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SUMMARY:Motion Control Photography Techniques and Virtual Production
DESCRIPTION:VES London is very proud to offer a fantastic event on Motion Control Photography and Virtual Production !\nJonathan Jones from Ember film will give us a deep insight into motion control features and performances\, programming techniques\, interfaces\, 3D import/export workflow and a showcase of some interesting projects. \nFor the second part Michael McKenna from Final Pixel will demonstrate the interaction between the motion control rig and the Virtual Production stage\, kindly offered by Target3D. \nWe will have two amazing motion control robots on stage for everyone to test along with some crew members after the presentations. \nIt is a very rare learning and hands-on opportunity on such amazing robots and for any technical questions.\nFinally\, before wrapping up we’ll have our usual social/networking with some drink and food ! \nJoin us !!
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/motion-control-photography-techniques-and-virtual-production/
LOCATION:11c Dock street\, London E18JN\, 11c Dock street\, London E18JN\, London\, London\, E18JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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SUMMARY:Project Arena - Redefining Virtual Production workflow
DESCRIPTION:VES Arena talk invite copy2 \nHello!\nVES London is very excited to offer this unique hands-on opportunity on the Project Arena Virtual Production solution and the Q&A with Daniel Thron\, Director of “Ray Tracing | FTW”\, an hilarious and engaging comedy short film created with this new technology and workflow.\nOur guests: Mark Pilborough-Skinner\, VP Supervisor (Garden Studios)\, Christopher Nichols (Director of special Project – Chaos)\, Vladimir Koylazov(Head of Innovation – Chaos)\, Daniel Thron (Director).\nPlease login to RSVP your seats !
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/project-arena-redefining-virtual-production-workflow/
LOCATION:Unit 1\, Townsend Industrial Estate  Waxlow Rd\, London NW10 7NU\, Unit 1\, Townsend Industrial Estate\, London\, London\, NW10 7NU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Educational
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T220000
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SUMMARY:VES Global Event: A NEW KINGDOM - Wētā FX Returns to The Planet of The Apes
DESCRIPTION:Hello ! VES London is very excited to offer this amazing global webinar with WETA FX on “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes“ \nIn order to facilitate the Q&A we invite all VES members to submit their questions to this form: https://forms.gle/PWREWkpDn9TTTyUt5 \nThanks to a special agreement with Disney the film will be available to watch on Disney Debut by September 16th !! \nVES members please login and register to the zoom call link from our VES Global website\nBAFTA members and press please send a request to events(at)ves.london
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-global-event-a-new-kingdom-weta-fx-returns-to-the-planet-of-the-apes/
CATEGORIES:Event,Global/Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240909T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240909T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T021239
CREATED:20240726T163834Z
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SUMMARY:Volumetric Capture Studio Techniques\, VR\, AR\, VFX pipelines + VES Membership drive
DESCRIPTION:VES London is very happy to invite members and their guests to a unique experience on Volumetric Capture Studio Techniques at Target3D. \nTopics will also cover AR\, VR and VFX Pipelines. \nAmong our guests:\nBenjamin Walbrook – Head of R&D at Target3D – Discussing how this technology works.\nAllan Rankin – Managing Director at Target3D – How volumetric capture is been used in production and an industry overview. \nWe will also have our VES Membership Drive presentation in sight of our approaching deadline so we encourage all VES members to invite any aspiring members to join this event. \nAt the end we’ll enjoy some drinks and food !! \nOpen to VES members +2
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/171896/
LOCATION:11c Dock street\, London E18JN\, 11c Dock street\, London E18JN\, London\, London\, E18JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T204500
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CREATED:20240604T165004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T080533Z
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SUMMARY:VES Talk: "Creating The Creator"
DESCRIPTION:Ian Comley (VFX Supervisor) breaks down the pre-production\, shooting\, and post VFX for Gareth Edward’s “The Creator”. From early concepts and designs to virtual production\, and the unique way Edwards approached shooting and finalizing visuals\, the team will showcase that process and how VFX became an integral partner in every step. \nThis event is overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis.  \nAn RSVP does not guarantee seating and the access to the venue. \nTHE BOOKING TO THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-talk-creating-the-creator/
LOCATION:8 Harpur Street London WC1N 3PA\, 8 Harpur Street\, London\, London\, WC1N 3PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T213000
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SUMMARY:A.I. Chapter 2 - London VES Event
DESCRIPTION:Here we are again!\nThe second episode of our saga on A.I. tools for visual effects is happening next May 29th !! This time it is going to be an in-person event by the University College of London (UCL). \nPlease check the invitation video by Vasa\, our AI presenter! \nProgram and guests: \nSean Varney (Moderator – VES UK Board Member – VFX Supervisor – insightfull Ltd.) \nFrancisco Lima – Hogarth.io :\nAI and VP impact within his industry. And AI use in the Advertisement area. \nPeter Rabel – (Technology Product Manager at Digital Domain) and Hanno Basse (CTO at Digital Domain)\nReal-time ML Clothing\nMasquerade 3 motion capture solution based on ML\nCharlatan and the real time digital human rendering \nAL Kang – VFX Supervisor at Painting Practice:\nAI VFX tools for Pre-Post Viz work and real time VR layout planning. \nThe event is open to VES members +2 \nPlease login to register and get info of the venue location!
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/a-i-chapter-2-london-ves-event/
LOCATION:UCL – Roberts Building\, Roberts Building\, G06\, Gower St\, London WC1E 6BT\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240509T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240509T220000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Design for Film: Title\, Screens and graphics
DESCRIPTION:Hello !\nA new exciting unprecedent VES exclusive in-person event is coming up !\n“The Art of Design for Film: Title\, Screens and graphics” \nTerritory Studio will offer a deep insight on the creative and tech process for designing screen graphics and cinematic title for big films ! \nThis is the program and guests: \n-Introduction by David Sheldon-Hicks (Co-Founder\, Territory Studio)\n-Design in Film by Ashton Hertz (Executive Producer) and Sam Keehan (Creative Director)\n-Title Design by Chris Sharpe (Creative Director)\n-Q&A\n–Happy drink and finger food ! \nOpen to all VES members +2 ! \nPlease login to sign-up and get more info! \nPLEASE NOTE: By signing up you agree to the terms laid out in the Territory Studio Non-Disclosure Agreement\, details of which can be reviewed here
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/the-art-of-design-for-film-title-screens-and-graphics/
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240423T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T021239
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SUMMARY:A.I. Chapter 1
DESCRIPTION:VES London starts exploring the impact of A.I. tools in Visual Effects with a series of exciting in-person events and webinars !\n“A.I. Chapter 1” is the first episode of this saga where we point our attention to the use of Generative A.I. for CG Environment creation and Digital Matte Painting.\nPlease click on the link below to meet Vasa\, our A.I.-generated presenter\, you’ll find out she is really happy to invite you to this exciting event !! \nhttps://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A.I.-Chapter-1.mp4 \n  \nA.I. Chapter 1 it’s a global webinar happening on Zoom with Cuebric a leading american company on generative A.I. for visual effects and VP content.\nThe event will be recorder for all the other sections in the world with a different time zone and shared inside our VES website. \nThis is the Program: \nPinar Seyhan Demirdag – Co-founder & CEO at Cuebric\nWill be introducing the company mission and the ethic behind generative A.I. tools Cuebric is developing. \nBarış Yılmaz – Lead Prompt Engineer at Cuebric\nWill be showing and talking about prompting and image generation workflow. \nWalter Schulz – VFX Director at Cuebric\nWill be presenting and demonstrating live the implementation of Cuebric environments into Unreal Engine 5.3\, from import to material network creation and environment mesh editing in DCC. Followed by camera and animation setup in Sequencer. \nGianluca Dentici – VFX Supervisor\, Compositing Supervisor – VES London’s Co-Chair\nWill demonstrate a tool for importing Cuebric generated images automatically into Nuke 3D space and talk about future development of a internal nuke-cuebric plugin. \nQ&A \n  \nApril 23rd 7pm UK time \nIt’s going to be lots of fun ! Please login and register !
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/a-i-chapter-1/
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240224T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T021239
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SUMMARY:VPDay - VIRTUAL PRODUCTION DAY
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe London section is very excited to invite you to the VP DAY – Virtual Production day at Mo-sys London.\nMo-sys is a world-wide recognised manufacturer of virtual production solutions\, motion capture\, virtual production training\, camera tracking\, image robotics and remote production. \nIt is going to be a terrific day and a rare hands-on opportunity to test a Virtual Production set yourself and fire any technical questions to the amazing Mo-sys technicians ! \nThis is the program of the day: \n– Mo-sys presentation + VES membership drive\n– Cost-efficient Hybrid Virtual Production Workflow\n– MoCap demonstration [without a suit or markers]\n– Gaussian Splat – a live demo showing 3D scene capture & editing \nThe event is happening by Mo-sys HQ where everyone will also have the opportunity to hang around their fantastic lab where all their technology was born as well as the Virtual Production Academy.\nIf you need any further info on the event and location please get in touch at events@ves.london. \nThis event is open to VES members +2 !!   VES members\, please type your name as Guest1. \nHow to get there:\nThe facility has a nice parking lot\, however guests are encouraged to use public transport where possible – Please look at this funny video below for directions from North Greenwich ! (thanks to Morden Wolf Studio) \n \nWe are looking forward to meeting you there ! \n  \n 
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/vp-virtual-production-day/
LOCATION:Thames Bank House – Tunnel Avenue – London SE10 0PA\, Thames Bank House - Tunnel Avenue\, London\, London\, SE100PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T021239
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SUMMARY:London 3D Environment and Object Scanning
DESCRIPTION:  \nVES London members! We are holding a volumetric capture event with Visualskies on January 31st from 6:45 to 10pm \n\nIt will be a unique hands-on opportunity to explore VFX through 3-D environments\, object scanning and metahumans. \n\n\nThe event will take place at Courthouse Hotel 19-21 Great Marlborough Street\, London\, W1F 7HL\nDrinks and nibbles!\nGet scanned and create your own digi-double!\n3D scanning equipment on-stage !\nTalks on recent films created with VisualSkies technology: ‘Napoleon’\n\n\nTHE EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED!!
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/london-3d-environment-and-object-scanning/
CATEGORIES:Educational
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gianluca Dentici":MAILTO:gianluca.dentici@ves.london
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