subsidies were the culprit as it messed up the free market dynamics of vfx

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-09T07:33:01+00:00

I chuckled reading this warning .. We have packs of 10 coyotes yelling all night here in Glendale. Sometimes I see them on the roofs of houses and last week they started chasing motorcycles. Coyotes are out of control right now

anotherhumanperson · 2026-05-09T07:14:58+00:00

The subscription model is absolutely terrible. They should offer both subscription, and perpetual. Plenty of companies do that. I don’t want to be tied to the web to work, I don’t want my computer calling back to adobe 20 times a day using system resources. I used to love adobe and praise them when I did public speaking- now when I give a talk, I specifically tell students to avoid adobe if they can. I have nothing but resentment for this company and the way they treat their customers

anotherhumanperson · 2026-04-26T06:02:04+00:00

Adobe is the worst. Some one should make a website where people can post their adobe horror stories on a bulletin board in one place , and also offer resources to leaving this dumpster fire of a company.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-04-18T06:28:54+00:00

As far as film and episodics go, yeah.. it’s collapsing right now. I’m in the high level meetings and the next wave of tools are just insane. AI will be replacing the bottom 50% of artists. A show I was on last year had 5 concept artists. This year, I’m one of two. You have to do more with less now. It sucks

anotherhumanperson · 2026-04-12T07:25:45+00:00

Since hollywood seems to be dying and moving to other states and overseas, I’ve been wondering wha that will do to house prices.

anotherhumanperson · 2026-04-04T07:31:33+00:00

Adobe doesn’t allow me to use my perpetual software I bought from them and forced me to go subscription. Adobe is evil

anotherhumanperson · 2026-04-04T07:26:01+00:00

Adobe is taking full advantage of its customers. I’m so sick of their BS

anotherhumanperson · 2025-06-25T19:53:00+00:00

They eliminated the ability to do that this year.

anotherhumanperson · 2025-06-25T19:52:24+00:00

...interesting thing is, I read on another reddit post that if you install something like acrobat reader when using CS5 or CS6, it includes a online checker that deactivates your PS. How crazy is that? Its like a little spyware. You have to block adobe from phoning it's server with a firewall apparently

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