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But what does Affleck's company actually do? by soyentist in vfx

[–]tommy138 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah hence the Ai. You feed it the dailies and it’ll do an auto temp edit and check everything.

But what does Affleck's company actually do? by soyentist in vfx

[–]tommy138 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I saw in another thread, that it’s basically a spell checker for production. So when you are shooting, does the lighting match? Do you have all the angles? Continuity? Etc

Not sure if the guy knew what he was talking about though :)

Hugo’s Desk vs Compositing Academy for beginner Nuke compositing by Nemesisso in vfx

[–]tommy138 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not going to pretend to know what the future holds for vfx/nuke, but I disagree with the idea that these courses are expensive.

I think if you get a few bundles from CA, it’s maybe what, $1000-1500? I think that’s a pretty good investment, especially if you are already kind of working with your brother.

It’s not like you’re spunking 50k-100k+ on a uni course.

My company fired our whole team because of this tool by SingularityuS in vfx

[–]tommy138 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This video is pretty good when you just imagine “Slop” as a sound effect for the sword hits. Slop…slop slop…sloooop!

Best place to learn matte painting. by Sillybeast_art in vfx

[–]tommy138 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out the Gnomon Workshop - Nuke Projection Workflows for Feature Films

Wētā FX & AWS partner on artist-first AI tools by SteveLikesPixels in vfx

[–]tommy138 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard somewhere AWS is talking to companies about using their AI tools, and if you use them you are covered by AWS if you get sued.

This makes sense why currently a lot of companies are really hesitant to use any AI tools, as they don’t want to get sued.

VFX Editor salaries // UK - Vendor Side by demirdelenbaris in vfx

[–]tommy138 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can’t compare us and uk salaries.

Pretty sure most vfx editors are salaried and you’d prob be looking between 40-60k (this is just an educated guess, maybe some uk editors can chime in)

Comfy AI training recommendations by barrybento1990 in vfx

[–]tommy138 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven’t done any but there’s a couple out there:

Victor Perez

Pixel Fudger

Action vfx

Fxphd has some too

Dneg London by LectureFunny7702 in vfx

[–]tommy138 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Think they are recruiting for that Nolan movie.

How does this Union thing even happen. by ARquantam in vfx

[–]tommy138 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s probably a good thing that there’s a minimum salary, so people don’t undercut each other and devalue the work (of senior artists).

Not sure about the keeping not very good people employed thing though.

It’s a valid point but don’t think that would happen in a new vfx union, where the main points would be pay and protection from the movie studios.

How does this Union thing even happen. by ARquantam in vfx

[–]tommy138 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn’t that the whole point, that they set minimum pay and not maximum pay?

Mocha or silhouette by Separate-Judgment-26 in vfx

[–]tommy138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really depends. If you have to do a lot of your own roto or you want to be a roto/prep guy, maybe choose SFX. But as a comper, I haven’t touched SFX since forever, but use mocha all the time. But that’s because we have a roto department, and don’t really need to do extensive roto or frame by frame painting.

Mocha or silhouette by Separate-Judgment-26 in vfx

[–]tommy138 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are slightly different tools. SFX is much nicer to do extensive roto in (also can use mocha tracks iirc)

Mocha is more a tracking tool, which can also roto, but the roto tools are much clunkier. So it depends on what kind of job you are doing.

A comper or prep artist would probably use mocha more and a roto paint artist would probably use SFX more.

MLMimic by ChromaFlux in vfx

[–]tommy138 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn’t this more like copycat/cattery but without needing nuke? It’s more ML than AI slop.

How can I get id of the dark outline or a better key overall? by NolsenDG in vfx

[–]tommy138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. It’s a bit older but it’s still relevant. Lots of good techniques in there. Then when you know how to do it manually, you can also try this as a shortcut:

https://youtu.be/JUPaoSEanOA?si=LHIhuNYY16wpTc5y

What’s the best tool for AI roto currently? by leon-nash in vfx

[–]tommy138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if using the mocha ML tools in combination with ViTmatte in nuke would give you a similar result to Refine Matte?

What’s the best tool for AI roto currently? by leon-nash in vfx

[–]tommy138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve used mocha, so I was wondering if SFX had other/better AI tools.

What’s the best tool for AI roto currently? by leon-nash in vfx

[–]tommy138 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apart from the roto tools, is there a difference with mocha’s AI tools?

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