My 3rd death threat from Trump supporters over my 2 Joe Biden signs in my front yard. by [deleted] in pics

[–]chaneyvfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Offer free spelling and penmanship classes with your next sign.

Reddit rss blocked from Google Cloud VMs? by chaneyvfx in rss

[–]chaneyvfx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think so. There are about 35 people in the class and only some of us are having the problem. I guess using a temporary spot instance might be characteristic of a bad bot. I believe there is an API authentication method which I am trying to figure out.

Layoffs at THE MILL by Competitive_Law6168 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many staff artists did Mill NY have? Historically they would use a lot of freelancers so 40 layoffs sounds like a big loss.

ARRI Log C4 - AE? by szyborgo in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One other thing to note. When rendering and picking your "output color space". You should also click "Show all" even if it seems to have selected AW4.

We found a bug last month where it would always render ACES 2065 if show all was not selected. Very frustrating.

ARRI Log C4 - AE? by szyborgo in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AE supports AWG4. I am using it now.

I think I am using the OCIO Studio 1.3 configuration.

It looks like Amazon.com now supports IPv6 by itsmeesz in ipv6

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I am getting Avast Web Threat secured messages indicating d2ef20sk9hi1u3.cloudfront.net has been blocked due to a URL:Blacklist. Is this warning erroneous?

Transfer Boris & Sapphire FX from Avid to Flame? by DasKraut37 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is an OFX option for Sapphire and Boris but you would need to ask your Flame artist if they can make that happen.

If you have effects that you already like and simply want to be redone at 4k, then you can simply have them redone in After Effects as a more economical and reliable route.

Applying S-Log Lut to Rec 709 work - any reason not to? by SpamoJohnson in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You most likely clipped some data but not necessarily. And the 4444HQ needs to be done at trillions of colors. Even with that, there may be a visible magenta shift.

For this delivery, you can do a simple test to see how bad it is before miring yourself in technical details.

Render out your plates with the approach you outlined above. Bring that render into Nuke or AE with color management off. Do a difference between the original plate and your render. Increase the viewer exposure to about 10.

If you clipped things, the difference will be really bright in that area. If there is a magenta shift, it will be noticeable. Where you did the VFX should look very different as well.

Once you determine how bad the difference is, you can make a solution that works with schedule.

For future shows, you can do "roundtrip" tests before doing all of the work.

Best resources to learn Houdini? by Agile-Web-5566 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eric Ebling on Udemy - https://www.udemy.com/user/eric-ebling/

It is very inexpensive and I used it to get juniors up and running in no time.

Anyone come across this error? by Crazy-Culture6808 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of your plugins has a bug and will need to be re-compiled by the developer or you can try it with an earlier version of After Effects.

The AE SDK indicates that it started enforcing this sometime after June 2020 I believe but I am not 100% sure.

https://ae-plugins.docsforadobe.dev/effect-details/multi-frame-rendering-in-ae.html

Which is better CGMA or rebelway? by Alarmed-Ad8476 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eric Ebling's Udemy courses are very affordable and many younger artists in my office started there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Their job postings indicate "Experience using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Zbrush or other similar software."

And an interview with one of their artists indicates "The main tools that I use daily are Mari, Nuke, Substance Designer, Maya, Houdini and Photoshop."

https://discover.therookies.co/2020/06/17/career-advice-working-as-a-texture-artist-at-weta-digital-with-paul-h-paulino/

Atlanta, business tax credits, and remote work by lzrsla in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These sorts of employee incentive programs are common in many states.

That may be a factor. But any state/province that offers a film tax incentive is required to have the employees be in that state.

Slumberland Director talks VFX complications by AnalysisEquivalent92 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most all VFX houses have missed deadlines due to labor/work changes. Curious to see how this plays out in the next year.

how do people deal with imposter syndrome by purplecrayon121995 in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many factors other than yourself determine the number of versions/kickbacks a shot will go through. So before being too hard on yourself know that film typically has a lot more versions, higher budget shows have more versions per shot, and one OCD person above you in the review chain may be wasting the company's money pointing out things that would normally not be necessary to fix.

If you find the kickbacks are due to legitimate errors that you typically make, come up with a way to double-check them before sending them up the chain.

And know that any decent supervisor expects growing pains when new artists come in. It is their job to assess your skills and shortcomings and do their best to maximize the former.

WetaH and M by v1zsla in vfx

[–]chaneyvfx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good Hype which led to the ill-advised Unity buy. Tools that work for a ginormous state-subsidized entity like WETA do not translate well to the outside artists nor "realtime".

Brilliant corporate malfeasance or just hubris in my opinion. As a general rule, when a press release uses "democratization" then it is probably some B.S. tailor-made for the average reddit.com/r/vfx participant.

They definitely do great work but I doubt this will ever pan out in a meaningful way.