Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 058
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Hey,
Thanks to everyone who attended the webinar
hosted by Foundry last Thursday -- your
attendance and thoughtful questions helped
to make it a huge success! If you live in a
timezone where you were asleep, or simply
just missed it, you may watch
a replay on demand using this link
for a limited time!
Foundry generously sponsored five webinar
attendees to take my Python
for Nuke 101 course for free -- huge
congrats to the winners: Andreane
Dodier, Prayag Bhardwaj, Stefanie Knopp,
Steve Buss & Tiscar
Coig-O'Donnell. Can't wait to see
the tools you come up with!
This week's newsletter wraps up our 3-part
series on the opportunities COVID-19
presents to workers in the VFX industry. It
also includes tips from a founder of a
remote-based VFX company, a tool to help you
better manage your time, and an expansive
online library to learn some new things!
I hope you're staying safe & sane
wherever you are in the world. Enjoy this
week's newsletter!
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COVID-19 — An Opportunity for the VFX
Industry: Part 3.
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Over the last two parts of this series,
we've talked about how the Coronavirus
pandemic has impacted the VFX industry
globally, how
VFX vendors are adapting, and the
opportunities presented to us to
manage our own time, increase productivity,
and gain greater flexibility in our lives.
In this third and final part, we'll discuss
some of the potential pitfalls that working
from home brings, how you can make the most
of the situation, and even find an
opportunity for growth!
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Interview: Bernie Kimbacher // VFX
Supervisor & Founder of Hive VFX.
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I've had the pleasure of working with Bernie
across multiple studios & in different
capacities throughout a decent chunk of my
career. He's been a great source of wisdom
and guidance over the years, and I'm excited
to share some of that with you in this
interview. Here is Bernie's bio:
"After graduating from Vancouver Film
School I started my VFX career in 2007
at Image Engine in Vancouver where I
worked for 8 years, with my last project
being VFX Supervisor on Straight Outta
Compton. I then went to OATS Studios and
Umedia before returning to Image Engine
again as VFX Supervisor on Pokemon:
Detective Pikachu. After wrapping that
one up I started my own business under
Hive VFX using AWS.
Outside of geeking out at a computer I
enjoy anything in the outdoors, hiking,
running, biking and skiing among
others."
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Working from home can make it easy to slip
into a habit of being always online, and
subsequently working more than you should
be. Cragl's latest tool, SmartLog, makes it
easy to automatically track the time you're
spending in Nuke, and in which Nuke scripts.
It also includes "idle time" detection which
is a great feature for those who are taking
advantage of the increased flexibility in
working hours.
Check out the demo
video to see an overview of the
features, including a timer,
day rate calculator, and easy time log
export options. There is also some
thorough documentation available,
that shows all features in far more
detail.
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Open access to ACM Digital Library.
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The ACM Digital Library holds a large
collection of published research papers,
including plenty covering VFX-related
topics. This resource usually comes at a
cost to access, but will be free to access
until June 30th, 2020!
Searching "Compositing"
and filtering the date to show results from
2019 & 2020 already produces 88 results,
which provide a theoretical look into what
tools we might expect to see in the coming
years.
Thanks to Falk
Hofmann for the tip!
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Thanks to my Patreon
Supporters.
This issue
of Ben's
Comp
Newsletter is
sponsored by
Keegen
Douglas.
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Adam Kelway
Adrian Winter
Aman Arora
Anton Moss
Antonio Gabarrón
Attila Gasparetz
Ben Cecioni
Brent Veal
Christian Morin
Ciaran O Neachtain
Dan McCarthy
David Ventura
Eduardo Cardoso
Ed Englander
Federico
Gary Kelly
Hugo's Desk
Ian Failes
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Ivan Sorgente
Jan Stripek
Julien Laperdrix
Kim
Kris Janssens
Lee Watson
Matt
Micheal Liuyu
Michael Loithaler
Santosh Seshabhattar
Seth Weber
Shih Yi Peng
Stu Maschwitz
Suresh Pandi
Tiscar Coig
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+ 2 Anonymous
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