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A cool way to prepare a model for retopo and clean up meshes using Bifrost nodes, since the new remesh tools are still a bit hit-and-missy and will fail if you've got tiny errors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6EuH5o_CuQ

I just discovered that the silicone sleeve on my wacom pen has degraded, becoming oily and sticky. It's been on my desk in front of a window, so it's probably down to the UV light. I took the rubber grip off (unscrew the end with the ID collar and it should slide off) and tried washing it in hot s

Joker" cinematographer Lawrence Sher explains the impact color has on film. Using several of his films as examples, including "The Hangover," "Garden State," and "Paul." Sher explains how hue, saturation, and light affect the mood, style, and story of a film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9pG9

I won't take credit for this link. One of the students Stephen has passed this over to me and has said that it is very useful for when it comes to applying materials to 3D objects. In his own words Stephen had this to say: "I found it useful because it has a few different ones for all the wet bits

Super handy website if you need to find out information on a camera. Very helpful if you know what camera was used on a shoot but not sure what the size of the sensor is. Here is a link to the site check it out: VFX Camera Database

Feel free to add to the discussion on which websites have helped you out the most in the world of VFX. This will be a great way to share with each other sites that may have helped you out in that last hour of need, or even if it has been a place whereby you have found interesting developments in the

I just found this short little 20 question Maya quiz on Youtube. It was interesting to see quite how much I've picked up in less than a year... Far more than I thought I had, which is pretty gratifying. The questions range right from barebones basics like hotkeys through to animation and lighting an

Here is another great video that was found by Stephen one of the VFX students that is currently studying on the course. He has manage to find this video that is related to what students are currently doing on the ZBrush, digital sculpture module. The video maybe very handy for those looking to push

Here is a handy tip if you ever need to transfer over the alpha channel of an object that doesn't have it embedded. Check out this video for this super helpful tip using the Copy node: NUKE | Adding Alpha

Need to get round Nuke quickly, well these shortcuts will do the trick (These are for Mac controls): (Accessed via [tab]button or shortcut key) Blur (B) – A node for blurring the image Copy (K) – Used to bring extra channels into the main stream Defocus – Used to defocus the image replicating cam