VES Summit: Dean Devlin Urges Hollywood to “Tear Down Walls” With VFX Departments
“There are too make layers between me and the VFX artists,” said the writer-producer-director.
VES Summit: Virtual Reality Could Be VFX Community’s “Saving Grace”
Virtual reality content “can’t exist without [VFX talent], and it’s a chance to keep jobs in Los Angeles,” asserted Mirada’s Andrew Cochrane.
VES Summit Highlights: VR Rules
VES Summit Highlights: VR Rules
Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Filmmaker-‐Producer Sir Ridley Scott Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
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Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Filmmaker-Producer Sir Ridley Scott Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Filmmaker-Producer Sir Ridley Scott Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement AwardVisual Effects Society Releases Industry-Leading Demo Material Guidelines for Facilities and Artists
New Benchmark to Support and Protect All Parties in Showcasing VFX Work Product
VES Releases Demo Material Guidelines
The Visual Effects Society has released the first-of-its-kind demo material guidelines, a set of recommendations for the usage and release of work-for-hire materials presented as part of a demo reel portfolio by VFX facilities and practitioners.
Visual Effect Society Releases Industry-Leading Demo Material Guidelines for Facilities and Artists
Visual Effect Society Releases Industry-Leading Demo Material Guidelines for Facilities and Artists
VES Releases New VFX Demo Guidelines
The VES has released Demo Material Guidelines: a set of recommendations for work-for-hire materials presented as part of a demo reel portfolio by VFX facilities and practitioners
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