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Whether you’re an editor, sound editor, Foley artist, compositor, VFX specialist or work in any profession related to the post-production process, this is the place to discuss, share content and offer tips and advice on your chosen craft of the business in general

Heath Cullens May 2025 Class
Brian Onley
Digital to Film stock

Good tips here with software plugin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DlH9EjCdDo

Daniel Husbands
Render Power

I have yet to use a render farm to speed up getting my renders out, although I have seen several advertised. I also watched a video that explained how to build your own. Again I have to give a nod to Transformers and the incredible detail and resources needed to pull of these amazing visuals.

Has any...

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Sam Sokolow

Yeah - I have not yet used personally but studios have been using global render farms for years so I imagine in the right structure it's a great resource.

Daniel Husbands

They have a lot of built in plugins that connect directly into render farms, so its more convenient than ever.

Daniel Husbands
Attention to Detail

While a lot of amazing work has been showcased in many many films, what would you say is the most detailed piece of VFX you've ever seen. While not my most favorite franchise, I'm a fan of the amazing complexity in the Transformers films. The robots alone are so detailed in the fact that they have t...

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Maurice Vaughan

Incredible BTS video, Daniel Husbands! Definitely the VFX in the "Transformers" movies. The VFX is one of the reasons I watch the films.

Kerry Kennard

Star Wars and the Matrix series are pretty awesome in Detail.

All those moving “jets” and sky fighting had a lot of detail. I think I did see some mistakes and the behind the scenes even said / showed...

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Daniel Husbands
VFX Breakdown: Avatar: The Last Airbender

I haven't watched the show but the VFX work looks very impressive, and the combination of simulations, mocap, match-moving, etc is top notch. What's is a recent show that you thought the VFX were really impressive.

https://youtu.be/kGQMu0NHrr8?si=Iih-O0o4efVTLbQI...

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Maurice Vaughan

Wow! That's some of the best VFX I've seen, Daniel Husbands!

Daniel Husbands

Thanks Maurice Vaughan I was watching this again, and I realized how often then animate the characters as well, along with the live action. Seems like overkill but I'm sure they have their technical r...

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Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Daniel Husbands. I'm not sure if I've recently seen any shows that use VFX. I finished watching "Shōgun" the other day, but I'm not sure if it has VFX....

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Karen "Kay" Ross

I love this breakdown, thank you for sharing! I am curious though - why did they want a live-action anything when so much of the final product is VFX? Actually, I think we need a price comparison. How much is animation versus VFX?

Kerry Kennard
Working w / sounds - moved from iMac to iMac

I Love the Ambient sounds from Grain States - the music Library in which I used to made a nice film music sample INow, switching from the 2011 iMac to the 2020 iMac, Grainstate doesn’t work any more. Use to work real good w Native / NI also.

I contacted Kontakt and the GrainStates company and it’s n...

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Grainy Sounds by Kerry Kennard
Grainy Sounds by Kerry Kennard
https://on.soundcloud.com/DWj9bUHhLuJ2aZZs6
Ambient, moody piece I wrote using plugin with piano, Kinetic metal sounds,and organ from NI Kontakt sound library. Main new plug-in is called GrainStates - a purchased download. Hope you like this on…
Daniel Husbands

Hey Kerry Kennard unfortunately Kontakt and 3rd party developers have to have very specific versions line up in order to work. I still have VSTs that only work on a specific version of Kontakt and not...

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Kerry Kennard

Thank you Daniel Husbands - appreciate the information. I think I did move the correct version of Kontakt to the 2020 machine and it still did not work. I can look into it later. Thank you for your in...

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Stephen V. Stone

I use Kontakt and unfortunately they made major changes to the library in after 2011. This falls under Grain States responsibility. They need to provide a solution or upgrade path to work with the cur...

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